Whisper''AWOKEN''
You wake up to the sound of dripping water. It's dark and the air tastes funny, making your mouth tingle and saliva drip down your chin.
You feel sleepy and your head hurts.
You kinda remember heading home for dinner from the park,
'No later than 5.' Your mum had said.
You look around and can make out vague shapes from the shadows being cast by the moonlight shining through the window a little distance in front of you. You're in some sort of room. To your right, on top of a box, are a candle and a box of matches.
You light the candle and raise it up, pocketing the matches.(text-colour:green)[ [Light your candle]]
It looks like the room above the bedrooms at home, the scary room, the room your not allowed in, the room you sneaked into once, the room your mum called the 'loft'.
This room is much creepier. The roof slopes down to the wooden floor and you can make out boxes and discarded toys in the dark, their shadows moving in the light as you raise the candle.
Other than the window there doesn't appear to be any way out.
Fear suddenly grips your entire body; you begin to panic, a cry erupts from your mouth taking you by surprise, shocking you back into silence. As you get to your feet your hand brushes against something metal on the floor. You look down and see you are standing on top of a hatch.
Should you...
[[Try the Window?->Window]]
[[Open the Hatch?->The Hatch]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives
''WINDOW''
You go to the window and try to open it.
Locked.
Through the dirty, old looking, glass you can just make out a gravel driveway and a high wall surrounding the garden. A large metal gate is closed across the entrance. A forest lurks in the distance.
Why have you been brought here?
You think you hear a noise, faraway yet close-by at the same time. You feel a squeezing pain in your tummy; your hands are clammy. Shaking, you raise the candle high, hoping to see more.
You're alone, but you're certain you heard something.
Trembling - your legs feel like jelly - you see no other option but to go down the hatch and see where it leads.
You hope it's the way out.
[[The Hatch.|The Hatch]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''THE HATCH''
You open the hatch and climb down an attached ladder that folded out to the landing below.
A chest of old drawers stands against the right-side wall. It's all dusty and dirty.
Three doors are spread out along the left-side wall. Each one has a different nameplate; 'Carrie', 'Mom & Dad', and 'Georgie'.
On the right-side wall, next to the drawers, there is an open door. You can see a toilet and a basin. A sign on the door reads 'Bathroom'.
Moonlight from the bathroom window shines across the walls. Mixed with the flickering light of the candle you can see that the walls look dirty. The wallpaper is peeling and torn. The light picks out etches in the plaster that you think are claw marks from something very big.
A staircase is in front of you but you can't see more than a few feet before the light vanishes into the darkness.
You look around you, certain that something lurks in the shadows. Your breathing sounds louder with each breath.
You can feel your heart beating, pounding faster and faster with every beat.
It's cold, you begin to shiver.
You want your mum.
Do you go to...
[[Carrie's's Room|Carrie's Room 1]]
[[Georgie's Room|Georgie's Room 1]]
[[Mum & Dad's Room|Mum & Dad's Room]]
[[The Bathroom|Bathroom]]
[[The Stairs|Stairs]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''BATHROOM''
The first thing that hits you is the smell. You quickly put your hand over your mouth and nose as you hold out the candle, illuminating the room.
The tiles are blackened; covered in dirt. The bath is olive green with a shower curtain pulled across it. You think the curtain used to be white but now it's more of a urine yellow. The sink is smashed and hanging from the wall, the taps constantly dripping.
You bring the candle across to the toilet. A pile of used toilet tissue sits next to it. The smell and sight of the poo makes you vomit.
As you spit the remainder of the acidic stomach contents from your mouth a large hand grabs you from behind the shower curtain.
Flip the coin.
[[Heads|heads3]]
[[Tails|tails3]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''GEORGIE'S ROOM''
Your heart is racing at what could be inside as the door opens.
There's a boarded window facing you. The light from the flickering candle moves across a single bed to the left, there is something unusual about it, you're not sure what.
To the right is another door, someone has written ‘cloves’ on it. Whoever Georgie was you guess he’d been young.
Broken toys are all over the floor. The walls have torn Disney movie posters on them. You see the poster for 'Wall-E' and you let out an involuntary giggle. It's one of your favourite films.
Your giggle quickly stops as your next footstep causes the floorboard to let out a loud GROAN, making you jump.
Your attention moves back to the bed.
There is something about it that makes you feel very scared.
[[Explore|Georgie's Room]]
or move on to...
[[Carrie's room|Carrie's Room 1]]
[[Mum & Dad's room|Mum & Dad's Room]]
[[The bathroom|Bathroom]]
[[The stairs|Stairs]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''STAIRS''
You go down the stairs slowly.
You are certain you can hear breathing and your body responds making your own breathing speed up; short, ragged, breaths. You can feel your heart pumping out of your chest. Fear rising up inside of you making your legs feel really heavy, you're hardly able to move.
A sudden breeze extinguishes the candle. You are in the dark, imagining hands grabbing you from every angle.
You take a tentative step but lose your balance, tumbling to the bottom of the stairs.
You lift yourself up, tears stream down your face, your arms and legs are grazed and in pain from the fall; nothing seems broken.
Do you...
[[Attempt to stand|Stand]]
[[Remain on the floor|Floor]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''STAND''
You stand up and relight the candle, which highlights the spooky hallway. The moving flame makes the dirt look like it's dancing across the old wallpaper.
In front of you is the front door. You try the handle excitedly. The door doesn't budge. Your excitement instantly vanishes, replaced with fear and anxiety.
Will you ever get out of here?
To the left is the lounge, you can see the settee. There is also a short hallway to your left leading to a closed door. To the right is the dining room, the table is close to the doorway.
Do you...
[[Go to the lounge|Lounge]]
[[Go to the closed door|Kitchen]]
[[Go to the dining Room|Dining]]
[[Go back up the stairs|Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''FLOOR''
You remain on the floor in the darkness, exhausted.
You think you hear shuffling, and the hairs on the back of your neck raise up.
The shuffling gets louder and something grabs your left ankle dragging you backwards, backwards deeper into the darkness.
You scrabble at the floor, ripping your nails from their fingertips.
Flip the coin.
[[Heads.|Heads2]]
[[Tails.|Tails2]]
Letters: $score
Life: $livesBefore we begin.
This game features a kidnapped 10yo girl as its main character. Some of the core themes include loneliness, solitude, fear, and torture.
You will need a coin, a candle, a piece of paper and a pen.
Do you wish to proceed?
{
(set: $lives to 6)
(set: $score to 0)
}
[[Yes?->Welcome]]
[[No?->Exit]]
''GEORGIE'S ROOM''
You get a clear look at the bed. Four metal bracelets are attached to chains. One at each corner of the bed. You cry out in horror as the candlelight picks out blood and flesh hanging from them.
The sour smell of death suddenly fills your nostrils. It makes you feel sick.
Tears fall down your cheeks; you try not to imagine the horrible things that happened in this room.
You turn away from the awful bed and notice a chest of drawers behind the bedroom door; there is a television on top of them.
Do you...
[[Open the 'cloves' door?|Closet]]
[[Turn on the television?|TV]]
[[Go back to the landing?|Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''CARRIE'S ROOM''
You turn the doorknob and it gives a soft click.
As you slowly push the door open it CREAKS loudly.
A clawed hand reaches through the widening gap grabbing your arm, you scream, struggling to get out of its grip.
Flip the coin.
[[Heads]]
[[Tails]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''WELCOME''
You will need to draw a Gallows and underneath leave spaces for six letters. The game is complete when you reveal your name (the six spaces). Or the hangman (the gallows) is complete and you lose your life.
Close the curtains and place the candle in a safe and secure position and turn off any lights.
Sit on the floor.
[[Begin->Awoken]]
Score: $score
Life: $lives
''EXIT''
We are sorry to see you leave.
To end this game please close your browser window.Nothing happens, there doesnt seem to be any power.
Do you
''CLOSET''
It's an empty closet. Your imagination and fear are playing tricks on you.
Do you...
[[Turn on the television?|TV]]
[[Go to the landing?|Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''TV''
You grab the remote control, press the standby button, nothing happens but you suddenly experience a sharp pain in your head.
(text-colour:cyan)[//You are sat on the couch at home, you can hear your mum in the kitchen preparing dinner. The Chase is on the TV, you can hear the presenter, Bradley something-or-other, saying something funny because the contestants are laughing. Your attention is on your Switch games console.
You hear an announcement suddenly cutting off Bradley something-or-other, mid-sentence. You glance up at the TV.
Breaking News.
'Another young child has gone missing. Georgie White was taken on his way home from school. Police discovered CCTV from a local bakery showing the abduction. There was no way to identify the perpetrator, who was dressed as a large pink teddy bear. The vehicle ...//']
As the pain subsides you remember something about your name.
(text-colour:magenta)[Write the letter 'M' in the second space under the gallows.]
{
(if: visits is 1)
[(set: $score to $score + 1)]
(if: $score is 6)[
You've remembered your name. A doorway suddently appears out of the gloom (set: $score to 0)
[[Enter the Doorway|Ending Passage]]
]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Open the 'cloves' door|Closet]]
[[Go to the landing?|Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HEADS''
You manage to pull yourself free from the monstrous hand.
A searing pain shoots through your head; the room goes out of focus.
(text-colour:cyan)[//You are sat on the swing at the park; your mum pushes you as giggle with delight...//]
The room re-forms around you.
(text-colour:magenta)[Write the letter 'A' in the first space under the gallows.]
{
(if: visits is 1)
[(set: $score to $score + 1)]
(if: $score is 6)[
You've remembered your name. A doorway suddently appears out of the gloom (set: $score to 0)
[[Enter the Doorway|Ending Passage]]
]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Landing]]
[[Georgie's Room]]
[[Mum & Dad's Room]]
[[Bathroom]]
[[Stairs]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''TAILS''
(text-colour:red)[The clawed hand pulls you into the room. It is a hideous, orange haired, clown with large murderous eyes and a cavernous, hungry mouth, full of razor-sharp teeth. Saliva drips onto your arm as the clown pulls you into its ravenous jaws.
You struggle but it's too late. You scream in pain.
You drop to the floor; the clown has vanished. It got what it wanted.]
Draw a body part on the gallows.
{
(set: $lives to $lives -1) (if:$lives is 0) [goto: [[Game Over]]]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''GAME OVER''
You did not survive. However, death is cruel and has given you another chance. Dare to try again?
[[|Yeah!->Welcome]]
[[No!->Exit]]''MUM & DAD'S ROOM''
There is a large bed in the middle of the room in front of a large boarded over window. The room smells musty and old, nothing like your mum's room; which smells of sweet perfume and comfort.
You screw your nose up at another scent you can't place, something disgusting.
To the left is a built-in wardrobe, the mirrors on its surface smashed.
To the right, a bathroom.
You think you hear raspy breathing but can't see anything that would make it.
Do you...
[[Open the wardrobe?|Wardrobe]]
[[Enter the bathroom?|En-Suite]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''LANDING''
You find yourself on the landing. Shaken and crying.
You need to keep going.
[[Bathroom]]
[[Georgie's Room]]
[[Carrie's Room 1]]
[[Mum & Dad's Room]]
[[Stairs]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HEADS''
(text-colour:red)[You feel razor sharp teeth sink into your flesh. You can't see anything and you can't get free. All you can do is scream. Whatever has hold of you seems to relish the pain it's inflicting.
The attack suddenly comes to an end and whatever it was vanishes. Its hunger contented.]
Draw a body part on the gallows.
{
(set: $lives to $lives -1) (if:$lives is 0) [goto: [[Game Over]]]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Stand up.|Stand]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''TAILS''
You manage to shake your leg free and get to your feet. You quickly re-light the candle, with your bloodied hands, and look around for whatever grabbed you, but you are alone.
A sharp pain pounds through your temples.
(text-colour:cyan)[//You jump into the water for the first time on your own. The water is cold at first but eventually you feel its warmth. You look over at your mum sat at the pool's edge. She looks worried but as you swim towards her, she smiles. Her smile is the most wonderful thing you have ever seen...//]
The pain subsides and you remember something about your name.
(text-colour:magenta)[Place the letter 'L' in the fourth space under the gallows.]
{
(if: visits is 1)
[(set: $score to $score + 1)]
(if: $score is 6)[
You've remembered your name. A doorway suddently appears out of the gloom (set: $score to 0)
[[Enter the Doorway.|Ending Passage]]
]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the lounge.|Lounge]]
[[Go to the closed door.|Kitchen]]
[[Go to the dining room|Dining]]
[[Go to the stairs.|Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HEADS''
The curtain pulls open and you see a single, blood red, bulbous eye set into a round furry head. You quickly bring the candle up to the creature's eye, letting the flame make contact with the soft iris. The creature screams and lets you go. By the time you hit the floor the creature has vanished.
You bang your head on the tiled floor and you remember something about your name.
(text-colour:magenta)[Place the letter 'L' in the fourth space under the gallows.]
{
(if: visits is 1)
[(set: $score to $score + 1)]
(if: $score is 6)[
You've remembered your name. A doorway suddently appears out of the gloom (set: $score to 0)
[[Enter the Doorway|Ending Passage]]
]
}
You need to keep going
[[Go to the landing.|Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''TAILS''
(text-colour:red)[You can't get free. The curtain pulls open and you see a single, blood red, bulbous eye set into a round furry head. The only appendage is the arm dragging you closer.
You scream as the fur parts on the round face, revealing row upon row of rotating teeth. The creature closes its mouth on you and you scream in agony. After what feels like forever you are suddenly alone. The creature got what it wanted and vanished.]
Draw a body part on the gallows.
{
(set: $lives to $lives -1) (if:$lives is 0) [goto: [[Game Over]] ]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the landing.|Landing]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''KITCHEN''
You're in a kitchen and your heart sinks as you notice the back door is boarded over. a dripping tap echoes in your ears.
As you look to your left you see a table covered in rotting food. You feel your tummy bubble, making you feel sick, as though you might throw up, but you manage to keep it down.
The candlelight flickers in your shaking hand as you move around the room.
To your right is a door marked 'Pantry'.
Do you...
[[Open the pantry door?|Pantry]]
[[Go back to the hallway?|Hallway -alt2]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''DINING ROOM''
The windows are boarded over.
There is a large six-seat dining table in the middle of the room; there are no chairs.
The flickering light from the candle allows you see a mound of fruit, meat, and vegetables in varying stages of rot. Their juices drip from the table to the floor. You hold your breath as the stench of decay hits you.
You don't see anything of use in this room.
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the hallway|Hallway -alt2]]
Letters: $score
Life: (print: '<meter value="' + (text: $lives) + '" min="0" max="100"></meter>')''LOUNGE''
A rotting couch sits in front of a cold, dead, fireplace; which is dirty and doesn't appear to have been lit for a long time..
As you move around the room the candlelight shows the filthy and awful looking walls. They appear to have been painted in what looks and smells like poo. You place your wrist over your mouth and nose to hold back the stink.
You can hear the wind through the boarded windows, creating a high-pitched scream.
A chill runs over your body and you feel icy breath in your left ear.
Flip the coin.
[[Heads|heads4]]
[[Tails|Tails4]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HEADS''
(text-colour:red)[You turn to your left and the monster stood behind you lifts you off the floor. The drool from its mouth enters your own as you scream. Its two long, sharp, bloodied teeth shine in the light of the candle.
You struggle but you can't get free. The creature promises to tear you limb from limb with its ferocity but with a single bite into your neck it vanishes, and you fall to the hard floor.]
Draw a body part on the gallows.
{
(set: $lives to $lives -1) (if:$lives is 0) [goto: [[Game Over]]]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the hallway.|Hallway -alt1]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''TAILS''
You turn around but there's nothing there. The room begins to fade around you.
(text-colour:cyan)[//A van pulls alongside you and you hear the door slide open but before you can turn, there is sudden darkness as a bag is placed over your head. You feel yourself lifted from the ground and thrown onto a cold metal floor, feeling the pain in your knees as you land. You try to get up but a hand holds you down and you feel a sharp scratch in your neck and the world suddenly goes black.//]
You stumble forward a step as the memory fades.
You recall the letter 'I' place it in the fifth space below the gallows.
{
(if: visits is 1)
[(set: $score to $score + 1)]
(if: $score is 6)[
You've remembered your name. A doorway suddently appears out of the gloom (set: $score to 0)
[[Enter the Doorway|Ending Passage]]
]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the hallway|Hallway -alt1]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HALLWAY''
You enter the hallway, shaken and crying. All you want is for this nightmare to end.
The dark is closing in around you. Despair is zapping all of your remaining energy.
Why is this happening?
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the closed door.|Kitchen]]
[[Go to the dining room|Dining]]
[[Go up the stairs|Landing]]
[[Go to the lounge|Lounge]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''WARDROBE''
You open the wardrobe and what looks like a large dog leaps out at you, its teeth bared and snarling. It knocks you to the floor.
You stare in fear at the dog as it stands up on two legs, stepping towards you as you scream.
Flip the coin.
[[Heads|Heads5]]
[[Tails|Tails 5]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''BEDROOM BATHROOM''
The tiles on the floor are cracked and covered in grime, your feet slip and slide making it difficult to walk.
The candlelight picks out a large bathtub. You look inside and recoil in horror, almost falling over.
You slap your hand to your mouth swallowing hard, but it's no good, your stomach contents pour through the gaps in your fingers.
Rising fear and panic make it difficult to move; you can't get the vision of rotting body parts out of your mind.
You feel even more alone, the darkness closing in around you like a heavy blanket. You know that you will soon be in that bathtub if you don't find a way out.
You scream at the darkness. 'Leave me alone. Let Me out. Please. I won't tell anyone. I promise.'
There is no reply.
You have to keep going.
[[Go to the landing|Landing]]
[[Open the wardrobe|Wardrobe]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HEADS''
You quickly get to your feet.
As the creature readies to leap you throw the candle at it, setting it on fire
A searing pain in your head blinds you for a moment.
(text-colour:cyan)[//You sneak from your bedroom to the stairs. It's past your bedtime. You sit on the top step; from there you can see the TV clearly. Your mum sits in her favourite chair. She's watching a movie, something about a wolf in London...//]
The pain suddenly stops and the big dog has vanished.
(text-colour:red)[Write the letter 'E' in the third space under the gallows.]
{
(if: visits is 1)
[(set: $score to $score + 1)]
(if: $score is 6)[
You've remembered your name. A doorway suddently appears out of the gloom (set: $score to 0)
[[Enter the Doorway|Ending Passage]]
]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the landing.|Landing]]
[[Go to the bathroom.|En-Suite]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''TAILS''
(text-colour:red)[The large dog lifts you off the ground and sinks its teeth into your flesh. The pain is unbearable. It feels like forever before the dog vanishes and you fall to the floor. It has what it came for.]
Draw a body part on the gallows.
{
(set: $lives to $lives -1) (if:$lives is 0) [goto: [[Game Over]]]
}
You need to keep going.
[[Go back to Mum & Dad's room|Mum & Dad's Room 2]]
Score: $score
Life: $lives''MUM AND DAD'S ROOM''
Crying, and in pain, you get to your feet and pick up the burning candle from the floor. You can't stop shaking. The light is playing tricks on your imagination. You think you keep seeing things out of the corner of your eye, but for now the creature has vanished, sated from its pound of flesh.
You need to keep going.
[[Go to the landing.|Landing]]
[[Go to the bathroom.|En-Suite]]
[[Check the wardrobe.|Wardrobe]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''PANTRY''
You slowly open the door. An ironing board falls from behind it, towards you.
Flip the coin.
[[Heads|Heads 6]]
[[Tails|Tails 6]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HALLWAY''
The hallway feels cave-like and shadowy; the only light emanates from the candle. The cold has permeated your soul, and you are shivering. You've never wished to be at home, safe in your mum's arms, more than you do in this moment.
You move closer to the front door and the light shines across the where the lock should be. It's been removed and boarded over.
That was your last hope. That you might find a key and escape this nightmare.
You slump to floor unable to contain your despair any longer. You cry for what seems like hours but it was probably the briefest of moments.
You need to keep going.
[[Go up the stairs.|Landing]]
[[Go to the lounge.|Lounge]]
[[Go to the dining room.|Dining]]
[[Go to the closed door.|Kitchen]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''HEADS''
You quickly step out of the way, but a sharp pain in your head threatens to knock you off balance.
(text-colour:cyan)[//Someone roughly pulls you out of a van. Their grip on your arm threatens to rip it out of its socket as they drag you up a set of steps; your feet stumble on each tread. You hear the click of a lock and the loud creaking of the door. The first thing you notice is a sickly-sweet smell. You don't know why but it makes you panic and scream; your scream sounds muffled because of the bag over your head.
You hear a deep female voice.
‘For fuck's sake, shut up you bitch!’
You hear an object whistling through the air before something hard connects with your skull, severe pain, then sudden darkness.//]
As the memory vanishes into a haze you remember something about your name.
(text-colour:magenta)[Place the letter 'A' in the final space under the gallows.]
{
(if: visits is 1)
[(set: $score to $score + 1)]
(if: $score is 6)[
You've remembered your name. A doorway suddently appears out of the gloom (set: $score to 0)
[[Enter the Doorway|Ending Passage]]
]
}
Do you...
[[Go to the hallway?|Hallway -alt2]]
[[Go to the kitchen?|Kitchen]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''TAILS''
(text-colour:red)[You don't move out of the way in time, and the ironing board lands on top of you knocking you to the cold hard floor. You look up just in time to see the iron come flying from the other end of the board straight at your head. A thud. Pain. Darkness.]
You wake up with a sore head. Reaching your hand to your forehead you feel a large lump where the iron made contact.
Draw a body part on the gallows.
{
(set: $lives to $lives -1) (if:$lives is 0) [goto: [[Game Over]]]
}
You neeed to keep going.
[[Go to the hallway.|Hallway -alt2]]
[[Go to the kitchen.|Kitchen]]
Letters: $score
Life: $lives''THE PASSAGE''
You step into a bright white, cold, corridor. Another door is a short distance at the opposite end.
As you move down the corridor the door behind you slams shut.
You hear a cold, deep, female, voice from the speakers you notice above you.
(text-colour:red)['Well done Amelia. You have completed test one, alive. You will now move on to test two.']
The door opposite opens to darkness, more nothingness. It's more than your soul can bear. You don't move.
(text-colour:red)['Standing there won't help you girl. You have no choice Amelia. Go through the door, before you force us to make you.']
You hear a low growl and the sound of claws scraping down the other side of the door behind you.
You scream for almost an entire minute. Hope is gone, you are trapped, unable to leave, without a choice.
'Why?' you scream, 'Who are you? What do you want?'
There is silence for a moment, then.
(text-colour:red)['Who we are is unimportant. What we want, is your soul.']
[[End.|End]]''END''
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