Halcyon 95

This machine needs a keyboard and a mouse.

Ghost in the Machine plays on a computer, in Chrome or Edge for the full haunt.


    
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Halcyon 95 Setup

      

        

          Cinderway Interactive
          
GHOST
IN THE
MACHINE

          
Something else is answering.

        


        

          
Welcome to Halcyon 95

          
This machine was sold at auction as Lot 117. It was last shut down at 2:48 AM.

          

            
            
            
Use letters, numbers, spaces, apostrophes, periods, hyphens or underscores (1 to 16 characters).

          

          

          

            
            
          

          

          
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Optional: let it out of the browser

          
This game can reach a little way into your real computer. Everything here is off unless you turn it on, and you can finish the game either way.

          
you should hear a chime and a low buzz

          

            
Open the game in its own tab to let it out

          

          

            

              
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Up to 5 notifications, only while you're in another window.
                
Your browser asks first. You can turn them off any time in your browser's site settings.

            

            

              
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One new folder, Halcyon 95, with one text file in it, WREN.TXT.
                
The game makes one new folder, Halcyon 95, inside a folder you pick, and saves one text file there, WREN.TXT. It never opens, changes or deletes anything else, and it never writes over a file it didn't make.

                
    
                  
  • Browsers won't let sites use your whole Desktop, Documents or Downloads folder, so pick or make a folder inside one of them. Tip: click New Folder.
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  • Pick a folder only you use. If it syncs (iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive), WREN.TXT syncs with it, so never pick a shared folder. A new folder on your Desktop is best.
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  • Access ends when you close every tab of this game.
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One text file, WREN.TXT, when the story needs it.
                
When the story needs it, a button lets you download one text file, WREN.TXT. You type in it and drag it back onto the game, which reads only that file. Safari may ask once whether to allow downloads from this site.

            

            

              
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One small window for Wren on your real desktop.
                
Partway through, a button opens one small window for Wren on your real desktop. It moves on its own during the story and closes itself at the end. Your browser may ask to allow pop-ups for this site.

            

            
Or decide later: PAL and Wren will ask for each of these, and for voice and your camera, at the moment it matters. Every one is optional.

            
Calendar: at the end, a button can save one 3:00 AM reminder for your calendar. Nothing is added unless you open the file, and you can delete the event any time.

          

          

        

      

      

        
        
      

    

  


  

    

      

        

          
ASSISTANT.EXE
        

        

          
C:\WREN
        

        

          
CLAIMS.TXT
        

        

          
WREN.TXT
        

        

          
Recycle Bin
        

      


      

        

        
    
      
    

      
    

      
    
        
    DEFRAG.EXE
    
          
    
        
    
          
          
    
        
    
      
    

      
    
        
    ASSISTANT.EXE
    
          
    
        
    
          
    
          
    
          
    
            
            
          
    
        
    
      
    

      
    
        
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    Halcyon 95
    
        
    
      
    
      
    
        
        
          
          
          2:48:07 AM
        
      
    

      
      
    
      
    
      
    
      
    
    
    
  
    

  
    
    
    
    
      
    
      
    
    
    
      

  
    
    
    
      
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    Halcyon 95
    
      
    
        
    
          
    
          
    
          
    
        
    
        
    What really happened
    
        
    One more thing
          
    
          
          
    Saves wren-3am.ics. Open it to add a single 3:00 AM event to your calendar; delete the event to remove it.
    
        
    
        
    What this game left on your computer