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The game targets a late November release, and the distribution platform has not been announced.","whyItMatters":"The model-railway loop of building, photographing and selling is the ordinary part; the horror sits in the upkeep, since ipip says players must keep the human tunnels alive and the trailer shows a heart-rate monitor.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe diorama loop is conventional: assemble and paint trains and miniature houses, photograph the finished scene, sell the photo to a collector, spend the money on new models. The graphics are rough in the original PlayStation manner. What the footage adds is the tunnel itself. A railway track runs through the mouth of a trembling human, and a model train passes through. On Reddit, ipip said players also need to keep the tunnels alive. The method is not disclosed, but the trailer shows what appears to be a heart rate being read on an electrocardiogram monitor. Humans Are Tunnels targets a late November release. The platform is unannounced.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Humans Are Tunnels makes the diorama itself the horror: track through a trembling person's mouth, then a photo of it sold to a collector. ipip turns the craft loop into the violence.","twitterPost":"Humans Are Tunnels sells the photo, not the kill. ipip makes the collector the one paying for the diorama.","threadsPost":"Humans Are Tunnels builds its horror into the crafting loop. You finish a diorama, photograph it, sell the photo to a collector, and the person used as a tunnel stays alive for the next build. ipip makes the buyer part of the game.","newsletterBlurb":"Indie developer ipip is building Humans Are Tunnels, a diorama game where you assemble model trains and houses, photograph the result and sell it to collectors. The released footage shows track running through a living person's mouth, and ipip says players must keep the tunnels alive. 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