New Indie Label Baron Du Juvenile Launches Two New Horror Games

Ever heard of WSS Playground? That’s the Japan-based indie games publishing label that brought us Needy Streamer Overload and Touhou Luna Nights.

Its parent company, Why So Serious (which is what the “WSS” stands for), has now launched another indie games label, Baron Du Juvenile.

What separates Baron Du Juvenile from its sister label is that this one focuses on “immersion to the artist’s creativity and individuality through ‘being a game and playing the game.'”

Baron Du Juvenile is a seperate new team, under a different leadership led by “Editor-in-Chief”, Tokumiya Miyamoto.

Miyamoto’s quote from the press release is just as avant-garde as the conceptualisation of Baron Du Juvenile. It goes like this:

Greetings!

Every heart & mind contains juvenility.

Through play, its beauty is magnified ——

Nurturing this is Baron Du Juvenile.

Tokumiya Miyamoto, Baron Du Juvenile Editor-In-Chief

And alongside this unveiling, the new publisher also released two new horror games.

The first one is Slay The Alice. It’s a roguelike horror game that’s only about making choices. No complex game mechanics like combat or even puzzle-solving.

Slay The Alice has you play as Alice, trapped in a world filled with unknown plants. It takes 30 minutes to complete a run, and four endings to experience (plus one extra secret ending).

The other new game is Waiting In The Lime Forest. This one is a point-and-click adventure that has horror and thriller elements.

Set in suburban America circa 1920s, you play as Edward, a lawyer who must clear his friend’s Oliver’s murder charge.

Waiting In The Lime Forest also has multiple endings. And for some reason, Edward is described to be “frequently stabbed and occasional makes his wife cry”.

Both titles are developed in-house at Why So Serious under the new Baron Du Juvenile label. There is the names of what looks to be individuals associated with either games,

If you’re curious in trying these indie games made in Japan, both games are out now on PC (Steam) for RM24.50 each, or RM49 as a 2-in-1 bundle. These look like very experimental, short, and avant-garde. More for the adventurous gamer who wants to try something that isn’t designed for the masses.

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