The Giver's Contract
A downloadable game
The Giver's Contract is about you, your partner(s), or a group of friends playing an intense emotional experience: the horror and/or euphoria of becoming a monster. With a unique gameplay system and a variety of monsters to choose from, it's exciting to explore something different and dark compared to daily life, and daily life transformed by this new strangeness.
The game features:
- Three (3) Scenarios to choose from (and the power to design your own)
- Seven (7) Transformation Milestones (daily or weekly, you choose your pace)
- Seven (7) Monster Archetypes (from vampire to fleshy being, each have unique perks and downsides)
The game requires:
- Pencil, paper, or device for notes
- A d10 or d20, or RNG if you prefer
This game is designed for 2 or more players, however if you wished you could probably adapt it into a solo journaling experience with no problem at all!
This game was first created for the Hot Horror Jam in 2019, where the game had to be 4 pages or less. In the future, I would like to make a more fleshed out (pun intended) version, with more monsters, more art, more in-depth descriptions of transformation possibilities, more game campaign scenarios to choose from, more lore (I left it vague so people could choose their setting with more flexibility, but I would like to have world-building to provide) - just MORE. And character sheets! I made a thumbnail concept back when I was first designing this but never had the chance to create a full-size digital version for release. I also didn't get the opportunity to work in safety tools for this, and would like to be able to do that as well in a more fully realized, expanded version of this game. Until then, please use safety tools that work for you when playing this due to the nature of the game.
I may also rename this game in the future because to be honest, I was struggling with a good name for this back then and what I chose was based on a logic path that I never even explained anywhere. (It was "when faced with weird shit people will either come up with some big metaphoric greek/roman/latin/whatever name for something or just do something super basic. I went with basic in that the entity gives people monster stuff, so it's called The Giver. Anyway. I want to make something... more interesting in the future.)
That's all for now! Hope you enjoy the current version in the meantime!
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | Bard [REDACTED] |
Tags | body-horror, Experimental, Horror, Psychological Horror, Romance, tabletop-role-playing-game |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English |
Accessibility | Color-blind friendly, High-contrast |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Full Color PDF ReleaseOct 31, 2019