Truman: The Face Eraser is a psychological adventure game where you'll play as Truman, a beloved father and husband who has to become a serial killer to save his family. Discover, along with Truman, the true human nature. Delve into a story that lays bare the complexity of human life.
Kill evil creatures that threaten your family and the world, avoid leaving clues at the crime scenes, survive interrogations, find a job, and nourish the love of your family. Live a double life. One as a hero who must venture into the abyss to save his city, and the other, as an ordinary man with a job, friends and family.
Platforms: Windows/MAC/Linux
Truman lives with his family in a fictional city called Falldale. In the last few months, Falldale has experienced an outbreak of violence, crime, murders, corruption and drug traffic.
One day, a deity appears before Truman. This deity tells Truman that the high rates of crime and corruption are not a coincidence. Evil creatures have invaded the city and now Truman's family, and the whole world, are in true danger.
This deity entrusts Truman with an enormous mission: kill every evil creature in the city. These creatures disguise themselves as regular people, and only Truman can see marks on their faces that reveal their true nature.
Truman is not a hero, nor a soldier, he's a regular guy with an enormous mission.
Because of his limitations, Truman must kill the evil creatures one by one, like a serial killer. He's on a solo mission and has to be very smart in order to avoid being stopped by either the evil creatures or the police. He has to be very clever and avoid leaving clues behind in crime scenes or raising suspicion from his friends and family. The police will do anything to stop him, especially since it's election time in Falldale and they can't afford a “serial killer” to roam free in the streets.
This mission also starts in the middle of a marriage crisis between Truman and his wife, Dana. Truman is fighting not just for the safety of his family but also their love.
Truman: The Face Eraser has a non-linear story and every decision, every action in the game will matter.
Truman: The Face Eraser is a non-linear adventure game where your main mission is to kill the evil creatures who have invaded Falldale. Since you are the only one capable of differentiating these creatures from common people, you must plan each hit carefully, avoid leaving clues for the police, avoid getting caught, and prevent your family from getting suspicious.
Falldale is an open map, and Truman can move around as he wishes, searching for the evil creatures, completing jobs, spending time with his family, hiding bodies and cleaning up crime scenes.
Each hit is different. There will be times when you can plan the murder with time, clean crime scenes, or even deceive your target to get it in your car and take it to the basement of your old house. There may be times you have to be faster, and even reckless, killing one target in an alley, or in the bathroom of a restaurant.
Once you have killed an evil creature you have to hide the body as soon as possible to avoid being discovered by the police. If the police find the body, they will surely find some clue that leads them directly to you.
The game features a number of interconnected systems - suspicion, love, ego, humanity and money.
Suspicion Bar
The Suspicion Bar is a crucial part of Truman: The Face Eraser. All your actions and decisions matter. If the police find a body and they find some clues, your Suspicion Bar will go up. If your wife, a Falldale citizen or a friend get suspicious, the bar will go up. If the bar reaches the top... Game Over! You will get arrested.
You can reduce the Suspicion Bar with different activities in the game. Knowing how to lie to your family or to the police is critical to survival in Truman: The Face Eraser.
Love
Don't forget the reason why you have taken on your mission: to protect your family. So you can't forget them while looking in the dark streets of Falldale for your next target! You must care for the love of your family with the same importance as your mission.
The Love of your family is a fundamental part of the game and will have a direct impact on the development of the story, and of course, the ending of the game. Depending on your actions, the love of your wife and daughter will increase or decrease, so don't forget to spend time with them.
Tip: Being extremely loving with your family is not necessarily a good thing.
Ego
Truman is a regular guy. Killing evil creatures in Falldale will affect him terribly. Not only that, your Ego will be affected if you have a bad day, or if you fight with your wife or your daughter.
If Truman has a low Ego, he can't be loving with his family. So you must take care of how Truman is feeling! It's not the same playing with an upset Truman, than playing with a calm Truman. A Truman with a low Ego will be more careless when he has to clean crime scenes, or will have less time to answer a question in an interrogation, etc.
Since your Ego affects how you relate with your family, managing it plays a crucial role in the game.
Tip: Did you have a bad day? Have a drink at your favorite bar.
Humanity
If Ego represents how Truman feels in the moment, Humanity represent's Truman's sanity and the long term impact of killing the evil creatures. Each time you kill a target, your Humanity will descend, and because of that, you will lose the ability to get closer to your family, to loving them, be a good husband and father for them.
Tip: Increase your Humanity by doing good actions in Falldale. Get closer to the people in need and help them.
Money
You, Truman, have a family and you need to provide for them in addition to carrying out your mission. You'll need to find a job, live two lives, be a hero for Falldale, but also, for your own family.
Your family will need money every day in order to survive. And you, you'll need money to buy stuff like weapons to subdue the evil creatures, or bags and ropes to hide bodies.
Tip: Find a job that makes Truman happy, that could make your mission easier.
Memories
There will be times in Truman: The Face Eraser where you'll relive Truman's memories. These memories will be fully playable. Even in these memories, the actions and decisions that you make in the past will resound in the present. Take this into account!
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Open World: Falldale is an open world city where you can discover quests, characters and many things to do.
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Become an outlaw hero: kill evil creatures that threaten your family. Become a "serial killer" and protect the city.
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Avoid to leave clues behind: the police will try to stop you. You have to be very clever to clean up and avoid leaving clues in crime scenes.
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Survive interrogations: the police may ask where you've been, so will your family. Sometimes you have to lie, and at other times, combine truth with falsehood.
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Hide bodies in Falldale: if the police find a body, surely they'll find clues that will lead them to you!
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Suspicion Bar: depending on your decisions and actions, this bar will go up or down. If the bar reaches the top... Game Over! You'll get arrested.
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Love: you have to take care of your family and spend time with them. The Love of your family will increase or decrease depending on your actions.
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Humanity: Truman will be affected each time he kills an evil creature. A Truman with low Humanity can't be loving with his family, or be happy.
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Ego: you can monitor how Truman is feeling all the time. A Truman with a low Ego can't be loving with his family or careful with his mission.
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Money: you have to provide your family and have money to accomplish your mission. You need a job!
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Memories: you'll also play Truman's past through his memories. The decisions and actions you make in the past, will resound in the present.
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Decisions Matter: Truman: The Face Eraser is all about your decisions. Even small decisions such as where you bought at item or whether you called your wife or daughter can alter the course of the game.
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Different Endings: every action and decision in the game will affect the ending. How much does your family love you? Is your Humanity intact? We will have many different endings. Can you unlock them all?
This are the main characters of Truman: The Face Eraser.
Truman Prichard is a beloved father and husband. Since he was very young, he was capable to detect the true human nature of people. He lives with his family in Falldale, a city that suffers the ravages of crime. He's on a solo mission: stop the evil creatures that are taking over the city and threaten his family. He has to kill every evil creature one by one, like a serial killer. It is his sacrifice for the welfare of his family.
The deity has known Truman since he was a little boy. The deity recognized the talent of Truman since the very beginning, so he entrusted him with his great mission to stop the evil creatures in Falldale. The deity is Truman's adviser throughout his adventure.
Dana Prichard is Truman's wife. She has been his girlfriend since they was young. Now they have a beautiful daughter that they love very much. They are currently going through the worst crisis in their marriage, but Dana is a strong woman and will do anything to keep her family together. She knows Truman very well, his past and his dreams.
Sonia Prichard is a daughter beloved by her parents, Truman and Dana. She is the strongest motivation for Truman's mission. She means everything to Truman and he would do anything in order to protect her. Sonia means love and happiness for the troubled couple.
If you govern a city with crime problems and need a quick, if not entirely legal, solution, you call Detective Bowen. "The end justifies the means" is his philosophy. He will use all available resources to stop the "serial killer" of Falldale.
Our team is working very hard to create an original soundtrack for Truman: The Face Eraser. Here are some original tracks.
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Q. What platforms will Truman: The Face Eraser be available on?
A. For now only on PC, MAC and Linux. Also the game will be released on Steam, so a key will be given to all our backers of USD$12 and above.
Q. In what languages will the game be available?
A. We want the game to be available in all possible languages, but right now the game will be available in English and Spanish.
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