- Genres: Adventure game, Indie game, Puzzle Video Game, Adventure
- Platforms: Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
- Game play time : 8 hours
- Goal: To find ‘Mr Midnight’ Players cat and to escape the asylum.
What did I like about this game?
- The 2d art style
- Interesting twists and storyline
- Leaves the player guessing whether what sees Fran see is real or not
- The psychological horror element
- How they convey the story of Fran bow in the beginning with silhouettes
Why did I pick this game?
- I decided to pick this game because I remember watching a lot of gameplay and found the art / storyline very interesting. Additionally, the psychological element in the game makes you question if everything Fran Bow sees is real or if its just her hallucinating.
How does it link to my game ideas?
- The 2D art is something I wanted to do with one of my game ideas.
- The other worldly creatures is similar to the spirits I’ve been researching.
- It includes many supernatural elements that I also wanted to include in my game.
Key mechanics :
- Point & Click
- Combine and investigate clues
- Collect items
- Dialogue choices
Story summary :
- You play as Fran Bow, a girl who is stuck in a mental asylum struggling with trauma and psychosis. She sees spirits and the supernatural beings, her goal is to escape the mental asylum and find her cat ‘Mr Midnight’ along with what happened that night with the death of her parents.
- Fran takes the red pill from the mental asylum to see the other world and escape the ward, after escaping she visits many different realities all while being chased by a demon (Remor : The prince of darkness)
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