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> Terminal is a horror game about technological isolation and entrapment amid the frozen silence of a Central Illinois winter.

> ACCESS TERMINAL ⬇️:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4017990/_Terminal/

https://www.terminal-fiction.com
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> TIME: 2022-12-11 23:00:00

> LOCATION: Urbana, Illinois

->~ exit

>

->~ exit

> Tera...

->~ exit

> It's you, Tera.

> Come find me.

> store.steampowered.com/app/4017990/...

> www.terminal-fiction.com

#interactivefiction #horror #prairiefuturism #indiedev
HAL 9000 was born in Urbana, IL, on January 12, 1992.

Tera was born the same day in the same town.

Check out Terminal's feature in The Daily Illini.

It's the Urbana vibe: flat, electric, quiet, often beautiful.

📰 Read the story: dailyillini.com/life_and_cul...

Link in bio to wishlist on Steam.
UI alum brings horror to CU with interactive fiction game - The Daily Illini
University alum Dustin Schrader is set to release a horror video game which takes place in Champaign-Urbana.
dailyillini.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
> There is no exit command.

> The Terminal demo is up on Steam, if you'd like to try it.

🔗https://store.steampowered.com/app/4017990/_Terminal/

#gamedev #indiedev #horror #indiegame #interactivefiction
January 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
The goal of > Terminal is to make you feel like you're as trapped as Tera is in her operating system, her experience, and her own mind.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #godot #indiehorror #pixelart
January 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Just posted a brief technical breakdown of the build on Reddit. Check it out here: www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm...
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 AM
> It's time to start over, Tera.

->~ I spent 2025 building > Terminal, a text-based, technological horror game.

I call its genre "Prairie Futurism," blending sci-fi with a frozen Midwest setting.

The demo is live: store.steampowered.com/app/4017990/...

#gamedev #indiehorror #Godot #indiegame
> Terminal on Steam
You are alone inside the terminal window of Tera, a 30-year-old designer on a cold Illinois night. An unknown presence has taken control, threatening to expose her most private thoughts and memories. ...
store.steampowered.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM
> TIME: 2022-12-11 23:00:00

> LOCATION: Urbana, Illinois

->~ exit

>

->~ exit

> Tera...

->~ exit

> It's you, Tera.

> Come find me.

> store.steampowered.com/app/4017990/...

> www.terminal-fiction.com

#interactivefiction #horror #prairiefuturism #indiedev
December 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM