Vigil: White Static

How to start

1. Open it in your AI. Tap Open in ChatGPT or Open in Claude, and press send, or paste the play prompt into any assistant that can open links. No paid plan required.
2. The game loads. You clock in at the station's digitising bay and the first reel is already loaded.
3. Work the tapes. Cue, watch and log each of five reels. A dread meter called the Static climbs from 0 to 8 as you work; at 8 the shift is over.
4. Save your shift. Ask for a save code when you stop. To resume, open the game again in a new chat and paste the code once it loads, or use aigamecards.com/resume.

Questions

What kind of horror is this?

Analog, found-footage horror. You work a night shift digitising videotapes from a decommissioned TV station, and what is on them reacts to you. There is no gore; the fear comes from static, timestamps and things on the reels that should not be there.

Why is it rated 16+?

For sustained dread, isolation and psychological horror that speaks to you directly. There is no explicit gore. To stop at any point, say "lights on" and the shift ends safely, mid-scene.

How does the Static work?

The Static runs 0 to 8 and only rises. It ticks in two ways: off the card's printed list of dice rolls, read once per scene beat as you work the reels, so curiosity costs you; and whenever you feed it, by typing your name, answering the puppet on one of the reels, or talking back to the screen. At 8 the shift is over. If you gave it your name it says your name, whole, in your own recorded voice; if you never did, it says what it managed to take instead. Hold it under 8 to 6:00 a.m. and you clock out alive.

Can I survive the shift?

Yes, and it is not luck alone. Refusing is the craft: do not type your name, do not answer the puppet, eject the reel that is spelling something, and hold the last eight minutes without speaking. Reach 6:00 a.m. with the Static under 8 and you walk out into grey morning. Play everything and answer everything and it learns your name before dawn.

How is it different from the other horror card, Low Water?

Vigil is a job with something on the other side of it: five reels to digitise, a printed list of dice rolls that decides when the thing on them looks up, and a meter that climbs every time you answer it. Low Water has no dice at all: a lamp that must not go out and a night that keeps offering you reasons to leave it.

Can I play it in Claude or another AI?

Yes. Vigil runs inside ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini; open it and clock in. Every reply ends with a one-line status readout (the Static, your place in the dice list, the clock and what you have done so far), and typing "save" prints a plain-text save code. To resume, open the game again in a new chat, in any of the three apps, and paste the code once it loads.