Rules and Instructions

This is the demo for Rules and Instructions, a short visual novel/adventure game where you play as a newly hired custodian on the night shift at the local zoo. To better demonstrate the scope of the game, the demo puts you in the role of the position's previous occupant as they complete their final night of work. The demo streamlines some of the exploration, puzzle-solving, and time-management aspects of the game so that new players can be better introduced to the game's setting.

The demo has some easter eggs for those prone to exploring, but nothing too spectacular. There are two primary endings, one of which has minor variations depending on the actions taken by the player. This demo is still in development, and will likely have an expanded version in the near future.

The game runs on a custom-made engine, tentatively named ScarletCore, powered by C and SDL2, and uses entirely original assets. The engine (in development) is open source, and available at https://github.com/tstwizby/ScarletCore/tree/master. Full credits are provided in the file credits-full.txt

Currently, the demo is only available for Windows, but I intend to make a Linux version as well eventually. I have the ability to make a Mac version, but not to distribute it effectively unfortunately due to Apple's policies. If you encounter any problems running the game, please let me know and I will do my best to help.