Mysteries of Fence

About

Mysteries of Fence is a narrative-driven adventure where you play a rebellious teen sent to a controversial internet addiction "rehab" center. The game blends investigation with escape planning as you gather clues to expose the facility’s abusive methods. You’ll scavenge for tools, avoid staff patrols, and piece together a strategy to flee while uncovering the center’s dark history. The story unfolds through environmental details and fragmented documents rather than direct dialogue. Based on real-life events in China, the game sparked intense debate online. The setting draws from a 2008 documentary that later revealed the facility’s violent practices, including electric shocks. A viral 2016 memoir detailing the trauma of forced treatment helped fuel public outrage. Players navigate a tense, slow-burn thriller that leans into its real-world roots, with community discussions often highlighting its emotional weight. The game’s stark visuals and methodical pacing emphasize its unsettling themes without overt drama.

Storyline

*Based on a true story *A magical realism masterpiece which caused great discussions in China's Internet Community. Internet addiction, it was just a noun which invented by an American psychiatrist in the forum for joking at first.But it has been deeply rooted among the people in China a few places of China,some children who often surf the Internet will be considered as having internet addiction and mental illness, and they will be sent to internet addiction rehabilitation center to accept compulsory treatment by their families. In 2008, the internet addiction rehabilitation center and Professor Yang appeared on television documentary with a positive light. The way that Professor Yang used electric shock and other extreme measures to treat internet addiction, made him become the savior in some ignorant parents’ mind. In 2016, a netizen posted an autobiography which over twenty thousand words on the internet to tell the cruel treatments she accepted in the center. For those teenagers who were forced to accept the "treatment", the hurt was irreversible in physically and mentally, some cut their wrists, some jumped off a building, some claimed they will be die alone, there were also some who backed to normal life, but they don’t know when they can move on from the psychological shadow.