Tōryanse

About the game

When his grandfather is hospitalized, university student Ren Yoimori is asked to look after the family’s mountain shrine. The work sounds simple: sweep the grounds, light the lanterns, say the evening prayers, and follow the rules his grandfather left behind.

Always bow before passing through a torii gate. Never walk down the center of the shrine path. If someone calls your name from behind, do not turn around.

But in the village of Tsuzura below, a young girl has gone missing. The villagers don’t want to talk, the old traditions get stranger, and Ren starts to wonder which rules are there to protect him and which are there to keep something buried.

Tōryanse is named after, and inspired by, the traditional Japanese children’s song. The whole game is drawn in two colors by a custom C++ raycasting engine.

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Features

• Japanese folklore horror rooted in shrine customs, village superstition and an unsettling children’s song
• Rules to follow, and ordinary shrine chores that slowly turn disturbing
• A quiet mountain village, cedar forest and old shrine grounds to explore
• 1-bit visuals: everything is drawn in two colors with a custom C++ raycaster
• Multiple endings, decided by what you choose and what you find
• Full English and Japanese
• Keyboard, Xbox and PlayStation controller support
• Subtitles, a high-contrast look and color-blind friendly visuals