Mado Marks — A Short Psychological Horror Visual Novel About Memory and Erasure

Three students enter an impossible classroom, record messages to their future selves, and return to find that one of them is disappearing from every record.

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Overview

Mado Marks is a short psychological horror visual novel developed and published by VAINSANE Studios. Set in a school, it follows students who discover a door leading to a classroom that should not exist. After recording videos to their future selves inside the room, they emerge to find that the school records show them absent for an entire day, while their phones indicate that only minutes have passed. When one student disappears, corrupted videos, altered records, and shifting memories become the only evidence that she was ever there. Each playthrough lasts around 30 minutes, with choices shaping the characters’ interpretation of events and leading to three distinct endings. Mado Marks is coming soon for Windows, macOS, and Linux via Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4832290/

Key features

A short psychological horror visual novel with each playthrough lasting around 30 minutes.
A focused story about memory, identity, proof, friendship, and the fear of becoming impossible to remember.
A confined school setting centered on an ordinary classroom and an impossible room hidden behind it.
Choice-driven progression that shapes how the characters interpret corrupted videos, altered records, and disappearing memories.
Three distinct endings based on whether the remaining students preserve the evidence, reject it, or become part of the erasure.
A grunge-inspired school atmosphere featuring liminal classroom spaces and restrained supernatural dread.
An original ambient soundtrack built around fluorescent hum and distorted audio.

Facts

Developer: VAINSANE
Publisher: VAINSANE
Release: Coming soon
Status: Upcoming
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Adventure, Indie

Press contact: contact@vainsane.com

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About VAINSANE Studios

VAINSANE Studios develops and publishes Mado Marks, a short psychological horror visual novel for Windows, macOS, and Linux. More information is available at https://vainsane.com/.