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Lost in another world, a woman deciphers monsters’ speech through clues and choices while searching for a way out.
Released 31 May 2023
Decode Monster Speech
Read Gestures and Objects
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Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Developed by 八名木Games · Published by Gamera Games
The protagonist wakes in another world inhabited by non-human beings and searches for a way to escape. Homicipher: Demo presents the first chapter of a horror adventure with a possible romantic edge to encounters with its monster characters.
In this point-and-click adventure, you investigate objects and talk with creatures to work out their unfamiliar language. Expressions, gestures, and what characters point to help you infer what their words mean.
Choices affect how events unfold: some open new branches, while others can lead to an immediate game over. Acquired flags unlock more choices, and you can retry from just before a game over or revisit earlier scenes to try different actions.
Players who enjoy the demo often highlight its unusual language-deciphering mechanic, especially figuring out words from context, gestures, and objects. Reviews also mention the mix of eerie encounters and monster romance, along with an appealing mysterious atmosphere. Some players, however, find the demo ends too soon or the language clues hard to follow.
This Trial version included the first chapter of Homicipher.
The savedata of Trial version will not be available for the final version.
Update date: January 22, 2025 ver 4.0
This is a trial version, so updates may be made without prior notice.
Please note that save data from previous versions may become incompatible.
When the protagonist wakes up, they find themselves lost in a different world. As they learn the words of the mysterious monsters that speak a strange language, they search for a way to escape. Along the way, will they fall in love with the monster men who come to their aid...? Really?
In this alternate world, a different language is used. Players will interpret and dechiper characters' words through expressions, gestures and the objects they point to.
The language of this world isn’t as refined as human languages. One meaning is concentrated in one word, with almost no particles; a string of words conveys only a rough meaning.
This is a point-and-click adventure game. Players will investigate items to learn words or engage in conversation to progress.
Choices for actions are available at various points. Small changes in development, branching paths, or even instant death can occur.
Even if you reach a game over, you can retry from just before without any penalties.
There’s no affection management, and acquiring flags will unlock more choices. Players can freely jump back to previously encountered scenes from chapters and try again. Play comfortably and easily!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
