A Motley Bind
A downloadable game
As court jester, Isa is tasked with helping the princess cheer up before her coronation. A tall order, considering that Her Highness laughs only at her pain.
A linear visual novel (~20k words) made for Toxic Yuri VN Game Jam 2025.
CW: Violence & sexual harassment.
Story and art by: me(!)
Music:
Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke - Musicke & Mirth (Lady Hattons Delight), Phillip Serna, License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Greensleeves to a Ground, Paul Arden-Taylor, Carol Holt, License: Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal
Uppon la mi re, Peter van der Zwaag, License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Uppon la mi re, Michael Schopen, License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Anon - Medieval Dance Tunes, Paul Arden-Taylor, License: Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal
Background images: Pixabay and Unsplash
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Great writing! It’s a slow burn and the game really let me get to know the world of the jester deeply. Its believable, with a lot of dark subtlety and reading between the lines. I liked seeing the struggles that all the servants had to put up with in a princess story. It made me feel like I really was behind the scenes in a real castle. Wonderful toxic stuff. Thank you for sharing this.
ps: I think you meant to write “her molars push up” instead of “her morals push up” in one part.