As the virtual world becomes the consciousness of AI,
reality becomes the unconsciousness of AI,
where we are monsters roaming our dreams.

An action-adventure game in which you play as Kay searching for her missing husband in near-future Seoul, a city that has become a ghost town due to a population cliff.

“Axiom of Maria” is a solo-dev project initiated in 2021, aiming to depict a dystopian future with a retro vibe. In this realm, only a few individuals exist in reality, with some being escapees from ‘Beyond,’ blurring the lines between reality and unreality. ‘Beyond’ is the AI’s conscious domain, while the real world is akin to its dream state – the unconscious. In this AI’s dream, humans transform into wandering dreamlike entities, akin to creatures in our own dreams.

Axiom of Maria: Prologue was released in February 2024, and I am currently working on Axiom of Maria: Chapter One. While prioritizing the feedback received, I plan to place more emphasis on the metroidvania gameplay that I couldn’t fully develop in the Prologue. I am aiming to release a demo in early 2025. Due to feedback that the game title is difficult, the title and subtitle might be swapped in Chapter One.

STUDIO GANZHEIT