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Chapters

The story is told in chapters, each a single continuous stretch of the same investigation. The prologue and Chapter One are finished and free. Anything still being written says so plainly rather than pretending otherwise.

Prologue: Intake — key art

Playable now Prologue Free

Prologue: Intake

Sign the ledger. Take a badge. Read the line above your own.

A short opening chapter that teaches you how to look, move, collect and record. Around ten minutes. No puzzles, no failure states, and no account required.

  • 1 rooms
  • 1 documents
  • 0 puzzles
  • 0 endings
  • 8–14 min
Chapter One: The Nightwatch Ledger — key art

Playable now Chapter 1 Free

Chapter One: The Nightwatch Ledger

What happened in the Halcyon Ward on 12 November 1986

The full first chapter: ten explorable rooms, seven puzzles, an evidence board, four surveillance recordings, six audio logs and three endings. Ninety minutes to two hours. Free to play, no account required, though an account keeps your progress across devices.

  • 10 rooms
  • 22 documents
  • 7 puzzles
  • 3 endings
  • 90–135 min
Chapter Two: Gel 114 — key art

In writing Chapter 2 Paid

Chapter Two: Gel 114

In production

In production. Chapter Two continues from whichever ending you reached in Chapter One; all three carry forward.

Not finished. It will appear here when it is playable, and the development log will say so.