LIONKILLER is a choose-your-own-adventure game made in Twine. Play as Hua Mulan, a young lesbian who is conscripted into the First Opium War against the British Empire. Run a flower shop, kiss a girl, shoot a matchlock rifle, and uncover a military conspiracy! Your actions will lead you to one out of four different endings. Will you get the girl, or will you die an inglorious death?
Gameplay tip: There's more lesbian content if you choose to eat lunch in the store.
Content warnings for misogyny, mentions of drug use, mild sexual content, and descriptions of violence. There are also negative sentiments expressed towards drug users, which is not shared by the developer.
All the parts have been compiled into one file. Simply download the file and then open in the browser. Please let me know if anything is broken! I am dedicated to patching any bugs that might arise.
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Parts 2 and 3 are funded by Tap by Wattpad. The game is also available on the Tap by Wattpad mobile app on the Play Store and App Store.
Design, writing, art assets, and code by Sisi
Mutazione is one of the stand out indie titles for the IGF nominations this year.
The finalists have been revealed for the 22nd annual awards ceremony of the Independent Games Festival, which honors the most innovative and acclaimed indie games from the past year as part of the Game Developers Conference, taking place in March in San Francisco.
The road to the IGF is long, involving an initial screening process overseen by more than 300 judges who pick finalists for several categories, from over 550 entries. Some of the indie games which stood out over the past year and to the judges, picking up several nominations, are Mutazione by developer Die Gute Fabrik and the social phenomenon Untitled Goose Game by Australian studio House House.
IGF winners will receive more than $20,000 in prizes across all categories, with the winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize taking home $10,000. Check out all the nominations below, for categories including Excellence in Narrative, Design, Visual Art and more. Follow and learn more about each game by visiting their profiles here on IndieDB.
On the note of awards, we recently revealed the Editor's Choice awards and who you decided to be the best upcoming indie games and overall best indie games for 2019 as part of the IndieDB Awards.
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Eliza - by Zachtronics
A Short Hike - by adamgryu
Untitled Goose Game - by House House
Mutazione - by Die Gute Fabrik
Slay the Spire - by Mega Crit Games
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust - by Sean Han Tani & Marina Kittaka
Excellence in Visual Art
Mutazione - by Die Gute Fabrik
Knights And Bikes - by Foam Sword
Void Bastards - by Blue Manchu
Creature in the Well- by Flight School Studio
Stone Story RPG - by Martian Rex / Standardcombo
Excellence in Audio
Observation - by No Code
Astrologaster - by Nyamyam
Knights And Bikes - by Foam Sword
Mutazione - by Die Gute Fabrik
Untitled Goose Game - by House House
Excellence in Design
Katana ZERO - by Askiisoft
Lonely Mountains: Downhill - by Megagon Industries
Slay the Spire - by Mega Crit Games
A Short Hike - by adamgryu
Elsinore - by Golden Glitch
Patrick's Parabox - by Patrick Traynor
Excellence in Narrative
Mutazione - by Die Gute Fabrik
Heaven's Vault - by inkle
Elsinore - by Golden Glitch
Wide Ocean Big Jacket - by Turnfollow
Eliza - by Zachtronics
Lionkiller - by Sisi Jiang
Nuovo Award
Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 - by Cosmo D Studios
The Space Between - by Christoph Frey
Life Tastes Like Cardboard - by Demensa
Promesa - by Julián Palacios
Song of Bloom - by Philipp Stollenmayer
Pagan: Autogeny - by Oleander Garden
Best Student Game
Orbital Bullet - by SmokeStab
A Juggler's Tale - Bergmann, Oberle, Probst, Schön Gbr
Forgotten - by Mutiny Games
Bore Dome - by Goblin Rage
Nothing In Sight - by Nothing In Sight Team
Another stand-out title with several IGF nominations for 2020 is the hilarious Untitled Goose Game.
Check out the full list which includes all the honorable mentions and find out more about the Independent Games Festival on their website.