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Hellfire 1988: An Oregon Story

Hellfire 1988: An Oregon Story is a story-rich visual novel with point-and-click adventure game elements. Featuring a 30,000 word interactive script, hundreds of story choices, challenging puzzles, and a thrilling hard rock soundtrack, Hellfire 1988 is a compelling dramatic adventure.

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Mama Makes Games
Publisher
Mama Makes Games
Release
May 11, 2022
4 years and 84 days ago
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What to Expect


Hellfire 1988: An Oregon Story is a story-rich visual novel set in Bend, Oregon during the Halloween of 1988. Hellfire 1988 is a darkly comic crime story with engaging interactive dialogue, point-and-click exploration, and exciting mini-games that combine to give players an immersive experience of 1980s America. Featuring a 30,000 word interactive script, hundreds of realistic story choices, trenchant dark humor, challenging puzzles, and a thrilling hard rock soundtrack, Hellfire 1988 is one of the first indie games to be made with Unreal Engine 5 and has an expected play time of about 2 to 4 hours. Available in English and Spanish.

A Glimpse Into the Past From the Future


Jennifer Craft is a seventeen-year-old slacker and metalhead living in the conservative logging town of Bend, Oregon. When a shocking crime confirms the townsfolk's worst suspicions about Jennifer, she must race against time to clear her name and save her loved ones.

New with Version 1.0.2:

  • Added all new SPANISH translation provided by David "Gilded Z" Vasquez!
  • Added music volume slider on main menu
  • Added the actual verse in the hacking puzzle
  • Performance improvements

New with Version 1.0.1:

  • Added option to play just as Visual Novel without puzzles and point-and-click levels
  • Keep cursor visible throughout dialogues for easier access to save menu
  • Graphical performance optimizations
  • Fixed bug where game sometimes wouldn’t recall last choice point if Jennifer goes to jail
  • Removed graphic debug messages that pop up on some systems during point-and-click levels
  • Fixed typo in dialogue
  • Improved in-game menu visibility and added version indicator
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