Octavi Navarro is an artist and developer best known for their gorgeous, detailed work on Pixels, Huh and Thimbleweed Park. Midnight Scenes: The Highway is a short-and-sweet adventure game made entirely by Navarro, with a strong The Twilight Zone flavor. Even the intro screen reads just like an episode introduction, all hard-boiled text and shots of whatever hapless protagonist is about to get zoned this time around.
In this game, that’s a lady driving her car alone at night, on a dusty country road. Of course, she runs into both puzzles (it’s an adventure game, after all), and creepiness, which starts with ominous posters and continues with a creepy, ruined farm. It continues beyond that as well, but I don’t want to spoil anything.
Videos by VICE
All of it is done in gorgeous, monochrome pixel art, with a period-perfect soundtrack. You can grab the game on its itch.io page, and support the artist on Patreon.
