The Velvet's marquee on a rainy night: Tonight, Ruby Lark, no cover. Its red neon sign above it.

IzzIsHOr presents

New York, February 1939. A first-person stealth and action game that looks like a lost 1930s cartoon.

Coming to Steam. No date yet.

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A poster: Missing. Have you seen this girl? Call the 5th Precinct.
In first person, Betty's gloved hand holds up a candle in a dark corridor. A big man in a bowler hat comes at her with his fists up.
A poster: New York World's Fair, opens April 1939.

Chapter One

Songbird

Betty sings second at the Velvet and says sorry to doors. Her best friend Ruby says no to a powerful man, and that same night she's killed behind her own locked door. Betty has a hatpin.

Marsh, smiling. "Ruby got mouthy. Ruby said no to the wrong man."
A silent film title card: No, struck through in red. Yes, Mr. Marsh, sir!
Ruby Lark on stage, arms open, rays behind her. Tonight, Ruby Lark, no cover.
A silent film title card: It's one letter more than "oh."
Grey lips, a red lipstick touching them. "Some day I'll be brave enough."
A silent film title card: Run away, struck through in red. The hatpin.
Earl the super, holding his keys. "With his keys! Said he was checking the radiator."
A silent film title card: "You cry tomorrow. Tonight you get home."
A curtained doorway at the Velvet. "Don't run. Running tells 'em where you're going. Walk like you're late for somewhere better."
A silent film title card: I'm fine, Tommy. Go back to bed. No. I'm not.
The man with the carnation in a cab, smiling. "Drive, pal. The lady and I are old friends."
A silent film title card: Yes, we're good friends, struck through in red. No, mister, we're not friends!
Betty's own hand and sleeve, reaching for a candlestick telephone, in first person.

You're Betty, in first person. What you see of her is her hands.

The first night you run and hide in the dark, with a hatpin. Before dawn you have a knife. Two days later, a shotgun.

Items

  • HatpinNobody touches the hat.
  • Kitchen knifeI used to cut bread with it.
  • ShotgunThis... is my BOOMSTICK!
The Velvet's floor after hours. A man in a fedora aims a gun at you. Behind him a red cloud of blood. Betty's revolver in the corner of the picture.

Every line is spoken. Press one.

Ruby in her dressing room, both hands up, teaching Betty to say no.
Betty, listening.

RUBY: Non, merci, Monsieur! ...Say it with me, honey. No!

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