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Detention

2017/Red Candle Games, RedCandleGames

Detention (Chinese: 返校; lit. 'Returning to School') is a horror adventure video game created and developed by Taiwanese game developer Red Candle Games for Steam. It is a 2D atmospheric horror side-scroller set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. The game also incorporates religious elements based on Taiwanese culture and mythology. The game was released on 13 January 2017. A demo version was released on Steam Greenlight on 13 June 2016. The game's concept originates with the Red Candle Games co-founder Shun-ting "Coffee" Yao.

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Detention (Chinese: 返校; lit. 'Returning to School') is a horror adventure video game created and developed by Taiwanese game developer Red Candle Games for Steam. It is a 2D atmospheric horror side-scroller set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. The game also incorporates religious elements based on Taiwanese culture and mythology. The game was released on 13 January 2017. A demo version was released on Steam Greenlight on 13 June 2016. The game's concept originates with the Red Candle Games co-founder Shun-ting "Coffee" Yao. In February 2017, a novel based on the game was published by novelist Ling Jing. A live action film adaptation distributed by Warner Bros. Taiwan was released on 20 September 2019.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Detention (video game)” (en.wikipedia.org), shortened; available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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  • Cover: Steam · Steam Web API Terms of Use; artwork (c) its publisher
  • Banner: Steam · Steam Web API Terms of Use; artwork (c) its publisher
  • Screenshots (5): IGDB.com · Twitch Developer Services Agreement (IGDB); artwork (c) its publisher
  • Screenshots (6): Steam · Steam Web API Terms of Use; artwork (c) its publisher

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