The Fool must Die [Game Jam Demo version]
“Everyone has a role they must fulfill for the Play to keep moving, there is no way out.
The Damned will pay.
The Hero will push through.
The Innocent will defeat Evil.
The Fool will die.
The Fool must die.
Everyone has a role they must follow, and here, your role is to play.
Will you play?”
Disclaimer
This is my game submission for the RPG Maker Horror Game Jam #10: Theatre of the Grotesque and The Themed Horror Game Jam #21.
Unfortunately, just when the jam started I had a surprise moving , so I pretty much had to put this together between packing boxes and last week of June.
It's a very early demo! And does not portray the final quality I was aiming for.
Also I hope there are no game breaking bugs, I tested all I could but it is entirely possible bugs will pop up.
I have not tested the Web browser version nor the Mac, so if you can I highly recommend you download the Windows version.
Summary
It might be a Play but it’s also their world. That’s what they know, where they live, what they are. You company The Fool as they play their role in the Play, a role they can't run away from no matter how much they try.
The game is not done when you think it is. Start a New Game.
Controls
- Move: WASD and/or Arrow keys
- Interact: Enter key
- Menu: M keyboard
- Full screen: F4
- Shift sprint (in designated levels)
Content Warnings
This game contains cartoon violence and pastel gore with, but not limited to severed limbs, decapitation, religious imagery, and suggestive jokes.
The game also touches sensitive and heavy topics such as existential crisis and death desensitisation.
More content
If you liked the demo please check out my other games :D
Also if you wish the progress of this game and my other projects, feel free to follow me in any of my social media -> Where to find me
Download
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Liked very much, visuals, story, intriguing plot. Thank you for the nice job.
Web Browser Vers - definitely needed to hit F4 immediately for the full screen, it was slanted to the right upon running, but easy enough fix.
There were no bugs that were gamebreaking, as far as I've searched for any, but at the Fool's starting area, I could walk a bit off to the Left into the dark there (sorta like a exit stage right, but only like two steps)
Other than that, this was a fun little demo: I was honestly expecting a scare to occur from my run, with all that was present around me, but it was a smooth sailing tale that kept to it's theme of a Play. I'd love to see how this develops further down the road, should you continue it someday!
Thank you for the comment! :D
Also thanks for reminding me I had to adjust the web browser size, I fully forgot that's a thing I had to adjust manually, it should work now.
Yeah my biggest issue with this demo is I couldn't get to the point things start to get scary, tho it's a different kind of horror than my other games, but hopefully if I have time to keep working on this the full version will be more horror than what it currently is.
It's honestly okay, it gave me a bit of an atmospheric sort of horror despite things, so I'd say it did enough to work for now, but as always, I can't wait for what you make next! <3 (Koopa)