# Murkdream

> Murkdream is an independent, one-person game studio making dark, story-driven games. Its first game, Project Dukkha, is a 2.5D side-scrolling adventure with no dialogue, in development for PC.

## Studio

- Name: Murkdream (written MURKDREAM in the logo)
- Kind: independent game studio, one developer
- Makes: dark, story-driven games; every game has a dark, heavy story at its centre
- Name origin: joins "murk" (darkness, thick fog) and "dream"
- Contact: contact@murkdream.com
- Website: https://murkdream.com/

## Games

### Project Dukkha

Project Dukkha is a 2.5D side-scrolling adventure with no dialogue. A nameless man wakes up alone in a ruined world. In development for PC by Murkdream.

- Page: https://murkdream.com/game/project-dukkha
- Premise: In the silence of a ruined world, a nameless man wakes up: lost, disoriented and alone. As he moves forward, the search for identity and truth slowly unfolds.
- Status: in development (pre-alpha)
- Release date: to be announced
- Platforms: PC
- Genre: Adventure, Side-scroller, Platformer; 2.5D side view
- Players: Single-player
- Dialogue: None. No dialogue and no on-screen text.
- Engine and tools: Unity, Blender
- Languages: English, Turkish, Azerbaijani
- Controls: Keyboard, Xbox controller, PlayStation controller, Other gamepads
- Accessibility: Configurable controls, Textless
- Generative AI: not used
- Developer and publisher: Murkdream
- Video: [Gameplay teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2k9F3GAk5I), 16 May 2025. The first look at Project Dukkha in motion, captured from a pre-alpha build.
- Video: [Official teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APuPbEBdS4U), 13 January 2025. The first teaser. The aftermath of a disaster, in wreckage and silence.
- itch.io: https://murkdream.itch.io/project-dukkha
- IGDB: https://www.igdb.com/games/project-dukkha
- Devlog: https://murkdream.itch.io/project-dukkha/devlog

#### Questions
- What is Project Dukkha? Project Dukkha is a 2.5D side-scrolling adventure game by Murkdream, an independent one-person studio. It tells a dark, mysterious story without dialogue or text: a nameless man wakes up alone in a ruined world and moves forward to find out who he is and what happened.
- When does it come out? There is no release date yet. The game is in development, at the pre-alpha stage. News and new footage are posted on YouTube, Instagram, X, TikTok and itch.io.
- Which platforms is it coming to? Project Dukkha is in development for PC. Other platforms have not been announced.
- Does the game have dialogue or text? No. There is no dialogue and no on-screen text. The story is told through the world itself.
- What engine is it made with? Unity, with 3D work done in Blender. No generative AI is used to make the game.
- Who is making it? Murkdream, a one-person independent game studio. One developer works on the game.

## Pages

- [Home](https://murkdream.com/): the studio and its first game
- [Games](https://murkdream.com/games): every Murkdream game
- [Project Dukkha](https://murkdream.com/game/project-dukkha): teasers, screenshots, details and questions
- [About the studio](https://murkdream.com/about): who makes the games and how
- [Contact](https://murkdream.com/contact): email and contact form

## Elsewhere

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Murkdream
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murkdream/
- X: https://x.com/Murkdream
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murkdream
- itch.io: https://murkdream.itch.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/murkdream/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/murkdream