Quarantine ME: Path B [Demo]

This is not a video game.
It is not designed to entertain you, nor to amuse you.

It is a tool for assessment: a slow, imperfect, and at times uncomfortable exploration of how you react, choose, and relate to the unknown.

Set in the Block, Path B explores themes of labor, obedience, and resource management. It was the very first path created for the game:  essential, functional, and deliberately unpolished.

In this demo, your assignment to Path B is not a choice.
It may not suit you. It might even resist you.
But from here, one of 12 possible endings awaits.
As an early demo, some feedback may feel blunt or misaligned.
Path B is for those who measure themselves through work
....but not everyone does.

We invite you to experience it for what it is: an inner journey, not a consumer product.

If you are looking for a video game, this is not for you.

If you are looking for yourself, you might be in the right place.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3708520/quarantine_ME/

Discord: https://discord.gg/STUGtBjkXd

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I wasn’t really scared when watching horror games that featured ghosts or creatures.

But I did feel fear when I witnessed a flower that had completely decayed, even though I believed I had done my best.

I’m not sure whether that fear came from a deep-rooted evolutionary response to the concept of decay, or from the fear of failure stemming from my own choices—or perhaps both.

Lately, I’ve been feeling stressed, constantly thinking about all the times my choices ended up harming me in hindsight.

It’s made me wonder if I’m simply not ready to truly face myself.

Oh, and by the way, why this game have NSFW and Erotic tag?

That's because, if one is a game streamer, they might be sensitive to that kind of content.

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I’m really glad you appreciated the narrative context of Quarantine ME.
Maybe it won’t help to know, but… the weight of your choices could have saved the flower.
The game is still in development. I hope you’ll keep following it here or on Steam. Every 1–2 months I release a new demo featuring a different path (next week, path B - “Blocks” will be out).

As for the NSFW and Erotic tags… sorry about that! There’s no such content for now and I only used those tags to get a bit more visibility 😅

HERE’S MY REVIEW!

DEMO FIXED!

nice game, so far I only found 4 endings but I liked all 4, good job

The development of Q.ME is ongoing!
D8FB is finally complete. In the upcoming weeks I will release a new version including D8FB, D9F, Path F completed and animated. 

FIXED apk uploaded =)

FIXED!!
Now the Title Screen will appear correctly on phones browser. Tomorrow I'll update the apk as well. 
NO MOAR BLACK SCREENS, YAY!

QUICK MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR
There's a bug affecting the game from mobile device (either if downloaded or played in browser) that turns the screen way too dark then intended. 
I'm actually at work to fix this issue, hopefully it will resolved soon. 
I'll update it asap, so stay tuned!

I'll never get out (MAIN THEME)

PATH F EXPLANATION:

F stands for flower. This path is dedicated to those who explore the process of becoming, here indicated by the plant growth and its chance to bloom into a flower or wither / get eaten. 
What's your idea of supporting growth? Is it to take care or to protect? Take care and Protect are two different paths and your choices will affect the plant health differently according to your meaning of supporting growth. 
On D6F you will discover that the plant is rotting and withering (W path) or being attacked by some kind of weird parasites (P path). Again, your choices will affect the plant differently according to the path you've found yourself in.
It will be progressively questioned whether it's right to interfere with the growth or it would be better to just observe it. 
On D7F you'll discover that the rot and parasites are growing as well and that supporting the plant growth will mean to disrupt the rot and parasites growth. Will you still support the plant or will you cheer for the rot/parasites? 
On D8F your actions will result in the plant blooming into a complete flower, withering and rotting, or getting completely eaten by a flourishing parasite colony. 

HOW TO ACCESS: having a high K stat and taking a non-conformist (do the opposite of what the sign says) and non-linear (exit left) choice during the D4 Bonus Stage. 

"It's up to you and any choice is fine, my little one"

Images: D6FW and D6FP


Showing PATH B to Ending + commentary and explanations

UPDATE 31.07.24
NEW CONTENTS:
- D5Fnight (ends on D6F Wither or D6F Parasite)
- Added a variable bar for Need/Food stat. 
- Added a narrator to explain the endings. 
- Graphical contents added for D6F > D10F

BUG FIXES:
- Ending Door opening animation HARD fixed
- Endings text is now slower and readable
- Abudant minor fixes

UPDATE 23.07.24
NEW CONTENTS:
- D5F (ends on D5Fnight)
- Graphical contents for D5F > D10F

BUG FIXES:
- Fixed many bugs in the ending
-Cleaned a few pictures
- Abudant minor fixes in B path

EXTRA
- Replay MODE! It works ala you stay on B path
- apk added for download