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As a TEREBRO INC. Risk Assessment & Management Data Processor, you protect the company’s legacy.

Set against the Mississippi River in 1986, Things Too Ugly twists experimental narratives within a challenging puzzle game. Wielding retro technologies, nostalgic aesthetics, and environmental horror, Things Too Ugly delivers a tense, interactive story.

In your antiquated workspace, you navigate instruments and sift through documents illuminated by the incandescent bulb of a desk lamp and the moonlight. Static crackles through tunes playing on a portable radio as you parse data. Unusual diagrams and photographs draw you in as you cull eerie details from archived files.

Urgency mounts in the small hours. Your supervisor, looming via intercom, leads you through a long-buried episode from the company’s past. Equipped with GPS, encoder device, and more, can youreckon with what lays bare on your desk; will you set right a decades-old wrong?

Hey, are you awake in there? I know. The transition to the night shift can be tough, but I'm sure you'll adjust in time. Everyone does - or we hire another.

-The Supervisor

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Gameplay Trailer

A gameplay screenshot of Things Too Ugly. A desk view of a retro computer terminal. The computer screen is black and says, Terebro Laboratories. On the right side, a UI element from the game allows players to type into the terminal. It reads, Veri Fi Assessment and Management Software. User ID, Passcode, Shift Code.

A yellow handheld radio with a glowing blue screen. The red needle is set to a station. The front of the radio has the speaker, and the sides have the dials.

Office window view. A dark night sky, a bright moon in the distance over a muddy river and a bridge. The windows from another wing of the building are glowing yellow.

A gameplay screenshot of Things Too Ugly. A desk view of a retro computer terminal. The computer screen is black and says, Terebro Laboratories. The office space is dated with wood paneling. The bulletin board is cluttered with papers and photos and cards. A stack of files is on the right next to a coffee cup and a radio. In the foreground, a file is spread out with contents exposed.

A gameplay screenshot of Things Too Ugly. A desk view of a retro computer terminal. The computer screen is black and says, Terebro Laboratories. On the right side, a UI element from the game allows players to type into the terminal. It reads, Veri Fi Assessment and Management Software. User ID, Passcode, Shift Code.

A yellow handheld radio with a glowing blue screen. The red needle is set to a station. The front of the radio has the speaker, and the sides have the dials.

Office window view. A dark night sky, a bright moon in the distance over a muddy river and a bridge. The windows from another wing of the building are glowing yellow.

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features an entirely
original soundtrack.

Things Too Ugly utilizes experimental approaches to audio design to communicate the wild timbres of the Midwest. The in-game atmosphere is shaped by unconventional vocalizations and sound effects both invented and captured in the real world. Samples range from manufactured clanking noises of household objects to backyard crows, frogs, and the wind.

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