Don's Curse

A comedy mystery inspired by classic Game Boy adventures.

Investigate supernatural mysteries, solve strange cases and help Don break a curse that turns him into a donkey whenever he insults someone.

• 🫏 Every insult turns Don into a donkey.
• 🔎 Investigate strange supernatural mysteries.
• 👊 Meet unforgettable (and slightly unhinged) characters.
• 🎮 Play on desktop or mobile with a fully interactive Game Boy-inspired virtual console.

Characters

Don

Foul-mouthed student from the State University (SU). He's quite fond of online games, but doesn't have many friends to play with due to his toxic behavior. His habit of cursing people leads him to a dreadful fate: a powerful curse cast by the Sea Goddess herself. Now, whenever he curses someone, he is immediately turned into a donkey.

The only way to turn Don back into a human is for someone to praise him or call him "cute". Even though this turns him back to human, he's usually wearing no clothes when he reverts the transformation.

Milla

Engineering student at SU and Don's downstairs neighbor. Dedicates herself to her studies, and is at the top of her class. She's constantly bothered by Don's tantrums during his online gaming sessions.  Has an incredibly strong straight punch.

Due to a side effect of Don's curse, she gets an annoying headache whenever Don transforms into a donkey.

Johan

Don's colleague and teacher (?). Currently studying at SU against the will of his parents, Johan likes to play online games with Don. Even though Don doesn't like it, Johan is always giving out advice on how to play better, calling himself Don's "teacher".

Due to a side effect of Don's curse, Johan's bowels go haywire whenever Don is turned into a donkey.

Mother Diane

A shamanic priest who devotes herself to the Goddess of the Sea. She witnessed the moment when her deity cast a dreadful curse upon Don, unleashing her wrath on the foul-mouthed young man. Now she's trying to help him find a way to heal the curse.

She doesn't charge devotees for her religious services, so, most of the time you can find her selling crab cakes at Biriba Beach to make ends meet.

Exploration Mode

In exploration mode, an exclamation symbol will appear above Don's head when there's an interactive object in front of him. You can press J / SPACEBAR / ENTER to interact with this object.

It's possible to skip or reset the exploration scene by accessing the menu using the P / ESC keys.

Action	Keyboard 1 ⌨	Keyboard 2 ⌨	Gamepad / Virtual Gamepad 🎮
Walk around	WASD	-	D-Pad / Left Stick
Use object / Accept	J	SPACEBAR / ENTER	A
Cancel	K	ESC	B
Change palette	L	-	2 (XBox Back, Select)
Menu	ESC	P	1 (XBox Menu, Start)

VN Mode

Press J / SPACEBAR / ENTER keys to follow the character's dialogue. You can access the VN Mode menu with the ESC / P keys and:

• Auto Play: follows the dialogue automatically
• Skip: skips the current VN scene to the next one
• Log: check previous dialogue texts
• Options: get access to palette and audio volume options
• Quit: returns to the main game menu

Action	Keyboard 1 ⌨	Keyboard 2 ⌨	Gamepad / Virtual Gamepad 🎮
Follow dialog / Accept	J	SPACEBAR/ENTER	A
Cancel	K	ESC	B
VN Menu	P	ESC	1 (XBox Menu, Start)
Change palette	L	-	2 (XBox Back, Select)

Credits for borrowed assets:

• Pixel art font: Daniel Linssen's m5x7 TrueType font