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The full version is out!!
You can buy the Windows and Mac versions from either itch.io, Gamejolt or Steam.


Here is a discord link to anyone interested: https://discord.gg/bJES7Sp
Thanks to Vague/iopiop123 for getting it started!




What is Fear & Hunger

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. Four misfortuned adventurers dwell deeper and deeper to the darkness and uncover the secrets this ancient fortress holds inside. The fortress works as an ancient nexus for different planes of existence. The depths are in an eternal turmoil as both old and new gods struggle for power, it’s up to the players to choose their position and stance in all of this.

The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG. Fear & Hunger is heavy on atmosphere and ruthless in its difficulty.


Features:

  • Oppressive and relentless atmosphere

  • 4 different character classes and many additional characters to recruit

  • 9 different endings

  • Different game modes, including a super secret one unlocked upon beating the game

  • Unforgiving and unique gameplay

  • Randomized elements to keep the game fresh with subsequent playthroughs

  • Turn-based Strategic Dismember Combat System

  • Numerous unique gameplay systems

  • Graphical art style mixing pixel art with digital painting

  • Original ambient soundtrack creating the dreary mood


The world of Fear & Hunger is VERY dark. THE GAME IS MEANT ONLY FOR MATURE AUDIENCES! Extreme violence and gore are everyday sights in the dungeons and death is one of the easier ways to go in the game. The game has drug and substance abuse, heavy themes ranging from self-mutilation to sexual violence. None of the themes are taken lightly however. They are all part of the world building and there to create the unique atmosphere where the game measures just how far the player is willing to go in order to survive.

Parts of the dungeon layout, events, loot and enemy placements are randomized with few different variations to keep things fresh with subsequent playthroughs. The game is designed with the classic trial and error formula, so you can expect to start the game over and over again. But as long as you learn from your mistakes, you can quickly find yourself at the deeper levels of the dungeon.

The combat in Fear & Hunger is turn-based akin to classic role-playing games, but with a twist of its own. You can target individual limbs of your enemies to dismember them strategically and thus maximize your chances for survival. However, just the same, enemies can also cut off the arms and the legs of your playable characters if you are not careful. You need to prepare well for every encounter if you wish to stay alive. But don’t forget that running away from threats is often the best solution as well. There are many ways for survival in Fear & Hunger - You can find better equipment, learn different blood and love magic, fuse characters into each other, pray different gods, talk your way out of battles, meet new party members, snipe enemies from distance, use traps to disable them… and so on. The Idea is to use what you got at your disposal and be creative with it.

Latest Blog

Featured Game Give Away!

Oh wow! Fear & Hunger got on the front-page? Wasn't expecting this.

RMN, you have my deepest gratitude! RPG Maker community has a dear place in my heart, despite not being that active member around these parts of internet. I actually started my game making on Don Miguel's forums ages ago and it had a very big impact in me eventually returning to this stuff. And that's also the reason I've stuck with RPG Maker, despite what 99% of internet tells me. So getting featured here really means a lot to me.

To celebrate the front-page spot, here are few free Steam keys for the game. First ones to get them, gets them, sorry :/ Please don't hog more than one!

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Would love to hear what everyone thinks of the game. It's a bit divisive and I don't mind even heavier criticism.
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  • orange-
  • iopiop123
    kumada
  • RPG Maker MV
  • Adventure RPG
  • 01/13/2017 11:40 PM
  • 05/30/2023 01:45 PM
  • 12/11/2018
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author=moos
I've been hoping this would get featured game. Totally deserves the recognition.

Definitely, I keep forgetting it's an rpg maker game with how well composed the game and graphics are, plus how risque the game itself is.
I've been hoping this would get featured game. Totally deserves the recognition.
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author=dethmetal
Congratulations on the release and on featured game status! Just purchased over on Itch.io. I am greatly looking forward to playing this and I have been for a long time!


Awesome! I think the game is in the best shape it has ever been with the latest update, so maybe it's for the better that you only got it now!
Congratulations on the release and on featured game status! Just purchased over on Itch.io. I am greatly looking forward to playing this and I have been for a long time!
author=Muneebsajid
As a gift for my birthday bro
lol sorry man. I'm actually trying to make a living by making games. I'd love to have enough money to release these things free, but currently I'm more concerned where I can scrap enough money for my next rent :P
Can you upload the full version for free bro I have no money bro
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@jigsawh, There's definitely a steep learning curve. There are ways you can save (there's a consumable item that lets you do it, and there's a location where you can do it although there's a risk that you'll end up in a boss fight when you do), and there are some spendable resources that make combat easier.

Guards are imho among the hardest basic enemies in the game, since there's so much bad stuff they can do, but depending on what class you're playing you might have some options.

If you can hit them with arrows or traps before you get into combat, you'll have a safer fight. If you have the Hurting spell, you can 100% accuracy nail them in the head and win combat at the expense of some sanity.

Otherwise, avoid them, and if you do get into fights, your chance to hit the head goes up the more limbs you pick off. Target the cleaver arm first. Both their off-hand and their, uh, kickstand have attacks that can insta you, but you should be fine if you target one first and then the other. After that they'll start tackling you for high damage, so you're not truly safe, but you should be able to survive the fight mostly intact some of the time.

tl;dr guards are bad news, hit them with traps if you can

And if you haven't already, try taking the left path from the starting area.
author=jigsawh
this game is so hard. I wish I could save anywhere. Tips please.

How far you've gotten so far? A general rule of the thumb would be to avoid battles. Also the game gets increasingly easier with every new party member, so find company! Also if one path feels too difficult, you might want to try another route. There are few alternate paths down in the first 1/3 of the game.
this game is so hard. I wish I could save anywhere. Tips please.
Crow Mauler's not as bad as he was in earlier versions, and once you kill him he'll stop showing up while you sleep, but unless you have Hurting, I recommend not facing him with only one party member.

You can probably beat him with just your character, the girl, and some rocks from one of the minecarts, though.
author=kumada
You can get books of enlightenment in a couple of places in the dungeon, usually whenever you reach a major checkpoint in the story, but you can also save in the bed in the side dungeon, and there are a lot of easy backtracks that lead there. Alternately, you can *sort of* craft books of enlightenment if you can get an empty scroll and a quill.


SRSLY!? Thanks for the Info @kumada, I already explore to save my data in bed, but Crow Mauler is there, hahaha, thanks for the info, gotta play with this game now easy
You can get books of enlightenment in a couple of places in the dungeon, usually whenever you reach a major checkpoint in the story, but you can also save in the bed in the side dungeon, and there are a lot of easy backtracks that lead there. Alternately, you can *sort of* craft books of enlightenment if you can get an empty scroll and a quill.
author=orange-
author=Auriel
What a great game! I'm a BIG FAN of indie RPGs'
but I only have one question, what is the purpose of having an sexual activity with others? if im right it can be found in the northern west of courtyard, its very disturbing and it bothers me XD

anyways I always lose, huhuhu, I always depends on save game data progress, this game is hard to save data progress, its hard to repeat and repeat and to repeat again, but I like the game a big THUMBS UP HAVE FUN FEAR and HUNGER!
You can heal up with the said activity! :-D It's actually connected to one of the gods so there is a lore reason behind it and all the other similar activities.

But I'm glad you like the game! Hang in there! Even if it feels hard at times, there are always ways around the deaths that might first seem inevitable.

@orange-
yes, I figure it out a lil, I think its connected to The Old God Sylvian, lots of secrets... (>:] smirk)


author=kumada
Auriel, there's a couple of other bits in the game you may want to avoid. The thing in the courtyard is not the only bit of sexual horror in Fear And Hunger. Losing combat to a Guard, or losing a coin flip to a Harvestman, or choosing "Show Love" in a ritual circle, or using a spell to create a demon ally is worse.

There's plenty of horror in Fear And Hunger that isn't sexual horror, but you said that stuff bothered you, so I wanted to warn you so you don't stumble into it blind.
@kumada
I like how this game awake the innocence of the players,

Hey guys, I played all of the Characters and being defeated again it challenge me every time I fail, wondering the lores and the story of the game.


Anyways, I'm the type of person who read the wiki of the game... for those who works the wiki of the game, hihihi, I want to read more about it, also, some of the part of wiki(article) is still empty... http://fearandhunger.wikia.com/wiki/%22Fear_and_Hunger:_the_Tormentpedia%22_Wiki


I wish that, the maker of the game makes the "Book of enlightenment" being craftable with common material, thats only I wish for, because I can stay long in my PC, I have to maintain my Body Healthy... :D
Auriel, there's a couple of other bits in the game you may want to avoid. The thing in the courtyard is not the only bit of sexual horror in Fear And Hunger. Losing combat to a Guard, or losing a coin flip to a Harvestman, or choosing "Show Love" in a ritual circle, or using a spell to create a demon ally is worse.

There's plenty of horror in Fear And Hunger that isn't sexual horror, but you said that stuff bothered you, so I wanted to warn you so you don't stumble into it blind.
author=Auriel
What a great game! I'm a BIG FAN of indie RPGs'
but I only have one question, what is the purpose of having an sexual activity with others? if im right it can be found in the northern west of courtyard, its very disturbing and it bothers me XD

anyways I always lose, huhuhu, I always depends on save game data progress, this game is hard to save data progress, its hard to repeat and repeat and to repeat again, but I like the game a big THUMBS UP HAVE FUN FEAR and HUNGER!

You can heal up with the said activity! :-D It's actually connected to one of the gods so there is a lore reason behind it and all the other similar activities.

But I'm glad you like the game! Hang in there! Even if it feels hard at times, there are always ways around the deaths that might first seem inevitable.
What a great game! I'm a BIG FAN of indie RPGs'
but I only have one question, what is the purpose of having an sexual activity with others? if im right it can be found in the northern west of courtyard, its very disturbing and it bothers me XD

anyways I always lose, huhuhu, I always depends on save game data progress, this game is hard to save data progress, its hard to repeat and repeat and to repeat again, but I like the game a big THUMBS UP HAVE FUN FEAR and HUNGER!