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Ahoj!

I would like to introduce you to a project I’ve started about five years ago, The Gray Man. It’s a surreal point&click; adventure game from the point of view of a serial killer, playing as his conscience. I’m also bringing the new demo available on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2216860/The_Gray_Man/
https://www.indiedb.com/games/the-gray-man
https://twitter.com/TheGrayManGame
https://www.reddit.com/r/thegraymangame/

A serial killer?!

The player will follow a serial killer through the eyes of his own conscience. He will become a spectator to his horrific acts of murder and loss of control. You are also confronted with different perceptions and interpretations of the killer’s inner world, but he is struggling to understand what is happening around him. You, as the conscience, will have a limited area of control at first, but due to the “right” choices you may (or may not!) make, you will be much freer.

There are three character roles - the conscience, the serial killer character and the inner voice, ie. The Whisperer. Each role will in its own way control the game - its mechanics, the main character’s actions and direction in the story going forward, while also uncovering specific memories and traumas. The Whisperer is the killer’s manipulator.

Game endings and bad decisions

The story points to a single endgame - because the more you get to your the end, the more you hurt the people around you. Therefore, if you weaken the main character, you will be free to make decisions and thus commit suicide, which equals an alternate ending. However, by doing so you will lose a lot of game content. In addition to the right decisions, choosing the wrong game path (meaning that you aid the Whisperer in its deeper manipulation) makes the overall gameplay of the game slightly more difficult to help the main character.

The main purpose is to force the serial killer to self-realization of doing evil. With the help of various subconscious puzzles, environments with the search for various objects, fragments of memories that represent specific motives in his life. Thus defeating the Whisperer.

- I calculated the game time to be 4-6 hours.
- I offer plenty of alternate endings, however, it all boils down to a single game ending.
- Minor side paths to solve specific segments of the game.
- Certain game segments can even be skipped at the cost of harder gameplay difficulty.
- Optional interaction in environments with various hidden locations.
- Extra content in the game settings will offer other interesting tidbits
- The game contains violent scenes, murder, suicide themes, dead bodies and nudity.
- All in English and Czech language.

The game is almost finished. I’m debugging a lot of stuff, trying to be more player-friendly and want to add a few more helpers for orientation and text readability. I plan to release around mid 2023!

If you’re interested in the game, you can throw it on your wishlist on Steam, or Twitter profile, Youtube channel or subreddit for more various stuff! Well I know the game can be very unacceptable to many people already.. See ya!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2216860/The_Gray_Man/