Last Witness: an AI detective for a dead 1999 website, graded on its ghosts
Sergei Parfenov
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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine ...
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine
Last Witness is a detective game about an online community from 1999, the Lighthouse Network, that disappeared. All that is left of it are scraps: old personal home pages, forum threads, a guestbook, emails, server logs.
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- Sergei Parfenov
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- Oct 28, 2026
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Trending history
Last Witness: an AI detective for a dead 1999 website, graded on its ghosts was first seen on DEV Community · Top this week on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 144 checks on 7 different days. Its best position was #17 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 14:43 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 13:43 UTC.
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Is Last Witness: an AI detective for a dead 1999 website, graded on its ghosts trending on DEV Community right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 13:43 UTC, after 7 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Last Witness: an AI detective for a dead 1999 website, graded on its ghosts reached?
#17 on DEV Community · Top this week, on Oct 29, 14:43 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 60 minutes.
How long has Last Witness: an AI detective for a dead 1999 website, graded on its ghosts been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 7 days (144 checks) since.