Dungeons & Diagnoses — a fantasy therapy sim where your patients are cursed heroes, dark lords, and burned-out adventurers Hey everyone! I just released my first indie game and wanted to share it here. The premise: you’re the kingdom’s only psychotherapist. Patients arrive convinced they’re cursed, haunted, or marked by fate. Your job is to listen carefully, spot contradictions, and figure out what’s actually going on beneath all the fantasy drama. A guard paralyzed by fear calls it a curse. A rogue on a self-destructive spiral blames a hex. A hero who can’t stop taking on impossible quests says it’s prophecy. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t. Gameplay:

Branching dialogue to gather symptoms A handbook system to compare diagnoses Drag-and-drop prescriptions Multiple outcomes — wrong diagnosis can ruin lives or unleash chaos

It blends dark humor with genuinely emotional storytelling in a cozy medieval setting. Made in Godot, free to download (name your own price), still in early development. 🌍 The game is available in 8 languages: English, Ukrainian, German, French, Portuguese, Czech, Simplified Chinese, and Russian — so hopefully most of you can play it in your native language. Feedback is very welcome — especially on writing, pacing, and whether the diagnoses feel fair. 👉 https://sontayo.itch.io/dungeons-diagnoses

  • Sontayo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    You’re right, I don’t fully understand the depth of it. I know it’s about artists whose work was used to train these models without consent or compensation — and that crediting the AI tool doesn’t address that at all. I wanted to make games — it’s something I genuinely care about. But I’m a solo dev with no budget, and hiring an artist simply isn’t an option for me right now. AI was the only path I found that made this possible at all. I understand that doesn’t make it okay for everyone, and I’m not trying to pretend otherwise.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Do shitty MS Paint drawings. If your game is good, the visuals are, at best, tertiary. Especially here on Lemmy.

      • Sontayo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        3 months ago

        That’s actually a fair point. I’ll keep it in mind for future updates. Thanks.

        • Sontayo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Fair point. My English isn’t great so I used AI to help phrase things properly — but the thoughts and decisions were mine. Guess I should have mentioned that too.

        • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Counterpoint—I use em-dashes cause I like them, and that makes people think I’m a robot. Fuck ‘em, I can be a robot if I wanna be.