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hideous, fabulous

by Lionstooth profile

(based on 6 ratings)
Estimated play time: 12 minutes (based on 3 votes)
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About the Story

Entry for ShuffleComp 2024, inspired by these songs from my assigned playlist:
Scattered Pearls - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Sugar Water Cyanide - Rebecca Black
Candelabra Cadaver - The Slow Poisoner
Frankenstein - Rina Sawayama

*****

A murder mystery, but what you’re looking for isn’t who’s guilty.

Multiple endings, possibly multiple canons.

Note: aspects of this game rely on color vision. I’m hoping to adapt a more accessible version post-competition.

Awards

2nd Place, Overall Goodness; 1st Place, Best Use of Songs - ShuffleComp 2024

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Average Rating: based on 6 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1
Cool postmortem vignette, February 11, 2025
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This is a game with at least three different endings and which has a pretty neat mechanic.

Everybody is dead at your party (well, it's not exactly your party, but since you're the only one alive, you might as well be). You can examine many of the dead as well as a lot of the scenery around you.

There is a hidden thread running through things which I found fascinating. At the moment of your hostess's death, (Spoiler - click to show)your pink pearl necklace is snapped and the pearls go flying. You can find these pearls as pink 'o's in the words of the different areas</spoiler.

I thought this was a neat mechanic and its symbolic meaning became more apparent in the different endings. Really neat idea here.

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Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: January 26, 2025
Current Version: Unknown
License: Freeware
Development System: Twine
IFID: E6969702-E7F3-4F29-8A72-F66B787D4B16
TUID: pwrb879h4ucu4x59

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