Lethal Game

"Lethal Game"

STORY

You feel cold breeze on your skin when you enter the doorstep of abandomed house located deep in the wild forest. There's a feeling of disruption swallowing you whole on your lonely journey. It's been like that from the start - from the moment you recieved an invitation, by the foggy weather outside, to the people you will meet for the very first time in your life. But here you are, at the destinated place. 

With a sense of uncertainty you walk into commodious lounge room where the rest of the guests have been waiting just for you. 

 "You're finally here!", said the tallest person, a young boy with curly blond hair and a light-hearted smile. "I'm Szczur. I think you know why we're all here?" 

 You don't know. But you suspect this might not end with a tea party. "He's talking about the riddle.", explained a girl with long red hair covering her pale face. She looked like she hadn't slept in a long time. "They call me Metka. There's a chance one of us won't leave this place alive tonight." 

 You feel your heart beat accelerating. "What's the riddle?", you asked. 

 "One of us is a murderer." another guy replied, with a cheeky smile. "Hi, I'm Lulek, and as far as I'm aware, every one of us has a secret connected to the riddle...don't you?" 

 Before you could answer, a jolly girl with white like moonlight hair and big bright eyes, joined the conversation. "Nice to meet you! Call me Lala.", she beamed so happily and so out of place. "This will be a fun game. As long as you choose corretly, that is..." 

 "The rules are simple." added Lulek. "One of us is planning to kill someone tonight. Your role is to figure out who. If you don't succeed, well little detective...someone might die from the hand of the killer." Standing there, you feel conflicted. There's no one to trust, not even yourself. You don't have much time until the night passes. The secrets of all of them await you. Maybe you will make it out alive, maybe you can find something more than just the truth. But be careful. Your choices can lead you to win as well as the doom.

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 Who's your first suspect?

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 Who are you going to trust? The heartsome Szczur, mysterious Metka, rouge Lulek or cheerful Lala? 

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 Will you make it in time? Or will you make a wild guess?

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HOW TO PLAY enter/space/touchpad/gamepad

FEATURES  script ~16K words,  11 endings, partial voice acting 
 Note: started 25.10.2024 as a halloween special project

 CONTENT WARNINGS: Mention of violence, death, harsh language, suicidal thoughts, alcohol, blackmail,  Misophonia
note: loudeness of sound files not stabilised, flash screens and shaking

 CREDITS: sfx and music from freesound.org, cast: szczur - meb. metka - anubis, lulek - niedźwiedź, lala - boccanciel, doc - golden, policeman - miko10, nurse - ola

 EXTRAS in coming ver 1.3: music room, custom game menu, Polish translation, cutom mouse, changed boxes/illustrations, highlighted sprites + blinking, character info, bonus storyline (draft), fast peace story and lore featuring (in-work), killer route (draft), but no rollback

 LANGUAGE: by default it's English but in version 1.3 you can choose Polish with partial va in PL

(in Polish) (ps: ze względu na wystąpienie zbyt duże ilości if'ów i typowej depresji biednego studenta tłumaczenie zwraca się do ciebie po męsku, ale gdy ktoś się do ciebie zwraca możesz wybrać Pan/Pani 👍) PS: żeby zmienić język, wejdź w "PREF" i "Language"

by ciusze942/boccanciel