AMBER: Journeys Beyond

About AMBER: Journeys Beyond

Amber: Journeys Beyond is a first-person point-and-click adventure game similar to Myst. Gameplay is nonlinear and events in the game occur at random depending on the player's progress.

Paranormal researcher Dr. Roxanne "Roxy" Westbridge (Sandi Fix) purchases a house in North Carolina believed to be inhabited by ghosts. The player character, a friend of Roxy's, is asked by a mutual contact to check on Roxy due to concerns towards her ghost hunting equipment not being properly developed. As the player character drives to the house, a ghostly apparition in the road causes them to crash into a nearby pond.

Emerging from the water, the player character explores the property and discovers Roxy unconscious in the garage with a device on her head. The player character also finds Roxy's equipment, including the unfinished Astral Mobility By Electromagnetic Resonance (AMBER) headset, which allows the user to enter the minds of ghosts. Exploring the house further, the player discovers Roxy's spirit has become trapped between realms while she was using AMBER.

The player character eventually learns the house is inhabited by three ghosts unaware of what happened to them: Margaret (Emily Andress/Susan Wimmer), a woman who committed suicide after learning her husband Richard (Brendan Underhill) died in World War II; Brice (Michael Brocki), a gardener who killed his employers and their daughter Mandy (Tommi Swinson) under the delusion that they were going to be abducted by aliens before hanging himself; and Edwin (Matt Andress/Lauren Andress), a young boy who drowned in the frozen pond while playing with his talking doll Chippy (voiced by Greg Purdy) and teddy bear. Using AMBER, the player character helps each ghost remember their death, allowing them to pass on. Once the ghosts have left, AMBER gains enough energy to bring Roxy's spirit back to the natural realm.