Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory. As a hitchhiker with no memory or destination, you catch a series of rides across a strange and beautiful landscape, tracking the mysterious disappearance of a person close to you. Your drivers range from stoic farmers to off-duty waitresses, and each one has a story to tell. Clues appear, alliances emerge, and nothing is quite what it seems.
As your journey continues, you must decode the events of your past while confronting the dangers that lie ahead. Hitchhiker is a road-trip odyssey about exploring the unknown in order to find yourself.
Character Profiles
Vern
Stoic raisin farmer; armchair philosopher. Likes: philosophical musings, odd anecdotes, corny dad jokes, sing-alongs. Dislikes: nosey questions. There’s more to him than meets the eye. What could it be?
You wanna know the clearest evidence that reality isn’t real?
Hops
Eccentric academic; “Patron Saint of Useless Stuff.” Searching for his dog, also named Hops. The search for his dog is intertwined with the Hitchhiker’s own search. How are they related?
You’re like me; the past is the only place left for us.
Leah
Waitress at Dante’s Diner. Day off: Thursday. Keeps several wigs in her car, just in case. Disguises herself as a brunette on the day she picks up the Hitchhiker. What’s her game?
Everyone has an agenda… You’re no different.
Sayed
Refugee; fellow dreamer. Also known as: Al-Shatir. Used to tell his niece a bedtime story about a people where the sky touches the earth and must bend over at all times. What does the Hitchhiker have to learn from his story?
Even if I make it to my destination, I’m still not home.