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Where Mystery Dwells
This game involves a procedural crawl through an industrial city of stone and skulls beneath it while balancing survival with the patrons' favor for apprentices to carry heavy arc lamps on their backs as they try to solve ancient mysteries that retaliate in madness. It has custom cyclic rules inspired by Blades in The Dark, along with system-agnostic tools like Victoria's Secret style art generation (which is public domain) and patron interaction through a survival game where the player becomes an apprentice balancing his or her own well being against serving their patrons' needs to curry favor before facing harsh repercussions.
Price:
$5.00
Rating:
5.00 (from 14 reviews)
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