So after hearing about this game and it sounding really interesting I decided to purchase it off Steam (it's only 5 beans right now) and wow what an experience. For anyone getting into it, when you launch the game you see an old CRT monitor and a program that searches through an interrogation for a case where a man named Simon Smith is murdered. A woman was interrogated 7 times throughout a year and these interrogations are presented as short FMV clips. To find out more information about the case you have to search different keywords and more videos about the case will come up (there's hundreds of clips). If any of this sounds at all interesting I suggest stopping right here and going to buy it because here is where things get murky and I'll get spoilery about what I've found and some other aspects that come up. No really, stop right here if you're even thinking about buying this.

So it would seem that the person being interrogated is Simon's wife named Hannah Smith. But then.... it doesn't seem that way.. because in some other videos she talks about Hannah as if Hannah is someone else. In one particular clip she talks about how her and Simon were together and he was lying to himself saying that she was indeed Hannah. This led me to searching "twins" to which just gives you a clip of Hannah laughing off the idea of having a twin. There are a lot of other inconsistencies where for example at one point she says her mother died by falling down the steps and it was accident, and in another clip she says her father and mother were found dead together. If you search "coffee" she asks for coffee differently in each clip and acts very differently as well. Another thing I noticed was that she says she miscarried ten years ago but in some videos she acts as if she's still pregnant. Perhaps she has multiple personalities disorder? There's a pretty chilling clip in there with regards to her friend Eve and it seems that she almost murdered her (or did murder her and just isn't saying it).

I've played for about two hours and don't want to stop as I uncover more information bit by bit. I would love to get some speculation and impressions from the community on this.

So I kept playing and came to realize how much of my thoughts were off. This things is brilliant. I feel like a madman. Send help.

This thing is fucking amazing. I've been sitting here watching these clips for about 80 minutes. And I still don't know if I fully understand what is happening.

I know that there were twins that were separated at birth. Eve is the crazy one, who is currently pregnant. She is the one raised by Florence the mid wife. Who told Hannahs mother that Eve died at birth, and stole her. And that Hannah told her husband about Eve, and he freaked out, and she kicked him out. So I think Eve killed Hannah to take her place, and Eric? (getting names mixed up, I think Eric is the boss, can't remember the husbands name) found out and so she killed him too. There is some really great acting in these clips. And the overall arch of you can stumble across this stuff is amazing. One of the first things I found was her playing a song with a guitar. And the song talks about two sisters, and the oldest drowns the youngest. Then later on in a clip she talks about doing the same thing to her best friend, who now I assume is actually her twin sister, but then not doing it, letting out of the water at the last second.

@sterling: It's literally been a couple hours for me man. I'm not sure how much spoilery stuff you want to read at this point so I'll warn you and block the next segment.

Yea all that Eve and Hannah stuff rings true with what I've found except that I don't think either of them has been murdered isn't it Simon? And both of them are working together to cover it up. You can find two clips of both Hannah and Eve answering a question about how they discovered the body the SAME EXACT WAY WORD FOR WORD at different times in different outfits. There's a scene where one of them is taking a lie detector test and is asked what her name is and she says Hannah. This comes up as false and she says "your lie detector works." Also I've found that it seems Eve killed her real parents as they were murdered by poisoning from mushrooms and the father was actually an expert on mushrooms. Eve was being kept in the attic and hid up there the whole time it happened? I've found out so much but I can't nail down anything solid about the actual murder itself. I haven't found anything to imply Eric was murdered also (he is Simon's boss you're right)

Still not sure I understand either. Literally the best FMV I've seen in a game and is it just me or did this whole project just drop out of nowhere? Couldn't be happier that this exists.

Just got the 100% achievement and was obsessing over it to the point where it's 5.30am here and I haven't slept.

Hannah and Eve are the same person. When she's talking about herself as Eve she slips up a few times, for example Eve's tattoo says Hannah and she says that it's her name. Also, her name is the only question she gets wrong on the lie detector. Hannah truly believes that Simon has fallen in love with her sister when he gives her a present while she's wearing Eves wig. It's a duplicate of a mirror he gave to Hannah that was supposed to be unique, so murders him out of jealousy. I don't know if Simon is aware she has split personalities or he just thinks she's into some kinky roleplaying shit, but it seems like he actively encourages it. Hannah's split personality started when she read her mothers diary as a kid and found out about her sister who died at birth, who was to be named Eve.

I'll write more if anyone needs clarification.

@planetfunksquad: I'm terrified to read your post not even going to lie. I'll probably stay up until a similar time where I'm at and then read it to confirm. It's like I feel like I have it all figured out, but then I type in a random search word and then find some jaw dropping shit that somehow still makes narrative sense as to what I've learned so far? I'm definitely obsessing to where I feel like I can distinguish between Eve and Hannah just by their tone of voice and mannerisms. If they even are different people? Am I even myself?

Wait, so it's some kind of psychological thriller FMV detective game? That sounds pretty cool.

@marco724:There are so many little things and explanations that I didn't go into in my post, the plot is pretty complex, but I am 100% sure on the whole Hannah/Eve being the same person thing. I'd love to share notes when you're done!

@1337w422102: Yeah, you're basically watching small segments of recorded police interviews trying to figure out how everything went down. You type keywords into a data base and it shows up any video where that word it spoken. It's interesting as hell and can be incredibly confusing due to the way you find things out of order. Things that seem clear cut become hazy, and things that seemed innocuous start to become pretty sinister and creepy. It's a really cool experience. Short-ish at 3-4 hours. I made the mistake of starting it late at night and not going to sleep ha.

@planetfunksquad: So I've gotten a little further in now and felt okay with reading through the rest of your post here are some of my notes as compared to yours. Keep in mind that I haven't 100%'d it so you probably know stuff I don't.

You say that she wore the blonde wig to pretend to be Eve and that Simon gave her the replica mirror that he gave her to begin with. Where do you see Helen fitting into all of this? The barkeep that she seems to think Simon liked. I don't have much evidence but I was thinking that maybe Simon was having an affair with Helen who is a blonde. Then perhaps he gave her a silver mirror and Hannah found out? Then Hannah got the blonde wig to see how he would react to it and that caused her to flip out and kill him? Some other questions, how do you explain her (Hannah? pretend Hannah?) having a bruise one day and then the next day (Hannah being Eve?) not having the bruise at all. Lastly, the tap code came out as BYDHANNAN for me have you found that to have any significance? There are so many bits and pieces and since some (most?) of it is just manipulation its hard to suss through.

Damn, this game is addictive as all hell. I've been playing it for the last 3 hrs.

The actress/musician who did all these clips really needs to be in movies. Shes pretty good.

To me, the bruise is actually a strong hint that they might not be split personalities, or that they are very, very distinct. It's mentioned a couple of times that they had to "mirror" each other - when Eve slept with a guy who already had a girlfriend, the girl went to Hannah and hit her in the face, giving her a black eye. Eve mentions that Hannah hit her later so they would match. Hannah claims that the bruise during an interview came from the fact that she banged her face on a door, but Eve mentions that Hannah had a physical fight with Simon. What is the interesting thing, however, is that Hannah has the bruise on the left side of her face - later on, it's one of the first hints that there are two people going around, because Eve rubs the right side when asked about it. So they must be really, really distinct "alters" if they aren't different people altogether.

Also, maybe the code is actually BYEHANNAH? Someone on the Steam forum suggests it's "BADHANNAH" and then "LOVEU".

@planetfunksquad: Where did you find the bit about the tattoo spelling "Hannah"? I only found out that Simon figured out her name based on the tattoo, which depicts a snake and an apple, which she lampshades as not being very difficult. "Hannah" also doesn't seem to have it at all - there are parts where the arm is visible and there's nothing there.

@ghostiet: It's pretty weird actually because if you straight up search the keyword of that code bydhannan the tap code video is what comes up. I read about how often single letters are used in tap code so that the whole word doesn't have to be spelled out but they could mean anything really. But yea I see it the same way you do in terms of Eve and Hannah being two distinct people that was my initial thought and what I found the most evidence for. After @planetfunksquad mentioned his theory I went back trying to confirm it and there's definitely some stuff that seems like it could just be one person basically in the end when she is "actively being Eve". All the stuff she says just seems like okay the only reason you're coming out with any of this is to pin the blame on Hannah if she does actually exist. On the other hand there are a couple of occasions where she (they) answer(s) the same question exactly the same way on different days which, if she knew any better the second time she was asked she would just say "you asked me this already". When the interviewer brings up the fact that this indicates a rehearsal she says "I just gave the same answer to the same question." Throughout everything we learn about their pasts though, it would seem that Eve would be the crazy one to murder people Hannah just seemed relatively normal and it makes more sense that Eve got jealous of Hannah and Simon. The interviewer clearly also thought that there was a twin at points, but never asked about where one twin is or what happened to her or anything like that making me wonder if they had actual evidence to refute this. Also about that tattoo I think she actually says that it says Eve on it not Hannah. And when she says her name is Hannah her lie detector test comes up as a negative.

@marco724:I think Helen is just a red herring. The line about him liking blondes is a hint at his relationship with Eve, who identifies as a blonde and wears that wig.

As for the code, I got BYEHANNAH, but I could easily be wrong. Now I've had some sleep I'm not as sure about things as I was last night/this morning...

@ghostiet: I'm not even sure where the tattoo thing came from now. I'm gonna have to go back and watch some videos cos I think a few different ones might have been running together out of tiredness ha. I think I came to a conclusion and just latched on to it, looking for confirmation. If Hannah really doesn't have a tattoo at all though, then my theories are all fucked ha. I remember her always wearing sleeves long enough to cover it, but again, sleepy me might have just been over looking things once I thought I had it figured out...

If you've actually "finished" it (i.e. seen the credits) the strongest hint that they were the same person to me is who you seem to be playing as. SB (probably the dev Sam Barlow) says "do you think you understand why your mother did it now, Sarah?" Sarah was one of the names Hannah wanted to give her previous child which she miscarried. Now Eve could have stolen the name sure, but then what did Eve do exactly? Help hide a body? Hannah is the one who killed Simon. I think you're playing as Hannah's daughter trying to figure out why she did what she did, and if they were seperate people, Hannah wouldn't have a daughter, because "Eve" was the pregnant one.

@planetfunksquad: what a fucking punch in the gut man when I saw that reply from SB. I don't know if I got lucky or unlucky but right when I received "Do you think you understand why your mother did this?.." the soft music hit and I just lost it I was like alright shutting this down lol. Then after I replied "no" because fuck man I don't understand I understand what might have happened not why though besides I dunno my mom was insane? That's when SB was like alright Sarah that's understandable. Which yea like you just said is the name of Hannah's first child that was miscarried. And regardless of split personality or hidden twin like you said Hannah has to have been the mother because even if there is that twin, Eve was infertile. In that lie detector test though her name was the only thing that came up as a lie. I feel like we can assume that that was the last interview where she was to be arrested. The only thing is in that clip where she says her name, she says "my name is Hannah... oh shit sorry" so do you think she added that bit at the end there to cause it to read as a lie when actually it was the truth?

@marco724: Dude, I think I'm done trying understand it for now. I'm sure someone with better detective skills than me will write an article or something eventually, laying out all the details. All I know is this game is awesome. I haven't been so obsessed with a game since Fez when I was jotting down notes like a madman. #SPLITPERSONALITY 4lyf tho.

@planetfunksquad: Thanks, duder, I'll have to check this out!

I just want to jump in here and say that I don't think there is a split personality thing going on. I'm inclined to believe the final interview when Eve says they are two separate people. If they're the same woman with two personalities then how can you explain 1) the bruise that's there in an early interview and then gone in the next 2) the tattoo that is visible on her in one interview and missing in another interview where she wears short sleeves 3) the alibi for her evening in Glasgow when Hannah was committing the murder. We can't hear the questions she is being asked on the lie detector but she got all of them right, and I believe the detectives would have asked her about her twin, her story, and the night of the murder.

Now as for whether or not Eve killed the midwife and her actual parents, I believe she did but I can't find any sort of evidence to really prove it.

See yes I'm also siding with you that's it's genuinely two separate people who were in a very fucked up situation. The Glasgow story was repeated identically by both of them though. So there are two possible answers 1. Split personality OR 2. The Diary it was mentioned how they religiously kept a diary so it's possible they are recounting the same event as per diary? I also noticed the tattoo disappearing between two parts, but then who knows if that isn't some part of personality disorder and it's applied somehow. Or that could have been a production slip as most of the other scenes cover it with sleeves. I too believe Eve killed Florence and her own parents yes without a doubt.

I have a whole wad of notes (which I actually tweeted to Austin last night) I took I'm definitely going back to get 100% of the clips without a doubt the only thing stopping me last night was that it was 2am and I had to sleep before work!

Ok So, my thoughts.

I believe that the Glasgow story, and other incidents of them repeating the same answer twice, proves that it has to be two people and couldn't be multiple personalities. It's my understanding that in a case of multiple personalities disorder the personalities are split in such a way that they only remember what happens while that personality is active. Also Eve was caught speeding on her way up to Glasgow while Hannah was home which is when the murder was committed. The murder was committed by Hannah because she knew that Simon was not going to be down with any of this by the expression he had when they both came forward with what was going on. If there are two people though that just leaves me with more questions. Where's the second child? Where's Hannah? Did they both just get arrested, one for the murder itself and one for being an accessory of it? If we the player character are Sarah either of them could be our parent.

After listening to the great interview Austin had with Sam Barlow I feel like we're not supposed to be able to say anything for sure because in the end it doesn't matter. When I was presented with the choice of "if I understood" or not, if I was never put into the seat of being Sarah the video game player in me would have just said yea sure I know what's going on here. But as Sarah, her father is dead and her mother is presumably missing or in jail for life. How could watching interviews of a parent you've never met actually let you understand anything in a crime such as this?

Not quite. Simon knows about Eve before the murder because he goes to the bar where she performs to meet her.

I got a very clear description of the murder. It's from the video on the far right if you search 'present'. Hannah dresses up in Eve's wig and meets with Simon as Eve. He gives her a present, another mirror just like the one he had given to Hannah. She snaps, smashes the mirror, and swipes at him with one of the shards. She doesn't mean to actually hurt him, but she ends up slicing his throat.

As for where Hannah is, I got the impression Eve took the fall for her. The last video chronologically (far-right video if you search 'murder') shows her asking for her lawyer and essentially denying everything she just told the police. You could also interpret this as her letting Hannah take the fall, but I think she cared about Hannah too much to do that.

I had a blast with this game definitely an awesome little gem does anyone know what happens at the end if you type no instead of yes for if you understand it

For those of you that haven't seen the guitar playing part, type in the search term wind and rain. Watch the first video first, the second video second. Enjoy. I believe this heavily ties into a bunch of plot points.

Seen most of the clips now. Still a few things I'm a bit unclear on.

When and why did Hannah almost drown Eve?

Who killed Hannah's parents and why? Eve's the most obvious suspect, but I really don't understand the motive. My understanding is that Florence took Eve without their knowledge (and Eve almost definitely killed her).

Who takes the fall for Simon's murder? Eve admits Hannah killed Simon, but then backs off at the end, saying they can't prove anything. That could mean they both get away with it, but Eve tapping out "BYE HANNAH" says to me that she knows either she or Hannah is going to prison.

I've mostly filled in the beginning and end. I think Eve is the guilty one in all cases but Hannah is taking the fall for her because she's pregnant. You're Sarah and Hannah said the name of her miscarried baby would've been Sarah, seems like an "honor my gone away sister" type thing. And yeah the stuff with the code. One says "Bye Hannah" and the other says "Love you". Though I'm missing a ton of stuff in the middle so I'm not entirely sure, could be some sort of double switch too.

So... Has anyone found anything that says what happened to Hannah or Eve after 1994?

O_o all these spoiler tags in a spoiler thread. Well I'm on a phone so I have no choice. Only thing I can't figure out is do we actually know what happened to Hannah? "My sister is gone. And she's never coming back." *creepy smirk*

This thread is listed as having spoilers, so I am fore-going the bar.

From my point of view, Nothing happened to Hannah except most likely the observational world will never consistently see her as Hannah again. Hannnah is there, but it is Eve's job now to interact with the world. Hannah will be there for the baby. Hannah will be there to drive. And Hannah will aways be there to interact with the most important thing/person of her life, Eve.

It will probably be difficult, Simon's body has been 'exposed' and Eve says Hannah did the violence wearing Eve's blonde wig. What a ball of confusion, to borrow from Love and Rockets. And it is designed that way. There will be some case against Eve, she will deal with it. probably some very reduced form of murder or manslaughter, and who knows what sticks.?

BTW, I wonder what name was used in the Glasgow hospital (was Eve still Hannah)? Or if there were records at all. One thing about Eve, she is not the particularly honest one. Her forte was confidence, not fact....

They don't tell you anything. Everything is pretty much speculation.

@sagesebas said:

SB replies something along the lines of "That's understandable. Come across the road when you're ready," and the credits roll. (I've blocked off this extremely minor detail for those who prefer to just know what the "Yes" reply is)