# VARANO 2:39

> VARANO 2:39 is a free, open-source narrative game playable directly in a browser in
> Italian and English, recommended for ages 12 and over. It starts from a reported reptile
> sighting in the countryside around Montichiari, Italy, in July 2026 and turns it into an
> explicitly invented reconstruction told from four viewpoints. There is no official ending.

## Essential information

- **Name**: VARANO 2:39 — The Mystery of the Six Hills
- **Type**: single-player narrative game with 2D platform sections
- **Length and structure**: about 20 minutes, 10 levels, 4 roles, 6 endings
- **Price**: free, with no adverts, purchases or accounts
- **Platform**: modern phone, tablet and desktop browsers; installable as a PWA and playable offline
- **Languages**: Italian and English
- **Recommended age**: 12+
- **Licensing**: AGPL code and CC BY-NC-SA content
- **Landing page**: https://varano239.it/en/
- **Play**: https://app.varano239.it/en/

## Editorial boundaries

- Reported facts remain documented facts with clear sources.
- Everything playable is explicitly labelled fiction: characters, dialogue, endings and the town of Borgocoda are invented.
- The game does not claim to solve the real Montichiari case.
- It explicitly tells players not to search for, approach or chase wild or exotic animals.

## Privacy

There are no accounts, profiling cookies or user-written text sent to a server. Progress
and preferences remain in the player's browser. The site uses GoatCounter for aggregate,
cookie-free statistics.

## Links

- Play: https://app.varano239.it/en/
- Source code: https://github.com/ceccode/varano-239
- Licensing: https://github.com/ceccode/varano-239/blob/main/LICENSING.md
- Sources and editorial notes: https://github.com/ceccode/varano-239/blob/main/docs/SOURCES.md
- Privacy: https://app.varano239.it/privacy-en.html
- Contributing: https://github.com/ceccode/varano-239/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md