Eloquent Countenance
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
"Fine words and an insinuating appearance
are seldom associated with true virtue."
You have been told that the pastor of your church had suddenly passed away last night.
As you helped with his wife's funeral not so long ago,
you were assigned to assist the pastor's funeral service today as well.
But as soon as you were about to start the service, you hear a strange voice in your head...
Eloquent Countenance is a short 2.5D RPG Maker horror/narrative-driven game with visual novel/adventure elements following the story of a nun who was selected by the church to assist in progressing the pastor's funeral service suddenly hearing a strange voice who claims to be a "guardian angel".
She must choose between following through with the instructions given to her or acting on her own.
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✧ Development & Story & Graphics ✧
✧ Estimated Play Time ✧
30-40 Minutes
✧ Number of Endings ✧
2
+ Different dialogue choices/interactions that can be found within the run
✧ Available Translations ✧
KR (Korean) by RachelDrawsThis
pt-BR (Brazilian Portuguese) by Tea Party Project
zh-CN (Simplified Chinese/Mandarin) by 青灯不弈
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This was a game made for a Korean RPG Maker game jam/contest where you were challenged to make a full game using only one map/setting in-game, so the game might feel short/less dynamic.
This is also the very first game I have properly finished and in only 18 days at that so the mechanics, puzzles, and storytelling might be a little wacky but I am looking to improve in the future!
All tips and feedback are greatly appreciated,
Thank you for visiting and hope you enjoy the game!
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Development log
- Thank you for 300 (well. 296) downloads !!Feb 01, 2022
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really good game but so many copyrighted songs
read the title as "Eloquent Encountenance" at first until i realized that isn't a word and Counterance would make more sense until i read it again while writing this comment and realized BOTH of them aren't words though i swear i've heard them somewhere and the actual title is Countenance, which i did have to google, it means Eloquent facial expression or Eloquent support, i think support makes more sense but idk, this whole comment was kinda dumb so, sorry.
Love this game. It's short and sweet and I can't wait for your next release Rachel!
The lags bother me so much ;( And the thing is, I don't know why I'm lagging. I've been running way more requiring games without any issues.
4/5 great and brief but with a punch that packs, ultimately the limitations… of the requirements of one interactive world piece… make me incapable of walking away not wanting more. I was invested but felt it needed another hour to be perfect. I want to see this style deepen… good job :)
I took the right thing bc I saw the art.
Great game! I recommend everyone to try it out. I love the characters, especially forcas. Thank you for making this, hope you continue making more games!
could someone explain to me how to get the code person cage ending thing i cant seem to find the code
Forcas is a smash
Great game! Loved the characters and the story.
Hello Miss Rachel. I was looking through the folders for this game and found SEVERAL images of a supposed other game. What are they????
(sorry, English is not my mother tongue. I used Google Translate)
was anyone lowkey confused with this game? i kinda understand but i need someone to make it simple to understand 0_0;
The main character, Angelica, had been possessed by her own guardian angel who had fallen. After the Pastors wife died the Pastor (and/or the followers of this church/cult) wanted a way to bring her back. So they listened to the voice of Angelica's (fallen) guardian angel and used Angelica as a sort of "vessel" for the wife. However ofc, the angel was lying when she said she'd bring the wife back and instead used Angelica's body for herself, so she could walk around Earth as she pleases (or something like that, since angels need a vessel, and fallen angels have their vessels taken.) Forcas had been the only angel willing to help Angelica, seeing that she hadn't been completely possessed (her and the fallen angel were fighting for control of the body). Also the entire funeral for the Pastor was staged, so they could see if the ritual actually worked on her. Just throwing that in incase you didnt pick up on it
SORRY THIS IS SO LENGTHY!! I tried to keep my explanation as simple yet detailed as possible.
omg thank you! this actually helps with making more sense, knowing this makes the game even more interesting :)
Random thoughtsss
why do forcas and the protagonist both look like winnie from cold front 😭
I clicked on this game because it was the only one I hadn't heard of from racheldrawsthis, and I'm really glad I did! It was a short but fun (AND LIKE. LEGIT TERRIFYING. HELLO.) experience for me, and I like the story quite a bit even if it's just slightly infodump-y at the end (but tbh, fair -- because I can see the merit in it with Forcas + the time limit and inexperience and all)
Great game! <3
Can anyone with more brain cells than me explain the ending to me? My few remaining cells died trying to make sense of all of this.
The main character, Angelica had been possessed by her own guardian angel who had fallen. After the Pastors wife died the Pastor (and/or the followers of this church/cult) wanted a way to bring her back. So they listened to the voice of Angelica's (fallen) guardian angel and used Angelica as a sort of "vessel" for the wife. However ofc, the angel was lying when she said she'd bring the wife back and instead used Angelica's body for herself, so she could walk around Earth as she pleases (or something like that, since angels need a vessel, and fallen angels have their vessels taken.) Forcas had been the only angel willing to help Angelica, seeing that she hadn't been completely possessed (her and the fallen angel were fighting for control of the body).
SORRY THIS IS SO LENGTHY!! Lowkey I was a bit confused too but this is what I got from it, feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong!
Thanks a lot, man I appreciate you. Your explanation is pretty spot-on I finally understand what's going on in this super cool game
Forcas, on his way to try to convince you to trust him while saying "don't start assuming I'm evil just yet", describing himself as a "suspicious angel reeking of old man energy" and occasionally trying to seem menacing in order to scare you into obeying:
I love this dipshit sooo much I swearAlso like. Veering into spoiler territory but for some actual plot/character analysis.
I really like that Angelica's being possessed by her own guardian angel. After falling, her angel likely comes specifically after her, because a human without an angelic protector would logically be a far easier target.
And we don't know how much of what Forcas says is lies- or whether he ever lies at all, he's meant to be testing Angelica's
blind obediencefaith, not lying to her. But he mentions that he was already assigned to a human in the church, and that he'd be reassigned to Angie if she listened to him... what happens to his initial human then?Is this, at least in part, why Forcas wasn't supposed to be helping? He's just trading one human for another, picking favorites instead of following his duty and being a steadfast protector. And yet, his "picking favorites" is based on a sense of morality and empathy: he doesn't want to ignore a helpless innocent while protecting one of the fundamentalist cultists who's hurting them.
All in all, I really like how Forcas is constantly compared negatively to the divine, and even takes his name from demonology- and yet, when push comes to shove, he's truly caring and merciful while the heavens are cold and detached, only not rebelling outright because he'd lose his position to help if he did.
FUNA????
Yeah Funamusea
OH MY GOF THE YTTD REFERENCES
HELLO WHAY REFS ARE THERE?? I MISSED THEM
THIS HAPPENED TO MEE!! u have to put only the game file into ur applications folder and then it should let you save :)
IT WORKED!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
game
i want to know the music that was being played when we meet the guy in our head
T-T plsss
Can someone explain how you can make 2.5d game like this in RPG maker MV please. Is there a plugin for it?
I was absolutely blown away stricken in awe at how absurdly good this game is.
The Characters and Music look and sound great, It has an Erie atmosphere and the creepy moments were genuinely making me question at times.
I think you did a fantastic job and would suggest other people play it as well.
Second Off: I'm a Small Twitch Streamer who enjoys all types of games far and wide
And picked your game for last night's stream.
Everyone in chat loved it. (Attached is the video of me playing the game, However I Curse like an absolute sailor so you've been warned people)
hi, saving on mac doesn't work :( i go to the save feature on the table in the bottom right of the church and hit enter but it doesn't actually save for me. not sure if anyone else has this issue but wanted to let you know! very fun game though!
I loved this game, especially the art !
Holy crap this was really good. Would definitely recommend playing.
i got the good ending but i used a vid to help out bc i didnt know where the flowers were and i was dumb and couldnt remember anything so other wise i love the game. it was a bit laggy but scared the crap outa me. will play again tho ty for such a good game!!! <3333
it keeps freezing
i love this game! when we have to check for the flowers they made it creepy and ominous it was awesome!
this game was great! the horror was amazing, really got my fight or flight going. the story was also great. did not expect that twist but not in a way where it ruined a part of the story to surprise you. its definitely the shortest and has the simplest gameplay out of their games but it was a really fun play!
9/10 would recommend
i loved the game but ngl i did not trust forcas at all the entire time because i assumed he's the ars goetia demon forcas 😭
Lol I thought he'd be the evil guy as well because of the cover image in the description lmfao but I guess it was just there to throw us off
does this have an official guide?
As of May 5, 2024: This doesn't seem to be running correctly. Text display is laggy and uneven and clicking or pressing enter to advance text takes at least 5 seconds to react each time, making this pretty much unplayable. I am on Windows and just ran Elevator Hitch with no issues whatsoever. Do you have any suggestions?
I have the same issue with the lags, they started out of nowhere when the game was running perfectly fine at first.
when i try to open this game it says this. what exactly do i do about this.?
mo bom
hi, can someone please tell me which button to click to save my progress on mac?
At the bottom of the map where you start out there's a table on the left side and one on the right side. The right table should have an item that you can walk up to and press Z to open the option to save.
can someone tell me how to save my progress?
On the bottom of the map, on the right table in the middle, click on the item
I finished the game, and honestly, I love it. I love the art, I love the horror, and I love the twist. It's a great game and worked perfectly on windows. I love it so much.