Making a Horror Game, Starting with Sadako

Qin Ge dreams of creating a healing dream game that lets players release their inner stress and relax both body and mind.

The game is very simple. In the morning, players wake to Jun Tendo shouting in Kayako’s haunted house, while "The Ring" plays on the television.

When players leave home, filled with hope for the beauty of life, they run into a few burly men who want to play hide-and-seek with them. The men seem to be called Jason, Leatherface, and Freddy.

Far away, the Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital radiates a warm, welcoming feeling in the sunlight. If players feel unwell, they can go in for treatment, and the director, known as Jigsaw, will greet them warmly.

There’s a crematorium right next door, so there’s no need for any other hospital. If they can’t be cured, they can be sent straight in.

Then night falls, the blood moon rises, and the stars return to their places. The city fills with indistinct whispers, and shadowy, chaotic, evil figures...