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However, in the last 72 hours, many things have changed and even among the villagers concerns are growing: A girl has disappeared and the mysterious legends that are surrounding the ancient forest seem to come alive...\n\n\n•  Realistic & Exciting: Play the interactive story in a real messenger\n•  Spy Mode: Secretly read chats of others\n•  Completely free to play: You don't have to spend a buck if you don't want to\n•  From the author of Dead City: Duskwood is the brand new story by the author of the worldwide hit Dead City. Head into this new adventure alongside thousands of fans!\n•  Additional game content and updates: The game is constantly being developed. The next update will be released soon!\n\n\nDownload now and connect to Duskwood! No worries - Duskwood will remain free in the future, too! You can support the development of the game through in-app purchases if you like\n\n\n***Be a part of it right from the beginning! Play Duskwood now!***\n\n\nDUSKWOOD IS RELEASED IN EPISODES\nWe decided to publish the interactive story Duskwood in episodes. Not to annoy you - quite the contrary! It was important to us that you could start right away, even though the game is not finished. While you're already searching for Hannah, solving puzzles and making decisions, we're working on the sequel.\n\n\nSOCIAL MEDIA\nhttps://www.facebook.com/PlayDuskwood\nhttps://www.facebook.com/EverbyteStudio\nhttps://www.instagram.com/everbytestudio/\n\n\nHOW TO PLAY? DECISION GAMES, TEXT ADVENTURES, CYOA? WHAT IS THIS?\nYou are connected to your friends in Duskwood via chat messenger. This allows you to receive pictures, videos, voice messages and even phone calls. Your answers, choices and decisions influence what others reveal of themselves, whether they like you, and even change the course of the story. This type of role play game (rpg) is also called text adventure, cyoa, decision- or choice games. 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