385: Slay the Princess

You’re here to slay the princess. Don’t believe her lies.

This horror adventure (visual novel?) sets you a simple if trope-reversing task right in the title, then blows the doors off with an extraordinarily wide branching structure. There’s a lot to talk about with this one!

• slaytheprincess.com
• The Magnus Archives
• Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games by Sam Kabo Ashwell
• Chapters | Slay the Princess Wiki | Fandom

• (00:00) - Slay the Princess
• (42:59) - What's Making Us Happy This Week
• (43:15) - Laura: Night Of The Hunter
• (47:43) - Raygan: Framework Laptop
• (53:22) - Nate: Spidah-Mahn
• (58:56) - Shane: The Killer
• (01:09:49) - Admin and Outro
• (01:11:23) - Spoiler Break

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