In a future where images are sacred and JPEGs have corrupted the digital landscape, you play as Carter, a washed-up digital detective who specializes in recovering pixels from garbled images. Your journey begins when you receive a mysterious, pixelated file that hints at a conspiracy involving a rogue algorithm threatening to corrupt the entire internet. Navigate through a series of absurd encounters with quirky characters (like an overzealous tech support bot and a paranoid graphic designer), unravel obscure clues, and decide the fate of digital artistry while battling the very essence of bad JPEG artifacts.