Omen Exitio: Hunger

Omen Exitio: Hunger is an investigative gamebook set in New York in 1927. You play a journalist investigating the disappearance of Billy Gaffney, a real boy who vanished from his Brooklyn apartment building. The case and its killer are real, but the man who took Billy serves a purpose from another plane of existence.

The investigation

Your choices shape both the investigation and the story. You cannot pursue every lead: choices about what to investigate can quietly close off paths, and decisions about where to go determine what you leave unexplored. The case leads beyond New York’s streets into dreams, other worlds and Lovecraftian mythology. Five endings reflect the choices you make, including the ones you do not make.

You can navigate the city on an interactive map and choose where to direct your search. This is a less celebrated side of 1927 New York, with cramped neighborhoods, cold streets, alleys and decaying buildings. The story draws on documented historical people, places and newspaper archives, reconstructed before being combined with cosmic horror.

Witnesses and clues

You question suspects and other people connected to the case, trying to draw out what they know and persuade them to cooperate. A dialogue system lets you push, empathize or apply pressure according to the person you are speaking with and what the investigation demands. What witnesses say—and what they leave unsaid—can matter.

At certain locations, you examine objects, documents and details that do not belong. The clues are not puzzles with set solutions; instead, you decide what to do with what you find. What you notice or miss, and some decisions you make at the scene, can shape the case and cannot be undone.