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Genre: Investigation / Narrative / Mystery / True Crime
Platform: PC & Mac via Steam
Short Description: In Hunting the Hunter you step into the shoes of a young journalist investigating corruption behind growing cacu. Even though cacu bars are everyone’s favorite sweet, they are connected to corrupt officials, shady companies and reputable bankers that profit off of people’s misery. Will you live to tell the truth?
**Release Window: Q1/**2027
Steam: It’s not live yet but you can check out the content & press kit here: ****https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cI4Yb5iv7WCoYCBwH0437tU4yy3nJkph
Kickstarter: Coming Q4/2026
Contact: [email protected]
Content/streaming guidelines: Coming soon
Developer: Green Wave Games
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Our game is built to create meaningful conversations in the chat as well as guarantee hilarious moments when you gave your undercover identity away and died… yet again.
Every dialogue can change the investigation, every character potentially lies. Are you unsure about what to do next? Your chat certainly has a lot of opinions on that.
Our story is based on reporting by Anas Aremeyaw Anas on cocoa cultivation. He is Ghana’s most famous journalist and we’re working closely with him and a journalistic NGO to make our players feel like a real journalist speaking truth to power.
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The story is inspired by the work and experiences of one of Ghana's most renowned journalists, bringing a real-world perspective to the investigation at the heart of the game.
After playing, you'll have the opportunity to learn more about the real story that inspired what you've just experienced.
Want to learn more? https://www.occrp.org/en/announcement/investigative-journalism-inspires-video-games-at-inaugural-floodlight-gaming-summit
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Not every conversation is safe. Say the wrong thing, trust the wrong person, or make the wrong assumption—and you can die.
Which means every important dialogue in the game can become: "WAIT... CHAT??? WHAT DO WE SAY?"
And the stakes are high.
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Your corkboard and quest log help you keep track of what you've found so that viewers can jump in any time and be on track quickly. Maybe their fresh perspective can even solve something you have been debating about for a while.
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Representation matters to us. One of our founders is nonbinary and ace, and that perspective shines through in the game's characters and themes. The very artstyle is bringing Kawaii back to its roots as a visual language of protest and daring to speak up to power.
If you're an LGBTQ+ streamer, we'd love for you to bring your own perspective and experiences into the conversation around the game.
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The dialogue isn't voiced which means there's room for your interpretation and your personality.
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0:00 First impressions: Meet the characters and establish the case. Collect clues, update the corkboard.
0:20 First major choice: Streamer and chat debate what to say.
0:35 Investigation: Explore new locations as you advance the story
0:55 "WAIT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!!": You discover contradictory information.
1:10 Chat theory time: Everyone tries to figure out what's actually happening.
1:25 High-stakes conversation: Streamer chooses what to say. It goes horribly wrong. RIP.
1:30 New attempt / new theory
1:50 The article: You and your chat decide what information to publish.
2:00 Consequences + discussion: How did your decisions change the world? What do the metaphors mean in real life?
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We want your chat to argue with you, theorize with you, and likely sometimes scream at you when you make the wrong choice.
Questions that will come up during your playthrough:
That's where your chat comes in to debate what to do. The game doesn't always give you an obvious answer. You might have several leads, conflicting information, or a conversation where you're not sure what the right response is.
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At the end of your investigation, you have to write your article. You've collected information, heard different perspectives, uncovered clues and formed your own understanding of what happened.
Now you have to decide: What information belongs in the story? What you choose affects the dialogue and environment you encounter afterward**.**
Let your chat debate on what should be included or not and guess which choices informed the world & environment you experience in the last level.
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Beneath the investigation is a story about the conditions in cocoa and coffee cultivation and international trade.
We tell the story through metaphors, characters, environments, and minigames. We want players to interpret, question, disagree, and discuss what they're seeing.
Concerning metaphors: Cocoa and coffee become cacu; Ghana becomes Kangan, Côte Ivoire becomes Aburiria. Kangan and Aburiria, in turn, are references to African literature that your viewers can explore. And maybe having read these books adds another layer to some dialogues.
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