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Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!
Mysteries of Perception is a 2D investigative game structured like a choral narrative where you can jump from one character's perspective to another during the investigation. To gather more clues and progress in your investigation, it will be necessary to collect information from all viewpoints and confront them to reach plausible conclusions. Confirm your theories by consulting the stars. Jump from a past to a future perspective and discover every facet of the mysterious deaths that will be presented to you.
Dive into this dystopian universe with desaturated colors and solve the mysteries that govern the world. Perhaps you will uncover the mystery of your own death...
See through their eyes.
See the world through the eyes of more than five different characters and perceive the scene from their point of view. Some will see details that the ordinary person will overlook. Others will see the world in an even more unique, biased, strange manner. The information you obtain from them will be all the more subtle to decipher...
Each character will provide you with new pieces of the puzzle.

Untangle the plot.
During each investigation you will amass evidence and incriminating elements by interacting with the world around you. You can use them in the Constellarium. You have always thought better when gazing at the stars. By placing your evidence in the right spot, the path to the truth will become clearer and clearer.

Under the Iron Star
The continent has been under the yoke of an authoritarian party for too long. The Astralist Party promotes individuals with high animic potential, considering them superior to others. Dirty tricks and manipulations are multiplying within the party as a revolutionary cell, active for over twenty years, begins to challenge the authorities hold on the artifacts. These relics, are ornate bones from past civilizations that, according to myths, hold powerful powers.

Features
- Discover the mysteries of this dieselpunk universe containing murders, conspiracies, politics, and more.
- Play as a spirit that can change bodies. Gather clues by accessing their viewpoints and unlock new ones as your investigation progresses.
- Admire beautiful 2D visuals inspired by Noir films.
- Go back or forward in time to better understand the course of events.
- Prove your theories by connecting the evidence together in the Constellarium.
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