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GHOSTS - The Real-Time FMV Horror Game

Created by Visible Games

The full motion video game created by Jed Shepherd in partnership with Visible Games and Limited Run Games!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Development Update #12 - Next Steps and our Xmas Shoot
2 months ago – Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 07:18:16 AM

December's Shoot

A few days before Xmas we invited our kickstarter backers down to set to watch us shoot our penultimate scenes with the cast. Dozens of people made the trip down to London to see some pivotal scenes play out, including a few very emotional ones! 

They were shown some exclusive gameplay from inside the haunted house, where the cast investigate the spooky rumours that plague this street. 

The cast of GHOSTS meet Ash Millman

Not only did they get to see the action, but they got to meet the cast! Many photos and signatures later, a great day was had by all and it’s made us want to do it again! 

The next shoot...

We will be reaching out to our backers to see who wants to come along for the filming of the finale. This will be spread across multiple days and specific dates / locations will be sent to those that show an interest. To make sure everything is fair we'll be doing this in a lottery style draw.

For those who are unable to make the dates we will also be hosting a virtual meet up on set where you can meet the cast and crew and get a unique glimpse into what's going on. 

... and another chance to be in the game too!

In the next few weeks we will be offering the opportunity to have your voice in the game, so if you’ve ever fancied yourself being part of a Horror game, now is your chance!

In the meantime, thank you for believing in GHOSTS, it truly means the world to us. We have big things planned for the rollout with Limited Run Games, so stay tuned!

Development Update #11 - Filming Continues!
5 months ago – Wed, Nov 08, 2023 at 08:39:14 AM

Hello everyone! First of all, thank you for all your patience. This delay has been frustrating for us to say the least as we are so very close to completing the game, but we have good news! 

I’m pleased to announce that we are BACK IN PRODUCTION next month and we are getting ready to shoot some really cool (and essential) stuff. The connective tissue that we have been missing to tie the whole game together. 

This isn’t the only good news though; in the first weeks of December we will be inviting any backers that can make it, down to set (in a secret London location) for a few hours, to witness the game being made. Of course we are going to try to keep it as non-spoilery as possible, but you will get to see some very cool stuff. You’ll get to meet the cast (those that are there on the day you come) and maybe even see a glimpse of the Infamous LONG LADY. Remember, if you see her face, you die! 

To register your interest in coming down to set in December, please click on the link below and we will reach out to you with an available time slot and secret location details. 

https://www.visiblegames.com/joinus/

We realise that not everyone will be able to make this, so we will be reaching out to everyone and offering the opportunity to APPEAR in the game. This is open to all backers, regardless of location. Stay tuned for info on that. We will also be sending all backers exclusive behind the scenes snippets through December.

For those backers of the Princess or Criminal tiers, stay tuned ... you're getting upgraded too! 

Thank you for believing in GHOSTS!

Development Update #10
9 months ago – Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 09:10:00 AM

Hey everyone. We wanted to give you an update on GHOSTS and where we're at with everything. 

First of all, thank you so much for your patience. As previously mentioned, GHOSTS is very close to being finished and looks amazing so far. We're really proud of what we've managed to achieve and hope you've enjoyed some of the preview clips and photos we've put out. We want to deliver something really exciting that's never been done before in an FMV.

As you may know, the conceit of this game is that you are the producer/director of a live TV show - you sit in an outside broadcast van, situated outside the most haunted house in the UK. You have sent 5 ladies into the house to search for any truth in the reported stories of strange events occurring inside. The hosts of the TV show - besides presenting - can be sent by you to investigate themselves, interacting with the neighbours. It's your job to capture this - or not, if you just wish to spend time with the multitude of cameras inside the house. 

So far we have shot everything we need to with the hosts, the neighbours, and 95% of the footage inside the haunted house itself. You may have seen the photos of just how many cameras we used to shoot this!

We have also shot some celebrity cameos for the in-world adverts that you need to program in order to keep your show afloat. 

On the technical / programming side we’re really proud of the work we’ve done to handle the sheer amount of audio and video Jed and the team have produced. In total there are countless hours of footage and we’ve found ourselves finding new things every time we go through it. 

Spatial audio is also finished allowing you to step away from the ‘desk’ and interact with other items around you and as you do so you’ll be able to hear what’s going on behind you on the screens making sure you can quickly whip around and ensure you broadcast the evidence to the world. Next up on the technical side is to make everything gel together between the video and game world and we can’t wait to see what Jed and the team cook up. 

This final act involves big stunts and pyrotechnics which will require additional funding to complete. We've spent the last few months looking for new investors and we're happy to report we have some great leads. While this isn't an ideal situation, we're confident we can shoot this last part by the end of the year and we're excited about the opportunity to do something even better than we originally anticipated. 

Once everything is wrapped and Limited Run Games does the final checks (ESRB rating, lot check/cert, etc) they have confirmed that they will make this release a priority.

Making an indie game of this scope is incredibly rewarding but has also been a big learning experience. We really appreciate your continued support while we finish the final stretch. And now, as a thank you, we also wanted to show you a never before seen clip of GHOSTS.

- Jed

Development Update #9
about 1 year ago – Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 09:46:41 AM

Hi everyone, here's an update on everything GHOSTS! 

In a nutshell, things are taking longer and moving slower than we wanted, but still much faster than a game of this size should take. Our optimism at getting this out the door in supersonic speed, was a little premature, but we are working as fast as our legs will carry us!

So what do we still have to do? We still have a section of the game to shoot, which we hoped to do in Feb (as per last update) but schedules have not lined up for cast/crew as perfect as we would have liked so everything has been pushed by a few months. It’s the most important part of the game, so it’s not a case of us doing a work around, we absolutely need this in the bag.

If you’ve got any questions, we are answer everything in the Discord as usual, so feel free to hit us up any time. In the near future I would love a small handful of you to try a beta of the game, because we are all so close to it, it’s difficult to know what we have missed! We will put that opportunity in the Discord too. The link for the discord is ... https://discord.gg/sYEyf6UmpK

In the meantime, here’s another exclusive clip from the game. In your role as the producer/director of GHOSTS, it’s your job to send the presenter of the TV show you run, out into the world. This is happening concurrent to the unusual things happening inside the ‘Most Haunted House in England’. Here’s a preview of something you might see! (You may never see this, as you have the freedom to send the presenter elsewhere!).

We have some more exclusive clips for the coming updates too! Stay tuned!

- Jed

Development Update #8
over 1 year ago – Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 01:57:15 PM

Hey Hey Ghost believers! Just a little update with current state of play. As with the previous update, getting this game finished within a year was ambitious to say the least but we are on the home straight. I’d bore you with tales of COVID and medical procedures (and I’d you follow the cast/crew on socials you may know what I’m referring to!) but I know what you actually want to know is how close we are to finishing the game. 

We have two main sequences we still need to shoot - one in December and one in Jan (based on current timetable and pending illness). The one in December is very straightforward but essential to the game making sense all the way through, and the shoot in January is the impressive stuff. As this game has got bigger, so have the new ideas and these will be incorporated into the January shoot. 

Jed and members of the Production team keeping a watchful eye.

I will be posting some videos and photos on my socials over the course of the next few months to whet your appetite too but something that I’m keeping especially for you the lovely pre-orders is the attached video...


This follows on from the previous update where you saw Pip and Alice introduce the show. Now you are seeing what happens just after when the intrepid supernatural explorers show up! Remember this video is from just ONE of the screens you will see in your job as producer/director of GHOSTS and all is not what it seems...


I’ll pop onto the discord this week to say hello and on SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER @ 7pm GMT I will do a Q&A on the discord too. I’m not sure if this is video or audio, but all details will be on the discord

I’ll leave you with a few new behind the scenes photos. See you on the other side!

Jed

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