Mothers

Content warnings at the bottom, procceed there first if you're concerned!

In this village, a deadly curse has ensnared its residents for centuries. After a resident turns 20, they will turn into a demon. One borne of their greatest vices. But it isn’t immediate. Some wait days. Some decades. But the curse comes for all.

Caligo is a week away from her twentieth birthday. Her mothers have trapped her in an abusive household her entire life. But all of a sudden, she is freed. But her freedom isn’t without reason. Not every demon looks the part, and her parents…they haven’t been human for a long while.

As she ventures out into the village she’s lived in, but never known, Caligo grapples with making friends, learning how to trust, fighting against demons both real and not, facing the horrifying reality that soon she, too, could turn, and that perhaps her mothers’ monstrousness runs deeper than she could’ve ever imagined. And through it all, she may be the only one with the knowledge to stop them.

Mothers is a sprawling invisible stat raising game, taking place within one week, with:

30+ Choices to make

~15 Endings

~12 Ways to meet a grisly end

10 Character and monster sprites

9 Backgrounds

And nearly 40k words! 

Apart from death, I recommend not using the back button! Each playthrough has the potential to be wildly unique, and sometimes decisions from the past will alter that present in ways that cannot be reversed that far, regardless.

Credit to Nomi for the Bitmgothic font, and Tepid Monkey Fonts for the charybdis font!

Technical difficulties meant that I couldn't get any of the animations I wanted in, but don't worry, the final release version will have a ton more cinematics, art and writing. 

Since I didn't have time for music, enjoy these spotify playlists!

Full Playlist, Only Lyrics,Only Instrumental

Content Warnings:

Relatively unrealistic gore (if you can handle the screenshots, the text is not particularly descriptive), abuse (only alluded to/briefly discussed, such as the synopsis, no descriptions), violence, discussions around mental health/heavy topics, death/death of children discussed, alcohol, strong language and unhealthy reflections regarding trauma.