The Woe of Knowing

Having heard legends about a demon that can bestow incomprehensible, maddening visions upon people, a certain princess decides to try summoning it herself, confident in her belief that her mind is sturdy enough to withstand whatever is thrown at her.

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Features:

- Approximately 3000 words, the game can be finished in one sitting (around half an hour)

- 1 ending

- 2 backgrounds

- 3 soundtracks

- 4 CG's

- a secret scene that offers lore + alternate sprites!

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Controls: Click to advance dialogue/examine items, right click to temporarily hide the message window, PageUp to skip through dialogue and Shift to see a transcript of the dialogue so far.

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Credits:

Writing, Art, Development and Soundtrack by subterfuge_rena

Chalk writing sound effect taken from Pixabay

Plugins used credits: Yanfly, SRDude, LunaTechs,  Fallen Angel Olivia, Jatopian, Tor Damian Design, Moghunter

Cosmic Horrors Game Jam's icon

Ravenscroft font

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A short game I made for the Cosmic Horrors game jam! It touches on the frailty of the human psyche and its limited comprehension, as well as H.P Lovecraft's intense fear of any sort of progress (seriously, the guy was scared of air conditioning). Vote for it!