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Horse Race Tests: Life is Pain

In Horse Race Tests: Life is Pain, feed into your worst impulses in this action packed high score gambling game. Gain abilities to rig races in your favor! Collect virtual figurines of your favorite horses, like Jovial Merryment...

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BƱCKET MEGASYSTEMS
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BƱCKET MEGASYSTEMS
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About the Game

What is Horse Race Tests?

Horse Race Tests is the viral horse racing sim video game series that ran on x dot com. Almost daily races chronicled races between abstract colorful horses. Which one would touch the carrots first? Place your bets and pray for the best.

What perchance is Life is Pain about?

Play as a fan of Horse Race Tests using an "online gambling system" to win ʊ that you spend on figures of your favorite horses! Win bets, gain abilities, rig the races in your favor, lose your sanity, and uncover the mysteries of Life is Pain.

Features

  • Race Horse in a Single Player High Score Attack Mode (the only mode)

  • Yuri...

Characters

  • Jovial Merryment

  • Comely Material Morning

  • Cyan

  • the yellow horse

  • Some others...

Themes & Benefits

  • Critique on society

  • Critique on gaming culture

  • Psychological Horror

  • LGBTQIA+

Quotes

"They don't look like horses."
"The dev though Umamusume was ripping him off. What an idiot."
"The dev actually has they/them pronouns."
"There is actually more than one developer on this project."
"I am LGBTQIA+."

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