Homicipher: Prologue

Homicipher Prologue is a single player game set in a grey world populated by strange ominous men.

The player, a girl, has no idea how she got here, no phone or belongings and musty find some way out. Are these men friendly or are they monsters? The game plays like a point and click adventure. Items and characters that can be interacted with are highlighted by a white diamond shape and clicking on them may give a choice for example clicking on a door will give a choice to enter or leave a room; clicking on an object may give the option to pick it up; clicking on a person will probably trigger some sort of conversation.

Conversation is the more unusual feature of the game. The strange men will say something and their words appear at the bottom of the screen. Clicking on each of these words brings up a text box where the player can enter what they think is being said remembering that this is a conversation and what looks like a word could represent a short phrase. It is almost certain that mistakes will be made because clues are few and far between but by having more and more conversations the initial guesses can be corrected until things start to make sense.

The game has music and sound effects but no voice acting. It can be played in a window or in full screen mode and both a mouse and a keyboard are essential.