Your detective agency has been hired to investigate the disappearance of one Steve Johanson, and so you've been dropped into remote Anteform Valley to solve the mystery. Even before getting there though there's a second disappearance and it quickly becomes apparent that there's more going on than a simple missing persons case. What's up with the local wildlife? Who's the weirdo that's been seen lurking in the woods? How are the monks involved?

It's up to you to solve the mystery and save the good people of Anteform Valley. Are you up to the challenge? Download Anteform, peruse the included case briefing prepared for you, and go find out. Talk with the locals, perform some casual breaking & entering, search for clues, and battle some rabid wildlife as you try to figure out what's happening in time to prevent something worse from occurring.

Anteform is in the weird detective genre, that is, a mystery story with sci-fi and/or horror elements. You'll see what that means as you progress through the game. It was written using the Minima Engine for PICO-8, so its play style and UI are similar to the 8-bit Ultima games, and like those games it features a world view, enterable towns, and 3D first-person dungeons. It requires a keyboard for input and includes built-in help.