Who made the valley.

The story

Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820. Every narrated line in the films is his, and the valley, the bridge and the Horseman are the ones he wrote. The story is in the public domain; the whole of it is free to read.

The narration

Narration: Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820).

The voice reading Irving in the films was designed for Sleepy Hollow with ElevenLabs. It is not a recording of any person.

The music

Music and sounds: made for this game with ElevenLabs. Everything else: ours.

The 3D models

3D models by Sketchfab artists, CC BY 4.0, modified for this game. Each is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, and each has been changed to fit the village: resized, recoloured, cut down or rebuilt. The same list stands on the WITH THANKS board in the village square.

• the Sleepy Hollow InnTavern by Kyan
• the Van Tassel houseAmerican Colonial house by Blue3D
• the stone farmhousefarmhouse by Omatar
• the old cottageOld Cottage by LukaszKkkk
• the timber houseMedieval House by unrealmahin
• the log cabinLog Cabin Wooden by Tyler Regnart
• the plank cabinWooden Log Cabin by donnichols
• the barnBarn by patrakeevasveta
• the gristmillERB BENJAMIN TP1 Textures Génériques by Benjamin_Erb
• the sexton’s hutCaretaker shack by Yury Misiyuk
• the haunted houseHaunted House || Challenge by Ikki_3d
• the wellOld Well with Hanging Bucket by Glowbox 3D
• the chase bellChurch Bell (PBR) by Wicked_Vixx
• the lanternsLantern by Mandrake
• the tombstonesStylized Tombstones by George Hager
• the shovelDirty Shovel by tediuminteractive
• the cobwebsCobwebs Asset Pack by Em Marshall
• the ghostCute ghost by P3D
• the barrelsBarrels! by TooManyDemons
• the cartMedieval wooden cart by rakutin
• the hayFree Pack - Stylized Hay Bale by PolyOne Studio
• the split-rail fencesWooden fence Building Farm by Mehdi Shahsavan
• the crowsCrow by Alexei Ostapenko
• the signpostSignpost by Tetiana_Denysenko
• the oil lanterns by the homesRusty Old Oil Lantern by chrisg4919
• the oil lanterns by the homesOil Lamp by MatiasMyma
• the Old Dutch ChurchSt. Guevroc Chapel by Loïc Norgeot
• Ichabod’s log schoolhouseLog Cabin by Luis Gustavo
• the tumbled stone wallsRuined rock fence by VladNeko
• the broken dead treesRealistic Cracked Tree Game-Ready prop by Aliosa
• the bare dead treesOld tree by evolveduk
• the stable-yard plank fencesOld fence by Yury Misiyuk
• the picket fencesWood Wooden fence Protector of the farm low poly by Mehdi Shahsavan
• the churchyard’s iron fencel Fence by julia_dar
• the covered bridgeWooden bridge roofed bridge cap -24MB by Mehdi Shahsavan

Everything else

The Horseman, his horse, the covered bridge’s day and night, the bell, the chase and the village as a whole are ours, made for The Sleepy Hollow Experience.