Jack-in-a-Castle

Moby ID: 129822
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A short fantasy visual novel with gay romances. (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧

Toyboxian's king has gone missing, and the kingdom’s castle has become warped. Marion the Marionette is sent by his village elder to investigate. He becomes a servant at the warped castle, working under the stand-in ruler Jack.

Jack is a jack-in-the-box with a personality as unexpected and delightful as a landmine.

Along the way Marion will also meet Bunnie, a bubbly bunny plushie. As well as his unlikely friend, Sylvester, a refined and aristocratic music box. Together they have set out with the common goal of finding the whereabouts of the king.

Explore the story from different points of view, and discover how many ways you can screw things up!

Full game:
- All routes are longer and more in-depth.
- A new route and love interest available!
- 51k words. (Roughly 60 to 90 minutes per route.)
- 3 routes.
- 3 love interests.
- 9 endings. (+1)

Free demo:
- A complete, but highly condensed version of the story.
- 11k words. (Roughly 15-20 minutes per route.)
- 2 routes.
- 2 love interests.
- 7 endings.

Source: Steam Store Description

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Art by
Story by
Coding by
Font
  • Artifika, Copyright ©️ 2011, Cyreal. SIL Open Font License
Special Thank You
  • Valtarius and ASpaceLlama (for finding typos and grammatical errors)
  • Gamedude1990 (for spotting glitches and other mistakes)
'Mysterious Caverns' by
'Ominous Village' by
'Dark Reminiscence' by
Interface and Item Sounds by
  • Cafofo
'Raised Eyebrow And A Nod' by
  • Eino Toivanen (kongano.com)
  • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
'Robobozo'
  • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
'Guess Who'
  • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
'Half Mystery'
  • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
'Too Cool'
  • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
'Danger Storm'
  • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
'Petulant March'
  • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
  • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
'March of the Spoons'
[ full credits ]

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Game added by Kam1Kaz3NL77.

Macintosh added by Koterminus.

Additional contributors: Koterminus.

Game added July 21, 2019. Last modified January 21, 2024.