Death Becomes You [Murder Mystery][Magic / Fantasy] - RELEASED + DEMO available

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Death Becomes You [Murder Mystery][Magic / Fantasy] - RELEASED + DEMO available

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Death Becomes You is a murder mystery set in a magical university.

You find your best friend dead, and 4 suspicious students lingering around the scene. Who is the one that did it, and how come you never knew about their complicated history with your best friend? Who is lying about their intentions on that night?

Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you, the reader, untangle the reasons behind Lyra's death by building friendships with 4 of your fellow magic students.

Choices matter and affect the 4 routes of the story. You find the truth - who had the motivation to kill Lyra? Or did Lyra have a secret that she was hiding?

Features
  • Replayability - multiple routes to unlock more and more of the truth.
  • Characters with complicated motives and interpersonal history.
  • 5 bad endings, 4 character routes + endings, and ? mystery endings.
Additional info: Protagonist uses she/her pronouns. Renameable protagonist (Default name: Sidney).

Link to demo: https://quill-studios.itch.io/death-becomes-you

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Link to demo: https://quill-studios.itch.io/death-becomes-you

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Dark themes: death, murder, blood, emotional manipulation. Some of the illustrations contain blood, but there are no on-screen depictions of death/someone dying/being injured.

Some suggestive themes are mentioned, in the context of a fictional work existing in-game, and not pertaining to characters in-game. None are depicted on-screen.
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Re: Death Becomes You [Murder Mystery][Magic / Fantasy] - DEMO available

#2 Post by parttimestorier »

I'm really looking forward to this! I love the idea of a magical university as the setting for a murder mystery. Planning to check out the demo soon. :D
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Re: Death Becomes You [Murder Mystery][Magic / Fantasy] - DEMO available

#3 Post by quillyquillquill »

Out now!! Death Becomes You - a mystery visual novel set in a magical university. Who murdered your best friend? Find out before the 4 suspects frame you instead.
Sharing it would be super helpful! <3

Named one of “The 13 best Steam Next Fest demos you should play this October” by Rock Paper Shotgun.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1444 ... ual_Novel/

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