Upon doing so, he discovered recurring themes in the suspects' answers, and decided to incorporate ambiguity to the investigation in the game. He conducted research for the game by watching existing police interviews. Barlow eventually decided to create a police procedural game, and incorporate live action footage. He wanted to develop a game that was dependent on the narrative, and avoided working on the game until he was settled on an idea that was possible to execute. The game is Barlow's first project since his departure from Climax Studios, after which he became independent. The police interviews focus on the man's wife, Hannah Smith, portrayed by British musician Viva Seifert. In the game, the player searches and sorts through a database of video clips from fictional police interviews, and uses the clips to solve the case of a missing man.

It was released on 24 June 2015 for iOS, OS X, and Windows, and the following year for Android. Her Story is an interactive film video game written and directed by Sam Barlow.

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