🎃 Web Edition Live · Available on Google Play
Holiday Paths:
The Last House on Hollow Street
Three teenagers vanished on Halloween night, 1987. They never came out. Tonight, the dare falls on you. Explore 20 painted scenes, manage your fear meter against panic, gather seven hidden clues, and face seven endings. Narrated by a full studio cast with living Web Audio atmosphere.
Engine Architecture & Mechanics
Branching State Machine
57 interconnected narrative nodes tracked with immutable progress state, item inventories, and branching endings.
Dynamic Fear Engine
A mechanical fear threshold that reacts to room danger. High panic levels tremble choices and lock away courageous options.
Procedural Web Audio
Low-frequency sub-bass drones, dissonant frequency modulation, and dynamic sound effects generated client-side via Web Audio API.
Studio Cast Narration
Full voice narration embedded for hands-free storytelling, reading passages and narrating choices aloud.
Offline PWA Architecture
Self-contained cache-first Service Worker architecture allowing 100% offline gameplay anywhere in the world.
Director's Cut Expansion
Optional $2.99 unlock via Google Play or web codes delivering the canonical 7th ending, visual story map, and author notes.
Technical Specifications
Holiday Paths: Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about our interactive fiction engine and narrative anthology.
What is Holiday Paths?
Holiday Paths is an interactive mystery and horror anthology by Red Planet Apps. Each game features branching choose-your-path storylines, living atmospheric audio, full voice narration, and multiple distinct endings.
Is Holiday Paths free to play in the browser?
Yes! Flagship stories including Act 1 of The Last House on Hollow Street and Stranded at Winterfell Lodge are 100% free to play directly in modern web browsers with zero downloads or account creation required.
Can I play Holiday Paths offline as a Progressive Web App (PWA)?
Yes. Holiday Paths is engineered as an offline-first Progressive Web App. You can install it directly to your phone or desktop home screen and play offline anytime without an active internet connection.
Is Holiday Paths available on Google Play?
Yes! The standalone Android edition of The Last House on Hollow Street is available directly on the Google Play Store with enhanced haptics, full audio playback, and on-device save states.