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Title screen.

The full moon shines bright above the Los Angeles Hospital dome.

Why would Laura's father, a doctor, go on a murderous rampage?

Laura enters the hospital and is struck emotionally by what she finds inside.

Freshly dead bodies all over the hospital.

Not a single person's life was spared.

Laura surveys the damage.

Laura finds a ghostly object in the hospital hallway. I don't think that touching it is the best course of action.

Now she's done it.

Laura's transported to a mansion, a product of her father's mind. Gameplay starts here. Navigation is seen from Laura's perspective.

Locked inside. Actions and cutscenes are usually seen from a third-person perspective.

Laura's inventory. Her watch (left) ticks in real time. The game starts at 3:00 and must be completed by 5:00. Her mirror (center) will provide a hint at most thrice.

Danger lurks in unexpected places.

Seeing Laura's frightful reactions adds to the atmosphere of the game.

An apparition of Laura's father warns her to turn back and leave the hospital.

Unlocking a door.

Just a peek.

Laura wishes she hadn't seen what's behind that door.

Run like Indiana Jones!

The gears puzzle. Laura must align the red dot on the left gear with the hole in the right gear, using the levers to control how much each gear turns.

Toss in a coin for good luck.

Corpses, corpses everywhere.

This painting wasn't smiling before.

People you know?

Stained-glass window.

Care for some stargazing tonight?

Face-to-face with imminent death.

Find as many scarabs as you can...

...to trigger visions that enhance the plot.

The final stretch.

Opening exposition

The murderous doctor himself

Title screen

Laura enters the hospital

Immediately after entering the hospital, Laura proceeds to touch a floating, reflective blog

The blog whisks Laura off to this dining room

Laura sees a glowing beetle on the floor

The glowing beetle triggers a painful D-related flashback

The door is locked-- whatever shall I do?

There is a wall of spikes on the other side of the room

Step over the line and the spikes will come for you, mostly as a warning as Laura survives the encounter

Even the mirror is alive in this place

This is Laura's hint compact in her inventory

The compact providing valuable hints

There's a scrap of paper in the dresser -- no doubt a clue

Laura walks in on an impaled skeleton

A puzzle involving a mechanical box with numbers, akin to a slot machine

The ever-ticking watch in your inventory; if it reaches 5pm, you're out of time and out of luck

The clock hit 5pm

Wouldn't you like to try again?