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Somnigrad

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A deeply interactive first-person intrusive thought simulator, shooter, and interdimensional quest to unite alien realms!

Premise
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Suppose a timeline very similar, but not identical, to ours. It's the October of 2014, and tensions in Eastern Europe aren't looking too hot after the suppression of Euromaidan.

Emil Dularr, 21-year old Corporal of the SMVCh, is tasked with running a border checkpoint in Dubăsari. The commute from Tiraspol isn't terribly long, but it is boring, and the 30-year old train and decrepit track don't help. There's not much company, either - just a Lieutenant from Kaluga's OMON who he can always count on for... less than edifying conversation.

What he doesn't count on, as he dozes off en route one day, is being rudely shaken awake and finding himself alone in a dark, alien train station at night.

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