

The writing also smoothly glides from these more serious or ominous topics to the relatively carefree attitude of the little girl. In fact, one of the game’s greatest achievements is how well it keeps everything framed as the imagination-fueled adventure of a young, naïve girl, while steadily inserting comedic and darker elements in a number of situations. The clear undertones of familial neglect and abuse in Little Misfortune don’t, however, take center stage very often. There’s something that both breaks and warms the heart when you’re faced with the protagonist’s naïve yet strangely aware approach to dealing with her trauma. The “juice” her mother drinks is wine and, as the game progresses, the girl reveals more and more details about her dysfunctional family, mostly without losing her cheerful attitude. It may sound like a gleeful adventure, however, it’s not long until signs appear suggesting that, perhaps, not all is as innocent as it appears.Īlthough likely joining the game because of her childish nature, Misfortune wants to gift Eternal Happiness to her mother, which is one of the first moments when the game’s darker undertones are revealed. Voice, who promises the reward of Eternal Happiness provided she reaches the game’s end. Not long after, Little Misfortune enters the game of a polite, yet eerily suspicious, Mr. The girl herself wears a cute little beret and uses glitter to give sad things a bit of whimsy, even if only temporary.

A pile of toys lay strewn across the floor a makeshift “secret place” hides a few more of her companions. Things kick off in Misfortune Ramirez Hernandez’s unassuming room. And yet, for a good portion, the title remains quite grounded, carefully inserting the unnatural in between the seemingly innocent adventures of an eight-year-old. The mixture isn’t necessarily surprising, given developer Killmonday Games’ last title, Fran Bow. There’s a Walkman-donning fox with unclear intentions, a voice promising Eternal Happiness to all who complete its game, and a young girl with a rich imagination who gets caught in between it all.

It means a lot that you show excitement for our work and that you share what we do.Underneath its cute exterior, Little Misfortune hides a layer of mystery and the occult.
LITTLE MISFORTUNE DEVELOPER FREE
So please feel free to share your thoughts and emotions after playing the demo! We would love to hear them. We are super thankful for all the response we can get, since we aim to make the whole game experience as fun and magical as we can. We really hope you will appreciate the demo.
LITTLE MISFORTUNE DEVELOPER PC
It will be available for PC (Windows, Max, Linux) and it can also be found on itch.io, where you can donate an optional amount of money if you want help us, the developers. The demo is around 15 minutes and sets the tone for the whole game. And very nervous, too, but we have been working with much love and we are just happy to finally be able to share some of our work with you. We are super eager to see how it is going to be recieved. It will be an introduction to the main characters, gameplay and the darkly mysterious world of Misfortune. You can now finally play a little part of our new game Little Misfortune!
LITTLE MISFORTUNE DEVELOPER FULL
Added a little bit more shadow to subtitles (Will probably go through some more iterations for the full game)
