Darkway: Murder of King Mere

It's rough on the edges, but for a first game from the dev it is awsome! Especially the world building stood out to me. I hope we get see more of this world in future games. I get that people are critizing the Voice acting, but I perfer any voice actor of any skill over AI voices. And everything is voiced in this game. Even your own thoughts! You feel that there is a lot of love and thought in it and that for me makes is it completely worth it!

fun game, cool worldbuilding

Really really really good. I haven't been this excited about a game in a while. I was immediately gripped by the world with its interesting characters, unique story, and awesome world building. The sound design is also very good, but I have to say I was disappointed with the voice acting. The poor quality takes away from the immersion and I found the inconsistency distracting at times. Like actors talking too fast, hearing them breathe into the microphone, inconsistent accents that were all jarring to listen to. My only other gripe is the typos and grammatical errors. Regardless I'm really impressed and super excited to see more!!

Solid little game. As a mystery fan, I burned a night on this and really enjoyed the characters, the cold and eerie city, and having to solve the mystery myself without much handholding.

Interesting game with a lot of charm. The writing and world building are the strengths of the game. I am not sure if I found all of the evidence, but I did seem to come to the right conclusion anyways. Fun experience if you like games for style and presentation over mechanics and moment-to-moment gameplay. A great first game that has a true identity.

Surprisingly deep story, I found this game through an Instagram post from the creator and wanted to support them. This game is a beauty that I really enjoyed playing! I do wish I could have multiple saves to go through but maybe that defeats the point. I like it a lot regardless!

I enjoyed this game even as someone that doesn't play many games (1-3/year). It isn't fully polished, particularly the jumping/platforming which is frustrating, but clearly a labor of love for a new solo developer and it shows. I'd be super proud if I could make a game like this. I really liked the art, voice work, mythical elements, and the world building. Played for 4 hours which for me is perfect for a <$10 shorter indie game. I do think the end game struggles, but it's possible that's also just me not drawing all the connections correctly. (Not a spoiler) I think the system created for eventually selecting the murderer is clever, doesn't punish you, and lets you fail some. Definitely worth $8 USD currently and 4 hours. Spoilers for later game but NOT revealing who is the murderer. [spoiler] I am admittedly not the best at finding every detail at a complex detective game, but I was guessing at the end. A few clues I only found after watching some youtube videos and I also couldn't for the life of me find any of the codes for the chests, so I just brute forced the 8+ digit codes which worked but didn't feel satisfying. I'm certain I missed them in the game, but I didn't know where to go. At the end I had to guess a few times and then guessed right, but it didn't feel too satisfying because I wasn't fully sure why that character and not a different one. But all that being said, I'm still really glad I played it. [/spoiler]