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A Date With Denial [spinoff to Let Me Remind You and Be My Muse]
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
You wake up and find yourself on a romantic dinner date with a mysterious man, who introduces himself as Zecharias. You have no memory of ever meeting this man, or agreeing to go on a date with him.
You have to figure out what's going on before it's too late.
I made this for Catsket's 72 hour Murderboy Mayhem Game Jam 2023. Thank you so much for hosting the game jam! <3
This game is a spinoff of two other games I'm making: Let Me Remind You and Be My Muse. It features the same love interest as those games, Zecharias Mnemosyne.
Be My Muse: https://batter-sempai.itch.io/be-my-muse
This is my first completed game. :D I'm so excited to have it done.
Features:
- 4.2k words
- 3 endings
- Multiple choices
Credits:
- Sound effects from Zapsplat
- Music by A Tape full of Mistakes and Monplaisir from RoyaltyFreakMusic
CONTENT WARNINGS:
This game contains blood and fictional depictions of corpses. It also features a character that manipulates the player. Viewer discretion is advised.
[Update July 6th 2023]
Updated the game to correct a script error where Ending 1 couldn't be reached.
Download
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Development log
- Mini update: Zecharias' true form55 days ago
- Update and plans for my games60 days ago
- Thank you for the 650+ downloads!!Jul 18, 2023
- A Date with Denial is on top of the yandere tag!! Thank you!!Jul 08, 2023
- Update to allow Ending 1 to be reachedJul 06, 2023
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Small Walkthrough can be found below~
Woahh, that was so curious! I had my reservation into thinking what kind of entity Zecharias is, I thought he could be a siren or a harpy, I had to think if there were possibly other demons that could fit the bill of having an enchanting voice like Zecharias shows himself to have, or is very much artistic.
I'm very much curious why Zecharias is quite fond of MC, does he find their physical appearance attractive, or does it have something to do with the soul, per se? Other than that. The fact that Zecharias is so focused on making sure MC is within his hands no matter, quite purposefully doing his best to manipulate the poor MC is quite chilling.
Amazing job with this one! I was thoroughly surprised when I saw the pissed off look on Zecharias' face when he broke, unable to disregard the reasonable rebutals of MC.
Walkthrough here~
Since there are lots of options, I'll only be doing a brief overview of what you gotta do.
Ending 1 - keep agreeing to the first portion of the date, such as eating and drinking making Zecharias pleased as the date goes on. Don't point out any inconsistencies or oddities surrounding you.
Ending 2 - begins to look around your surroundings and gather clues. When Zecharias' comes back from fetching you a drink, begin to choose options he can easily refute or explain making MC confused.
Ending 3 - do what Ending 2 does but instead of choosing choices Zecharias' can explain, choose the choices where he cannot explain, irrevocable proof of his lies.
I'm so late to reply, I'm sorry. ;w;
Thank you so much for the playthrough and the nice comments. <3
Thank you so much!! And also thank you for doing a let's play on it. ^^ I really appreciate it. <3
Also your comment at the end about how this is one of your favorite games made me really happy. :D
It was a pretty interesting game overall. Is Zechariah some type of mermaid or siren?
Hello! Thank you so much for making a Let's Play on the game. And I'm so happy you enjoyed it. :D
I'd say you're pretty close. What he is will be revealed in a future game, so I can't say much now.
I'm glad you liked my Let's Play. I'm looking forward to the full game of Be My Muse.
I had a lot of fun collecting all the endings, you did a great job for this jam!
Thank you so much! :D And thank you for making a let's play of it. I like your commentary.
I'd say that you've been trapped in that date for a while. And bodies don't decompose quickly in the place Zecharias resides in.
I love it :D
I was suspicious of what his intentions are and the more we asked the more bigger the suspense. Making the music sound a little creepier and his smile with those pretty sharp teeth gave a creepy touch I thought he was actually going to bite us lol when he made the big smile XD And he kinda implied that he eats human i also think he is a mermaid which surprised me because from those i know they always dressed kinda bland and don't have more than one color in their hair but the singing made me suspicious and i also think in some mermaid stories and or folktales they actually ate humans too but maybe i'm wrong
I was even at a point where i wanted to stop asking questions because unlike the noisy MC i can read the room when he was getting more and more angrier lol. Never make it obvious that the manipulation a manipulator does are not working it does never end well especially with a yandere XD
So definitely one of my favorite yandere horror games so far saying so far because i can't really find the third ending lol
Thank you so much! :D
I would say that he's a mythological creature that is sometimes associated with mermaids. I can't reveal exactly what he is now, but you're not too far off.
Yeah, MC isn't exactly very bright in this situation.
There are some playthroughs people did of the game on Youtube. They managed to get Ending 3, so if you need some guidance, you can check out their videos. I can link some of them if you like.
Thanks again for the comment and for loving the game! ^^
I was wondering. Is it going to be the same MC in each game?
Hello. ^^ The MC is different in each game. If any games share an MC I will mention it either in the description or the game.
Really enjoyed the game!!! I liked the subtleties of his gaslighting, up until you start really questioning him of your reality and even when you question him to much how just want everything to perfect for him. I'm very picky when it come to these games specially short ones and I really enjoyed my time with Mr. Zecharias, Idk if there more of him but I would like to know more about this character, thi was a really nice introduction to him ( i know this is a spin-off so I will be checking your other projects) overall thanks for the fun game and happy creating!!!!
Thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed the game. ^^
There will be more of him. I still need to finish Be My Muse, which also features him. And the main game he'll be in is Let Me Remind You. I'm also planning to have some shorter games either featuring him or set in the same universe.
Ok I cannot get ending 1 help please
Hello, sorry about that. ^^; I've updated the game to correct the scripting error that prevented ending 1 from being reached.
Thank you