He IS hERE
Genre: On-site immersive puzzle game / Religious suspense narrative
Format: Physical site exploration + printed clue materials + multi-perspective storytelling
Location: Forest Lawn Great Mausoleum, Glendale, California
Players take on the role of a detective retracing the footsteps of a priest who once worked at the Forest Lawn Great Mausoleum. Through exploring this solemn and sacred space, they uncover the priest’s hidden notes and symbolic clues, gradually reconstructing his state of mind before his confession—and ultimately uncovering the mystery behind his actions.
— Guided by these clues, players attempt to piece together what the priest contemplated in this place, and more importantly, why he chose to confess.
Background
Game Flow
Winston Finch, a priest employed at Forest Lawn Cemetery, was arrested on suspicion of murdering five lawyers. Though he admitted guilt upon being taken into custody, he refused to answer most questions and has since waited calmly in a holding cell for his sentencing.
When asked why he killed the five lawyers, Finch claimed they were legal consultants for a corporation called MediLice and had exploited legal loopholes to delay lawsuits, financially ruin victims, fabricate evidence to manipulate trials, assist in land seizures under the guise of charity, and falsify reports to cover up the deaths of experimental drug subjects.
As the detective assigned to the case, you sense something is off. First, there is no direct evidence linking the priest to the murders. Second, the victims’ deaths are unusually bizarre: one was crushed by a safe, another fell from a balcony, a third choked to death from airway obstruction, a fourth was found in a locked office with a pen lodged fatally in his skull—without any trace of another person—and the last, despite being in perfect health, died mysteriously of sudden heart failure.
Finch was arrested primarily because he was the first person found near each of the bodies after the deaths occurred.
Upon conducting a background check, you find that Finch is a devout and compassionate man with no prior criminal record or suspicious affiliations. However, a search of his home uncovers a notebook detailing crimes committed by the five deceased lawyers.
Reading mATERIAL
Puzzle Node 1
After reviewing the reading materials, the player's role as a detective begins. Equipped with clues found in the priest’s room, the player sets out to investigate the Great Mausoleum.
Material1: LANDMARK RULE
Puzzle solution:
Material2: tHE GREAT MAUSOLEUM MAP
By matching the names and symbolic meanings of the stone sculptures inside the mausoleum with their physical locations, the player can determine where each puzzle will appear.
Compassion corresponds to the “Pietà” sculpture.
Truth corresponds to “The Last Supper”.
The sun and moon icons correspond to the “Day and Night” sculpture.
Judge corresponds to the statue of “Moses”.
lOCATION: “mOSES” Sculpture
lOCATION: “pIETA” Sculpture
lOCATION: The great Mausoleum main chamber
The first left statue is the “Pietà” sculpture.
The paint at the middle is the “The Last Supper”.
The second rightest sculpture is “Day and Night”.
lOCATION: “dAY AND nIGHT” Sculpture
Puzzle Node 2
Follow the guidance to locate the first puzzle site within the Great Mausoleum.
Material: Guidance
At the location of “Return”, Under the Sculpture of Bible, a story paper lies here, and several tokens covered by the paper.
Material: tHE STORY - rETURN
Material: the tokens
Puzzle Node 3
Then proceed to the second location indicated by the guidance: “Moon & Sun.”
Beneath the “Day and Night” sculpture, you will find the Sun Disc.
Material: Sun Disc
Puzzle solution:
New reward: The TOken - Law
Material: tokens
After placing the correct token in the correct position on the Sun Disc, a new paper disc and a unique token will be dropped.
New reward: A paper disc
Material: Guidance
Puzzle Node 4
Follow the guidance to locate the third puzzle site within the Great Mausoleum.
Material: Guidance
Location: The last supper
Beneath the painting, a question is inscribed: “Who betrayed Jesus?” With pointing coordinates correctly on the paint, a different story paper will be dropped.
Reward: Story paper - His Sin
Solution:
Puzzle Node 5
Follow the guidance to locate the fifth puzzle site within the Great Mausoleum.
lOCATION: “pIETA” Sculpture
Beneath the statue, a new disc is found and the back of the disc is inscribed: “And now, He is enduring an agony like never before, for His divine authority has been stolen by wicked men and used to bring harm upon the world…. What have they stolen?”
Material: The new disc
sOLUTION:
With the token “Law” picked from node 3, the disc will be completed and a pack of files will drop from the disc.
Puzzle Node 6
Follow the guidance to locate the sixth puzzle site within the Great Mausoleum.
Material: Visitor log at last day
The priest’s notebook mentions a suspicious individual, referred to only as “Him.” This particular entry was deliberately hidden by the priest, suggesting that the person in question is likely the true culprit.
Alongside the notebook was a visitor log, and one of the names on that list may belong to this mysterious figure. Find out who he is?
This mysterious killer appears to have executed the unnamed lawyers under the guise of judgment.
But what sin were they judged for?
And in the eyes of the killer, what had the lawyers stolen?
Material: Father’s note
Solution:
The initials of Daniel Oliver Grant spell D.O.G., and the priest claimed to have seen G.O.D. in the mirror.
This symbolic reversal suggests that the person who signed in as Daniel Oliver Grant is the prime suspect.
The lawyers were guilty of theft—they had stolen the Lord’s hermeneutic authority, the divine right to interpret the law in His name.
