You were looking for a story to tell. At a family reunion, one fell right into your lap.
According to your aunt, a terrible creature haunts the streets and woods of Port Archer, Washington.

What's more, she's seen it. So she claims. And she's willing to sit down and tell you all about it. You schedule a few more interviews, gather your gear and head out to see what you can find

There's an art to interviewing people. Choosing what to say and when; when to press a question or let the subject talk; how to judge what might offend or ingratiate them.

And the whole time, you're on the clock. Rarely is there time to follow every thread. Every moment counts.

But the rewards for navigating this interpersonal labyrinth are great. Discover great quotes and use them to make your final video better. Or find yourself with a pile of mediocre material at the end of it all and do the best you can.

So you get your footage. Good, bad, strange, sweet, scary - likely a mix of all of these. Now you get to figure out what you think the story is. Choose clips that support specific angles and tell the world the story that stands out to you.

If you've got the footage for it, that is.

Don't let the friendly residents or cute downtown fool you... there is some hidden darkness in this town and strange stories to uncover.

You won't close every lead or find every secret. Instead, you'll have to read between the lines and trust your judgement. It's about the story, not about catching the monster in the act.

Created for the 2026 Spooktober Visual Novel Jam

Writing/Code: Nathan Whitehouse

Code: Jason Whitehouse

Art Lead: Inês Lebre

Art: Mariana Santos

Art: Irís Loureiro

Art: Vanessa de Sousa

Sound/Music/Code: Stef Senior