The Dark Queen of Mortholme
A downloadable anti-game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
You are the Dark Queen—the most powerful being of your entire universe. Your lair is breached by an aspiring hero—a pitiful thing, easily crushed.
Except they keep coming back.
A 20 minute anti-game about an unconventional relationship and the capacity for change.
English, Español, Italiano, Português (Brazil), Pусский
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Development log
- Multilingual Mortholme32 days ago
- Another bug fix updateDec 17, 2024
- Post-release Bug FixesDec 10, 2024
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Some cheat for immortality for see what happened with much fight and with dialogues in infinite mode?
Disappointed that it wasn't yuri, other than that, awesome game, very fun, got all the endings.
My first play through was an awesome experience. A lot of emotion for a little game. I look forward to playing through more and seeing what else is in store.
i am glad that i played this game , because i got incredible emotions. I wish the author to continue in the same spirit and believe in himself. I will remember this experience.
It has been magnificent, it fills me with inspiration. I hope I can create something as beautiful someday.
Played it for the "poetic" view since I'm not a very skilled player when it comes to boss fights, and enjoyed the journey! Thanks a lot.
dash hit combo too strong just do a normal dash make it quite far then turn around to slam attack the dude just instant die. I killed him 5 times the same tactic and he gave up.
Amazing game. There is nothing I can say that wasn't already said. Very beautiful twist to boss fights
Hey Mosu, hello ! How can I reach you ?
I've just finished the game, and I'd like to help (for free, in case you were wondering) with a translation from English to French. Tell me if you're interested, I loved your game and I'd gladly help :)
I loved it
Me encanto :]
Precious Game. This is the kind of experiences i love from games. Thanks for doing this.
10/10
Jogaço em! Adorei! Me senti um chefão final no começo, depois tive a sensação de como é estar na pele deles e descobrir que meu destino é morrer.
So this is what Sans felt like huh? 12/10
Gayest game I played. I want more of their interactions.
I played The Dark Queen of Mortholme a few months ago, and somehow, it still enraptures me anytime i think about it. It keeps coming up in conversations—not because I’m trying to bring it up, but because it left that deep of an impression. There’s something so beautifully simple and powerful about the core concept that it sticks with you.
I almost never write reviews, but this one pulled it out of me. I had to say something. I genuinely adore this game.
That said, I think the best way to experience it is to go in blind. Don’t spoil it for yourself. Just let it happen.
It’s short. It won’t take much of your time. But it might stay with you a lot longer than you expect.
--🐾Halopaw Lamb
I played the English version first and I loved it. Today I played the version "in Spanish" and some dialogues do not hit as hard, perhaps because I am from Argentina and the Spanish used is from Spain or maybe because the translator change the history to make a hero girl. I would be grateful to be able to help with the "Spanish Latin American" version. Mail me: Segavi@live.com.ar
Its like the irresistible force paradox "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?" the hero cant stop coming and the queen wont stop fight but in this case the hero upgrade every time and the queen still same. The end is obvious
that was the gayest shit that i ever played. thank you. i sobbed.
would have loved to see them get along at the end. something like "enemy mine"
THIS GAME IS BROKEN :/ Many times this little a$$hole stood in front of me tanking my punch and HIS LIFE DID NOT DECREASE. It's not fair. The game is simply broken, weak :/ The story won't help here
The best Love story of our time!
Hello, I would like translate to Turkish, could you help me what i do?
“20 minutes” you say? I just spent a solid 2+ hours playing this and I STILL kept finding more dialogue options.
for those reading the comments to find out about endings: there are at least five endings with unique dialogue, 3 where the hero kills you, 1 where you give up (and they kill you), and 1 where they give up and you “win”.
I was really hoping there’d be one where the queen was able to escape the cycle and learn to change, but if there is one, I couldn’t find it.
still. very good game. highly recommend
Is there an Android version?
Loved it
Now make a visual novel where we go on a wholesome adventure and our hero spouse teaches us how the world beyond the throne room works
Yee another visual novel on itch.io....
Is there is a way to defeat the hero in your second phase?
Because I know you can do that in your first phase, but it just leads to the normal ending where you win.
I wonder if there is a second version of the ending where you defeat the hero via second phase.
(If there IS a second version of the ending where you win please dont spoil it to me, just say it exists.)
Edit: I dont think it actually exists. I made the hero quit via my second phase, but the ending didnt change.
I'll give it a couple more tries tho bcs I defeated him without reaching the fight where queen says "Lets see your corpse burn one last time".
i don't think there is an ending where you win, you can lose in diffrent ways, kinda (how your character responds atleast).
but you kan "beat" (kill) them in the second fase. but they still comeback. and if there was an ending where you win, i think that kinda ruins the point of the game.
By "beat" I meant making him give up.
You can make him give up by winning over and over again in your first phase.
But your second phase is unironically weaker than your first phase (atleast from gameplay perspective), which makes it nearly impossible to defeat him enough times to make him give up in the "final fight" where dialogue says "Lets see your corpse burn one last time".
I don't know if this is relevant, but even if I was always going into the second phase because of beng bad at the game (it was my third run), I was actually able to kill the hero in that "final fight", but it lead to him coming back and having another dialogue, althought I couldn't see if there was an ending since the game glitched due to me killing him in the first phase with the normal melee attack at the same time he hit me with his sword, triggering the second phase while he was dead. I got stuck in the second phase, my hp bar was not showing, neither was the hero's, and the hero was stuck in a running animation loop, following the queen at her left, right under her. I then spammed the second attack, but the hero was ivulnerable, probably due to the glitch, and I died somehow, triggering the normal ending. I reached there when I was only using the first options in the dialogues.
Also, I'm unsure about this, but I think in my first playthrough, the one I got the ending where you say that you don't want to hurt the hero (I later died to doing nothing when I chose that dialogue option). Is there a different ending with it? I don't know if it is my memory being bad, but I think in that plathrough the queen never kneeled and just touched him to burn him to ashes, she skipped that and hugged him, before I even reached the second phase. Also, when I reached the second phase, I think that the torches were unlit instead of being purple, although I'm not sure about this one.
A beautiful experience. Kinda sad now.
That was beautiful
omg
This game deserve a payment
Yes. Absolutely.
I wish there was more but this concept only really works as a micro game, 10/10 thank you for making this!
I really got into character, I love being an evil queen :D Thanks for making such a cool game!
I loved it. Such a simple idea and yet the game makes you feel how it would be to be the boss. The relationship between the two main characters is the best part. Also I really liked that there is a brazilian portuges translation. Though I didn't need it it's very cool to know the creator thought about us.
Loved the Reverse Dark Souls Mechanics.
Keep up the great work!
simplemente hermoso, me encanto alta historia y muy divertido los diálogos q tienen, buenos finales también
I really enjoyed the banter between the characters and the way their relationship evolves as they play their "unstoppable force vs immovable object" narrative.
Thanks for such a fun game!