Dissolution of My Self Demo
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LANGUAGE SUPPORT: English / 中文 / 日本語 (see upper left corner for language setting)
This is an early-stage demo of my upcoming game, which will be released on Steam.
We appreciate any feedback or ratings to help us further improve the game!
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About This Game
Power structures can fall apart. So can people.
Dissolution of My Self is a single-player narrative exploration / point-and-click interaction / psychological horror storytelling game.
The story begins after the collapse of a fictional nation. Hector, a blood descendant of the old royal family, is taken to a foreign land by Matvey — his aide-de-camp, blood relative, and caretaker — where they hide away in a cramped rented apartment.
Limited by disability, identity, and a language barrier, Hector is almost entirely confined to this enclosed space. The television plays programs he cannot understand. Outside the window lies a daily life he can never truly reach. Meanwhile, Matvey occupies multiple roles at once: caretaker, aide-de-camp, relative, and servant.
Entangled in care, loyalty, blood, and power, Hector’s cruelty and Matvey’s endurance gradually form a distorted cycle from which neither can escape. After a series of events, Hector begins to give up maintaining his sense of self.
By interacting with windows, furniture, and everyday objects, you will trigger fragmented memories from Hector’s past — and witness those memories gradually peel away.
Game Features
- Narrative Exploration: Progress the story by clicking on objects within a confined space
- Memory Reconstruction: Gradually restore character relationships and historical background from scattered memories
- Changing Interactions: Triggered objects gradually become blurred, lose their function, and leave the room’s narrative
- Psychological Narrative: In a strange and oppressive everyday life, witness the irreversible dissolution of a person’s self
Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
This work contains self-harm, psychological manipulation, transgressive intimacy between relatives, regression, violence, substance misuse, and themes of trauma and exile. Player discretion advised.
Development log
- Demo v1.1.0 updated24 days ago
- “Dissolution of My Self” Steam Demo Out Now: The Self-Regression of a Man Wh...76 days ago
- A downloadable version is available now!82 days ago
Comments
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Just started playing. So far the impression is amazing. The way everything is presented is great and the narration is so interesting. Hector is very messed up, asking for a cup of saliva, okayyy <3
I got stuck very quickly on a section where you click the passport and to progress you need to “long press and scroll up”. It seems impossible with a touchpad on a laptop. I tried holding “enter” and scrolling, or holding “enter” and pressing “home” or “page up”, but nothing worked. I do have a mouse at home so I will try again later, but for now this made me even unable to save progress.
To be clear, I played the demo on Steam!
Hi!
Thank you for playing. For now, the demo does require a mouse to play. Sorry for the inconvenience and we will try to improve that in the formal release.
I’m glad to hear that! I want many people to be able to enjoy this game.
I was able to go back and play again with a mouse this time. I really love everything about it. Hector is so freaky. One of his portraits has a very unsettling expression, I get shivers every time. So cool. Matvey is interesting too, he is a little pathetic, a little mean, but also a monarchist. It’s very interesting that Hector, being a prince and all, is less of a monarchist than Matvey. I’m really excited for the final release. Good job!!!
This game was an absolute delight to play! The atmosphere is distinct, the characters and art style are captivatingly unique, and the writing was so immersive! I absolutely adore the complexity and depth of the characters, as well as their dynamic! I am highly looking forward to the full release and uncovering more about Hector and Matvey and their relationship. Thank you for this lovely experience! (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡
Thank you so much! We have a newer version on Steam, please check it out if you are interested!
I really wanted to review this but I am having some problems with the ingame browser stuff, would you be able to make it into a deliverable or like a zip by any chance?
I added a downloadable version! Look forward to your review
What a compelling and fascinating work!
I just played this with a friend and I must say I am hooked!
The game is really moody an atmospheric, the characters are well defined even in these small interactions, and I'm hooked. I love that we are in effect just as trapped as Hector. He reads as a spoiled child that was never told no, and is now traumatized from the attempt on his life and loss of everything.
Matvey, devoted as he is, is very suspicious and I can't wait to see him more.
The writer posted in the maleyandere sub asking if this is yandere or just abuse and I think it is, reasonably Both. Most yandere are, in essence, abusers, and I think this relationship is super compelling. Can't wait to see more and I would love recs from the writer on more yandere like this one!
Friends comments: "Its fascinating. I think it's a unique angle to take having the player slowly losing their mind, or experience someone else losing their mind. The other element of having it be very clear that they were always a kind of Freak even before being trapped alone here [...] it really makes me wonder how much being trapped here has changed them.I wonder how they interact Now."
For art direction, i love the style. It's moody in all the right ways, I love the style of the portraits. The one hang up for me is that the font effect can make reading some parts a little frustrating, and I would love if that could be toggled on or off in the future.
Thank you so much for your and your friend’s detailed feedback! I’m glad you enjoyed the writing and the art. And I really liked how you called the MC a traumatized little freak in the rating comment haha. I rarely see yanderes who weaponize their vulnerability, so I definitely enjoyed writing him.
As for the font effect, I’ll think of a better way to adjust that in the future. Again, thanks for the comment. It means a lot to me!
Of course! This was such a delight. Wonderful work!