$11.99Detention Horror in a haunted school
Two students trapped in their mountain high school after everything turns wrong. Detention is a story-driven 2D horror side-scroller steeped in 1960s Taiwan, Taoism, Buddhism and Chinese mythology, where you point, click, hide and piece together what cursed the school. Short, sad and strange, with art and music that linger.
Is Detention worth it?
Detention is worth it if…
- you like sad, story-first horror with a historical backbone
- you like reading notes and surroundings to solve a mystery
- you like eerie hand-drawn art and a moody soundtrack
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A ghost story that reads like history
You move two trapped students through Greenwood High as familiar classrooms slide into something haunted and otherworldly. You read notes, study ominous objects, and slowly uncover the school's dark past under martial law.
The horror here is quiet dread more than chasing. You hold your breath around rampaging monsters, then get back to the mystery. Taiwanese religion and folklore shape the ghosts, puzzles and rooms, and the electronic score threaded with traditional Asian instruments keeps every corridor tense.
Point, click, hide, piece it together
This is side-scrolling point and click rather than page-turning. You guide the characters, search rooms, pick up items and use them to solve puzzles that open the next part of the campus.
For visual novel readers, the draw is the story doing the heavy lifting: a linear, sorrowful plot about guilt and oppression that lands hard in about three hours. Puzzles ask for thought without spoon-feeding, and the striking hand-drawn look carries the disturbing moments. Think of it as an illustrated tragedy you play through, not a branching romance with routes to pick.
What should you know before staying after school?
How much reading and puzzling is there?
A lot. You explore the campus room by room, examine objects, find items and work out how to use them to move forward. Puzzles are thematic and fair, tricky enough to make you pause, rarely enough to stall you. If you enjoy stopping to read every scrap and connect the dots, this will suit you.
Is it actually scary?
Yes, in an atmospheric way. There are monsters to hide from and some sharp shocks, but the lasting chill comes from the setting: a cursed school, religious ritual objects, and a true historical backdrop of surveillance and punishment. It is accessible horror, disturbing without demanding quick reflexes.
Do you need to know Taiwanese history first?
No. The story explains itself as you go, and unfamiliar references do not block the plot. Knowing a little about 1960s Taiwan, local deities or folk religion adds a second layer on replay, like catching a joke in the footnotes, except the joke is dread.
