Breakfast Cult Demo

Teenagers solving mysteries is not a new concept, especially not in video games or anime series. The fact that they are not yet adults with problems or families of their own means that the writers do not have to think too much about their background stories, nor work too hard on their personalities. However, it’s important that they evolve along the way and learn new things while solving the mysteries.

Breakfast Cult is a simple visual novel with horror and RPG elements, in which you are part of a student club that takes on various occult mysteries and tries to solve them. There are no intriguing new gameplay mechanics at play here, since most of your time is spent watching the screen and clicking through the dialog, but every now and again you get to make a choice and change the outcome of the story.

Since this is just an early alpha release for the game’s Kickstarter campaign, it’s only natural that there’s not a lot of content included. In fact, it’s difficult to say what the plot is going to be like, even if you meet some of the characters in the demo at hand. The mystery should be quite intriguing, on the other hand, otherwise the whole experience loses its appeal.

Even in this demo you can make a few choices, although they obviously do not affect the overall story. These decisions are meant to show you how much control you have over the plot, since you can choose to approach the mysteries using a variety of methods. Naturally, romance is a possibility as well, even if there are not that many choices at your disposal.

Lastly, the graphics are not quite done yet, although the backgrounds included with the demo are quite detailed and nice. The same cannot be said about the characters, on the other hand, because they are not yet shaded or even colorized. Thus, the outlines are not very pretty at the moment, but then again at least you can imagine how everything is going to look when it’s done.

All things considered, Breakfast Cult is in a very early stage at the moment, so it’s difficult to give an informed opinion. However, it would appear that the developers are on the right track, so you can head out and support their Kickstarter campaign if you wish to do so.