ZODIAC
A downloadable game for Windows
It's the late 1960s.
San Francisco Bay Area.
After two Teenagers get killed the FBI starts investigating a mysterious killer leaving encrypted notes.
[About]
You play as Holden Tench, a young FBI Agent. In the late summer of 1969 a young couple is killed near a lakeside in the San Francisco Bay Area.
You start gathering evidence, connecting the dots and decoding the killers mysterious notes - and before you realise it, get caught up in a vicious cat and mouse game!
[Controls]
- W/A/S/D to Move
- Left Click to Interact
- Mouse to Look
Controls are explained in game!
Playtime: ≈ 15-20 mins
This game was created in 14 days for the Gunscreen Horror Jam 2026
Download
Install instructions
1. Download the latest "Zodiac" Game Build
2. Extract all files from the .zip archive
3. Run the Zodiac.exe
Hint:
As I am not a licensed Windows Developer, the Windows Defender may prevent you from playing my game. When the windows with this information pops up - just press "Run anyways"
Development log
- Zodiac - Release!2 days ago
Comments
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wow this was amazing, really like the game. One thing though for constructive criticism, the action scenes was a bit underwhelming and not scary for me personally, but i know its hard to do good and is probably not the premise of this game. But i overall REALLY liked it especially the first part. And one question did you make the assets yourself?
Yeah all the assets are made from scratch with only an exception for like 2-3 (including the car etc. which were royalty free models from itch.io I think)
Glad you liked the game though :D
Some parts were kinda underwhelming, noticed it myself, the schedule was pretty tight. :)
good
how the hell do you decrypt it lmfao
It's a basic game of wordle :D
Just type in 4 letter english words - they will be shown as Zodiac Code though.
So you need to remember what word you typed and what letter there is :D
Very well done! Keep up the good work :)
Thank you for playing my game! <3
that was absolutely fantastic!
Glad that you liked it! :D
it kept on saying this is a threat idk why
Press "more options" or so and then run anyways
<SPOILERS AHEAD!!>
The story felt short yet fun, felt the adrenaline rush while running away from the killer, but that's all, what took most of the time was the encoding part, I really couldn't understand it but figured it our eventually. Overall a fun experience.
Thank you! :D