Head Practitioner is the first installment in the episodic horror series Alone After Dark. You assume responsibility for the patients of Coldrock Medical Center, a hospital where the ordinary quickly tilts toward the uncanny after nightfall. The experience unfolds in a tight, personal lens as you navigate your first night shift across four rooms.In this first-person horror narrative, your role centers on practical care and careful management. You must distribute medications, perform routine maintenance, and juggle patient charts and requests while keeping a wary ear on the strange signals that thread through the wards. Amid the routine, you piece together the unnerving implications of a troubling medical record tied to the missing patient in Room 4, uncovering a thread that ties each room to a deeper, more troubling story.The atmosphere compounds the tension: a retro VHS aesthetic drapes every corridor, amplifying an unsettling mood and nightmarish tone. Dialogue, while disturbing, serves to deepen the sense that something is watching and waiting behind the hospital’s sterile surfaces. The narrative unfolds with escalating dread, revealing harrowing realizations that challenge what you think you know about the ward, the staff, and the patients you care for.Key features and elements include:

• Retro VHS aesthetic and unsettling atmosphere
• Disturbing dialogue that deepens the nightmarish mood
• Nightmarish, evolving narrative across a hospital setting
• Multiple endings driven by your choices and discoveries
• Harowing realizations as the truth comes to light
• Medical minigames that test procedure, speed, and accuracy
• Hidden clues and easter eggs woven into patient records and rooms
• Steam achievements reflecting your progress and discoveries