Hollowbrook - A Mature New England Slice-of-Life Sim

**Mature.** Some towns feel like the whole world. Hollowbrook is one of them. Tucked into a river valley in the mountains of New England, Hollowbrook runs on seasonal rhythms — leaf-peepers in fall, skiers in winter, hikers in summer, and locals who hold everything together in between. The Hollowbrook River cuts through the center of town past the old mill buildings, the park, and the pub that's been open since the mill closed. Everyone knows everyone. Reputation travels before you do. Calloway money built half of what stands and expects something in return. The hospital is the largest employer. The college keeps the town young and restless. This is a life simulation. You are not a hero. You are a person — with a job, a rent payment, a complicated history, and people in your life who matter. The world runs on real time, real money, and real consequences. A five-resource system (Health, Money, Energy, Stress, Inhibition) tracks the shape of your days. Relationships develop or fracture based on what you do and fail to do. The town remembers. **Choose your story start:** Senior Year at Hollowbrook High. Freshman at MVCC. Night-shift nurse at the hospital. New officer at the PD. Inherited a struggling business. Seasonal worker at Pinecrest Lodge. Staff writer at the Hollowbrook Herald. A stranger passing through who stayed. Whatever you bring to this town, this town will answer. Romantic and intimate content is present at the Mature level — real, earned, and rendered with craft rather than shock. The pregnancy mechanic is active. The Inhibition resource tracks the erosion of self-control under pressure. **Recommended:** AutoCards and InnerSelf (BetterRepository → Scripts). InnerSelf gives every NPC a genuine interior life — the people of Hollowbrook have their own agendas, secrets, and limits. AutoCards captures the world as it builds. Together they make the town feel inhabited. The season is fall. The foliage is peaking. The river is indifferent.