Mate
Mate is a third-person story-based game with a multi-ending game with puzzles and physical controls.The protagonist, the perpetrator of school violence, is anxious that his actions will be revealed to others, which leads to psychological hallucinations and nightmares.
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July 6, 2022
4 years and 28 days ago
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Positive30 reviews80.0%
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About this game
"Violence should not occur under any circumstances."Mate is about the perpetrator of school violence, the main character, about the mistakes he made due to the disappearance of the victim.
It is a game that depicts a person living in extreme anxiety and suffering mentally.
Players become even more exhausted by hallucinations and nightmares.
You continue the game by controlling the protagonist, the perpetrator of school violence.
Will the protagonist be able to sincerely apologize to the victim and receive forgiveness?
Mate is a story-based third-person game
The game begins with the protagonist's hallucinations and nightmares, and includes puzzles and physical control elements.
A multi-ending game where every action you take changes the outcome of this story.
Game Features
Mate was created by a student who is a solo university developer, and all the assets except for a part of the sound and one poster were created by myself.Any sounds used without production are credited with in-game sources.
It is drawn in the background of the developer's nationality, Korea, but the historical circumstances, characters, and names are fictional characters that have nothing to do with reality.
