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Broken Thorns: West Gate

A symbolic story where you play as a stranger searching for peace in this wretched world. You will wander through the dying land, finding yourself in different situations where evil forces will try to stop you by using your fears, doubts, and weaknesses.

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Developer
Stick Productions, Xeroyd
Publisher
Stick Productions
Release
October 14, 2021
4 years and 293 days ago
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About the Game

A symbolic story where you play as a stranger who just came from cursed land, searching for peace in this wretched world. You will have to travel through the land of West Gate, once a beautiful place which has become home to demons, shadows, and many other evil spirits.

Gameplay

You will wander through the dying world, finding yourself in many different situations where evil forces will try to stop you by using your fears, doubts, temptations, and weaknesses. Even though they can’t physically touch you from the other side of the screen, they’re going for your mind and soul. Can you escape from the darkness in this world? Or are you strong enough to save the world from the darkness?

Unique Graphics

Everything(except text) is hand-drawn with colored pencils on paper, scanned and imported into the game, making it a game with graphics like no other.

Features

  • Small open world with several sidequests

  • Around 2 hours of gameplay

  • 100+ colourful&dark hand-drawn pictures

  • 50+ interactions leading you to think about life, each in different way

  • Enemies will attack YOU. They don’t care about character your're playing as

  • 12 unlockable skins

  • Original soundtrack composed by ArcaneOwl

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