The House of Seclusion

Two royal wives meet one evening,
in the darkness of Pharaoh’s harem.

Can you keep a secret?

This game was made in 10 days for O2A2 2025 - Visual Novel Jam, a micro Visual Novel Jam with strict asset limitations and a 1000 word limit. 

Content warnings (click to view)

This game contains numerous references to death and murder, and mentions animal death. There's nothing graphic but there is an uneasy and threatening atmosphere throughout. Player discretion advised.

Features

• A supernatural horror game set in Egypt in the 12th century BC
• 1000 words
• Three possible endings

Credits

• Writing, art, programming - Dizzy
• Music - Samuel F. Johanns
• Kinetic text tags - Wattson
• Ren'py Shader pack and text effects - Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
• Turin legal papyrus image - Papyrus Collection Museo Egizio
• The Herdsman's Tale translation -  Allen, J.P. (2015). Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom. Cambridge University Press, p.362.