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Heather Wreath: The Reporter

This game acts as the prologue to Heather Wreath: Shoban. In the shadow of a rundown estate, tormented by demented visions you must solve puzzles, fight dreadful monsters, and escape the masked man haunting every step. Inside a retro fixed camera narrative horror.

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Artistic Madhouse Studios
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Artistic Madhouse Studios
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January 2, 2025
1 year and 212 days ago
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About the Game

In the shadow of a rundown estate, tormented by demented visions you must solve puzzles, fight dreadful monsters, and escape the masked man haunting every step. Inside a fixed camera narrative horror.

Step into the shoes of Edward Smith, an investigative reporter nearing the end of his career, each night a fitful dream haunts him; A thirty year old murder and a string of gruesome cold cases connected to the defunct Erickson Travelling Carnival. Following the dark whispers he travels to the rural town of Heather Valley. The Estate of the Erickson Brothers looms a shadow of festering rot and disrepair. Will this be the last chance at his greatest story? nothing is what it seems and a masked figure hunts you through the darkness. Crow feathers stir the end, the abyss gazes back six eyes wide.

A Love Letter to Retro Survival Horror

In this prologue to Heather Wreath: Shoban You'll encounter many puzzles and horror's dredged from the rot within. Will you solve the mystery of the estate before your reality falls apart at the seams?

Heather Wreath: The Reporter faithfully captures the feeling of retro survival horror, 90's slasher films and lovecraftian horror.

  • Fixed camera style gameplay inspired by 90's games.

  • Manage limited items and weapons.

  • Game focuses heavily on story, psychological thrills and symbolism.

  • Piece together The horror's of the estate's past through scattered notes.

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