Can A Cute Ghost Story Be Spooky?

About Can A Cute Ghost Story Be Spooky?

Can A Cute Ghost Story Be Spooky? was made by Dema studios and released on itch.io on 30 October 2020 for Windows, macOS and Linux, with a cast of voice actors from YouTube. Its own page calls it a parody horror Halloween game.

In a quiet cemetery stands a little house haunted by Jimmy, a ghost who likes pizza and being happy all the time. One night his favourite hat is stolen, and he is very sad about it, so you set out in first person to find it, guided by a narrator. The start looks like a bright cartoon: a green house under a full moon, a pond with lily pads, gravestones behind a picket fence.

The question in the title is the game. As you go further, the colours drain away into dim, plain rooms, ladders and long stairwells, and the jokes give way to something surreal and wrong. The maker tags it psychological horror and warns of flashing lights.

It suits players who like comedy that turns, and a short Halloween game to play in one sitting.

How to play Can A Cute Ghost Story Be Spooky?

1. Download the Windows, macOS or Linux build from the itch.io page, naming your own price or nothing.
2. Unzip it and run the game.
3. Walk around Jimmy's cemetery in first person and listen to the narrator.
4. Look for Jimmy's stolen hat and follow where the search leads.

Tips

• Play with the sound on; the voice acting carries much of the story.
• Be ready for flashing lights later in the game.

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