In development
A top-down adventure deep under the earth
Deep under the earth, in a bunker where the power has gone out, light is all you have. Bend it to wake the machines, keep ahead of the water when it rises, and find the way back up.
The next game from Criogenio, the studio behind The Lantern Inn.
After many meetings and a pile of sketches, Subterra Guild took shape: a story for anyone who wants more from life than waking up and going to sleep while time slips past.
Down in the bunker
You wake with a pounding head in a bunker deep under the earth. The power is out, the doors are sealed and the corridors run on into the dark. Down here the Subterra Guild keeps its ledgers, its Watch keeps the halls, and vermin come up through the sump.
Light is scarce, and here it does the work: whatever glows is alive. Get the power back, send beams through mirrors and coloured filters to wake doors and machines, and carry the Guild's light blade into the dark. Somewhere above, there is a way back to the surface.
Light that opens doors
Beams bounce off mirrors, change colour through filters and wake the receivers that drive doors and machines. Heat burns away the vines that block the way.
Water that rises
Rooms fill, drown whoever stays and drain again. When the alarm sounds, keep moving, or freeze the surface into a bridge and cross.
Survive the deep
Your device reads your body the way a doctor would: vital signs, stamina, oxygen and the state of your mind. Scavenge, craft what you need, and fight with blade, block and parry when the dark fights back.
Screenshots
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Beside a cryo tank in the bunker's lab, in a cold pool of light 
The lab bench, where the light runs out 
Under the metal stairs, light falling through the grating 
A plated corridor by the generators, lit by a single lamp
Gameplay
Planned
A prologue demo is planned
It will be the first piece of something much bigger that needs time and more structure to grow.
There's no date and no store page yet. Until there is, follow along on our YouTube channel as we share more.
Made by Criogenio
Criogenio is two friends from Rio de Janeiro who met at school in 1999 and started making games together in 2009.
Our first game, The Lantern Inn, is a cozy co-op dungeon inn coming to Steam. Subterra Guild is the next.
Press, partners or just curious? Write to contact@criogenio.com