Dark Fall: Ghost Vigil

Dark Fall: Ghost Vigil is a solo point-and-click adventure about investigating paranormal activity at Harwood House. You are a new member of the Oxford Paranormal Group (OPG), taking part in your first all-night vigil at the abandoned house. Starting with a closed-door experiment in the attic, you monitor equipment and experiments, explore the building and investigate the history of its hauntings.

Harwood House

Built in 1747 as a country home for Lord Harwood, his wife and their young son Edgar, the house stands among wooded hills in the Oxfordshire countryside. In 1749, Lord Harwood lost Edgar to scarlet fever. The house later passed through a succession of owners, then became a hotel, a maternity hospital and, in 1968, a children’s home called Shangri La. It has been empty for four decades.

The OPG believes several entities haunt the building and has set up remote cameras and experiments throughout the venue. You investigate both historic and recent hauntings, exploring the remains of Harwood House and the Shangri La children’s home. Ghost cameras let you watch other parts of the location, while messages and a walkie-talkie connect you with fellow OPG members.

Investigate the haunting

Your task is to monitor the equipment and conduct paranormal experiments. Early signs may include orbs, flashes and drops in temperature; at midnight, activity becomes deeply unexplainable. You use a range of methods and gadgets to detect phenomena, see into the past and hear the dead, while searching for the truth about who haunts Harwood House.

• Dictaphone: record electronic voice phenomena (EVP).
• Night Vision camera: reveal phenomena in the dark.
• EMF detector: help pinpoint paranormal activity.
• Thermal camera: detect phenomena through heat readings.
• Ouija board: communicate with ghosts.
• Trigger objects: set them out and watch for activity.
• Ghost Box: follow clues heard through the device.
• Time Slips: experience flashbacks to the past.
• CCTV cameras: monitor the location for supernatural activity.

You also use detective skills to find hidden places and uncover long-lost secrets, and solve puzzles and enigmas. The investigation includes ghosts to discover, companions to contact remotely and real audio phenomena captured during ghost hunts. A cast of actors and sound bring the location and its hauntings to life.