Everything you need to know before entering the investigation
You'll receive a character sheet — your name, some memory fragments you still recall, maybe the name of someone you remember knowing. You don't know everything about who you are yet. Neither does anyone else.
This is your starting point. What you learn from here is up to you.
Unlock Memories — Marcus' 'lockdown protocol' has left evidence locked up around the warehouse. Puzzle out how to get past the locks.
Scan Their Contents — Read the contents of the extracted memories using one of Marcus' memory display scanner prototypes.
Decide Their Fate — Memory tokens are your currency. Once you know their contents, you get to decide what to do:
Turn the memory in as evidence. Everyone will see what happened. You can do so anonymously or take credit.
Contents of buried tokens will be hidden forever.
NeurAI will pay you if you bury tokens incriminating Marcus/NeurAI. You can receive your funds under your (character) name or set up an anonymous shell account.
You can return the memory to its rightful owner OR leverage the memory to get something you need out of another player.
Work with other players to ensure the 'official story' is one YOU want the world to find out About Last Night.
That's the loop. But you're not alone in it.
Others are unlocking memories too — about themselves, about you, about what really happened to Marcus... Furthermore some puzzles require you to get information that only others know.
What is found, what is shared, what is hidden... all of that is the game.
Want Justice? Profit? Secrecy? The choice is yours–but the group must get their story straight before the cops arrive.
The clock is always running.
You leave, hopefully before the cops bust your unofficial investigation and take you in for questioning... But the story doesn't end.
After the game, you'll receive a personalized Nova News report showing how your choices shaped the official story. You'll also catch narrative pieces you may have missed during your session.