Hope in the City is a detective adventure with a nonlinear narrative, in which an ordinary school day ends with the mysterious disappearance of the protagonist's parents. Seventeen-year-old Hope Song is left without answers and decides to figure out what happened on her own. The deeper she delves into the investigation, the more she encounters things that ill-fit with the image of a calm and prosperous town. Traces on paper Hope's personal notebook becomes her primary investigative tool. She records observations, sketches details, and collects information that at first seems unrelated. Gradually, individual notes begin to form a larger picture, allowing her to spot patterns and discover new avenues of investigation. Each discovery pushes the heroine further from her familiar life. Behind familiar streets lie secrets no one speaks of. The search for answers turns into not only an investigation into her parents' disappearance but also an attempt to understand what's really going on in the city she thought she knew so well. Features of the game Non-linear investigation with multiple search directions. A system of notes and sketches in the heroine's personal notebook. The gradual revelation of the secrets of the urban community. A plot built around the disappearance of parents.