GhostControl Inc.

GhostControl Inc. is a turn-based strategy game in which you manage a team of ghost hunters and work to free London from paranormal threats. You take on calls from customers, track down the ghosts and fight them while trying to keep property damage to a minimum. The campaign offers about 20 hours of gameplay.

Manage your team

Build and develop your ghost-hunting business, then use the income from missions to equip your team with gadgets. More than 90 devices are available; some are useful, while others are largely for fun. You also make strategic investment decisions and need to manage your budget, since not every piece of equipment is as useful as it seems. Around 150 hunter portraits include characters such as Harry Frankle, Hazel Nuts and Roger Rapid.

Hunt ghosts across London

Missions begin with alarm calls and take place across a pixel-art map of London containing 786,432 dots and landmarks including Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the London Eye and St Paul's Cathedral. Apartment buildings, offices, graveyards, The Tube and restaurants provide different mission settings. You face 18 ghost types with numerous variations and distinctive AI, as well as challenging boss fights with special scripting and a storyline for each boss.

Calls and characters

A unique dialogue system generates about 70,000 possible dialogues for mission calls. The game also includes 800 hand-written phone-call lines, more than 350 context-sensitive spoken or on-screen shoutouts recorded with male and female professional voice actors, and about 100 news messages delivered to the in-game smartphone. These messages add to the storyline or tell absurd made-up stories, and players can choose whether to read them. Company profiles introduce 20 manufacturers of ghost-hunting equipment.

Game details

The game uses a classic pixel-art style and includes humorous text messages and in-game events, more than 100 hidden references to other video games, films and books, and over 58 achievements. Its audio includes an original score composed by Sound Of Games and more than 100 original sound effects.