Telesterion

"You are standing in an empty room..."

Telesterion: A Textual Odyssey into the Unknown

You begin in an empty room... But where will your story take you?

Dive into a surreal, existential survival simulation roguelike rendered entirely through immersive text prompts. Navigate the enigmatic expanses of a perpetually shifting island.

• Break free from the confines of that initial room using your senses and wits.
• Manage your hunger, thirst, energy, health, and most importantly, sanity.
• With each new day, challenges intensify, and the weight of time is felt.
• Every spawn is a fresh canvas — the world reshapes.
• Learn, adapt, grow. Altered sanity may be a curse or a conduit to new insights, perspectives that remain with you in subsequent journeys.
• Face problems that defy straightforward solutions and find diverse paths to surmount them.
• No guidance, no hand-holding. Just you, the island, and the question: Why are you here?

Features & Current Status

v0.1: (Summer 2024 planned release date)

• The maiden voyage of Telesterion, still in its fledgling alpha stage. Not all visions are realized yet.
• A central "hub" to introduce players to the game mechanics, as well as define their archetype based on choices made within it...
• Explore the first of 4 envisaged islands. Each entry promises a novel array of terrains, treasures, and enigmas.
• Craft, wear, build, store, cook, and rest. All in the name of survival.
• A comprehensive system regulating health, energy, thirst, hunger, and sanity — with sanity playing tricks on your perception.
• Save your progress. Revel in 1-3 hours of rich content.
• Atmospheric melodies by Jim Miles. Check his work here and here.

On the Horizon:

• Introducing wound care and ailments.
• An environment alive with responsive wildlife and player-driven hunting intricacies.
• Unpredictable storm systems.
• Expanded crafting, architectural prospects, and varied prompts to enhance immersion.
• Delve deeper into the maze of the mind with intensified insanity impacts.
• 3 additional islands, each grander than the last, brimming with diverse biomes.
• Unearth the "true" ending...
• Celebrate your milestones with achievements.
• Projected 20-40 hours of gameplay, with possibly more for the perfectionists.
• More auditory journeys with Jim.