R.L. Stine’s famed series of kids’ pulpy horror books is getting the videogame treatment, according to a new entry on the Xbox digital store. Goosebumps has been undergoing a bit of a revival lately, with a film adaptation starring Jack Black slated for release in October. Releasing around the same time, this new game looks to be a prequel to the upcoming film and seems… surprisingly promising?

Goosebumps: The Game is being developed by WayForward, whose track record is spotty but includes some great adaptations, most notably a series of Adventure Time games that combine the cartoon’s mixed-media absurdity with a healthy amount of 8-bit nostalgia.

But the look of what’s been released so far is really what’s interesting. The screenshots indicate a cartoony adventure game in the ’90s point-and-click milieu. It’s a strong aesthetic fit for a series that has always striven for scary but not too scary, and whose pulpy, first-person mystery format already has a bit of the adventure game in its DNA.

So far Goosebumps: The Game has only been announced for Xbox 360, but here’s hoping for a wider release announcement. I’m also hoping the game is nothing like the last Goosebumps game, 2008’s Goosebumps Horrorland. That game certainly was scary, but not in the way it was intended to be.