A downloadable game for Windows

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Notice May 2021:

This project has been cancelled - the idea itself hasn't, though. Currently working on a new game project with the same concept and protagonist with a sliiightly different premise? Maybe it's the other way around, I don't know. You can figure that out for yourself and check out development on my art/dev account on Twitter. Thanks for taking a look. -P0lt

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Break things and kill people. In the (dis)comfort of your very own angry head.

Corbin on couch

Expiate follows the dreams of Corbin, who accesses his subconscious by dozing off to the static sound and visuals of his television screen. It gets predictably surreal from there. You can choose to lead him to the darkest pits of his mind... or just break a bunch of stuff with a metal baseball bat. Either way, something or someone's gonna get beaten up.

Expiate is a mostly traditional Yume Nikki fangame, with some slight alterations to the formula. Effects are a part of the game, but collecting them is not your main focus. Instead, use effects and explore to look for strange objects located around the dreamworld. Gather these items in order to progress.



StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorP0lter
Made withLMMS, Aseprite, GIMP, RPG Maker
TagsDreams, Exploration, Horror, RPG Maker, rpg-maker-2003, Surreal, ynfg, yume-nikki-fangame
Average sessionA few minutes
InputsKeyboard
LinksBlog

Download

Download
Expiate v.0.02.zip 93 MB

Install instructions

Expiate comes with the RPG Maker 2003 RTP, so you shouldn't need to install it separately to run the game.

To install it, run Setup.exe. Select a location to download it to, and after it's completed, you should be able to start up the game by running RPG_RT.exe, near the bottom of the game folder.

Development log