Funeral for the Sun

About the Game

In 1968, the once prosperous company town of Cerro Milagroso vanished in a single week. The official story said that a fire had destroyed most of its infrastructure, along with all but one of the town's 724 residents, but you don't buy it. There's a bigger story that lies beneath, and you will be the one to find it.

A non-linear detective game rooted in Latin American history that allows you to enter a world of memories and deduce secrets beyond your wildest imaginations.

REAL DETECTIVE GAMEPLAY

Explore, discover and deduce.

• Navigate a complex web of environments, and scour them for clues and hidden information

• Explore past events first-hand and piece together a timeline of events. 

• Track down secret relationships, family lineages and causes of death in your journal. Discover secret identities.

• Everyone is a liar until proven otherwise, use deductive reasoning to determine what really happened.

• A 10–12-hour experience

A MAGICAL REALIST EXPERIENCE

• A story deeply rooted in Latin American tradition and folklore.

• Shines a light on real world histories of rebellion and resistance against colonial oppression.

• Uses gameplay to demonstrate the often nuanced and fraught relationships between official history, journalism, oral traditions and real events.

SOMETHING SLUMBERS UNDERNEATH THE TOWN