A dark winter wander
This is a short Christmas game for Game boy. It's about Embla and how she tries to handle the holidays and her strained relationship with her family. She's drawn into a twilight world of spirits where she undertakes a mysterious year walk, where she might get perspective on things or not.
It's up to you.
Features:
- A game with a dark Christmas theme.
- Visual novel!
- Lots of choices.
- A sweet short playtime.
- A unique Game boy game.
- Explore old nordic customs in your own year walk.
- Interact with strange norse spirits.
A dark winter wander was made for Christmas 2021 in an ancient version of GB Studio.
Controls:
Arrows/WASD = Steer
Z = Start/Interact/Accept
Enter = Menu
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This game is fantastic! Love the atmosphere, so dark, gloomy, depressing. Different choices that you can make add depth and feel significant. Monsters and spirits are genuinely creepy and unsettling. Totally worth giving it a couple of playthroughs!
Love it! I ended up getting old school creepy gameboy vibes, this game is great!
I love the lo-fi vibe of this game, which fits the world and theme perfectly. The monster designs are fantastic and super creepy!
wow this is awesome thank you very much
Thank you! That's nice of you to say
I feel sad after playing this. How many endings are there? And is it possible to have a good ending for the lost shade? (I chose to chase her out because I didn't want to kill her). Great storytelling!
Thank you for the comment!
Well, there are several endings for the characters. You can help the lost shade in a secret ending, but first you must help the others shades. You can do this by talking to the leader of them. He asks you three times if you want to "do this". Say no the third time and he will give you a new option.
That makes the lost shade trust you and gives you a new path to follow in the tunnels.
Hope that helps!