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On a Mars-bound spaceship, connect visual clues, answer a mysterious presence, and unlock a crew member’s audio logs.
Released 16 Apr 2020
Connect Moon Clues
Answer the Presence
Unlock Crew Audio Logs
Born from an Alternate Reality Game experience created by Alice & Smith in 2019, Cyrano Story is a complex puzzle game designed to ascend to intergalactic forces and give insight into the backstory of Funcom’s cosmic horror game Moons of Madness.
Developed by Alice & Smith · Published by Alice & Smith
A relief crew aboard the Cyrano is heading toward Mars when strange symptoms and psychological changes begin to affect the team. Through the personal audio logs of Dr. Olivia Mason, the ship’s navigation specialist, you learn about the crew’s journey and the events surrounding the cosmic horror setting of Moons of Madness.
The game centers on solving enigmas. Each puzzle presents visual clues on a moon, which you examine and connect; then you enter an answer into the surrounding darkness. A mysterious presence responds to guesses, and solving the puzzle breaks a seal.
Each solved enigma unlocks one of Dr. Mason’s transmissions, revealing more about life aboard the ship and the crew’s condition. Puzzles have difficulty labels, and the game’s ARG origins mean some were designed for groups to investigate together.
Some reviewers enjoy the cosmic-horror atmosphere and the story connections to Moons of Madness, especially the crew’s history conveyed through Dr. Mason’s logs. Puzzle-solving appeals to players who like interpreting clues, though others describe the enigmas as exceptionally difficult or unclear. One reviewer also reports a network error on launch.
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Solve challenging enigmas to uncover the mysteries on board the Cyrano spaceship.
Born from an Alternate Reality Game experiment in Google AI, Cyrano Story is a short and complex puzzle game created by Alice & Smith which reveals insight into the backstory of Funcom’s cosmic horror game, Moons of Madness. The game is based off of Moons of Madness and very much inspired by The Secret World universe.
Originally created as a transmedia campaign to promote the release of Moons of Madness, featuring a live event in Berlin and interactive online community events, the game has since been enhanced with more puzzles and new content to replace the live elements. For hints and help, reach out to the Cyrano Story community on Discord or visit the Game Detectives Walkthrough of the original ARG.
Cyrano Story : A cautionary tale for space travelers.
As the Invictus base faces eldritch horrors, the unaware relief crew aboard the Cyrano spaceship begins to experience strange symptoms on its approach to Mars. As the Orochi employees get closer to the red planet and its twin moons, insanity starts creeping into their minds.
Thanks to the personal audio logs of Dr. Olivia Mason, Navigation Specialist for the Cyrano, we gain insight into the evolution of the team members’ daily tasks, struggles and state of mind during their journey. All the while, descending into a black hole of knowledge and torment because of the hold the planet and its secrets have on the team’s sanity.
A game that learns your darkest fears and offers you insight into the Moons of Madness game!
Players must interact with an unknown force and feed it answers to unlock and understand Dr. Mason’s take on the events. The mysterious force’s voice and eerie reactions will guide the player to true cosmic wisdom, or infinite madness...
To start, access a moon and take the time to analyse each of the visual clues that are presented to find what links them all together. Write your answer anywhere in the floating darkness and wait for a response from the mysterious entity. Good or bad, this presence will react to all your guesses until you’ve broken the seal. Once you’ve solved the enigma, you’ll be given access to one of Dr. Olivia Mason’s transmissions. Her personal logs will give you insight about life on the Cyrano spaceship, her findings, status on the crew’s journey and much more.
Keep in mind that most of these puzzles were originally designed to be solved in teams by entire online communities. So feel free to reach out the Cyrano Story fans on Discord for clues or even take a look at the various ARG collectives. You can also rely on the difficulty labels associated with each puzzle : Sane, On the edge, Crazy, Insane, Mental Breakdown or Higher plane, to brace yourself before you get in too deep.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 13 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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