GHOSTS, An FMV Game Like You’ve Never Seen Before

If you haven’t heard of games like Night Trap, Phantasmagoria, or Her Story, you may not be familiar with what an FMV is. It stands for full-motion video, so instead of using 3D models like most games, you play a narrative-driven story using pre-recorded footage, kind of like an interactive movie. The genre was incredibly popular in the 80’s, and many of the notable titles are notable for being as cheesy and fun as a B-horror movie.

GHOSTS takes the classic FMV genre and brings it into the 21st century with unique features and genuine scares., the true terrifying version of GHOSTS is only playable after 10:00 PM in your console’s timezone. You might be thinking “THAT’S AWESOME,” or you might be thinking “I work really early, why can’t I play before 10 PM?” Well, the good news is you can play before 10 PM in your timezone. You’ll be met with a black screen and a puzzle of sorts that you can crack to play before the designated time. What you’ll unlock is a slightly different version of the game that you can save and put down. However, to get the true experience, we’d recommend setting aside some time when you can to play when the full terrifying game unlocks at 10pm your time zone.

Jed Shepard, writer and executive producer of 2020 Zoom-based horror movie Host has announced he’s partnering with Visible Games and Limited Run Games to release a new “real time live action FMV horror” game called Ghosts in 2022.

The premise of the game will see you take the role of a TV producer operating a channel called FrighTV as you guide a team of ghost hunters on the search of an entity called The Long Lady who’s said to kill those that look upon her face. The twist is that the game will be playable in real time, with the game going “live” at 10pm in your local time zone every night, where you’ll be playing with other people also watching live.

If you try and access the game before that 10pm timeslot however, you’ll be greeted with a test card containing a hidden puzzle that can be unlocked to allow you to play a special “pre-watershed” version of the game that allows you to save your progress and prepare you for the live game.

Shepard isn’t the only person coming across from the movie Host, as the cast is also comprised of several actors from that movie, including Haley Bishop, Radina Drandova, Jemma Moore, Caroline Ward and Emma Louise Webb. In case you’re not a horror movie buff , Host is a horror movie that takes place entirely in Zoom, and was filmed entirely in lockdown during the start of the 2020 global pandemic and was released on movie streaming platforms last July to much critical acclaim.

That won’t be the only movie influence on the game either, as the design of villian The Long Lady is being created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop who are, of course, famous for their work on movies such as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal as well as the latter’s Netflix series.

The game is fully funded on Kickstarter and you have 67 hours (As of this post) to jump on board