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NOL is a first‑person horror game with noir, black-and-white manga visuals. You play as Guntur, unarmed, trapped in a dream world where a friend's house hides clues about a family massacre. Explore, survive, and uncover the truth as anything can happen in this dream.

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Sanditio Bayu, Team NOL

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NOL description

NOL is a first-person horror experience that blends a noir mood with visuals drawn from black and white horror manga. You guide Guntur, a young man who finds himself trapped in a dream world after reading alarming news about the massacre of a childhood friend’s family. In this dreamscape, reality falters and anything can unfold, testing your nerves at every turn.

The core of the game is exploration and atmosphere. You traverse a single house that sits at the center of the dream, but the house is never the same twice. Hallways warp, rooms shift sizes, and familiar spaces sprout surreal dangers as you search for fragments of truth. Your objective is to uncover clues about what happened to your friend's family, piecing together a troubling story while staying alive in a world where you are unarmed and vulnerable.

NOL emphasizes immersion over combat. Instead of weapons, you rely on careful observation, quick wits, and the ability to read the dream’s signals. Each clue you find nudges the narrative forward, while the environment itself acts as a puzzle—you must notice subtle details, interpret dream logic, and choose your path in a landscape that refuses to stay predictable.

Key features include:

  • A cool, noir-inspired dream world rendered in a style echoing classic Japanese manga, with textures and sprites hand drawn by a dedicated artist.
  • Unarmed gameplay that centers on clue hunting, puzzle solving, and surviving the dream’s hazards rather than fighting back.
  • Unsettling sound design—carefully crafted SFX and ambient music heighten tension as you move through shifting spaces.
  • A focused setting—the familiar house becomes a living, breathing dreamscape where the rules bend and the unexpected lurks around every corner.
  • Accessible on modest hardware thanks to UZDoom, an idtech1-based branch, with a small footprint—about 100 MB of free disk space is all you need.

In NOL, every moment is shaded by mystery. The dream world invites risk and rewards careful inference, guiding you toward the truth behind the tragedy and your friend’s fate. The experience is designed to be tense, contemplative, and memorable, leaving you with questions that linger long after you step back from the dream.