Stigmatized Property

Stigmatized Property | 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a video game of horror adventure genre developed by Chilla's Art and published by Chilla's Art. It was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows on October 25, 2019.
== Synopsis ==
A young girl by the name of Sayaka was suddenly invited over to her friend's new apartment. Despite being broke, her friend was able to afford the new apartment due to the cheap rent. Even though the apartment looks like paradise for someone who is starting to live a new life without the need of parents. Could the place really be what it seems to be?
== Gameplay ==
The game starts with Sayaka walking in the middle of the night towards her friend's apartment. She was surprised to have been invited so suddenly by him. As she walks, she wonders where his new apartment could be.
----Tip: This is how you get to the apartment complex:
At the start of the game, walk straight and then turn right at the end of the street. Then, walk to the intersection (where a dead cat is lying in the middle of the intersection) and make a left. Continue walking straight and you will arrive at the apartment complex.
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Upon arriving at the apartment complex, Sayaka recalls that her friend lives in Apartment 104 and told her to meet him there. (His apartment is on the second floor, the first one after climbing up the stairs). Sayaka will knock on the apartment door, but her friend isn't home. Since she doesn't want to wait outside for him, Sayaka tries to recall where he left the spare key. After thinking about it for a few seconds, she recalls that he left it underneath the lemon plant. (Which is next to his apartment door). Sayaka moves the potted plant, grabs the key, and enters the apartment. Upon entering it, she is quite surprised how good the apartment look. With a large kitchen, spacious living room, a giant queen bed, a massive bathroom with bath and washing machine, and much more! While exploring the place she notices a journal on the side of the bed and notices that seven pages of the journal are missing. Sayaka decides to go on a hunt in search for the missing pages.
(*Heads up: Some pages that are scattered around the area cannot be picked up until a certain page beforehand is picked up and read. Meaning that the pages must be picked up in chronological order.*)
Sayaka can find the first page through a hole that is in the kitchen wall. But because the hole is too small for her to reach in, she can grab a nearby hook lying next to the closet to fish the page out of the hole. She can also look through the hole and see the next-door apartment on the other side of the hole. After grabbing the page, she places it back into the journal and decides to read it:
Sayaka can then find the second page within the bathroom, all she has to do is to drain the bathtub and the paper will be right there. However, since the page is wet, Sayaka will have to dry the paper first. Sayaka will notice a hairdryer on the bathroom and sink and uses it to dry the paper. After drying it, she will place it back in the diary and reads it:
The third page can be found from a crow. Upon leaving the apartment, head left and you will see a crow holding the third page within its mouth. But the crow won't let go of the paper. Sayaka can head downstairs to the street and grab either the fish in the trash area or grab the dead cat lying in the middle of the intersection. But as soon as Sayaka heads back in the direction of the apartment complex, a man is seen peering out through his apartment door (first floor, second door) and staring at Sayaka. But upon walking closer to him, he immediately shuts the door on her. Nonetheless, Sayaka goes back upstairs and gives the crow the fish/dead cat and it drops the third note on the railing. Sayaka then takes and it returns it to the diary. The note reads:
The fourth page can be found in the mail room at the back of the apartment complex. However, upon looking through the window, Sayaka notices that a man is standing inside, his hands behind his back and is staring blankly at a corner of the wall. Sayaka tries to get his attention by knocking, but he completely ignores her. So, she enters the room to see if she can try to help the man, only for the man to disappear! With no signs or trace of him ever being there in the first place. Sayaka looks around the place, and notices that talismans are placed all over the walls of the mail room. She also notices a foot ladder on the ground, along with an apartment memo, and the fourth page on the mailboxes. If Sayaka decides to read the apartment memo, she can learn more about the apartment complex. It reads:
With this information in mind, it is revealed that the apartment complex is haunted, and nothing can be done to get rid of the apartment due to its curse. And that the landlord is required to sell an apartment to a tenant and that tenant will be sacrificed and possessed. Afterwards, the person will be wiped out of existence, and everyone will forget who that person was. The landlord is only doing so in order to protect his family as he keeps having visions of the demons harming them if he doesn't.
After grabbing the fourth page, Sayaka will head back to the apartment, but she will hear a squishing sound coming from the apartment. It was coming from the hole in the wall, which now has blood oozing out of it. If Sayaka decides to take a look, she notices that the next-door apartment is completely red, like it was drenched in blood. Sayaka then places the fourth page into the journal and reads it:
The fifth page can be found in the apartment's bathroom. However, the door leading to it is locked. Luckily, the bathroom window is open from the outside so Sayaka can climb through it. But she can't reach it, so she decides to head back down to the mailroom to grab the foot ladder in order to climb through the bathroom window. After climbing through, Sayaka finds the page next to the sink and unlocks the door to put the page back into the journal. It reads:
The sixth page can be found within the parked car. Upon closer inspection, Sayaka realizes that the car belongs to his friend's mom and wonders where she might be. The car is unfortunately locked so Sayaka must find a key in order to open it. She can find the key in the dead-end alley. 
(When you leave the apartment complex, walk to the left and you will find the key lying on the ground. If you're inside the apartment, head outside to the front of the apartment complex and turn left). 
With the key, Sayaka opens up the front passenger side door and finds the sixth page within the seat. But upon returning to the apartment, she notices that some of the items within the apartment are now in different places. From the mirror now placed next to the kitchen counter and the chairs that were next to the kitchen table are either toppled over or placed on top of the table. But she doesn't let this bother her and instead focuses on reading the next page within the journal:
The seventh and final page can be found inside the vending machines next to the apartment. However, Sayaka will need 100 yen in order to get the paper. Luckily, she can find some spare change around the property. Here are the locations of the coins:
* A ten-yen coin is located on the road at the start of the game. If you haven't collected it, and you're at the apartment complex. Go to the four-way intersection and make a right where the dead cat is, then make a left. The coin should be on the ground.
* A fifty-yen coin is located next to the garbage can where the vending machines are (apartment).
* A second ten-yen coin is located near the door where the man who was looking at you earlier after grabbing the fish/dead cat. (First floor apartment, second door).
* A third ten-yen coin is located on a dead-end path at the four-way intersection. If you're at the apartment complex, go to the intersection and make a left where the dead cat is. Upon closer inspection, Sayaka will notice a shadow of someone within the flickering light and a red umbrella. But the shadow will disappear when Sayaka gets too close to it. The figure will also scream as the lights go off. And when it goes back on, the figure is gone but the coin will now be on the ground.
* A fourth ten-yen coin is located inside the apartment, next to the wall where the hole is.
* The fifth and final ten-yen coin is located inside a neighboring apartment. Go to the back of the apartment complex and head to the left-most door. The door (despite being closed earlier) is now open. But when Sayako gets a better look by the door, she notices that a man is standing behind a small wall and is staring at her from inside the apartment. But upon entering the apartment, the lights turn off, and when it turns back on, the man is no longer there. But the coin will be sitting on the wall for Sayako to collect.
Once Sayaka finds all the coins, she can head back to the vending machine to get the last remaining paper. However, upon this point, the outcome of the game will be determined by the players' actions throughout the game. Because as soon as you read the last page, there is no going back... The last page reads:
==Endings ==
=== Possessed (Bad Ending) ===
After Sayako finishes reading the seventh page, she decides to leave the apartment and will call her friend later. But when she tries to leave, the front door is now locked! Sayako tries to unlock it, but it won't budge. However, she notices that someone seems to be on the other side. Upon closes inspection, she discovers that there are three people standing outside. Her friend, her friend's mother...and her! When Sayako turns around, she sees her friend and his mom standing behind her with no eyes! Unfortunately, Sayako became the next victim to the apartment's curse, and is therefore possessed and wiped out of existence.
=== Saved (Good Ending) ===
To get the good end, Sayako will have to find four different shrines to pray at. These can be found within the area and must be done before reading the seventh page; The locations of the shrines are the following:
* At the road where the game starts, there is a path on the right where the vending machine is that leads to an alley. Behind the building is a shrine. (If you're outside of the apartment complex, head to the road and walk to the four-way intersection. Walk straightforward and you will see the shrine on your right).
* On the same road where the game starts, there is another path on the left past the vending machine. (The path is barely visible due to it being dark so look closely). Around the area is a small house and a shrine right next to it.
* After making a right on the road where the player starts the game, they can see a small home. To the right of the small home is a beaten path that leads to a shrine.
* In the back of the apartment complex there is a shrine on the far-right corner. Though barely visible. (Near the apartment where you collect the 10-yen coin from the back door).
After praying to all four shrines, Sayaka claims that she feels a bit warmer all of a sudden. Later on, when she finishes reading the last page of the journal. Sayaka decides to leave the apartment and will call her friend later. Unlike the bad ending where the apartment door closed on her. Sayaka is allowed to leave the apartment. Once she leaves, the door to the apartment closes, and she leaves the area.
In the epilogue, Sayaka claims that when she was walking back home, she felt like she was being watched. But every time she looked back, no one was there. The next day at school, she finds out that her friend is nowhere to be found as someone else took his seat in class, and no one even knew who he was! Not the faculty, nor the students. When she went back to her friend's apartment, the place was put up for sale, and there was no trace of her friend ever living there. She unfortunately forgets her friend's name and even forgets who she is even talking about.
== Controls==
* WASD - Move the protagonist around.
* Mouse - Look Around.
* Left Mouse Click - Interact.
* Esc button - Options.
==Characters==
* Sayaka - The main protagonist. She comes over to check out her friend's new apartment. Only to find out that he is nowhere in sight. But upon exploring the property, she discovers that something may has happened to her friend and tries to investigate what went wrong. Not much is known about her personality.
* Sayaka's friend - The friend of Sayaka (name unknown) who recently moved into a new apartment to start not only a new life of independence, but also to live closer to school. While not much is known about his personality, he seemed to be outgoing and very friendly towards everyone. He and Sayaka has been friends for quite some time (according to his journal), and he invited her to come over one night to check out the place. His sudden disappearance is what causes the events of the game. It is revealed in the apartment memo that the apartment is haunted and that the person renting said apartment will be possessed and wiped out of existence. In the good end, Sayaka along with everyone at school forgets who he is due to him getting possessed. In the bad ending, he and his mother appear outside when Sayaka looks outside the peephole before appearing behind her with hollow eyes.
* Friend's mother - The mother of Sayaka's friend. After her son decides to move, she expresses excitement that her son is moving on in life and even decides to stay over to check out the new place. She comes over one night after a brief argument with her husband and decides to stay with her son for the night. She unexpectedly disappears the next morning when her son wakes up for school despite the fact her car was still parked at the complex. It is revealed later on that she along with her son were possessed by the apartment complex for staying there and therefore, wiped out of existence.
* Apartment 102 Tenant - A male tenant who stares at Sayaka after grabbing the fish/dead cat for the bird. He quickly slams the door shut when Sayaka approaches him.
* Apartment 103 Tenant - A male tenant who stares at Sayaka from the inside of his apartment. Upon entering the place, the lights turn off and he disappears. He is likely a ghost and was possessed by the apartment complex.
* Shadowy Figure - A figure with a red umbrella who appears in an alley way near the apartment complex. She appears when Sayaka goes to grab a coin from the alley. It is unknown who this figure was, but it is likely it was a tenant from the apartment.
=== Mentioned Characters ===
* Friend's father - The father of Sayaka's friend. After his son decides to move, he expresses excitement that his son is moving on in life and even decides to stay over to check out the new place. He even likes it a lot, that he decides to stay a bit longer. One night, him and his wife got into an argument which led to his wife staying with her son at the new apartment. Due to his wife and son being wiped out of existence, he will no longer remember the fact he had a family.
* Mira (Mira-chan) - A girl/classmate that Sayaka's friend meets one day at school during the new semester and takes a liking towards her.
* The Landlord - The owner of the apartment complex. They unfortunately are forced to sell an apartment every month in order to appease a supernatural force surrounding the apartment complex. While they try to stop it by getting some help from a contractor, a priest and even adding talisman to the building. The supernatural force will prevent the building from being destroyed or having the entity being exorcised. They want to have it stopped but can do absolutely nothing about it. The person that Sayaka sees inside the mailroom is most likely the landlord. And it is likely he was either possessed by the apartment spirits, or killed himself out of guilt.
* Mashima-sensei - The homeroom teacher of Sayaka's friend who was only mentioned in his journal.
==Trivia==
*According to the official description of the game on steam. The game was inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. With properties such as this one being known to have cheap rents.
*Sayaka's reflection is not seen in the mirror.
*The characters in the game are not modelled in 3-D, but rather in 2-D.
==External links==
*Stigmatized Property on Steam
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