Pitchforks and Daggers

Quite short, but it's designed to make you replay your choices and there's a good spread of outcomes. With that in mind it really should be easier to skip through all the walking and animations, when you're just speed-running one different choice.

Really enjoyed it. I can see myself making multiple play throughs.

Pitchforks and Daggers is a very nice indie story game that challenges the player with kingdom-related dilemma such as choosing a happy populace, or a thriving and safe kingdom. The choices you have to make are tough, and in many cases I felt like it was a true dilemma, with no "correct" choices which is great in my opinion. A single-run playthrough took me about 2 hours, and after finishing the game you are presented with a "Load Game" option that allows you to jump back into major events in the story and choose a different path, which adds playtime and gives more life to the story. The story as a whole was well written, and many of the choices you have to make have real impact on the rest of your playthrough. But as with any Indie game made by a small team it's not going to be polished like some triple-A titles. Notably I felt like a lot of information was provided to the player and it was hard to keep track of the different characters, kingdoms and relationships, so I kept a notepad handy to write down some important stuff. All-in-all I think it's a cute game, reasonably priced and enjoyable with a very detailed story that has a lot of attention to detail.

A full playthrough was about 45 minutes though it looks like you can make fatal choices along the way which is a bit short but replayability seems to be the focal point. It's not very complex for scenes since 1-2 folks give advice before you make a choice. It still was enjoyable and I'd consider it worth playing again to see different outcomes.

Great game! I really liked the story.

Excellent premise, great execution. It's a fun little choices-matter kind of a game, where every run takes about an hour, and you can replay and pick other choices to see how things change. - Choices do matter, events change significantly - Story is good, characters have their own distinct character and role play is consistent. - Fun, short experience. (~1hr for a full story arc) that doesn't overstay its welcome. - You get to upset the pope. Kinda resembles historical events. I feel like the best comparison would be game of thrones of sorts, where you pick what happens. Recommended!

I liked it very much. I played twice and had a completely different story.

Really enjoyed this. Plays like a choose your own adventure book. Writing is decent too and the decisions are tough!