Where They Cremate The Roadkill

TL:DR WTCtR features spelling/grammar errors, underdeveloped gameplay, and basic scripting errors that will genuinely break your game. It's not only a pile of half-realized ideas built over an rpgmaker engine, but even with a team on this project (contrasted to Clowder working alone on his previous games), there are basic errors where I can accidentally sequence break the entire game due to coincidentally going back to a previous point. If you like atmospheric games with a flair for stressed angles, shuddering walls, and surrealist mish-mashes of old pop-art collages, you may like this game, but you'd likely prefer Middens instead. It's free, more functional, and less railroaded. When I say functional, I don't just mean the 'gameplay', which usually takes a backseat in walking sims or 'art games', but not Where They Cremate the Roadkill. This game is tightly bound to vague schizo-conspiratorial-core plot: of cycles of characters being groomed into serving demons, or lesser gods, or aliens. These cycles occur in the past, present, and future; where creativity and mental connection is a Neo-platonic projection given off by psychic, self-shaping beings. This can sound cool, but it g…

The difference between you and me is that i have a wine bar in my closet

I entered this game having played its two prequels, eager for another abstract RPG. Gingiva, the second in the trilogy, unexpectedly became one of my favorite RPGs of all time. I expected this game to be comparable hidden gem, only to slog through a broken, incomprehensible fever dream. One of this game's omnipotent flaws is the controls. WTCTR boasts the most unconventional, uncomfortable and convoluted set of controls I've ever experienced. Even after remapping everything to a controller, I still fumbled through my playing experience. "Point-&-Click Adventure" elements are shoved in through additional mouse controls, adding further complication. While the game expects you to discover secrets through clicking on suspicious areas, the interaction hitboxes on those areas are miniscule and disjointed from the object. This leads to the entire concept devolving into blindly clicking on every notable piece of scenery trying to stumble into a secret. The menus themselves can be difficult to navigate due to the lack of proper labels outside of the game's manual. You'll find yourself navigating through a labyrinth of submenus within submenus, most of which serving seemingly…

That was amazing! This game is truly unique and it challenges the player in many ways. This is like nothing I will ever play again, I'm sure of it. Although it was very abstract and experimental, it worked, and this game became very addicting. The artwork, animation, music and atmosphere are sublime and the NPC character sprites are excellent. Creativity simply oozes out of this game. I feel I've developed a nostalgia for this game, already, even though I've just completed it. I'm certain I will come back and replay it in the near future. 10/10 game.

I don't understand a single s**t of what's happening but I love it

8 Minutes in and it is the most amazing thing I've ever witnessed. I'm crying, but my tears aren't salty. Little bit of pre-♥♥♥ too.