The Tenebrous

The Tenebrous is a Sci-fi exploration game with horror elements.  As the player, you are tasked with exploring the darkness of space in search of anything that will help you understand why you are here and, most importantly, how to restore the fading light. As you venture out into the darkness you quickly learn that you are not alone. There is a dark entity called the tenebrous that devours light. As you explore, you must evade the tenebrous by boosting away and using your ability to conjure bubbles of light as distractions for it. 

You'll encounter other astronauts stranded in the darkness that you must bring back to the safety of the light. You must rescue them all in order to restore the light, destroy the tenebrous, and make sense of the mystery behind why you, and other versions of you, are here.

CONTROLS:

• WASD --> Move
• Spacebar / Shift --> Boost
• Left Click --> Shoot Light Bubble

Created during Global Game Jam 2025 by:

• James Turnage-Lannan (Game / Level Designer)
• Joy Horvath (Artist / Programmer)
• Sarah Applebaum (Programmer)

Interested in learning about how this game was created? Check out a livestream done on Unity's Twitch & YouTube channels here.