If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, you call the Ghostbusters. But what about something happening in your own home? Developer Nick Lives and Night Signal Entertainment (the creators behind Night Signal) has the answer with Home Safety Hotline, their upcoming 90s call center horror title.
Releasing on Steam on January 16th, Home Safety Hotline tasks you with assisting callers about their questions about what pests are inside their home. Using the totally-not-Windows 98 interface (and accompanied by David Johnsen‘s lo-fi score), you field incoming callers’ questions about what “pests” they’re experiencing inside their home. Using the catalog of common pests and household hazards, your must do your best to become an expert in home safety.
Of course, you could always just hang up and leave them to their problems. But as you might expect, regardless of your actions (or inaction), you will be held responsible for what happens.
Seeing as you will be dealing with some real-life phobias, the game does feature an accessibility option known as “Phobia Toggles” that allows you to disable in-game images for common phobia triggers, just in case. And for you keeners, there’s also an unlockable art book that details the game’s development history.
Lastly, if you’re the “try before you buy” type, you can also check out the demo on the Steam page.
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