Misfiction
Rylan was living a normal life as a university freshman, until finding himself in a cold basement taped to a chair. His kidnapper soon reveals himself to be John Blanc, a rich douchebag who fancies Rylan, but may be a bit misguided when it comes to the whole romance thing. On top of that, Rylan has no interest in John whatsoever. Luckily, help is near... but will he be able to escape?
Find out in this comedy "horror" rpg maker adventure game!
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Controls: [Arrow keys] for movement, [Shift] to run, [Enter] to interact with objects and [Esc] to go to the in-game menu
Playtime: 20 minutes - 1 hour
Endings: 1.5 (You can get the short or the long version of the ending)
Available languages: English, Español, Deutsch, Português (BR), Русский (RU), Italiano
A game by Hatoge
Spanish translation by @Orcatraduccione
Portuguese translation by Dog&Corvo
https://dogncorvotranslations.tumblr.com/
Russian translation by @jotamoth
Italian translation by Domenico Colaprico
This game was made in under 60 hours for the Yaoi Jam 2021
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Update: I released a spin-off. If you enjoyed this game, please consider checking the spin-off out as well :D
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Content warning for: Kidnapping and stalking.
(If you find anything else I should CW let me know!)
You will not romance your kidnapper in this game. There may be another optional romance route though :D
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If you enjoyed the game or have other kinds of feedback, please leave a comment! I can understand english and german, so preferably in those languages :)
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Development log
- Italian translation now available!May 05, 2024
- Portuguese version added!Sep 26, 2021
- Spanish + German versions now available! (+ minor bug fixes)Sep 07, 2021
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uhh, i'm at the part where he's camping the basement level and i can't go down there after i got the screwdriver. how do i distract john???
Hatoge, you've proven yourself to be my favorite game maker once again! I'm making a list of free-to-play games available on browser, and every game of yours that's on there has the highest ranking/review that I have!
(P.S.: there's a glitch after "The End." shows up, if you press enter again, like I did (expecting to be taken back to the title screen), the dialogue box between Rylan and Eugene shows up again. Just the box, not the sprites or anything else. Wanted to let you know! <33)
- Axl
"Goodnight, my love." at the start, I knew this was gonna be a good game
THAT WAS SO GOOD!! I LOVED IT
and is there any way to fix it?
i cant get in any closets, has this happend to anyone else?
As far as I know (and because it happened to me too) you can't go into the closet if John is nearby, for that you have to run and go in when he's not looking.
Super fun! Who doesn't like a scary but hot yandere <3 ?
For my fellow cuties who liked it, go check out Mistrick, too! It's pretty much part 2 of this game, John's perspective!
我把它当成恐怖游戏来玩了！好吓人！
Me encantó!! es un juego corto pero muy entretenido, y el suspenso se mantiene en cada segundo y los puzzles me parecieron ingeniosos, me tomaron un buen rato en resolver xD
Es un buen juego con ilustraciones muy lindas :) <3
I just realized I played the spin off before this game.😭 (Mistrick) When I realized they were part one and two, I understood the second game so much better. Overall great game and I loved the characters!
I was playing on mobile but I can't like see the inventory in the game, I have no idea...
The game was kinda short but it was amazing!
fck you john for giving me a heart attck
ahhh help i can't outrun him for the third time what am I doing wronggg
Run to the gambling room where you found the stuffed animal, loop him around the table, then exit the room :]
how do I actually distract the dog
you first go to the laundry room and from the washing machine, you will get some change, use it in the playroom area and youll get a stuffed toy, go to the dishwashing room and put gravy on it, then give it to the dog and done :)
How do I get the coin out
go to the room up stairs and go to the closet thingy and continue to click enter until you enter it
this guy needs to understand personal space and not being right up my ass
ikr
All i can think abour rn is that rylan is makoro naegi and john is byakuya togami 😭😭😭
Ah yes I love dear makoro🥰🥰🥰 (IM JUST KIDDING PLZ DONT CANCEL ME)
Oop- my bad also dw :)
Ty!!! and its fine I like teasing people about their misspellings ;3
:3
I love your Pfp >.<
I actually do love him (I haven't finished the game so don't hate on me too much)
He looks like a 3 year old but I love him anyways 😭
same and same
why does the kidnapper remind me of johan liebert for some reason? (but in all seriousness, this visual novel was very well done!)
Hello everyone! I played Misfiction for my channel and let's just say I was breaking my head! It was a lot of fun and I want to thank the creator for their hard work creating this comedy-horror game!
after ventilation secret room i cant outrun him. my stress levels so high right now 😓
please someone summon me when there's romance route with the kidnapper already updated
rylan looks just like makoto naegi and that was all i could think about the whole game
NOOOOO NOW I THINK JOHN IS BYAKUYA CUZ THEY BOTH GOT THAT ATTITUDE AND MONEY LOL
the ending was super cute!! <3
i screaming like a worm when i saw Eugene kissed Rylan at last its so cute omg
This game was a very good experience ,SPOIL WARNING if this is a spoil idk : i loved the part of John chase Rylan even these part makes me SOOOOO stressed xD
I LOVED this. It's so refreshing to see how all those silly BL tropes would affect someone in real life. Great genre subversion! I'm a huge fan of your games, I'll keep an eye on your future projects!
I tried hiding in the closet upstairs but I don't know how to actually get inside of it..
What do I do?
edit: I figured out that I couldn't hide because he was in the room at the same time
Go to the basement and you have to find a closet there (The door below the lauadry room)
I'm at the stage where you ask the friend for help to distract John and I don't know what do to I asked the friend to distract him, And I explored the house, And I don't know what do to I don't know if I have to do something with the map in the library or not can someone help me?
You might have already gotten this, but basically the map has something in it's layout that doesn't match with the layout you've seen as you walked around. Check the bottom right of the map.
(full SPOILER answer)
The bottom right of the map shows a long corridor-like space in the basement in the room with the closet (below the laundry room). If you go in that corner and interact with it, you will be told there's a vent that is screwed into the wall. You need the screwdriver to open it and get in.
Really nice game!
(description for new players; spoilery stuff is in my review)
There is no jumpscare, but still a lot of tensions.
Shift makes you run, and there are (somewhat glitchy) mouse controls, but I don't think the game says it explicitely.
There is a very nice secret ending as well
I'm having this issue where, when I enter a large room, it just makes me walk in random directions
Are you using mouse controls? Those are a bit glitchy, and keyboard controls work better (as long as you're agile enough)
Even though I felt terrible for Rylan, having to deal with a man like John (and getting traumatized by being kidnapped), the premise definitely made me laugh.
And I'm glad it had a happy ending - extra happy when getting the scene after the credits. It was very sweet!
I even enjoyed the puzzles because they were pretty easy (and I am bad at puzzles xD)
And now, I look forward to playing the sequel since that I've played the original!
If you're looking for someone to do a french translation, I'd be down :3
I have found a little glitch in the game you might want to know about. When you walk up the big stairs if you and then walk in front of the teddy bear it'll cause your character to walk on the outside of the map.
how do I use the key-
There is a door facing down, on the 1st floor (the one below where you find it); you can just ram into the door as if you wanted to enter
bro read killing stalking 😭
fr
Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song ~
*Flashbacks starts* Oh god
I've escaped being chased and unlocked that room where do I go???
You have to go upstairs, on the left.
Woah, ein Spiel auf Deutsch! Das sieht man selten. Der Schreibstil war wirklich toll, der Anfang hat mich konstant zum lachen gebracht. Das Denglisch ist so on point. Nur vom Gameplay selbst war es n bissl schwierig... Ich hätt mir gewünscht, das Blickfeld wär n bisschen größer, und bin auch nicht gerade Fan von den klassischen RPGmaker Chase-Sequences. Aber ansonsten solides, schönes, kurzes Spiel, mit netten Charakteren und nem knuffigen Ende. Ich schau mir definitiv den Rest der Spiele an!
Hello, hope you're doing well. I was introduced to your games by my best friend, and this was my favorite of your works. I've only played Misfiction, Sofia, and MisTrick with him but I adored all of them. You did an AMAZING JOB on all the games, I love how every single one plays like a visual novel but it's a little different- you have to solve puzzles and everything is connected. To progress, you have to complete tasks or find items to unlock other items. Misfiction was great and I loved it so much, I don't always connect to characters easily but I just clicked with Rylan right away and was so intrigued, that he wasn't a typical sort of protagonist who was shaking in their boots n stuff but seemingly "unphased" and sarcastic to John's antics (absolutely hate him btw, no shade 2 you but JOHN IS SOO GROSS.) Even while unphased he was actually terrified deep down and I really liked how we briefly explored that reality in little snippets during the game/endings. ALSOO U DONT HAVE TO BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF RYLAN AND EUGENE. THEYRE SOO CUTE.
Overall, you did an amazing job!! I love the dialogue and how there's never a dull moment along with all the problem solving. I got stuck at so many points and was really forced to use my brain in order to progress, but was happy no walkthrough was needed (SOFIA HAD ME STUMPED THOUGH, I USED THE WALKTHROUGH MULTIPLE TIMES LMAO.) You're so talented and I commend you to keep creating!! I LOVE these types of stories where there is mystery and problem solving but also the QUEER REPRESENTATION??? ITS SO AMAZINGG AND I LOVE HOW YOU DIDN'T MAKE RYLAN LIKE JOHN JUST CUZ THEYRE BOTH GAY, YOU ACTUALLY KEPT THE CHARACTER LOGICAL. Pls keep it up, I will definitely check out ur other stuff!!! You are VERY cool :))
Aw, thank you so much! I've been told that Misfiction is a weak link when it comes to my titles, so I'm always happy to hear when someone doesn't share that sentiment. Misfiction always had a special place in my heart, because I think it carries a lot of the original rpgmaker era magic, more so than my other games. Also I did have ideas for a sequel that would tie in with another game of mine, but I currently have other games I am working on, so that'll have to wait.
very good game! i loved the music! sometimes i couldn't enter the closet but by restarting it got fixed,a small thing i found is that if in the stair section with the bear you go up(1 tile far from the bear and transitioning to the other part of the stair) and then down again you can get out of bounds, this works in the first section as well but its a bit harder
Really like this game! I got stuck a few times, but I made it. Great story!
I'm a little confused so I thought I'd ask did I need to download the game instead of playing on my web browser to get the extra ending? I found someone else who got it on yt and I'm pretty sure we made the same choices