Pathologic: The Marble Nest

Developer(s)	Ice-Pick Lodge
Publisher(s)	tinyBuild
Artist(s)	wrroniec (cover artwork)
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Playstation 4
Release	October 29, 2019PC December 12, 2019Xbox One March 7, 2020Playstation 4
Language(s)	English Русский (Russian)
Genre	Adventure, survival, survival-horror, role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Pathologic: The Marble Nest is a stand-alone short story set in the Pathologic universe, set on a single day during the Second Outbreak. It was initially released as a limited demo for backers of the Kickstarter project as a sneak preview of what the story of Pathologic 2 would be like, on December 1, 2016 It was later released for anyone to download. Ice-Pick Lodge describe it as "almost like a small autonomous game that uses the assets, characters, and premise of Pathologic, but works on its own. Kind of."

Following the official release of Pathologic 2, Ice-Pick Lodge re-released an updated version of Pathologic: The Marble Nest as a DLC on October 29th, 2019. It was available as a free download to anyone who already owned Pathologic 2 as of the release date. It was later released with the Xbox One release on December 12, 2019, and on Playstation 4 on March 7, 2020, one day following Pathologic 2's console release.

Plot

See: Plot: The Marble Nest

The events of The Marble Nest take place on the tenth day of the outbreak as experienced by the Bachelor. The player takes on the role of the Bachelor as he attempts to keep the last uninfected area of the Town safe from the Plague. They must also work to piece together clues to unravel Death's mystery - but may fail.

The Bachelor can grow hungry and exhausted, and his infection and immunity levels will rise and fall with the player's actions, similarly to the Haruspex in Pathologic 2. However, the survival mechanics are lenient compared to Pathologic 2, "...as if the Bachelor didn’t try to cling to life too much...".

Characters

Bachelor	Aspity	Georgiy Kain	Sticky	Shrew	Sleepy Head	Dora Feugel
Marat Ranin	Blacky	Gull	Cookaroo	Oriole	Magpie	Bürged
Lotman and Siskin	Widow	Shaazgai	Tagtaa	Shar Shuvuu	Tragedians	Executors

Gallery

• 2019 release
• 2016 release

Menus and UI

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  Pathologic: The Marble Nest on the Main Menu
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  Marble Nest loading screen
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  The Bachelor's Things UI
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  The Bachelor's Touch Details
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  The Bachelor's Map of The Town
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  The Bachelor's Mind Map
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  The Bachelor's People UI
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  The Bachelor's People UI

Dialogue Screens

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  Orderly in Dialogue
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  Dora Feugel in Dialogue
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  Marat Ranin in Dialogue
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  Sticky in Dialogue
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  Blacky in Dialogue
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  Executor in Dialogue
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  Aspity in Dialogue
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  Military Sentry in Dialogue
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  Military Officer in Dialogue
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  A Tragedian in Dialogue
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  Georgiy Kain in Dialogue

Enviroment

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  Neck 3 in the Bachelor's dream
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  A Bull in the Bachelor's dream
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  The Bachelor's dream
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  An Executor in the Bachelor's dream
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  Sticky in the Marble Nest
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  An Executor in the Marble Nest
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  Neck 1
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  The Atrium
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  The Store
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  A crowd gathered outside of the Store
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  The Polyhedron
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  The Cathedral
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  The Bridge Square
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  The Committee
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  A Tragedian outside of Georgiy Kain's Workshop
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  The Steppe Camp
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  Neck 3
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  Aspity's House

Endings

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  The Marble Nest ending 1
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  The Marble Nest ending 2
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  The Marble Nest ending 3
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  The Marble Nest ending 4

Menus and UI

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  The original Marble Nest main menu
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  The Marble Nest demo loading screen 1
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  The Marble Nest demo loading screen 2
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  The Bachelor's Character screen
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  The Bachelor's Inventory
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  The Bachelor's Touch Details
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  The Bachelor's Map of The Town
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  The Bachelor's mindmap

Dialogue Screens

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  Aspity in dialogue
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  Georgiy Kain in dialogue
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  Odongh in dialogue
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  Sticky's character model
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  Dora Feugel
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  Marat Ranin in dialogue
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  Orderly in dialogue
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  Military sentry in dialogue
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  Tragedian in dialogue

Enviroment

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  Screenshot of the Polyhedron
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  Screenshot of the Polyhedron and the Town
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  Sticky in the Marble Nest
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  Screenshot of the Cathedral
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  Screenshot of the Steppe camp
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  Money used in the demo

Endings

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  The Marble Nest ending 1
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  The Marble Nest ending 2
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  The Marble Nest ending 3
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  The Marble Nest ending 4

Notes

• The title "Marble Nest" is a reference to Knock-Knock, another Ice-Pick Lodge game.

“	"This is a game to be played in silence. Two hours before sunrise, gather the guests. Everybody chooses a human for themselves. After that, the guests should move silently through the house. All the guests are focused on their own business. Sooner or later you will hear a voice: 'Here birdies, gather around the marble nest.' Then everyone should freeze in place. If the rustling continues, that means the game is over and you should stop immediately. The invisible one is among you."	„
	— Summary displayed after completeing the level 'Everything's Alive'

• The original demo version of The Marble Nest took place on Day 8, while the DLC version takes place on Day 10.
• Since the full DLC release of The Marble Nest, the former website that would link to a free demo version now redirects to the Steam store.

External links

• Pathologic: The Marble Nest Steam page
• Thanatica Labs
• Thanatica Labs (restored version)