Forbidden Kin -v1.0 SE- By Dumb Koala Games is not a masterpiece in the traditional sense. It is too flawed, too abrasive, and too narrow in its appeal for that. However, it is a of its genre—a game that commits fully to its forbidden premise and never apologizes. In a medium often sanitized for mass consumption, Dumb Koala Games has delivered a raw, bleeding cut of interactive fiction.
The gameplay in Forbidden Kin is typical of visual novels. Players read through the story, making choices that affect the direction of the plot and the relationships between characters. The game features: Forbidden Kin -v1.0 SE- By Dumb Koala Games
Mara walked through the aftermath like someone wading through a world that barely recognized her steps. Homes were intact but wrung out. Vendors counted losses. The music box she had found was gone, perhaps taken in the surge, perhaps lost forever. The kinship core in her pocket grew colder, quieter. She feared it was dying. Forbidden Kin -v1
Above him, on crystalline screens mounted to every hab-spire, the face of Archon Seraphine Valoris smiles. Her silver hair flows in slow-motion holographic perfection. The caption reads: “Purity is Unity. Unity is Peace.” In a medium often sanitized for mass consumption,