DreadXP are dipping into the bite-sized titles range of games with the first in its new XP Ultra line in developer oxblud’s FLATHEAD. The Lovecraftian psychological horror title will arrive on Steam on May 30th, serving as a concise glimpse into the world of silkbulb test, another upcoming horror game from the developer.

FLATHEAD is a short, but replayable experience where players’ whole existence hangs in the balance of a simple choice of over or under. Players will use various tools, tricks, and ultimately their luck to win enough points to buy their freedom, all while a sense of impending doom perpetually looms in the darkness.

As mentioned, you must earn and bank points to gain your freedom. It’s a high risk, high reward situation, where letting it ride gains you multipliers to increase your winnings. You’ll be making your own luck to increase your odds, but at the same time, increasing your doom.

FLATHEAD showcases the type of titles DreadXP is looking to work with for the XP Ultra program. Created to carry on the spirit of the Dread X Collection and its subsequent iterations, XP Ultra aims to elevate smaller, shorter projects with publishing support not always available to games and developers at a smaller scale. XP Ultra publishing support includes the same quality of marketing, PR, QA, production support, etc. available to other DreadXP titles, but scaled appropriately to the size of the project.

“The team at DreadXP is excited by the opportunity to publish even more experimental titles at smaller scales, as it gives us a chance to create a wider, weirder, more diverse catalog of games for indie horror fans,” explained Hunter Bond, Co-Director at DreadXP, “FLATHEAD is just the beginning of more good strangeness to come.”