The Determined Ones
A downloadable TDOGame for Windows and macOS
The Determined Ones is a multi-chapter visual novel death game made on Rpg Maker MV.
Walking home from his high school graduation, Tuff contemplates what he'll do for his summer. Unfortunately, he is kidnapped and woken up with several others in a strange location.
The purpose of their abduction becomes clear: To partake in a death game, the UNDERDOG GAME, where someone is forced to die after partaking in a minigame each day until one player remains.
Will the group be able to figure something out before they target each other or even reason why they're there in the first place? Will Tuff survive these trials testing him at every turn? Even when each person is one of his friends, including the mastermind?
Or will someone else be determined enough to be the last one standing?
Let the game begin.
- Multiple chapters!
- Decide the fate of others and split into multiple routes!
- Unique minigames per chapter!
- The prologue demo features two escape rooms!
- A cast of characters who believe they know each other well!
- Demo Length: 30 minutes- 1 hour!
This game has several trigger warnings. While one chapter may not display it, another might, so please exercise caution when playing.
Click here for warnings:
Flashing lights, violence, implications/depictions of death and suicide, mental health, and bullying.
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Credits! (Click here):
-Sprite Artist: Saibibi-VN Sprites: Swizzlep0p
-CG Artist: TemTeno
-Script Editing: Crosspaw
-Video trailer: Kinjo Goldbar
-Title Cards: AC
-Playtesters: Zetaken, Miragecoordinator, CyberSe7en
-Music: RPG Maker and DOVA-SYNDROME
Further credits can be found on the in-game title screen!
Interested in keeping up with development? Follow the game's development here on Discord, or here on Twitter!
Download the prologue demo now!
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Development log
- Happy Valentine's Day!39 days ago
- Demo Guide42 days ago
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Apologies if the formatting is off, my computer is being weird.
Right now the story feels somewhat disjointed. The extremely fast introduction goes right into the initial puzzle, then there's the somewhat arbitrary group conflict, and then things go to the rules explanation. There's not a lot of time to go into who the characters are or why the audience is supposed to care for them. Based on the plot points so far, I get the sense that there's a plot reason why the intro was so short, but as is, the cast is somewhat indistinguishable from each other.
Gameplay wise, the sprites are well done, but the assets have a serious clash between fantasy and technology themes. There's a castle, but with robots, office rooms, air conditioning and machinery? If this is purposeful, it could make for a neat story hook, but it needs to be woven into the story in some way. As is, there's a very "default asset" vibe to the graphics.
I know I've being critical, but there's definitely potential here. The concept of everyone already knowing each other gives some interesting room to work with, and the puzzles were engaging, if a bit finicky. While I never found myself frustrated with the game, I also never found myself really engrossed so far. There's not really anything specific that's "missing" and the game isn't bad by any means, but it needs something extra to stand out from the crowd. But I think with some further refinement, this could turn into something special.
Wishing you the best of luck!
I think the formatting is fine; Thank you for your criticism! I sincerely appreciate it!
I'm glad at least there were no glitches/bugs in your playthrough!
Really nice demo!! Super excited to see where it goes ^_^
Thank you!