Awesome take on a Greek tragedy. I can't believe no one talks about this game; deserves way more attention.

Really good game--a little frustrating at the beginning when I couldn't figure out what to do about the bloodstain but after that it was smooth sailing. Art is beautiful, playing as an animal is a good change, and even though im still not really sure what the whole story behind the stag's hunter is I'm hella intrigued.

Solid game!

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The game was rather interesting in a few ways, though in my personal opinion it could have been better. When I first got the game I thought it was merely going to be a game involving a white stag running from a hunter that I had assumed wanted to kill him because it was a rare creature, I didn't know the game would be having Greek mythology (which made it feel like the game was less than what it could have been).

I did die a lot, though a large portion of this was thanks to the running sequence in the Dragon's Cave. I'm not an advanced PC gamer and typically when I'm in a high-stressed situation I tend to tense my hands up. This causes issues for me because them I'm trying to direct my character while I end up mashing buttons together. Personally, I hated that one sequence the most because this game follows a lot of "There are pathways you HAVE to follow or you need to start over" situations. I'm fine with the ones where I can walk around at my lesure, but it's not easy to escape one of those by running and have to not be burned alive while following a pathway, but the whole screen is red (They seriously did not have to make the entire area red to hide your vision, that was just unessecary and caused me die on a lot of turns)

Aside from that, the game was really interesting, it did scare me a bit in some situations and make me think on some of the puzzles. Though I feel like it could have done a bit more in the explaining bit of things, as I didn't understand some of the situations going on in the game (Like why we needed a basilisc's special bell to wake up a dragon. It also doesn't make sense why someone would put enchanted bells on a creature that won't wake up unless otherwise and turns you into stone anyway. It's counterproductive in so many ways).

The biggest interesting point of this game was that you got to play through the game as an animal, which is somewhat rare in these type of games, as you typically go about playing a human. Though I will say that you're a White Stag, a creature that's basically the pride of a Greek Goddess and yet you're in her forest, and everything wants to kill you.

3/5 in my book, it could have had more special and unique of a game if it didn't tie itself with Greek Mythology. Honestly I thought that as a White Stag, I'd be hunted by this man who has some personal vendetta against me. I thought I'd end up learning that a sickness had swept a village and this white stag comes in at the same time of the sickness. Many speculate that the animal is the cause of the illness, but to the village, white colored animals are considered sacred and those who kill the animal are said to be cursed, as are the ones who they consider close or best friends. Though a man who lost everything to the sickness attacks out of rage after lossing his family, basically having nothing left to lose.

If the game went like that, it could have been a lot more emotional, as you'd understand the hunter's rage and get a sort of more driven story and also actually feel hunted down. With this, you manly feel like you're blindlessly walking, trying to get out of a murderous forest without really having a clue of what you are doing. I only reccommend this because it did have its moments.

Originally a $9.99 game that went Free. Repetitive nature in gameplay and punishes exploration. I didn't mind too much as the story at least seemed interesting. Though as the game progressed it also fell victim to a repetitive nature in its presentation that lost my interest. If you've played other RPGMaker horror games it'll feel like you've already played this one.

Concerning how it punishes exploration: During a hub area with different sub-rooms if you visit one room (water room) and leave before it kills you it will soft-lock the game. You can still explore the other 3 sub-rooms but when you eventually return to that first room to progress an instant death dialogue will trigger.
This happened to me as I was missing the necessary item to complete that room which was obscurely hidden in the hub area with no clues pointing to it, so naturally, I found it later while exploring. At this point, it was not possible to even use it due to the death trigger.
In the end, I had to load an old save undoing my progress in the other 3 sub-rooms in order to complete that first room.

Overall, an interesting puzzle RPG. The story is interesting and the puzzles are clever. Definitly worth a shot!

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Gnome.
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe

---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☑ Gnome.
☐ Just don‘t

---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☑ Gnome.

---{Audience}---
☑ Gnome.
☐ Teens
☐ Adults
☐ Human
☐ Lizards

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Gnome.
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boiiiiii
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press ‚A‘
☐ Easy
☑ Gnome.
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Gnome.
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding

---{Story}---
☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☑ Gnome.
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Gnome.
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{Price}---
☑ Gnome.
☐ Worth the price
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{Bugs}---
☑ Gnome.
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

gamesense

What I expected was a really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ free to play horror game, but what I got was a game that's just really, really good. The aesthetic and story are wonderfully presented, and the gameplay, well... Despite the "about this game" description that the developer provided, I think the gameplay isn't that bad and the game didn't seem all that hard to me, and I played it in hard mode, too.

Plus, the game is literally free as of writing this. Play it.

I greatly enjoyed this game. I honestly thought it was too short. I understood what I needed to do, and learned from my mistakes. I am proud to say that I got all the endings because I did not give up. This take on the Greek Myth of the Tragedy of Actaeon was not only mind-blowing, but eye-opening as well. I wish there were more games like this out there, and I absolutely enjoyed playing as a Deer.