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You are Shawn Waters. You’re babysitting your niece. After you put her to bed, she vanishes. You never see her again.

Shawn is blamed by his family and set upon by police and the media. Worse yet, he blames himself for not keeping his niece safe, and is overcome by guilt and self-loathing. This sends him into a downward spiral of drug abuse.

Time passes. Shawn’s brother, unable to accept the authorities’ conclusion as to what happened, launches his own investigation. He eventually goes missing as well.

Shawn, who by this time is two months’ clean, picks up the investigation. He must be viligent concerning his condition, however, as his paranoia and stress levels can be overwhelming.

He discovers that the village in which these disappearances have occurred holds some very dark secrets. Will he be able to uncover them before he completely loses his mind?

Bearded Pixel’s goal is to return to old-school horror with a fixed-camera angle and emotionally-driven story, and to evoke the chilling atmosphere of games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil.

The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon will be released on Windows, Mac and Linux; a Kickstarter campaign is in progress until April 3, 2015. Bearded Pixel is looking to raise at least £25,000. If you like what you see, please consider backing the game.