Hold Still

封寨之夜

九龍城寨 · 一九八七

In 1987, the clearance announcement reaches the Walled City. That night the police seal the place over a single murder. Six strangers, each trapped inside the same labyrinth, each hitting a different face of the same thing.

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PlatformiPhone · iPad GenreMultiple-POV mystery visual novel SubtitlesCantonese primary · English secondary Rating17+ PriceFree prologue · one-time unlock

How it plays

One city, one night, six people

The first two acts (8 PM to midnight) are shared by every route. The third act (midnight to 4 AM) divides: whoever has been fed the most becomes the one who laid the board.

Six playable viewpoints

Four men, two women. A fixer, a journalist, an unlicensed dentist, a triad enforcer, a madam who remembers every secret in the building, and a new arrival from the north. Every viewpoint lies to itself.

Hold

The signature moment: 咪郁

At the pivotal beat, the game asks you to actually stop. Two characters on screen: 咪郁. Hold still and you get no information. Look, and you get information — but you also expose yourself.

Board

The evidence board

One table of the night's events: who said what, and when. It is not a collectible, it is a reasoning tool — and once it contradicts itself, you can go back and confront someone with it.

Pager

The pager

A 1987 pager speaking in Cantonese number-homophone code. Decode it and you know where and when the meeting is. Decoding is also how you navigate the timeline.

Feed

The feeding mechanism

Completely hidden. You think you are helping people; every piece of information you pass is actually feeding someone. At midnight, whoever has been fed the most decides how the night ends.

Map

The flow map is the game map

Completion, chapter unlocks and scene entry all hang off one map. Want to take a different route? You do not replay from the start — you jump straight into the scene.

Six points of view