USURPER GHOUL
An exploratory game about a fallen kingdom. Made with GB Studio, PyxelEdit, and Milkytracker.
Return (start) - Inventory. Z (a) - interact. X (b) - cancel. Arrows (D-pad) - Move, navigate start menu.

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spoiler: how to get the ending guide
At the start, go left and enter the tunnel. Pick up the malodorous flower (green) at the dead end. Leave and head right along the rocky path with three sets of stairs, then take the right path down. Talk to the guard, offer him the malodorous flower, and enter the village. Visit the flower shop in the middle of the village, give the malodorous flower to the shopkeeper, and interact with the two shelves to acquire the comely flower and erudite stick. (shown in two red circles in the image)
Go to the town hall located south of the village. Keep interacting with everyone inside the building and offering the comely flower back and forth; you may need to leave and re-enter the room multiple times, and talk to the same person several times (i think 10 times flower offering in total is enough) until the mayor says, “You are popular now.” Go to the city hall rooftop, Dourven will tell you to meet Febula, and you need to return Febula flower to Selvura, then Selvura will give you threshold stickHead west and down from the village to reach the canyon, and unlock all the silver doors., then return to the starting point (the garden) and unlock the only bronze door to the Remembrance Walls.
in Remembrance Walls, find a cavern with the lambent stick, which can be used to light the pyres in the canyon. The puzzle trick is that once you light the correct pyre, leaving and re-entering the room will keep it lit. Make all six are in the correct order. Enter the bottom building in canyon, take the final dominion rock, then head far north to light three large pyres and enter the tower. Climb 28 floors (not a bug) to the top, walk north to finish the game — this is the imperfect ending, where the game tells you “You rejected your task.” Click continue to respawn at the canyon castle, go inside again, and use the annihilation stick to end every NPC’s life. Climb the tower again to get the true ending.
There’s actually more secret to this, like the essential rock (you use an erudite stick to read a book next to one prophet, then talk to him to acquire it)
lighting up the pyre in the Remembrance in the village also has a suprise
the horrid flower in the castle of Remembrance Walls is a very fun item as well
Beautiful worldbuilding and atmosphere. I was extremely lost, and wandered around getting treated like trash by all the locals, and gave up relatively early on. A shame, it has gorgeous colors.
This game doesn't have a single guide how to finish the game and now i don't know what to do and what is the main story of this. It's just confusing on what I'm doing right now. But although, it's still cute though, I'm still figuring out how does this game works.
im so lost
Lmao I killed a child
Not able to get this to work on an updated android, tried john emulator, my boy, and nostalgia gbc. Halp?
I've tried every thing I can think of but I'm stumped after getting the stone from the blind lady. I lost my stick to the guard at the way station and the shop doesn't have another. Can I have a hint?
Shop has another
Really gorgeous. Looking forward to diving in!
Wow! this is amazing, exactly what I was looking for!!! :) thank you!
This game is fascinating but also extremely confusing. I’m excited to keep exploring this bizarre little world
Your use of color blew my mind. I had no idea you could actually use that many colors in GB Studio. Thank you for the inspiration, and opening new doors for my own game I am developing!
found a glitch select rock then press two arrows at once then it will flash the things of return and the tree things and it wont stop
I lit all three of the last king's pyres but the corresponding barrier didn't open. Is there something else I need to do?
Edit: Yep there was something else, didn't realize at first
I'd loooove to pick up a physical release of this!
If you pause in the shop and unpause, the shopkeeper moves back to position and you can't get out! :S
YOU MAKE VIDEO GAMES NOW
big fan of your work btw!!
Oh crud, I downloaded this because I've been downloading all the gameboy studio games I can for my new flash cartridge, hours later I realize it's Evan Dahm?! Am a fan of Rice Boy and Order of Tales, need to catch up with Vattu - I was excited to play this, but even more so now!
This isn't set in Overside, is it? Anyway real pleased to bump into your work again. I hope 2020 is treating you well. Cheers!