The Mysteries of Baroque
By Choice of Games LLC
Mad science raised you from the dead! Pursue justice or vengeance, love or secrets, as you save or destroy the world with forbidden eldritch power.
The Mysteries of Baroque is a 200,000-word interactive Gothic horror novel by William Brown, the place your selections management the story. It's completely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
One darkish and stormy night in a remote citadel in the mountains, you awake anew, resurrected by the brilliant Dr. Holofernes. But even a mad scientist can't keep you alive endlessly. As the procedure reverses itself over time, you will begin to die again. You should struggle to remain alive long sufficient hunt down your killers, avenge your self, and defend those you like.
Operating out of the mysterious Grand Guignol Theater, your quest will take you through the darkest shadows of town of Baroque, the City of Dreadful Night, from its vast subterranean slums to the opulent mansions of its jaded, debauched aristocracy. Will you lose your self in the distractions of romance, guarantee your individual survival through the Holofernes Procedure, or sacrifice everything to take your revenge?
• Play as male, female, or non-binary; homosexual, straight, or ace.
• Fight to reclaim your outdated life and identification – or make a new residence for yourself within the Grand Guignol Theater
• Trade your soul to a dark god in return for vengeance – or reject its help and battle alone.
• Stalk your killers by way of the glittering demimonde, mansions, and the slums.
• Learn the sanity-blasting secrets and techniques of the occult and danger your mind by unleashing them in your enemies.
• Use the facility of science to plot and build weird innovations: death rays, gliders, and hallucinogenic grenades.
• Augment your regenerating body with clockwork technology like wings, a digital camera eye, or metal claws.
• Uphold the forces of legislation and order, the revolutionary Worker’s Council, or the enigmatic Vendetta faction in the battle for Baroque’s soul.
• Embark on dream quests and night visions to learn new skills and uncover ancestral memories.
• Bring consolation and hope to the suffering residents of Baroque, or drive them additional into darkness in pursuit of vengeance.
You died betrayed. You died in pain. And your troubles are just beginning.
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