DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

Jesse Makkonen

About this game

THE GAME

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game.

You step into the shoes of an ambitious young man named Price.

In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman.
In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

This is his story and the tale of his regrets...

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FEATURES

DISTRAINT is a horror-novel style of game. It is dark and grim but also has its share of dark humor.

The story progresses quickly which allows for several settings and scenarios.
Your journey will last around two hours!

The gameplay is simple but effective: You move left and right and solve puzzles to progress through the atmospheric story.

• Side scrolling 2D with unique, hand drawn graphics
• Atmospheric music and sound design
• Minimalist interface so your focus never wavers from the experience
• Delve into a unique story full of intriguing twists
• One man effort - No asset flips or cheap tricks, just hard work!

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DELUXE

DISTRAINT has been doing quite well thanks to the awesome community!
Deluxe Edition is my thanks to you. Take a look at what's new:

• Dynamic coloring - Goodbye gray, hello color!
• Enhanced animation, graphics, and lighting effects
• Refined audio for better atmosphere
• Improved user interface

Ratings and reviews

A great little indie game. Short enough to finish in one sitting, but still long enough for its message to come through. The art is wonderfully atmospheric, and most of the music tracks are pretty good too. The one drawback is a frustrating set of timed puzzles that ruin the otherwise good pacing, but if you can look past that, Distraint is a true gem. It's nice to see an indie horror game that doesn't rely on jump scares. Late night coffee runs won't be quite the same after playing this one!

Very good except one part (with the green glowing spots on the wall) where you have to move the character very quickly with a lot of precision and the controls just aren't good enough to do this. This one part made me stop playing once and almost the second time I played through. If this were fixed it would be a great game.

Decent game, too short for my liking, doesn't offer many areas to explore so puzzles are way too easy. Yes this includes the infamous mushroom part, this has nothing to do with controls, you just have to remember which doors/directions to go, once done correctly the timer isn't difficult at all. Game story got too over the top, atmosphere is nice though, in some parts the music actually hurt my ears, RIP earbud users. :'D