Weird Fucking Games Vol. 191: Featuring 愚人船 NARRENSCHIFF
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PICK OF THE FORTNIGHT
愚人船 NARRENSCHIFF by edgar-0119
Escape from an asylum while confronting your past and horrific present. An RPG Maker game that tells a compelling story and relies on psychological and contextual horror rather than cheap scares.
OTHER PICKS THIS FORTNIGHT
From L to R, top to bottom: My Beautiful Misinterpretation of Words, The Psychnetic Disappearance of Jafar the Superstar, april 29 2024, PARADOXICAL HEAT, ground genie, portrait on imagined horizon
My Beautiful Misinterpretation of Words by Jiuya Lin: A colourful and bizarre collection of experimental art games.
The Psychnetic Disappearance of Jafar the Superstar by Jafar the Superstar: Dig through websites and other logs and uncover clues towards the disappearance of an online influencer. More than anything, poking through webpages is good fun, much like in Hypnospace Outlaw.
april 29 2024 (Perfect Dark with superimposed scrolling text) by GURN GROUP: An interactive collage of sorts with the creator reminiscing on their experience with Perfect Dark as you play it in the background.
PARADOXICAL HEAT by unseconds: A short visual novel about an android experiencing an alarming issue.
ground genie by cathode radiator: An atmospheric toy/screensaver that allows you to flick between different scenes and background tracks.
portrait on imagined horizon by MEMOIRE VIVANTE and DOMINO CLUB: A lost manifesto, eerie photograph and Tumblr posts come together to form an gorgeous piece of interactive fiction.
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