You play as a wandering shell, ferrying fragments of memory between crumbling biomes. Every zone you enter is quietly reshaped by what you carry. Full mechanic details coming soon as the prototype develops.
Independent video game laboratory
Games worth slowing down for.
Snailworks is an independent video game lab exploring strange worlds, playful systems, and new ways to tell interactive stories.
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Lumen Tide
A drowned coastal town remembers itself one tide at a time. Wander bioluminescent shallows, coax half-forgotten machines back to life, and listen for the low hum of something that has been waiting a very long time. Placeholder synopsis — final story details to come.
Our Games
Three worlds in progress.
Three worlds currently in development — names, art, and descriptions may change before release. More coming soon.
Rainfall is the puzzle's clock — machines rouse, rust, and rest again on their own rhythm. Full mechanic details coming soon; puzzle structure is still being validated in prototype.
Every player controls a tiny, near-mute creature that can only communicate through gesture and vibration. Currently a paper-prototype exploring miscommunication as a mechanic — more coming soon.
The Lab
Part studio. Part laboratory.
We prototype unusual mechanics, build expressive worlds, and follow promising ideas wherever they lead. Some become games. Some become tools. Some remain wonderfully strange experiments.
Procedural worlds
Systems that grow terrain, ecosystems, and architecture from a handful of rules.
Unusual controllers
Input experiments beyond stick-and-button — breath, touch, tilt, proximity.
Emergent storytelling
Narrative that assembles itself from small, simulated moments rather than scripts.
Playful AI
Characters and systems that improvise, misbehave, and surprise their own designers.
Audio experiments
Generative sound and music systems that react to what the player is actually doing.
Move thoughtfully.
Experiment constantly.
Ship when it feels alive.
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About
A small lab, deliberately.
Snailworks is an independent video game lab. [Founder bio placeholder — add a short first-person introduction here: background, what drew you to games, and what Snailworks means to you.]
Based in [Placeholder location]. We believe good games come from patient iteration, honest playtesting, and giving strange ideas enough room to become themselves.
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- Focus
- Narrative & systems-driven indie games
Contact
Leave a trail.
We'll follow it.
Say hello, pitch a collaboration, or just tell us what you're playing.