Have you ever imagined if a concept similar to Pokémon Go could be applied to horror games? Spectropia Studios certainly believes it’s possible. They have joined forces with Niantic Lightship, the developer behind the Augmented Reality technology used in Pokémon Go, to create “Scrylight,” an AR ghost-hunting game that aims to elevate the horror gaming experience.

The premise of “Scrylight” takes us back to 1842 when Spiritualist Jeremiah Scry wrote a book outlining his methods for allowing the living to view and interact with the deceased through forbidden illumination techniques and rituals. His goal was to gather evidence of life after death. Scry mysteriously disappeared along with his book. Fast forward over a century, and a set of Scry’s papers has been discovered, with his ancient light rituals updated for the digital age through the power of Augmented Reality. Scry’s use of illumination techniques to communicate with entities has been modernized into a unique signal accessible via smartphones.

In the game, your objective is to banish the ghosts you encounter by collecting three pieces of evidence and performing the ritual to expel them. To begin your hunt, you’ll use “Scrylight’s” GPS system to plan a “safe and suitable” location for hunting and scanning for entities. From there, you’ll gather and compile evidence pages from the entity, uncovering details about its life and death. To obtain this evidence, you must first gain the entity’s trust by communicating with it or engaging in games.

“Scrylight” has been in development for over a year and offers players the ability to hunt for ghosts virtually anywhere, with full interaction with the “entities” thanks to the game’s Scry Engine. It will also generate custom entities based on your real-world location. For example, if you’re at the beach, you might encounter pirates, or in the woods, witches. Additionally, the game will integrate with smart devices, enabling real-world hauntings where ghosts trigger actual smart devices. “Scrylight” will also support up to four players for simultaneous play.

Spectropia is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to secure funding for further development of “Scrylight.” You can find more information about the game and the developer’s plans on the Kickstarter page or visit the game’s official website.