Pixlitch

We make small, careful games in the tradition of the text adventures that shaped a generation — stories where the words do the work.

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Games

Lucrum Sanguinis

The Quaestor's Legacy

PlatformCommodore 64
GenreInteractive Fiction
SettingEngland, 1870s
Status2026

Colonel William Ashworth is missing. His letter arrived the same morning as the newspaper notice — and the phrasing tells you everything you need to know.

You are a retired army medic. You served under the Colonel in the Crimea, and you know his distress signal when you see it. What you do not yet know is what he hid before they took him, or what a dead man's son has been waiting years to find.

A mystery in the Infocom tradition — cerebral, atmospheric, and unforgiving of carelessness. Every item earns its place more than once.

Victorian Mystery Infocom Style Parser IF C64 Single Player
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About
Pixlitch

Pixlitch is a one-person indie studio founded by Ichiro Ota. We make text adventures and retro games for people who believe that a story told entirely in words can be as vivid, as tense, and as affecting as any other.

The work is small and deliberate. Each game is built to stand on its own — careful puzzles, period atmosphere, and prose that rewards reading closely. We are not in a hurry.