An unconventional dark romantic horror circling around depression, morality, tragedy, and infidelity. Botched features a visual-novel like reading experience with character dialogue, meaningful choices, and multiple endings. The story allows you to choose the protagonist's words and reactions, while psychoanalyzing the player. The game contains mature, explicit, and depressing content, audio, and visuals. May not be suitable for some players.


For fans of & inspired by: Silent Hill, The Cat Lady, Harvester, Phantasmagoria, HP Lovecraft, Stephen King, Twin Peaks, weirdness, darkness, psychology, and psychological horror in general


Can be played with either the mouse, keyboard, or controller.
**Recommend 800x600 resolution for PC/Mac/Linux users.

Takes 25-35 minutes to play.

Created for Darktober 2018 game jam.

https://itch.io/jam/darktober-game-jam-2018


I encourage anybody to rate, comment, and let me know what you think, but please no major spoilers in the comments.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Release date Oct 21, 2018
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Authorhankworx
GenreVisual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Made withUnity, Audacity, GIMP
TagsAbstract, Atmospheric, Dark, Horror, Meaningful Choices, Multiple Endings, Singleplayer, Surreal
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
LinksSoundtrack

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PC_Botched_V1_0. zip 57 MB
MAC_Botched_V1_0.app.zip 61 MB
LIN_86_64_Botched_V1_0.zip 74 MB
Hankworx - Botched (OST).mp3 20 MB

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This is by far my favorite thing that you've made.

Thanks for your videos, glad you like this project. It's my personal favorite too. I sent you a message on discord.

amazing work ! thank you

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this is a great experience even if it pushed my buttons in all the wrong places