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The Dropouts

A spooky choices-matter mystery set in 2004 Switzerland. Many students have disappeared in Noirmont High over the past century. You're Lou, you just transferred here, and weird stuff immediately starts happening... will you be the next dropout?

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About the Game

Rewind back to 2004 and find out why so many students are going missing in the infamous Swiss boarding school of Noirmont High. 

  • Choose a starting skill (you can be perceptive, athletic or resourceful)

  • Choose your fear (do you have scary intrusive thoughts, an irrational fear of a duck watching you or are you just afraid people will notice you're stupid?)

  • And choose everything else! because it's a choice-matters game

Investigate, explore... try not to be the next one

Move around in a 3D environment and interact with characters in 2D comic book panel, in this hybrid between visual novel and adventure game. 

Features be like

  • A cinematic experience with fully animated people and cool camera movements

  • Mystery & spooks

  • Hand-drawn comic-book panels 

  • Nostalgic soundtrack  by the artist Icarus

  • y2k vibe 

  • A spook-free mode if you don't like horror and still want to enjoy the story!

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