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Who Killed Mr. Anthen? is a murder mystery game where you roll for alibis, clues, and their legitimacy to discover who and why Mr Anthen was killed. 

You start by creating any number of suspects that you like, complete with their connection to the victim, their motive, and their alibi, then over the course of 5 Days, with only 3 actions each, you choose who to interview, or which room to search. 

When searching a room you roll a die and have a potential of finding 1 of 3 clues that are hidden in the room, and then you must roll to determine if it is real or fake. 

When interviewing the suspects you may ask about their motive or their alibi, and then roll to determine how likely it is they are telling the truth. 

Unfortunately there are a few typos such as some variables that require rolling a 1 on 2d6, which means it isn't possible to get this result, and others like the lie scale which include 6 as both 'likely a lie' and 'likely a truth' but all in all don't detract from the overall game play.

My Mr. Anthen was a mafia boss who ended up being done in by his own bodyguard for killing his brother, you can find my playthrough HERE

Lost in the Cemetery is short simple game where you first roll 1d20 to determine what sort of creature you find along your quest to leave. You then roll 1d6 to see where their instructions lead you with even numbers being helpful and uneven numbers being unhelpful.

The game ends when you have either reached 4 Helpful encounters, resulting in your success back home, or 4 Unhelpful encounters which result in a catastrophe.

I ended up going through 7 encounters and in the end was unable to leave the cemetery.  You can read my playthrough HERE

Father's Funeral Feast is a very simple game that only uses 1d10 to figure out who was the victim, how did they die, and why they died. How and what you write with these details are completely up to you. 

I wrote mine as a murder ballad, each verse describing how a victim died, for a total of 5 victims, and then two intro verses. You can find my playthrough here!

Thank you so much! theres actually a little guide at the bottom of the itch page in a drop down menu,  but yeah i think maybe a hint about what happens in other endings would be helpful in knowing what items go together.

Thank you so much! I thought people might have a litte trouble with the different endings so theres actually a guide on the game page at the bottom in a drop down menu! 

Great aesthetic, and I loved the multiple endings and use of classical art. I'm not sure if this was intended (perhaps as a clue?), but viewpoint felt very tall, taller than the door frames.

Great art style! This isn't part of the game but the text on the itch page is a little hard to read and I had to highlight it to make it easier for me.

A very charming little game!

Very good premise for a game and an excellent style! Unfortunately, I found the sigil right away so it ended up not needing to look at any of the other objects in the room, although reading the other comments I think I might have gotten lucky. I do however, think it would have been a little more interesting to not have been told what entity we were looking for and have the player suss it out themselves with the context clues in the room, but this is a very promising start if it were to be expanded out into a longer and larger game.

Thank you so much! I love making itch pages!

Great aesthetic, but I wish you could either make it full screen, or have larger font since I had a hard time reading some of the text.

Lovely story! Loved all the different endings! 

A very fun short-fiction story that presents itself as a small snapshot of something larger that leaves you with more questions than you start.

Thank you, thats so nice to hear! 🎉

Phenomenal as always

An Angel has Fallen and lives within your computer's circuitry. You may ask her 3 questions until she is rended by Heaven.

At the start of the round, you ask her a question then roll 5d6. Depending on how many matches you get, the answer changes. You might already know the answer, you might have to face a harsh truth, or she might not answer at all. 

Regardless of your outcome, after three rounds, Heaven comes to pass judgement on her and the game is over.

You can find my playthrough HERE

Thank you so much for playing!!!

Incredible stuff! I know next to nothing about coding and was able to get it to work! 

Omg i'm so glad!!! So much stuff gets lost and i'm so glad you were able to save all your old work!!

Thank you so much for the mention!!

Thank you so much for playing! This is the reason I made the game and I'm so glad it resonated with you!

thanks for the heads up! Its been fixed now! 

1 Player: 44 pages/ 21 spreads including front and back cover
2 Player: 48 pages / 23 spreads including front and back cover

Hello! Currently there are no plans to print the game, and there aren't any files that are formatted for printing, but feel free to modify your own pdf in any way you need to print a personal copy for yourself so long as you don't distribute either the modified file or physical copies. Thanks!

I see, thank you for your honesty! I look forward to seeing a new version with updated art! 

I've got a question about the art, especially the cover: is it AI generated?

Thank you so much for the review!!!

Incredible! I can't stop thinking about it

*sickos voice* Yes! Hahaha yes!!! Can't wait for more!

Unfortunately I think that d20 image is ai generated :( the triangles are uneven and the numbers don't make sense, and I see you used canva which has ai images in their stock photos 

https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/text-to-image-ai-image-generator/

Looks cool!

Unfortunately canva has a lot of ai images, and also makes ai images, so i'd double check

https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/text-to-image-ai-image-generator/

Wheres the image of the astronaut from? I think it might be ai :(

Thank you so much for your kind words! 

I'm so glad you liked it! if there's anything in it you'd like me to go over or explain I'll be more than happy to help! 

In Me, a Constellation is an abstract, meditative game about exploring yourself, or a character, through a series of prompts related to tarot and the zodiac. 

The game is played over the course of 3 Acts and a conclusion. Each act you draw a Major Arcana card, go to the corresponding zodiac sign, read the prompt and answer the following questions. 

The prompts aren't concrete and often are more about evoking a feeling or emotion rather than a situation you are in, and the questions will be more broad and vague, such as "What truth are you seeking?" or "How have you been made whole?"  

I wrote about a character who found meaning through dance and her dance partner. You can read it HERE

On Poetic Tides is a very short, sweet little game that has you write poetry about your adventures on the high sea!

The game starts by having you write one stanza as an opener explaining who you are and what you are doing out on the high waters. For each substantial line you draw a card which will tell you what to write about, and if it has a positive outcome or negative.

 I wrote about a bunch of undead pirates searching for their souls and eventually ended with them imprisoned forever in a jail. You can read it HERE

You have made your journey to the Land of the Dead, bargained with it's Lord, and have been granted the chance to bring back your loved one. Now you must leave and return to the land of the living, and no matter what tempts you, you must not look back.

A Raven's Request is a short, bookmark-sized game based on Orpheus and Eurydice. You start out having already been granted your request to bring your loved one back. To determine who they are, you roll 1d6 and answer a few questions about them.

Each round, you pull one card from the deck, which will give you a little snippet to write about on your journey towards the Living, and roll 1d6. On a 6 you suffer a temptation to look back, and after 3 temptations you fail.

But if you manage to last for 10 Rounds, you succeed in bringing your loved one back.  I only suffered 2 temptations and succeeded in bring back a little old lady who died before her time. You can find my playthrough HERE