Curse of the Mantle
On April 2nd 1944, NBC Radio aired "The Curse of the Mantle" as an episode on Weird Circle, a radio drama series consisting of horror and weird fiction.
When the governor's niece Lady Eleanore receives a cursed mantle, she begins to change and her life falls apart pulling the entire town with her. Her fiance George Helwyse who tried before to warn her about the mantle, dedicates his life to get rid of it. This is a kinetic novel based on the radio drama adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Lady Eleanore's Mantle, to hear the radio drama, it is available at Relic Radio.
Curse of the Mantle is a walking simulator retelling this story. There are no fail states, player moves around interacting with characters to further the story.
Box art and bonus wallpaper by Meagan Trott.
This game was adapted from an 1838 story and a radio drama that was aired in 1944, some of the themes and views in this presentation may be antiquated and do not reflect the views and beliefs of the developer.
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I really enjoyed this. Great art. Nice comfy little story. I would definitely play more stories recreated like this. This is a novel concept you got here. Deff gonna share this one around.
Thank you! I definitely do have more planned in the future, I still have my main project to work on but more adaptations like this are coming
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