Kindred (DEMO 2025)

"(I can see dead people.)"

Not exactly  a comforting reality to wake up to after an accident renders your head busted wide open and your limbs broken in enough places to mimic a human jigsaw puzzle.  

In putting you back together, you're left with absolutely no memories. To make matter worse, you can't exactly seem to communicate that well - or speak for that matter - the accident made sure of that too.

Thankfully, you are greeted at your bedside by your saviors - the alarmingly attractive  and enigmatic duo, Dr. Marvelous and  Dr. Miracle. 

"Dr. Marvelous: I need you to remain as calm as possible."

"Dr. Miracle : Just NOD for YES and SHAKE your head for NO, okay sweetie?"

The pair are determined to help you in your road to recovery. But trapped  between 4 walls in a series of bizarre tests and increasingly odd haunted sightings,

Something isn't quite right.

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STUDIO

 Grey Journal Studios

DEVELOPMENT, WRITING & ART

 Fafnier

 MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS

from Zapsplat

VOICE OVER

Fafnier

ENGINE

Ren'Py

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KINDRED DEMO FEATURES

Original Art & Story

40 minutes of gameplay

3 character sprites

Single END for now

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 WARNING  (16+)

Includes horror themes and imagery of  violence, death, possible gore and sweet sweet angst.

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NaNoRenO 2025 Submission Dev Note:

Wanted to pump something short for a while now and I haven't joined a game jam in ages. I plan to flesh the game out for a full release eventually but that needs to take a slight backseat to the current backlog of ongoing projects. And oh boy, we know those are not easy to go through.

I do wish I had time to work in more cutscenes and entities.  Over the years I've picked up a work flow for art/sprite work and story that works best for me and quite happy with the art direction for this one so far.