Nazis and Happy Feet collide in Penguin Colony, a psychological horror game set at the world’s end

Source: guardianTech August 6, 2026 · 07:00
Explore Antarctica as a flightless bird – and dodge some earthly monsters – in this surreal adaptation of HP LovecraftWhile watching the 2006 animated film Happy Feet with his daughter, Origame Digital founder Naphtali Faulkner noticed something interesting. “[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost eldritch quality,” he says. Over time, and with plenty of iteration, Faulkner’s inspirations coalesced, from HP Lovecraft to the 1982 version of The Thing and the works of David Lynch. “I’m a big fan of horror that sits in your head rather than in your stomach,” says Faulkner.In Penguin Colony, players body-switch between species of flightless birds, piecing together cryptic cosmic clues as they tail a Nazi expedition to Antarctica. In the process, Origame D…

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