Skin-Deep Ligature

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WARNING

This game is intended for players aged 18 and older due to mature themes and sexual content. It also includes brief scenes featuring flashing lights and screen-shaking effects.

Before downloading, please review the trigger warnings below carefully and place your mental well-being above all else.

Content Warnings (may contain spoilers):

Depression and mental illness
Suicidal acts, ideation, and acts of self-harm
Depictions of blood, murder, violence, and torture
Psychosis
Death and grief
Religious themes
Abuse
Dubious consent
Drug, substance use, and addiction
Dubious kidnapping
Mentions of car accidents
Gun violence
Manipulation

If any of these subjects are distressing or triggering for you, please refrain from playing. Some of these themes may not appear in the demo but will be present in the full release. This list may be updated as development continues.

Neither I nor anyone involved in the development of this game supports or condones these actions if they were to occur in real life.

ABOUT THE GAME

“That Luka is long gone, Doc. When Alonzo Argyris died in that ditch, so did he.”

After a bad night at his favorite club, Luka awakens in a mansion remote from civilization and hidden among the foliage of a forest. Within it, Luka confronts a face he believed he’d never see again: his deceased closest friend, Alonzo Argyris, as a cyborg.

Luka does not want to believe it. The cyborg has the face and personality of his longstanding friend, but his body is metallic and appears to have no heartbeat. Regardless of how familiar he appears, this Alonzo feels strange to Luka.

But what does Luka genuinely want? To believe or deny this “miracle”?

FEATURES

The demo presently has about 22,000 words and a playability of 2-3 hours, depending on reading speed.

There are three days and two horrible endings to play through.

Twelve CGs and eight mini-CGs.

CHARACTERS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This game is part of a series called “1316”. There are two visual novels that take place before Skin-Deep Ligature, but they are not required to enjoy this one.