Haunt mortals and escape divine punishment in a game of resource and relationship management.
Take on the role of a doomed spirit and claw your way into the mortal world. Old age and death await you, but they are a small price to pay to escape the punishment of the Hours.
Occult adepts bind you to their will. This costs you energy, but it also buys you precious time in the mortal world. Build relationships to guarantee your survival, turn them against one another, and meddle in their lives to create the conditions of your birth.
Each spirit you play has unique motivations, which changes how you relate to mortals in the world. Will they be friends? Pawns? Lovers? The Matter of Being blends visual novel presentation with a resource management and strategy layer to help you shape the world. Discover new branches of character stories with every playthrough as you haunt your way through modern-day Boston.
The Matter of Being is made possible thanks to Weather Factory’s Community License. This allows fans — like Common Logic — to produce games in the IP. As a fan project, we focus heavily on building in public and emphasize moddability. If we meet our funding goals, we will return all assets and code to the license for public use. Follow our progress and help shape development on our Discord.
Common Logic is not affiliated with Weather Factory.
