Market of 10:34 by Culaliya

The time is 10:34. The central market is still open. Vendors, shoppers and the tannoy repeat one line. Only the sentence that slips will point you toward the next thing. This is a short third-person 3D psychological horror, set inside one covered market. You listen for a line that does not belong to this loop, then look between the produce stall, the butcher and the rear corner. The people here are stylized figures made for this market. There are three pieces of anomalous evidence: a red price tag, an empty-hook piece, and a faded receipt. With all three, the broken clock counter will make an exit stamp. Then you walk to the iron gate. Each loop returns to 10:34 after 64 seconds. The lines that matter show up as the loops advance. The market keeps books. The grudge receipt book files what this loop did. When you leave, the exit register prints that loop’s receipt. Starting over tears a…