Amy
Haven went missing 5 Years ago. On the anniversary of her disappearance
you, the Police Inspector who failed to find Amy, have returned
to the Train Station and Hotel at Dowerton for one last time.
As you attempt to solve the mystery of Amy's disappearance you
must face the horrors that await you. The old buildings have deteriorated
since your first investigation, so you must watch your step, and
never turn your back on the darkness....for something hides there;
Something evil, unknowable and hungry.
A
brand new, stand-alone Dark Fall horror adventure.
From the pen of Jonathan Boakes, author of The Lost Crown.
Explore a derelict train station & hotel, abandoned since
World War 2.
A new game engine allows full exploration and movement.
Physically interact with the eerie setting, to really ‘feel’
the place.
Use light as your weapon and ally, to fight the darkness.
A hauntingly creepy stereo score, to chill, alarm and horrify.
Explore the memories of the dead, in their own ‘Regrets’.
Discover the true identity, and power behind, the Dark Fall
itself.
Solve
a modern urban mystery, 'What Happened To Amy Haven?'
Use
a Ouijaboard to meet and communicate with ghosts.
Survive
the night in a realistic, abandoned location full of danger!
The
Eerie World of Dark Fall:
Welcome to Dowerton; a once picturesque rural village, hidden away
in the English countryside. Like many villages, Dowerton has been
tainted by modernity and failure; sallow youths hide in the shadows,
loosing there minds to chemical slime, others simply disappear into
the woods, never to be seen again, while the elders of the village
hide indoors, all too aware of the darkness that lurks outside.
What
has happened to Dowerton? The once grand Train Station was the heart
of the community, but only the very brave, or the very stupid, now
approach the place, which slips further into dereliction with each
passing day. Adjoining the Station, is the Victorian-era Station
Hotel.
Once
a haven for weary travellers and adulterous lovers, the hotel is
now in ruins. Rot, decay and time are tearing the place to pieces...leaving
you very little time. For you will be entering the old Hotel at
Dowerton, one last time, to learn the secret of the Dark Fall.
Official
Soundtrack CD: Experience the atmosphere of 'Lost Souls',
from crackling gramophone recordings, to deep psychological horror,
the soundtrack is not to be listened to in the dark, or alone. It
is an uncomfortable and creepy score, matched only by the game itself.
Taking inspiration from abandoned, haunted locations, and featuring
sounds recorded in the real world, the OST is an unusual representation
of fear, loneliness and despair. If purgatory had a jukebox, this
CD would be the popular choice amongst spooks. View
the Track Listing - Buy
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The Inspector: Once a highly respected Police Officer,
The Inspector was thrown from his beloved job following the disappearance
of Amy Haven. He thought he 'had his man', and broke the rules
to prove it. The newspapers destroyed the old man, who has felt
haunted by Amy ever since. This Bonfire Night he is determined
to find out what really happened to her.
Amy Haven: The young girl disappeared on her 11th Birthday,
after being expelled from school. The Head Mistress of Saint Swithin's
School for Girls thought her a bad influence on the other girls,
and she frightened her teachers with macabre drawings and an unhealthy
interest in the dead! Amy then vanished, never to be seen again...until
Bonfire Night, when The Inspector goes looking for her.
Echo: This eerie character communicates with you through
mobile phone text messages (SMS). They appear to be helping you
uncover the mystery behind the Dark Fall, but may have an agenda
all of their own. Leading you from one dark experience to the next
may suggest that Echo is not as friendly as they first seem.
Mr.Bones: No-one knows the real identity of this dark
minded vagrant. Mr.Bones is so named after his appalling habit
of collecting road kill, skinning the rotten carcass and them
boiling the flesh from the bones. Mr.Bones believes he can communicate
with the dead, using bones for divination, an ancient art thought
to have perished with the 'Old Ones'. Amy shared Mr.Bones fascination
for the paranormal, so joined his practise shortly before she
disappeared.
Life Leech: A vile, stinking creature that lives off souls
in torment. Like a parasite, it is utterly dependent on a host,
a ghost trapped in purgatory. The leech feeds and lives by consuming
the negative energy created when somebody dies prematurely, and
is unable to 'move on'. Only by successfully calling up a spirit,
or ghost, will you be able to see the Life Leech itself. It is a
precious moment, and all too brief, given that you must vanquish
the leech to 'free' the ghost and communicate with them.
The Forgotten: A ghost of someone unable to 'pass on',
and enter the afterlife. A member of the 'Forgotten' have usually
made some terrible decision, at the last moments of their life,
which causes a disturbance in time. Be warned, some ghosts may
be confused or not recognise where they are, due to being trapped
in purgatory for decades. They may even forget who they are, or
what it was that they did that brought about their demise.
Shadowkin: Half-formed ghosts and spirits who are cursed
to wander the earth seeking the warmth and light of the living.
Never, ever, stay in a darkened space if you suspect the Shadowkin
are present, as they will gather around you and drain away your
life. Shadowkin are especially prevalent near Life Leeches, as
the two species consume the same matter, that being the lost and
wasted lives of the living.
Regrets: A regret is a place in time and space where somebody
made the 'wrong' decision. It is something they would always regret,
possibly leading to their own demise. You will have a chance to
enter the 'regrets', of The Forgotten, and change the outcome of
the wretched souls. Learning as much as possible, you will gain
the trust of The Forgotten, and help them move on, into the afterlife.
The
dead of Dowerton are the least of your problems, as you are stalked
from one derelict room to the next, by the Dark Fall itself. It
wants your soul; to feed upon, devour and torture. You must make
the ghosts of the hotel your ally, through any means you can. For
it is only through successful exorcisms that you will gain the strength
to battle the darkness that lurks in that long forgotten, abandoned
place.
System Requirements:
OS: Windows® Windows 7 - Vista - XP(SP2/SP3) CPU: Pentium® IV (or equivalent recommended.) RAM: 512 MB RAM. (1 GB RAM Recommended.) GRAPHICS CARD & MONITOR:128 MB DirectX®
9.0C Compatible 3D accelerated video card, supporting 32bit
(true color) color depth at 1024x768. Sound: 16-bit DirectX® 9.0C Sound Card. Aditional: Mouse, Speakers, DVD-Rom Drive.
If
the Support Page fails to resolve your issue, the best people
to talk to are 'Iceberg Interactive', the official publishers.
They have a dedicated technical team, who strive to make your
'Lost Souls' experience as enjoyable as possible. Click the
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support.
Dark Fall : Lost Souls
June
2008: Production announcement of a new Dark Fall game
made on the Jonathan Boakes' Blog. Jonathan had been writing the
game for a month or so, working from his studio in Cornwall, England.
March
2009: Dark Fall - Lost Souls website goes 'live', with
screens and info. The website launch was to co-incide with the
re-release of the previous Dark Fall games in the 'Pins &
Needles' Limited Collectors Edition. A small, in-house release
by Jonathan Boakes.
Friday
13th, November, 2009: Dark Fall - Lost Souls is published
online, and in stores by Iceberg Interactive, and coincided with
the re-release of Dark Fall: The Journal and Dark Fall: Lights
Out in the 'Adventures in Terror - British Horror Pack'.