Pharmakos

A strange gentleman leads an expedition into the desert to see what he has seen. The three enter the tower, and everything changes.

PHARMAKOS is a post-apocalyptic acid-Western twine, approximately 4k words. Available to read as an interactive twine or text only. Content warnings included. Play through the two routes to unlock  a secret ending.

Cover art is an edited version of The (Great) Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563.

Inspired by: Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas, specifically the DLC Dead Money; Harlon Ellison's I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream; Alastair Reynold's Diamond Dogs; Clive Barker's In the Hills, the Cities; Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves.