Somnium
A downloadable game for Windows
In this psychological thriller you are a lone prisoner sentenced to work on an isolated space station. However, the extreme passing of time starts to deteriorate your mental stability. Struggling to separate dreams from reality, your imprisoned existence spirals into a cascade of dreadful events as your own mind becomes your worst enemy.
This 6-week student project was made as a collaboration between multiple people - not just by myself! This is simply the end result.
Created with Unreal Engine 4, and voiced in English.
Project Members:
- Leonard B. Kristoffersen, Project Lead, Level Designer and Environment Artist
- Simen Wiig, Programmer
- Håvard Fiskum, Programmer and Animator
- Benjamin Lillebekk, Voice Actor
- Torbjørn Svendsen, Sound Design
- Maren Holm, Sound Design
- Natasha Arthur, Story & Script
- Julie Bendiksen, Story & Script
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This game was fun, and the graphics were amazing, especially looking out the window. The story was really good, but I wish it would have been a little deeper.
It's great that you enjoyed our game! Thank you so much for playing :)
Great video!
This was fun and creepy and has a good grasp of psychological horror. Did get trapped in the decompression chamber by the probe after I dropped it and had to restart but other than that, this was a fun experience.
Thanks for playing! Hope you enjoyed it
Enjoyed the game very much, really atmospheric. I did feel creeped out a few times in it.
Which of the two downloads is the most updated one? One of them says "Somnium_Final_Build" but was updated a day before the other one which is called "Somnium_Final". It's really not clear which one is the most up to date. Maybe consider labeling them a bit better.
Thanks for pointing that out. Both of the files are the exact same build =)
Hello I'm trying to play Somnium but I have problems with resolution. I have 1360x768 monitor, but sometimes when i play the mouse cursor pops out and clicking makes it go back to the desktop in windowed. Can you please add resolution options? Thanks
Thanks for the playthrough, man!
Glad you enjoyed it, and I really enjoyed watching you playing it ^^
Hey, good to hear! You and your team should be proud of it. It was really well polished. 🙂
Nice! I really like the depressing atmosphere going on here. It's somewhat similar to SOMA, but in space. I was pleasantly surprised that there were no jumpscares, but rather one slow tension build-up in the middle part instead. Well done! One thing I found particularly effective was the black hole suddenly appearing closer, with the appropriate creepy music accompanying it, and complete darkness in the part after it.
The voice acting is a bit iffy, I'm afraid. It's not just about the Norwegian accent, which can always be written into a character, but mainly the delivery not being all that convincing. There should have been some brief backstory for the voice actor to get into, but it sounds more like reading lines while being told to be in a certain mood on the spot.
The second coffee mug puzzle was also a little cryptic compared to the other ones, so it should have at least been placed last in the order of puzzles.
Other than those, I liked it!
We're thrilled that you enjoyed our game !
And of course, feedback is always appreciated <3
Thanks for playing :)
Hi. Tried several times to begin download both with the .rar files and the .zip but never happens. In fact, download don't start.
Any clue about the reason?
Ok, never mind, find a way on my own.
I had to take the direct file lin, then copy in the browser and finally download from it. Still don't know why drive download isn't working.
Could you try again now? I updated the download link! =)
Almost missed the game, there have been a lot of games on isolation in a spacecraft recently, this game really comes off as the best, it did not overcomplicate the feelings of isolation. Also a spectacular image of looking at a black hole each time you awaken, really fills you with dread.
Hello, very good game, I liked it a lot, I want you to subscribe to my YouTube channel and support me, a balance friend...
Damn is it really standard a .rar file?
Can't you just use .zip?
The itch.io app gets confused with .rar files because even itch doesn't want to pay for winrar
.Zip file of the build has been added, thanks for mentioning this, YamasEcho!
Who the heck is paying for winrar when 7-zip exists?
Lol I was just asking myself that