Orten Was The Case

Get ready to step into the (non-existent) footsteps of Ziggy, the unlikely hero of a fictional Swedish neighborhood. Together, you will take on the difficult task of uncovering a devious plot that could potentially destroy the entire world.

Ziggy wakes up one day with a strange mark on his hand, with no idea what happened during the night. After a few minutes lost in the familiar streets of his suburb, Orten, an explosion takes him back to exactly where he woke up moments ago… He’s stuck in a time loop.

Without shoes or memories of the past, he sets out on a mission to figure out what the hell is going on and how to avoid the destruction of his city. It won’t be easy, because the more he pokes around in the wrong places, the more he learns that his hometown hides many secrets. His strange neighbors become even stranger, and he can only rely on his friends and his highly reliable brain.

If the day repeats itself over and over, how can you progress? Here’s the catch: knowledge is your key to progress in Orten. Every loop you go through, you learn something new that will allow you to advance the story further. Thanks to the time loop mechanic, you save clues, notes, and events on the timeline, eventually learning how you can change the future in just 12 minutes on a normal Sunday.

Who are they? The Midnight Council, I mean. They seem to be the only ones who are one step ahead of you. What really happened in this town 40 years ago and how to escape the time loop and avoid death?

Follow the clues, solve puzzles and explore the mysterious suburb of Orten in this hand-drawn 2.5D adventure game.