Wegi
A downloadable game
Gather around the wegi board with a group of friends on a stormy Halloween night in the late 1980s. What begins as a harmless game soon spirals into a dark, twisted tale of grief, betrayal, and deception. Wegi invites you to experience a short story-driven adventure to uncover secrets with the group and find out what happened to Sarah the night she died. Join Emily, Tom, Ben and Jack for a game of Wegi tonight.
This interactive narrative delves into sensitive themes with moments of dark humour intertwined with psychological tension and horror, creating an emotionally charged and thought-provoking experience exclusively for Playdate.
Key Features
- Interactive Narrative Gameplay: Your questions drive the story, revealing unexpected twists and unsettling truths.
- Custom Wegi Board Mechanics: Ask questions and watch the planchette move to spell out chilling answers. Can will you talk to?
- Complex Characters: Join Tom, Emily, Jack and Ben a group of friends, each with their own personalities.
- Retro Visuals: Atmospheric, 1980s-inspired hand drawn graphics designed specifically for the Playdate console.
- Immersive Sound Design: Eerie soundscapes and haunting music to heighten the tension.
- Voice Acting: Key characters are fully voice acted. We aim to bring voices to all characters via an update.
- Cutscenes: Watch key areas of the story unfold in news reports.
- Simple Controls: Controls are kept to a minimum to not detract from the story.
- Progress Saved: Continue the story from the start of the last act you played.
Content Warning: This game contains flashing images and explores sensitive topics, including themes of grief, betrayal, and deception. It is intended for adult audiences. Please read the warning provided before playing.
Will you uncover the truth, or will the spirits lead you somewhere you can never return from?
Purchase
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Loved this spooky little experience! Narrative adventures like this are just the kind of thing I want to see more of on the Playdate. The music and art direction are particularly charming.
Some minor grievances, however. Keeping my finger on the Wegi board was more challenging than I'd expected, which I'd normally consider a good thing if it didn't make it so difficult to see what letters the planchette was landing on. I had to play some sections multiple times just to take another shot at reading the spirit's responses.
Also, based on the description, I was anticipating a somewhat more intense experience, so I was a bit let down by how easily the "mystery" was solved and the truth behind Sarah's death. Still, it was a fun romp!
Firstly thank you for taking the time to play and thank you for the feedback! The fact anyone played it is mind bending to me. I will have a look into refining the planchette mechanic experience. I did anticipate this a little and incorporated the response into the dialogue in some cases.
The game was initially a lot darker in theme and had curse words for example but the play tests reported that;
I would be open to refining the story as it is very simple due to the story composer tooling I made which essentially generates the dialog boxes based on a film like script. This would also allow you an opportunity to play it again.