Teke Teke: Moonlit Dread

About Teke Teke: Moonlit Dread

Teke Teke: Moonlit Dread is a small horror game for Windows by Medo, an independent maker on itch.io, offered at a price you choose. It takes the Japanese urban legend of Teke Teke, a spirit said to drag itself along on its arms and make a scraping teke teke sound as it comes after people, and sets it on one quiet night.

It begins at home. You read a disturbing article online, then head out for a late-night grocery run with a list in your pocket. The road is lit by single street lamps, the convenience store glows at the edge of the trees, and the train station nearby is deserted. Before long you are trapped at the store, and the only question is whether you can outrun what follows you or find safety somewhere in the dark.

The game is drawn in the low-poly style of the PlayStation era, under a grainy VHS filter, with long stretches of black between pools of lamplight. Its fear comes from that emptiness and from knowing the legend before you meet it. It lasts about 15 minutes and has two endings.

It suits players who like short Japanese urban legend games such as Chilla's Art's, and who want something to finish in one sitting. The game can be played in English, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese, with subtitles.

How to play Teke Teke: Moonlit Dread

1. Download the game from its itch.io page (name your own price, including nothing) and unzip it on a Windows PC.
2. Read the article at home, then set out with your grocery list (Tab to check it).
3. Walk with WASD and the mouse, and press E to pick things up and interact.
4. When the night turns, hold Left Shift to sprint and decide where to run.
5. Play again to see the other of the two endings.

Tips

• Play at night with headphones: the sound matters.
• Keep track of where the lit areas are on your way to the store.
• Know the Teke Teke legend before you start if you want the opening to land.

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