REDACT.vhs by ReichIV (original) (raw)

REDACT.vhs is a found-footage indie first-person horror anomaly-detection simulation. -

"Light burns the truth, while pixels hide it. Censorship is your only way to survive."

You are Nolan—a broke, orphaned college student with absolutely no one to lean on and drowning in debt. Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, a mysterious email lands in your inbox from an anonymous sender in the middle of the night. There is no name, no context, and no explanation; only the promise of a massive payout and a dark job offer:

“Watch the tapes, spot the anomalies, and redact them completely. Just do your job and don't ask questions.”

👁️ AN ANOMALY & CENSORSHIP SIMULATION: THE STORY

REDACT.vhs seamlessly blends classic walking simulator mechanics with found-footage aesthetics and anomaly-detection gameplay. Playing as Nolan, your main objective is to look through the footage, spot the distortions, find the untimely environmental shifts, and use your camera's viewfinder to redact (censor) the entities that shouldn't be there.

As you sink deeper into the tapes, the thin line between Nolan's actual room and the eerie locations on the screen begins to dissolve. Desolate wastelands, completely empty school hallways, and pitch-black parks lit only by flashing police sirens... With every single tape you finish, reality shatters a bit more.

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