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What is Type Help?

A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old computer that once belonged to a mysterious outside agent.

A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old computer that once belonged to a mysterious outside agent. The files detail the gruesome story of Galley House, a case that was said to be unsolvable. What really happened at Galley House? And what did the agent find out that lead to their death? Delve through deeper and deeper layers of mystery as you piece together the grand puzzle. And remember... There are no ghosts in Galley House! Type Help has now been reimagined as The Incident at Galley House! Please consider purchasing to support the author! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/The_Incident_at_Galley_House/ ("Help! I accidentally set my language to Japanese!" Just click the blue link if you're still in the intro, and wait for an input box to appear. Then, input the word 'language'.) PLE

Controls

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Questions

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What is Type Help?

A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old computer that once belonged to a mysterious outside agent.

Who made Type Help?

Type Help was made by William Rous.

Can I play Type Help on mobile?

The developer does not list mobile support. It runs in a desktop browser.

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A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead.

Investigate the files on an old computer that once belonged to a mysterious outside agent.

The files detail the gruesome story of Galley House, a case that was said to be unsolvable.

What really happened at Galley House? And what did the agent find out that lead to their death?

Delve through deeper and deeper layers of mystery as you piece together the grand puzzle.

And remember... There are no ghosts in Galley House!

Type Help has now been reimagined as The Incident at Galley House! Please consider purchasing to support the author!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/The_Incident_at_Galley_House/

("Help! I accidentally set my language to Japanese!" Just click the blue link if you're still in the intro, and wait for an input box to appear. Then, input the word 'language'.)

PLEASE BE AWARE: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS BELOW!!!

Description from Type Help on itch.io, by William Rous.

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