Guidelicious
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A strange room.
A mysterious man.
Why are you here?
Let Him be your Guide.
<1,000 words (10-15 minutes of playtime)! Fully voiced! 1 animated Guide + 1 interactive background! 5 endings! Nameable female protagonist!
Writing and programming: Tymedust Artwork and visual design: Alcinus GUI and user interface: Skolaztika Voice actor: Jesse Pinnick Music: Blue Dot Sessions Sound effect: ZapSplat
This game was made for the O2A2 VN Jam 2023, a micro Visual Novel jam with strict asset limitations and a 1000 word limit.
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Development log
- A clarification and an apologyJun 08, 2024
- Guidelicious is now OUT on Steam!Sep 08, 2023
- Wishlist Guidelicious on Steam!Aug 27, 2023
- Release: Guidelicious (v. 1.1)Aug 18, 2023
- Release + Thank you for 5000 plays in the first week!!Aug 08, 2023
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Did you just do a Magnus Archives on me?
Maybe a little...! :D
The art seems super well made, so is the game!!10/10, i really enjoyed playing it!The plot twist really surprised me!
And hear me out in The Guide damnヾ(•ω•`)o
Thank you so much!! <3 <3 <3 I'm very happy you liked it :)
The art is so crunchy, and the lore seems so interesting!! Also, ngl way he speaks reminded me of a Helluva Boss character ashahssh
Ahhh thank you so much!! :) And LOL I kinda get what you mean ngl
This game iss soo good
Thank you!! <3
I want him.
There’s definitely something about him…!
this was sooo good. It made me space out for a second lol
D’awww!!! Thank you! I’m glad it affected you in a (hopefully) positive way LOL <3
fun game, love the artstyle! though i do wish you could choose your gender, it was honestly a little hard for me to play because of that. but, overall awesome game!
Thank you! :) <3
uhm what can i do when the game is not loading even if the script or loading things are already done?
Hmm, that's a good question, as far as I know that shouldn't happen. You can try restarting your browser and/or your computer (or phone), and if that doesn't work you can try downloading the game instead of running it in the browser window. :) Hope that works for you! <3
thank you so much
Glad it worked, enjoy the game! :)
OOO I LOVE THISSS i also love the detail where if you put your name as "guide" he'll say "haha very funny"
Thank you!! I'm happy you had fun with the game. :) <3
He's such an asshole, I love him xD Also, the way you piece together what happened to the MC is SOOO good!! Really well done mystery with less than 1000 words!!
D'awww, thank you Pri! <3 I really appreciate it. :) And yeah, he truly is the kind of character you either love to hate or hate to love... or sometimes both. :D
Nice
Thank you! :) <3
I absolutely adore the artstyle, the voice acting and lipsyncing pleasantly surprised me too. Tho I wish there was an option to pick your gender, it felt a bit awkward and uncomfortable being called a "good girl" TT
Thanks a lot! :) Ahhh I totally understand that (sorry!!), though if The Guide managed to make you uncomfortable he kind of achieved his goal LOL (he's such a lil' bastard) <3
Hi! Sorry, couldn't find the info, is the protag GN or a girl?
Hello! Protag is female.
I've clarified that in the game info now. :) Thanks <3
I hate that man so much but at the same damn time I love him. 10/10, best game if your into visual novels.
Thank you so much for the generous rating! :) Very happy that you enjoyed the game! <3
HOW DO YOU GET THE 5TH ENDING OMFG
Hi! :D You get ending 1-3 automatically by completing the story and ending 4/5 depends on your final choice. Hope this helps! <3
I hate this man with every fiber of my being. 10/10. Would play again.
LMAO
I love love LOVE when visual novels have voice acting!!1!11!!!! ALSO, my nickname since I was a child has been pumpkin, AND my hair is dyed orange, so when he called me "miss pumpkin" I freaked out a little lol
Hi there! :D I'm happy that you enjoyed the game! <3 And LOL that's a funny coincidence, hope it didn't spook you too much! XD
nah, but it def added to it haha, 10/10 game !!!!
虽然看不懂很多单词，但是还是玩完了，很好看的立
The drawing looks fantastic!! Thanks for this game, will there be a translation into Russian?
Thank you very much! :) We don't have any plans for translating it into any other language right now, unfortunately. <3
LOVE THIS GAMEEEEE!!!!!the character dubbing is GREAT!<3
Thank you so much!! :D <3 Glad you enjoyed it!
uwaa !!! this is my second time playing, and its such a GREAT play! i do need to ask though, before i start drawing, is the main protag in any of the actual purgaverse games (aka named and all besides miss pumpkin) or are they game exclusive?
Thank you so much! :D <3
I think the best and most spoiler-free way to answer that question is that all my games are canonical and they are all connected somehow... in what way exactly remains to be seen, though! ;)
i love the game so muchhh its perfect
also i love the chracter its so good got me the idea to start writing a book about manipulators c:
Awwwww thank you so much!! :)
So happy you enjoyed it!! <3 And that sounds like such a fun idea for a book too!
yeah also do you have a color pallete for the chracter ? i just love the colors scheme and everything
Sorry for the late reply! This is what my artist said in response to your question:
"i dont generally use any pre-established color palettes, though for mr. guide his hair color is so specific i sometimes have to reach for the good ol' color picker tool of his initial sprite. besides that i just usually pick warm desaturated colors, + his hair color is so specific because it reminds me of many media's respective komaedas, lol. i feel like the moment a character has that grey-green-ish tint to their hair you can tell they are NOT normal"
its okay + i knew what the colors are so thank you <3
Short and REALLY INTERESTING! I loved the mechanic of continuing the game from the title after every time you faint. Also the Guide is kindaaaaa..... *twirls hair and kicks feet*. XD
Aww thank you!! I'm very happy you enjoyed the game and Guide! :D <3
He kinda cute ngl, id let him do whatever he wants
LMAO such a W comment ngl <3
Thanks for playing!!
lmao dw, honestly your games are perfectt keep it up! I would support more if i could bestie
Oh, how this little bastard reminds me of Johan Liebert... and how I want to share his vision, despite being so manipulative, cunning and completely out of context. I really need some insight on him now.
Ohhh I love Johan Liebert and Monster, one of my favorite shows!! I never considered a similarity between them but you may be on to something! lol
Thanks for playing! <3
Aww!! Thank you so much for playing. :) Hope you'll enjoy the other games (and further Guide knowledge) as well! :D <3
I immediately downloaded them, I just need time. 🙈
But I'm pretty sure I will enjoy them. 😊
I guess Im a lady now
It’s magic! :D
I initially played because heehee he has eyebags but BRO??? I now have to go through the other games to find out more about this wretched little man. 10/10 wonderful indoctrination technique, I have to applaud you 👏👏👏
Here at Tymedust Games the motto is "come for the eyebags, stay for the indoctrination" LOL
But seriously, I'm very happy that you enjoyed the game enough to continue to the other ones! Hope you'll have fun exploring my silly lil' stories lmao :D <3
10000/10 sublime,pero seria hermoso que estuviera en español, además de darme felicidad lograrias ir a un publico hispanohablante jeje
WAIT IS HE FROM POETRY IN PURGATORY????? I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER GAME IN WHICH INCLUDED HIM WOW-
YES!! :D He's in Pitstop in Purgatory, Poetry in Purgatory and this one! So three games total (so far) heh heh <3
0/10 no kiss kiss mwa mwa from the guide
LMAO oops... well maybe something like that will happen one day in Poetry in Purgatory... who knows ;) <3
Literally begging on my knees, Yolandi and Maxymelian style man. My entire life would be made, no joke, I luv that man so bad, probably very toxic of me ;D
LOL I love this comment ;___; haha, well, if it's any consolation you aren't alone in feeling that way! He does have a certain "quality" about him somehow, doesn't he...?! Who knows what the future might hold... :D
Really!
Good Game!
Aww, thank you for playing! I’m glad you liked it! :)
wake up new husbando just dropped
(In all seriousness, I loved this game! I love psychological horror, and this was done very well.)
Thank you so much!! :) I'm happy you enjoyed it! <3
You're very welcome! :)
i swear if you dont make a game about him, im gonna start crying.
(i want you to reply to me)
AWW don't cry ;___; (I'm happy you like him that much!!)
If you want to see more of The Guide, he also has a big role in two of my other games! :)
Pitstop in Purgatory (costs $4.99) and Poetry in Purgatory (downloadable for free)! :D <3
WHY IS HE SO FINE KSHEB#IYXV
I’M SORRY ;___;
(heh heh) <3
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Oh he is SUCH smug bastard I had a thoroughly enjoyable time playing this game. Dialogue and character voice are so so SO good. The mechanics of the game itself are simple but because of how much I enjoyed listening to him speak I would always click to go back in immediately. Sucks you in. Please play this game I really recommend it
Aww thank you very much!! <3 Happy to hear that you enjoyed the game and the Smug Guide that much (heh heh)! That means a lot to me!! :) <3
Are we astrid here? And when is the continue of poetry in purgatory coming? These games are so addicting!
Hi! :D I can't answer that unfortunately since I want to leave it up to interpretation, but it *may* be her, and it *may* be someone else entirely... heh heh!
Thank you so much!! Reading that really made my day, I'm very proud that you'd consider my work addicting ;_; thank you for sharing that! <3 <3 <3 We're always working hard on more stuff and hopefully a major update will arrive at least before October ends. :)
Hi I love the guide so much! Will be a part 2 soon? Would u mind to reveal his birthday, age, real name and mbti? Bc I am really interested about him really. Thanks for creating this VN for us and I love his voice over too! Luckily it's voice over! Can u make the full voice over all the characters in Poetry in Purgatory too? That would be awesome if u can do that! <3
Hello!! I'm happy you liked the game (and The Guide!) :D <3
I don't have a Part 2 planned right now but you can see a lot more of him in the other Purgatoryverse games, but who knows he might get another story of his own some day. :)
I can't reveal his real name, birthday or age as those things haven't been revealed (yet) in the main game (Poetry in Purgatory) so it would be spoilers buuut... one day I'll let the world know LOL. As for mbti, I really need to sit down with my characters and sort that out, I've been lazy LOL but it's coming!! :D
And finally ah yes, I would *love* to have full voice in all my games but unfortunately it costs quite a bit of money, it's easier in a short game like this because it's much cheaper LOL. But there will definitely be at least some voice acting when the game gets closer to being done, but probably not full.
Thank you for playing and for leaving a comment! <3 <3 <3
Whyd you have to make him so fucking cute, instead of actually reading the thing im just thinking of him
OOPS... hehehe <3 <3 <3
(Thanks for playing!!)
I played the game and.
please, please let me marry the guide or someone who created them I can't do this anymore..........gorgeous work! (╥ᆺ╥；)
WOOOO I’m so happy you enjoyed it!! Of course, The Guide is all yours (if you can manage to tie him down somehow)… HEH HEH :D
Thank you for playing and for leaving such a fun and sweet comment!! <3 :)