Joy Malignant

A well written and compact RPG, with lots of interesting dialogue and dice roll "gameplay" similar to Citizen Sleeper. Very short and rather easy, but I found the story and characters compelling enough to recommend.

A charmed short game about a person trapped in purgatory. The gameplay and story are fairly basic, but competently done and have a nice indie charm. It's not Citizen Sleeper and it's not going to change your life, but it's a fun game you can play through in an afternoon and has some fun moments and characters.

Lovely little game, Was able to complete it in an afternoon, but it's central idea about whether or not our pasts define us is going to stay with me. Some parts of it were more challenging than others – particularly early on, 1 or 2 of the deadlines are tight, but the game seems designed to ensure there are multiple ways to complete your objectives, and the characters you’ll meet are memorable Well worth the price of admission

Art is an invitation to dialogue. When I think about Joy Malignant, what I am left with, is the hope that the conversation could have been longer - Some would consider that a mark against the game, I consider it a mark in its favor, because it means the game managed to present enough interesting ideas that I wanted to see more and have a deeper exploration of them, both mechanically and narratively. The Citizen Sleeper style system could use additional refinement, particularly that the Mosaic stats being linked to your Ego, rather than a strict game over, which could have been used to force significantly harder resource management, and hammer home the suffering of Visceria. The characters were interesting, and I enjoyed the insight it immediately provided, to be able to read their mosaics - If anything, I wish those were more complex, and less immediately telling - The symbology being up to interpretation, as it were. I also appreciated that the dialogue choices overall contributed to your stat gains, rather than a more simplistic one-two-three decision, even if it sometimes wound up leading me to places I didn't expect. Ultimately, the best I have to offer to this game is a recommendation - Because I want to see more works like it, and more, longer works from its creator(s).

Небольшая, очень милая и уютная РПГ (скорее - визуальная новелла), где вы обретаете себя буквально "обрастая" элементами мозаики [игровой термин], меняющими характеристики вашего персонажа. Сюжет интересный и, не смотря на то, что игра довольно короткая (с учётом демо-версии я прошёл её за ~2 часа), имеется некоторая реиграбельность: получаемые мозаики зависят от сделанных выборов, затем сами влияют на ваш следующий выбор и так сюжет начинает ветвиться очень быстро. Визуал странный, интерфейс простой и удобный. В целом игра оставляет самые приятные ощущения.

short and tangy, splendid little game with mechanics just strange enough to mesmerise without frustrating

love!

The day learnt about this game I knew it was going to be special. I love everything about this game. The eccentric yet beautiful art style, the atmospheric soundtrack, the rich lore of the game, it all comes together to make a wonderful experience of the game’s genre. I find the strategy and challenge addicting, the unpredictably of each outcome making for a lot of surprising fun. I can easily get lost in this game and the stories of the many different characters within this world. To note as well, I’ve been playing on steam deck and have been finding the controls of the trackpad quite immersive and have had no issues with reading dialogue. Please play this game, it is truly an enJOYable experience.