La Fabrique des Princes

by No Game Without Stakes

2024
Twine

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An incomplete game based on Machiavelli's The Prince, March 16, 2024
Related reviews: 15-30 minutes

This game has you play as a prince-in-training at a prince factory where everyone must read and study Machiavelli.

It's not finished yet, but it has a money system (where you earn money by correctly identifying quotes from The Prince). You can spend that to hear tales from past princes or to buy witty retorts.

The combat system needs some fleshing out; it's very difficult not to instantly die and thus be locked out of combat forever. There is a non-combat ending which I didn't find but received copious in-game hints for (Spoiler - click to show)something about the flower you can buy giving voice to something and also 'ailleurs' being the magic word?

Some really cool ideas here, just needs some fleshing out. But honestly very innovative.

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