You are a reporter, here to investigate a crime of suspected supernatural origin. You talk with different witnesses, trying to pierce the truth together. Which of these narrators can you trust?

Dark Paths, Leading Nowhere is a game made during nine days for the Velox Fabula Jam. The goal of the jam was a Visual Novel using the theme of Unreliable Narrator.

Totalling 4,457 words, the game is considered complete. Playtime is about 20 minutes.

This game was made by Raziel Razmattaz and Virtual Venus using the Narrat Engine developed by Liana. Raziel did writing and art, while Virtual did the sound design.

Content Warnings: Gaslighting, Described Death and Murder, Mild Body Horror

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Rating	Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings)
Authors	Raziel Razmattaz, Virtual Venus
Genre	Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Tags	2D, Atmospheric, Mystery, Short, Singleplayer, supernatural
Average session	About a half-hour
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any)

Comments

Chuchukitty1 year ago(+2)

eeee this was really good!! i love the art, and the twist! despite being so short, the world building is really good!!!

Raziel Razmattaz1 year ago(+1)

thank uu! glad you liked it :]

Allie Vera1 year ago(+1)

Goddamn! Every character is so distinct here (the fourth witness is my favorite), and I played through the game twice just to catch the hints strewn in the story about how it all unfolds. Nice work!

Raziel Razmattaz1 year ago(+1)

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it :]