
Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.
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After agreeing to take on what seems like a mundane story about the unique city and its planned road bridge, journalist James Maynard finds himself uncovering a disturbing underbelly to the local customs, and a hideous core to the notion of Venetian pride.
Not even the might of Mussolini can truly kill the Carnival.
Winner of Best Lines of Dialogue - Adventure Games Of The Year 2025.

Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click set in a time of European upheaval, where the past and the future collide. The protagonist must struggle with narcolepsy and its effect on both his memory and perception of the increasingly twisted reality around him.

The game features atmospheric low-resolution pixel art graphics, multiple locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.
Carnival now also features the full soundtrack (over three hours of atmospheric soundscapes), playable through Steam, for free!

Developed by Beyond Booleans, creator of Abscission, winner of three AGS awards.

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Languages: English
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Затянула не сразу, "много букв" в рамках заставили задуматься а не зря ли я ее купила. Но по ходу сюжета сомнения развеялись. Персонажи - живые, колоритные - что особенно заметно на заставках в диалогах. Жутковатые - почти все. Художнику (ам) - зачет. Немного истории, мистики, драмы. P.S. Пса жалко.
Brilliant game with an amazing atmosphere and story.
Well written. Very atmospheric, despite the pixelated art style. Great soundtrack.
A few typos and minor bugs, but nothing that ruined my enjoyment, and the creeping atmosphere of dread kept me riveted to my computer. A toothsome, meaty little morsel of a game.
[i]Carnival[/i] is a highly atmospheric, slow burning point-and-click adventure in a low-res pixel art. As the English journalist James Maynard, plagued by his own demons and problems, you visit Venice. Actually, you want to write about a car bridge planned to connect Italy with the city in the lagune and reconnect with an old friend, but while interviewing people and exploring the streets, you get the feeling something else is a miss in the city on the water. [i]Carnival[/i] is highly atmospheric, whit great dialoged, character portraits and puzzles. I can not recommend it highly enough for those who are into point and click and “Dark Worlds”/ Lovecraftian-like-horror. Truly a great game that deserves far more attention than it got so far.
Recomiendo mucho Carnival, junto con los otros juegos de Beyond Booleans. Carnival es una historia de terror que va creciendo poco a poco, muy ambiental y con personajes llenos de matices. El humor es oscuro e inteligente, comienza retratando una ciudad cerrada y opuesta al fascismo de los años 30 por fidelidad a una tradición todavía peor. He disfrutado mucho las opciones ofrecidas al periodista protagonista, y el giro final. En los créditos finales se comenta que este juego está basado en una novela del mismo nombre, escrita por el mismo autor, Jacob Prytherch. Este juego es la mejor recomendación para leer el libro.
Ein tolles Adventure. Die Puzzles sind zwar eher leicht bis sehr leicht, aber die Pixel-Art ist großartig, der Soundtrack ein absolutes Highlight und die Geschichte ist wirklich furchteinflössend. Eines der besten creepy adventures der letzten Jahre. Eine absolute Empfehlung. Die Credits verraten, dass das Spiel sein Leben als Novelle begonnen hat. Und die literarische Qualität merkt man dem Spiel an. Wer gerne viele sehr gut geschriebene Texte liest und Lovecraft liebt (und dabei aber etwas eigenes, Neues dem bloßen Wieder-Aufgewärmten vorzieht), hat hier genau sein Adventure gefunden.
Carnival is an excellent point and click adventure game, set in Venice in 1933. I definitely recommend to fans of this genre of video game. I somehow managed to acheive a perfect ending on my first play through. :-) I really look forward to visting Venice in 2027, and in response to the message in the game's closing credits, I will not be scared away!
Great adventure game! Well written story, beautiful pixel art und gorgeous creepy music. well worth the price!
Definitely made with love. Even though the puzzles are simple and there's a lot to read, this adventure game stands out.
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