A miner between the wooden sheds of the Old Mine, at night, in front of the cage tower

A Shif7y game

Mãe-do-Ouro

She guards the gold. You came to take it.

January 2027 · Steam · Google Play Coming soon to Steam

The Veio Fundo Mining Company has reopened the Old Mine of Morro Fundo, shut down decades ago after a few “accidents”.

Down there lives the Mãe-do-Ouro, the Mother of Gold, a Brazilian legend who guards the gold of the earth. She does not like greed.

Co-op horror · 1 to 4 players

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Miners

Ride the cage down into the dark, break stones out of the veins and haul them up. Every pickaxe strike makes noise. Something is listening.

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Engineers

Stay in the engine house keeping the mine alive: lights, power, ventilation, cameras and the cage password. Over the radio, they are the eyes of everyone below.

No engineer? Miners go down on their own, 1 to 4. The engine house turns into panels, levers and brass tokens down below.

From afar, it’s just another headlamp.

Same lens, same beam, same height, a miner’s footsteps. The body only shows up close, or when someone points a light at her. The cameras show her true form.

Move the light

On shift

01
A new mine every shift

Up to five levels generated on the spot, with loops to run through. Dead ends always hide the richest vein.
02
Real voice chat

Proximity voice muffled by the walls, and an old radio that crackles when she is near whoever is talking.
03
The canary knows first

It panics when she is about 25 meters away. It faints when there is firedamp in the air, and firedamp has no color or smell.
04
Greed has a price

The more value leaves the mine, the faster and sharper she gets. Past the quota, she can sense who carries the priciest stone.
05
The way out has a password

The cage only goes up with the telegram password, and the scheduled blast only stops with the code from the right crate.
06
Contracts in cycles

Three days per cycle, with a quota that keeps rising. Lose a shift without hitting it and the contract goes back to day 1.