Mado Marks

Mado Marks is a short psychological horror visual novel about three friends, an impossible room, unreliable memories and the need to prove that someone existed. Mado, Ken and Lia are friends who spend detention arguing and joking. Then they find a door at the back of their classroom leading to a room that should not physically fit there, and go inside.

The next day, Lia calls Mado and tells her to find Ken and ask whether he remembers her. Ken does not remember Lia—not as a friend, or even as someone who existed. Mado remembers there were three of them, but videos, messages, photographs and marks on a wall may no longer agree about what happened.

Choices and perspectives

You follow the mystery through shifting perspectives between Mado, Ken and Lia, as it affects each of them differently. Mado’s decisions shape how she deals with the impossible and determine which of the three distinct endings you reach.

Visuals and sound

The game combines orthographic environments, character close-ups and surreal visual sequences that shift along with the characters’ perceptions of reality. Creepy music and sound effects accompany the story.