PENDLE

A FOLK HORROR STORY · IN REAL TIME

PENDLE

There's a list from 1612. You're on it.

It's Halloween on Pendle Hill. Maddie is a history student who has lost her ghost walk in the fog, and your number was written on her ticket in brown ink. Somewhere in the fog, the guide is still reading out names from 1612.

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 How it works
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HOW IT PLAYS

When Maddie goes quiet, you wait for real.

Pendle runs on your clock. When Maddie is hiding, walking or being moved, she stops texting, sometimes for minutes, sometimes for longer. Your phone buzzes when she's back. Answer straight away, or pick it up when you're free.

If she says she'll be an hour, it's an hour.

4:31
Friday 31 October
Maddie

he read my name out. MY name

Maddie

lantern. ahead. on the flags. coming towards me

Maddie

phone on 9%. i'll text you in half an hour

THE STORY

There's a list from 1612. You're on it.

Every choice you make follows you. Something you tell Maddie early on can save her much later, or cost someone else everything. Choose badly and she dies. You can rewind to your last choice.

Halloween. Pendle Hill. Thick fog.When Maddie goes quiet, you wait.The trial isn't over.

CHAPTERS

The story keeps going.

Your choices carry from one chapter to the next.

CHAPTER ONE

The Walk

Fog on Pendle Hill, a ghost walk gone wrong, and a register of the 1612 dead with one name too many.

Included with the app · £1.99
CHAPTER TWO

The Accused

Lancaster Castle. A trial that should have ended four hundred years ago. This time the accused has a witness.

In-app · £1.99
CHAPTER THREE

Coming soon

Find Jennet.

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QUESTIONS

Before you answer

Is it really real time?

Yes. If Maddie says she'll be an hour, it's an hour, and you get a notification when she's back. After your first ending, Fast mode lets you replay without the waits.

What happens if I choose wrong?

Maddie can die. When that happens, you can rewind to your last choice and try again, or start the whole story over.

How much does it cost?

£1.99 for the app, which includes Chapter One. Chapter Two is a £1.99 in-app purchase. There are no ads and nothing to buy to skip the waiting.

What kind of game is Pendle?

Pendle is interactive fiction told through text messages: a choose-your-own-adventure folk horror story where Maddie texts you and you decide what they do next. If you enjoyed real-time text games like Lifeline, it works the same way: the story unfolds on your clock, with notifications when Maddie gets back to you.

Does it need an internet connection?

No. The whole story is on your phone and plays offline. Your progress stays on your device.

Is there an iPhone version?

Pendle is on Android first. An iPhone version may follow.

YOUR PHONE IS BUZZING

Maddie needs you to answer.

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