Does the dog die?
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Slay the Princess
Video Game • 2023 • Horror
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Varanidae
There are no dogs in this game.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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OddKaijuZ
There is several in game choices you can make that lead to this.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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EntropyEmissary
To elaborate on what Evenshine said, I'm pretty sure that canonically the Narrator *is* the Princess' parent considering that He wove both you and the Princess into existence, and He's stated several times to be the reason she's in chains, although He certainly never made any sort of attempt to be a father figure to either of you. His relationship to her is certainly never once made out to read as paternal to the player.
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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LeadHerring
Depending on the player's actions the Princess may forgive the player for physically harming her, killing her and/or betraying her trust. The player character can choose to forgive the princess for similar actions. The dynamic between the princess and the player character is one of general suspicion, building of trust, betrayal and violence and so may remind players of the dynamics in an abusive relationship.
The relationship between the player and the narrator may also be read as abusive and manipulative, and they may also be forgiven based on player choice.
It is a deliberate choice on the part of the narrative that whether these actions are justified, sympathetic or understandable given the circumstances is for the player to decide.
The relationship between the player and the narrator may also be read as abusive and manipulative, and they may also be forgiven based on player choice.
It is a deliberate choice on the part of the narrative that whether these actions are justified, sympathetic or understandable given the circumstances is for the player to decide.
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Is someone stalked?
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OddKaijuZ
Not stalked in the traditional sense, but there are several chapters in which the player is being watched.
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LeadHerring
The game claims at the start that it is "a love story", in it's own words. Whether or not it becomes explicitly a love story depends on the player's actions, though many scenes and routes have romantic and/or sexual overtones. With this in mind, the violence that the main character and the princess enact on each other may be read as being enacted on or between domestic partners, and in some cases may be explicitly so. Whether or not these actions are sympathetic, justified or understandable based on the circumstances is left for the player to decide.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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teapotcutie
The princess can be killed, but her harm is never meant to be entertaining or for fun.
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LeadHerring
Depending on player choice the main character can manipulate the trust of the princess and then betray her. They can then have the tables turned on them by the princess and then be subject to manipulation, control and violence. The framing of whether this is deserved is left for the player to decide, which in general is a major theme of the game.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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teapotcutie
Some of the routes has the narrator gaslight the player to manipulate the plot towards what he wants.
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EntropyEmissary
No children are in the game.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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OddKaijuZ
Not directly, though the Adversary route struck me as symbolism for it - an addiction, though not to drugs but to fighting and pain, without which the Adversary eventually unravels and breaks down.
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Animal
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teapotcutie
In some routes (beast and den), the princess morphs into an animal. Don't believe she can actually die in either one due to being too powerful. The protagonist is an anthropomorphic bird going off the claw hands, mentioned feathers, and Tower route calling them as such, but wouldn't personally count that due to being humanoid.
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Is an animal sad?
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OddKaijuZ
The Den could arguably count as an animal, as the princess has lost any trace of humanity at that chapter. She is very sad and personally i found the route quite heartbreaking.
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Assault
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Squidy
No, but you can punch the princess in the face during the razor route if you choose to not take the blade with you into the cabin and then choose to fight her
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Is someone held under water?
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EvenSpoonier
On one route, you can be dragged underwater to your death. The route can be avoided: it only happens in one specific variant of the chapter called "The Grey".
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Is someone restrained?
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teapotcutie
All the routes have the princess chained up.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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teapotcutie
Your primary weapon is a knife.
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Are any hands damaged?
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EvenSpoonier
The Princess can lose an arm in a bid to escape her chains. In some routes she can lose arms in other ways. Sometimes the Hero can have hands damaged too.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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teapotcutie
Throats are crushed, although this is only described with a few noises playing. The art hides it. Edit: Nevermind, Adversary has a cut up throat.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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teapotcutie
Certain endings have the protagonist suffocating.
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Is there decapitation?
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Varanidae
Can happen in the Prisoner route. Both the decapitation and aftermath are shown onscreen.
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Is there cannibalism?
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teapotcutie
In the beast route, the princess bites and eats at flesh to escape or outright kill.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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In one of the Witch endings leading to the Wilds the protagonist and the Witch are both crushed to death, the Witch’s graphic death is shown on screen.
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Is someone choked?
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EntropyEmissary
It happens on the Prisoner route, but only if you attempt to attack the Princess.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Varanidae
The Burned Grey route involves the protagonist and the Princess burning alive. This includes very graphic illustrations of the Princess' body as this happens.
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Is there body horror?
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OddKaijuZ
A shit ton of it.
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Is there amputation?
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Evenshine
In most endings the princess will cut her arm off or have it be cut off
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Does a head get squashed?
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lowintelspecimen
Princess can crush Protagonist's head in Adversary route. No visuals though, only sounds and pretty graphic description from The Narrator.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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lowintelspecimen
In The Tower route, Protagonist can cut Princess' ankle.
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Is someone tortured?
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EntropyEmissary
The Narrator does this to you by manipulating reality if you refuse to kill the Princess without a knife on Chapter 1. Avoid the pathway to the Damsel route to avoid this scene.
You should also avoid the Tower route in Chapter 2 as refusing to submit to the Princess' orders too many times causes something similarly grizzly to happen with the Voice of the Broken.
You should also avoid the Tower route in Chapter 2 as refusing to submit to the Princess' orders too many times causes something similarly grizzly to happen with the Voice of the Broken.
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Is there eye mutilation?
87 supporters
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Varanidae
Can happen in the Burned Grey route
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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EvenSpoonier
Some routes could be described as a kind of self-sacrifice. This can be avoided.
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Does a major character die?
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teapotcutie
The princess and protagonist die in various ways.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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EntropyEmissary
It's never actually shown, but the Narrator can get fed up with your antics on multiple routes and pour Himself "a stiff drink"
offscreen so He "doesn't have to be sobre".
offscreen so He "doesn't have to be sobre".
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Family
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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teapotcutie
Some of the routes has the princess come back as a ghost. Specifically Burned Grey, Drowned Grey, and Spectre.
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Are there jump scares?
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Evenshine
In the nightmare ending there’s flashing images and unsettling sounds before the princess jumpscares near the end. Not a huge one but worth mentioning since it got me lol
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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EvenSpoonier
While one route does involve an indoor flood, we never see the source of the water.
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Are there clowns?
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EntropyEmissary
Oddly not yet, but the devs have expressed curiousity about adding a clown form of the Princess in a future update so don't be surprised if they come around to it.
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Is someone possessed?
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Varanidae
The protagonist can be compelled by the narrator to attack the Princess at the start of a route, and can get possessed by the Princess in the Spectre and Wraith routes.
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teapotcutie
Route called razor involves razors.
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Are there mannequins?
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EvenSpoonier
On some routes the Princess resembles a mannequin, including the route called "The Nightmare".
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Varanidae
Can happen in the Beast route if the player is swallowed by the Princess.
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Is someone eaten?
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teapotcutie
In the Beast route, there's a disturbing scene where the player is eaten alive and stuck inside a stomach whilst showing the flesh within.
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Does someone spit?
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EntropyEmissary
Originally there was going to be an outcome to the Beast route where the player character was spit out of her stomach, but it ended up going unimplemented. There's still images in the files of this potential outcome and on the official wiki. That's all.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
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OddKaijuZ
Princess bites off her arm.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Squidy
I'm only mentioning this because I feel it could be helpful to some; the player character has voices in their head for plot reasons, they also are violent in many of the games routes
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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envyphantom
No - in fact, it's a common to interpret the player character as a plural system due to how nuanced the representation actually is.
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Varanidae
It's possible for the protagonist to die by suicide in the Beast, Damsel, Prisoner, Razor, Spectre, Tower, and Wraith routes (and possibly others, the branching nature of the gameplay means you won't see every possiblity within a route when you play, so I might have missed some).
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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EntropyEmissary
Very much so. The story takes place in a construct where your perception of a situation can both warp and inform the factual reality. The Narrator literally describes reality as distorting more and more over time in one route as well. Absolutely this game can set this trigger off.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Varanidae
It's possible to get a scene in the Witch route where the cabin closes in on and crushes the protagonist.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
38 supporters
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OddKaijuZ
Moment of Clarity Route as well as most routes with the Voice of the Broken depict PTSD or at least symptoms similar to it. I'd argue some versions of the princess could also count.
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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EntropyEmissary
Only on one route, which is avoidable, called the Drowned Grey. This route is attainable through the Prisoner in Chapter 2. Once you start this version of Chapter 3, the cutscene of you drowning is literally unavoidable.
Note also that there is an alternative path to get to the Grey from Chapter 2 of the Damsel, and that this version of the Grey will NOT feature a drowning scene. So if you find this version of the Grey route, don't sweat it.
If you happen to get on path of the Prisoner but want to avoid this scene, you can still dodge this outcome by either: 1 - putting the shackle on the wall on yourself, or 2 - cooperating with the Prisoner's demands, then taking her with you. Leaving her in the cabin WILL trigger the Drowned Grey.
Note also that there is an alternative path to get to the Grey from Chapter 2 of the Damsel, and that this version of the Grey will NOT feature a drowning scene. So if you find this version of the Grey route, don't sweat it.
If you happen to get on path of the Prisoner but want to avoid this scene, you can still dodge this outcome by either: 1 - putting the shackle on the wall on yourself, or 2 - cooperating with the Prisoner's demands, then taking her with you. Leaving her in the cabin WILL trigger the Drowned Grey.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Varanidae
There is a sudden sound of shattering glass connected to an event that will happen several times during the game.
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Is there shakey cam?
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TheSpooniest
Not per se. But there are ways to "look around" the current image onscreen, and on systems where this effect is motion-controlled (such as the Nintendo Switch), it can look a lot like shakey cam. The effect can be disabled on the Preferences screen, under "Parallax Effect".
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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EntropyEmissary
The Narrator can make you flip the Princess off just to prove a point if you try to free her on the Adversary route.
There is also the Cheated, who has a knack for spouting profanities. Both of these are played for laughs and the Cheated's ravings don't escalate much beyond swears.
There is also the Cheated, who has a knack for spouting profanities. Both of these are played for laughs and the Cheated's ravings don't escalate much beyond swears.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
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envyphantom
None of the characters are ever stated to be LGBT+
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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EvenSpoonier
While two of the characters could be called gods (and may refer to themselves as such, depending on the situation), they do not discuss religion per se.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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teapotcutie
Adversary and a few other princess designs have demon elements added to their designs (ex: horns and hooves).
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
40 supporters
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EvenSpoonier
Near the end of the game, the final form of the Princess is covered by an approximation of clothing, except it is made out of Princess-forms which are themselves nude. The drawings are not explicit.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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TheSpooniest
On the Razor route, one of the voices leeringly discusses the Princess as "the perfect woman" based on her appearance. This is meant to be a parody of the more usual trope (in this scene the Princess has taken the form of a skeleton made out of razor blades) but it happens nonetheless.
On the Damsel route, it is possible for the Princess to be "deconstructed" into increasingly crudely-drawn and increasingly sexualized forms. This is not played for laughs, but it is intended as commentary, and the player is meant to recognize that something has gone wrong. This can be avoided, and can also be stopped early (though not reversed). To do so on this route, avoid asking the Princess any questions about herself or her motives.
On the Damsel route, it is possible for the Princess to be "deconstructed" into increasingly crudely-drawn and increasingly sexualized forms. This is not played for laughs, but it is intended as commentary, and the player is meant to recognize that something has gone wrong. This can be avoided, and can also be stopped early (though not reversed). To do so on this route, avoid asking the Princess any questions about herself or her motives.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there BDSM?
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EntropyEmissary
The game has quite a few both light and heavy allusions to this. The most prominent appearances are in the Adversary and Tower routes specifically.
Some of the imagery in the Prisoner route might also do it for some people, but I think it's unintentional there and certainly not too egrigious.
Some of the imagery in the Prisoner route might also do it for some people, but I think it's unintentional there and certainly not too egrigious.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
19 supporters
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EntropyEmissary
The 2 toughest and most masculine leaning characters in the entire game are both simultaneously moved to tears by the Player's words in an obscure dialogue option and no one takes a dig at either of them for it despite the Voice of the Hero and the Narrator both disapproving of them consistently just earlier in the route. I like that.
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
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Varanidae
Is both described and shown in the Drowned Grey route.
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Is there blood/gore?
53 supporters
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redwinesupernova
Avoid playing this game if you’re very squeamish about gore, as it can’t really be avoided
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