Fragment : A Broken Fairy Tale [Dark Scifi][Mystery][Psych]

[A Hazard]

Once upon a time...

It was a normal day in Urbino. The sun was high, the breeze was nigh, and corruption seeped in through the corners. A perfectly normal day. All you had to do was reach your destination. Simple enough, right?

This is a tale about a love so true that it transcends time haha really, bridges between bodies, and even death itself. No matter how the world t̼̠̯̣̹̮̪h̥̳e͈̣ ̘̘̪͎c͈̱̖̖͉i̮t̬̤̮͈͇ͅy͍ may change over the centuries y̱̳e͚͕̗̻a̖̟r͙̰̹̜̱̩s̪͙̥, no matter how many reflections are cast and broken, no matter how many other things may be lost, this will rerrormain true. No matter how many loves you have, it will always be the same.

An obsession affection of which a thousand n̶I̶g̶H̶T̶m̶A̶r̶e̶S̶ s͓͕̘͇t͉͚͈͈̩̜͕or̦͍̙̟̮͓͓i͈ẹs are born. An unbroken circle of frierrorndship. A memory that will never be
l.͇̱̳̩.͇̪o̠͙̩̣̘ͅs͉̖̯̮t͓̭

l͉̫̥̼̤ͅo̗̜̹͎͚̪̘.͉̳̣̘.̟.͍̬̭̪̱ͅo͙̰͕ͅs͓͕͎̗t͕̠̰̖̹

l̩.̥̺̦̣̯̹̘.̜.͕͈̣̟͠.̖͔̪.o̷̥̝͈̜̦̞͈s̼t̀lo̪̰̜s͈̰̻̫͉͚̖͘t̲͕͙̞͉l̕o͉̠̥̕ͅs̝͈̟̹̬t̩̼͖l̨͔͔̼os̝̯̯̲̻̙t͖͙̫̰͕̙̦l̼̳͓̲o̺̝͚̠͙̼st͔̻̭͍͓͚͢l̲̹̟̻̲o̼̭͟s̰̣̘̱ͅt̙͎̜͖c҉̜̥o̪n̸̥̲̭̹͕̝̯n̛̬̪̰e҉̘͚̦͈̫c̪̣͔̱͔͖̀t̬̱̱i҉̣̥o̤͘n͍͉̺l̨o͎̻̳̭̩͇͙͜s͈̠̝͜t̺l̵̪̟̝o̘s̸t̲̟͔̝l͝o̮̻̗̫̻̠̖s͔͓̱͓͉tl̵̹̭̪̘̱̩o̝̯̦̟̬͙͞s̵t̴̘l̕o̺̦̖͖s̭̬̯t͏͚

Through the blush of youth and first romance, through the battlerrors against the encroaching corruption, through therror w̭̩̘̗̪̻̣a̡͇r̡͉͎̠̥̲̠ of ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR through thro- thr- thr- threshold exceeded

He will be waiting for you. He is watching. Always watching. Always always always always always always always the same... always... always... alwaysalwaysalwaysalways
Always the same
And I... I... I... I am... I am... I am who? I am who am I I am who am I I am who am I I am who am I I am who am I I I I I I I I I I I I I I will never...
I will never
never get over
y̬-̙̗̲y̫ͅ-̙͕̭͖̻̤yó͎̝͇̝̩ͅu̦̬̩̬̻
I will never forget

forget

f̝o̮͓̬̲r̯̠͓̳̼g̶͇̮é̜̬͚t͏͉͓͚͙̮͔͈

f̧̫̪̻̖ó͉̟̳͢r҉̠͓̭̩̯͍̥̪g̷̳̝̭͉͜͞ͅę̢̯̳̹͢t̞̭͉̯͈͈́̀͞

I̶͌̒̀͑͏̭͉̪̼̟͔̟ ̱̥͎̖͐̈̏͑̾̌͊̌̓͗̆ͫ̇̉̆̌ͮ̔́̚͜W̷̟͖̦̭̦̥̉̉̇̓ͣ͒ͯ̏̀̈ͨ̇̾ͯͫ̍͂͘͡͡I̮̝̹̹̞͉̝̮̟̲͎̘̹̗ͪ͑̿͂ͮ̄̏͟ͅĻ̛̛̮̠̙̜̺̺͇̹̜̗̩̞̱͔̳̞͕̥̽̌ͮͦͯ́L̨̥͇̥̤͖̰̝͎̜̣̥̬̽̾ͬ̄̈́̆͠͡ ̴̶̻̭̩̦̫̭̻̟̜͉̹̣̪̬̮̈́̈́̾̿̌ͧ̂͊͠N̛͓̟̲̖̦̹̯̦͐̃̿͆̊ͦ̑̑͟͜͞ͅĘ̳̖̙̜̥͔͔̱̭ͤ̎͗͐ͥ̄̌̍ͩ͆́͊̀͘͢V̴̸̥̣̻̞͉̭̻̹̮̩̰̔ͪ̿͗̈́̏̂̿̂̚ͅE̵̛͕͎̯͍̭̲̘̙̝̣ͥ̂̎̂̔ͫ̈̑̿̇͊́̄̊̉R̴͑ͤͩ̃͆ͬ͒͋ͬ͞҉͓͇̪͙̱ ̢̻̯̙͙̙̅̆ͯ͐͂́̕̕F̵̧̛͉̗̝̣̭̘̠̗̫ͤ̔ͭͣ̎̾̒̄̔̽̑̿̔ͭ͋̚̕͢Ȏͩ̌͐ͬͤͭ͗͑ͭ́̊ͩ̊̌҉̝̹̲̫͔̻̗̩̲̭͔̯͢R̵̢͌̎̇̍͆͆ͪͨ̑̂̍ͩͮ̍͟҉̫̳̤̖̣̥̼̤̙̝͍̬̙͚̯G̷̢̢̻̜̟̦͚̠̜͔͇̬͉̘͕͚̲̈ͬ̌ͯ̎̄̂̓̏͛ͥͫ̍̈͠I̶̞̞̫͚͉̟̙͚̙͚͇̯̣̼͚̳̠̻ͧ͒ͧ͋̅ͤ̐̽ͧͣ̚̕V̧̬̳̺͉ͯ̉̾ͦ̔̈ͯ̇͌ͨ̓ͪ͜͢͢͝E̮̟̩̖̖͖̞͓̝̒ͭ͒͑̈́ͬͥ̊͆ͨ͗̽̚͘̕ ̶̨̫̳̰̤̃̒̉̓͛̌̽ͫ͒̿́̚̕Y̔ͫ̏̾̿͂͂͜҉̸̛̬̣̞̩̲̱̭̰̼̪̟Ǒ̷͈̫͍̯̝̜͉̄̏̐̓͆͑͌U̙͕̪̣̼̣͔ͥ͑̇̎ͥ̐̐ͪ́͐͢

Our protagonist
This is really her, i̵̞̠̝s̨̱̱̫n̟̹̤͈͚'͞t͔̳̀ ̳͎̖̝͝i͎͍̣̼̝͖ͅt?

Potential... Love Interests/Victims/Murderers?

Be careful. It's of utmost importance that you determine who you can and can not trust. Who is a potential friend, a potential lover, and who is simply pretending to get close enough to you. Their faces may be familiar, but their minds and hearts are anything but....

b͕u̮͔̠̼t.͔̘̫.̖̯͎͚̭͇.̟

b̶͔̬͇̦ṵ̢͓̀t̬̖̦.͓̪̫̼̹̫̹̻͞.̛̯͚̀

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b̨͏̺̤̪͈͔̹̼̞̱̯̭̫̟̖̀u̡͔͇̯̹͚̖̠̱̣̤̣͖͇̣̳͖͔̕͢͡ț̵̘̬͉͈͈̺̲̬̘̙͎̼̣̘̝͞.͡҉̶̛̙͔̹̭̥͝.͟͞͏̡̤͚̮̮̣͙̫̙̻̮̗̩̟̫ͅ.̬̜̤̰̦̦͍̪͔͙̮̣̳̀̕͟͜

You can't take on the entire world by yourself, can you?

They tell you nothing, but it everything hangs upon whether you can figure out what is truly going on. And it's not paranoia if they're really after you...
...you.... y̺͙͍̣͉͎ọ̞̭̱̱ụ̙̞͎.̬͚̣̳̱̥.̟̟.̥̪͖̩͕ y̯͉͠o̞̪̺̝͍̯̰͜ͅu͏͍͎̜̱̙̫.̛҉̛͖̰͈.̛̙͘͟.̵̡͕̤͠ y̷̨͉̭̘̲̼̞̜̖̮̗̎ͣ̊̔̍͌ͩ̋̊ͣ͗̉ͣ͐̐̕̕ͅǫ̷̛̟̗̠̣̲͊ͩ̽̕͟u̖̩̻͕̗̰̥͗ͩ̔̃ͤ́͗ͭ̀͒ͦ̑͗͗̚̚͞.̆̔ͥ̍ͩ̒͋̐͑̓̊̔́̕҉̱̦͉̙̣͍̥̠̲̞.̨̡͎̙̟͕̭̲͚̱̪͉͍̺̰͓͖ͬ͛̿̔ͦ͜͢ͅͅͅ.̸̪̱̲͖̼͔ͥͬͨͮ͘

You do know who who wh- wh- wh- what you truly are, right?

[A Hazard]

PG 14 - Mature themes, violence, strong language, and suggestive dialogue.

The game contains 1,700 dialogue blocks, containing 22,164 words and 128,068
characters, for an average of 13.0 words and 75 characters per block.

The game contains 13 menus, 720 images, and 67 screens. (Not to mention hidden object and rhythm mini-games).

Download the Prologue (Beta)

Windows/Mac/Linux : Fragment 1024 x 768 (4:3 Resolution) : 200 MB: Mediafire | Dropbox | Mega
Windows/Mac/Linux : Fragment HD 1920 x 1040 (16:9 Resolution): 239 MB: Mediafire | Dropbox | Mega
Windows/Mac/Linux : Fragment Light (1024 x 768) : 135MB: Mediafire | Dropbox | Mega

There's a noticeable (but not too bad) drop in graphics and audio quality for Fragment Light (version created for slow computers/connections), but hey, nearly half the download size for the normal Fragment.

[A Hazard]

Because the number #1 excuse for missing a final is coming down with the plague, of course.

This is the beta test for the prologue to the main game (and is considered a prologue and not chapter 1 for... reasons). In particular I'm looking for typos, bugs, if the soundmixing is okay (if any sound effects/bg music need to adjusted up or down - especially when the game starts screaming), if all the animations are making anyone's computer spontaneously combust etc, if anyone managed to trigger the flashbacks (and how many), length of a single playthrough, or anything else anyone would like to chime in.

Basically even just letting me know what version of the game you tried (1024, 1920, or Light) on which operating system (I don't have access to a Mac or Linux, so I can't check myself there) and if the game worked at all would be helpful. (And if it didn't work, your computer specs would be greatly helpful)

Thanks for your time and let me know if there are any questions.