chains in the night

in the dark you hear a rattling chain.

a captive, just like you.

chains in the night is a short visual novel for the (no) dialogue game jam, and my first game.

escape the dark fairy dungeon you've been trapped in, to begin a life you've been too afraid to start living in an introspective narrative adventure with a silent collaborator.

[ format ]

• / 2nd person pov
  
• / 4k words
  
• / 1 (reachable) ending... i'll update with the other one soon
  
• / ...variable art & writing quality. had some bad planning and circumstance, and barely submitted it in time. i'll try to clean it up after i get some rest :') lessons learned.

content warnings
this game explores fears of pursuing medical transition from the perspective of a transmasc protagonist. it is created by a transmasc person and is personal to their individual experience, it is not representative of all the innumerable ways people can be transgender, or their transition goals. alright, sick. the game contains, but is not limited to the following:

• so much negative self talk
  
• gender dysphoria & heavy internalized transphobia
  
• transphobic arguments
  
• illustrated gore (dissection)
  
• cannibalism

please take care when playing the game.
credits

• oracle bone - writing, programming, art, additional music & sfx
  
• rio - menu music & main theme

assets

• title font - pixelcastle by leonhard katschner
  
• ui sfx - potion of midi's ui audio pack
  
• inline conditions & easy ren'py gui - feniks