It's a tale not many fans of the 1946 Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life know, but after filming, the actress who played little Zuzu Bailey experienced a personal tragedy that took her far away from Hollywood, and sidetracked her acting career for decades. Her life made such a drastic turn, in fact, that nearly 35 years after the film's. The scenes spool ahead into the future and back into the past: she grows up in Dublin, buys a house by the sea, can’t afford to heat it. The voice Enright conjures for Norah is lissome and intimate.

From the creator of Fran Bow and sharing the same world comes another strange creepy adventure with Little Misfortune, out today with Linux support. Note: Key provided by the developer.

You play as the imaginative 8 year old Misfortune Ramirez Hernandez, a very sweet young lady with a very unfortunate family life and a bit of a thing for a Fox. With the help of her seriously creepy new friend 'Mr. Voice', she sets off on an adventure to find Eternal Happiness for her mother. The thing about Mr. Voice is that he's seemingly the narrator, yet she can hear him and he can also speak to you.

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I actually played the demo of this when it came out back in April, which left a feeling of needing to play more. Thankfully, the full game really delivers.

The trailer and the description given by Killmonday Games don't really tell you much of what to expect from Little Misfortune. The gameplay involved is actually pretty simple and quite basic. They call it an 'interactive story, focused on exploration and characters' where you make a bunch of choices that have 'consequences'. What you're doing is travelling from one end of the screen to the other, interacting with a few things and then moving on. So I get what they were going for calling it an interactive story, since this is not a traditional point and click adventure even though it might seem like it initially. It's really not the 'gameplay' you come to Little Misfortune for, it's the wonderfully disconcerting experience of it all.

If you groan when you read about choices having consequences, well, here it's actually quite apparent and sometimes shockingly so. I'll admit, my first proper choice that showed me an actual consequence really did catch me off guard. I laughed, mostly from the shock of it. There's a number of moments like that, where things just happen that aren't expected. Others make you wish you had picked a different choice, just to see what would happen. Such is the way of life though, you often only get to make a decision once.

Little Misfortune Voice Actor

Depending on some of the choices you make, you might want to have another play-through. Although given how the game plays, probably something to come back to and do again after a while. As it's quite linear, apart from the choices. One particular choice I made early on didn't reappear until well over an hour in. It's one decision that will stick with me for a while too. Sometimes it zooms in and shows you a close up of Misfortune to show her facial expression, this time involving the devouring of some candy but let's just say when I took a closer look it was…ergh—I let out an audible groan.

It's just such a thoroughly well-done bizarre tale that I couldn't tear myself away from.

The humour in it is pretty great too, childish-like though in the simplicity of it. There's a certain bit with…cows that I don't want to spoil but I nearly spat a biscuit out of my mouth at it. Ah, the joys of being easily amused. Just so we're clear, this is not a game to play around a younger audience. It has a number of mature adult themes inside and does a pretty good balancing act between the childishness of the protagonist with the adult themes surrounding the setting.

Being completely honest, I fully expected to get irritated by the way Misfortune talks but she really grows on you due to the story and character design. Instantly loved the actor for Mr. Voice though, perfect choice for the role.

It has a fabulous art style, a ludicrously immersive atmosphere, good voice acting and a story that really pulls your attention because of how completely insane it seems as you go through it. It also has some very nicely done short animated cut-scenes at times too. If you're a fan of Fran Bow, this is an easy recommendation. For everyone else, as strange as it is, Little Misfortune is a game worth playing.

The Linux version has run beautifully, no issues encountered at all. I couldn't put it down, played it through in a single sitting. Total time came to nearly three hours so it was quite short but very memorable. Easily one of my favourites this year.

If you own their previous game, Fran Bow, on either GOG or Steam you should also get a 10% discount as they announced on Twitter. You can pick it up the full game on Humble Store, GOG and Steam. Not convinced? There's a demo on itch.io and Steam too.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Little Misfortune
Developer(s)	Killmonday Games
Publisher(s)	Killmonday Games
Designer(s)	Natalia Martinsson
Programmer(s)	Isak Martinsson Harald Wallin Anton Bergman
Artist(s)	Natalia Martinsson
Writer(s)	Isak Martinsson Natalia Martinsson
Composer(s)	Isak Martinsson
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows,^[1]Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch
Release	Linux, macOS, Windows September 18, 2019 Android, iOS February 13, 2020 PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch May 29, 2020
Genre(s)
Mode(s)	Single-player

Little Misfortune is a 2019 dark fantasyadventure video game developed and published by the independent Swedish studio Killmonday Games. Set in the same universe as Fran Bow,^[2] the game revolves around the titular character Misfortune, who, guided by a voice in her head, seeks the prize of eternal happiness for her mother.

Gameplay[edit]

Set in a 2.5D perspective, the player may only move forward or backwards. At certain points in the game the player has to make choices for Misfortune, which may trigger special animated cutscenes. The game will also prompt the player to guide Misfortune's hand to perform certain actions or play minigames, such as fixing a broken vase or playing Whac-A-Mole.

Plot[edit]

Set in 1993^{[note 1]}, 8-year-old Misfortune Ramirez Hernandez lives alone with her parents in the outskirts of the fictional town of Openfields, Sweden.^{[note 2]} The narrator announces that today is the day that Misfortune will die but is surprised when Misfortune says that she can hear him. The voice invites Misfortune to play a game where she will make choices, and that 'there is no right or wrong, only consequences.' When she beats the game, she will be rewarded with the prize of eternal happiness. Misfortune accepts, and the voice tells her that her first mission is to leave the house. Following his commands, Misfortune is guided through the streets of Openfields, encountering an anthropomorphic fox, whom she calls Benjamin, several times whom the narrator warns her against, and who flees when Misfortune gets too close. Pursuing Benjamin, Misfortune discovers a book that explains the narrator as an other-dimensional being named 'Morgo'. Benjamin is evidently a 'protector' who strives to protect children from Morgo but is forbidden to interact with them directly. Escaping Morgo, Misfortune finds herself in her backyard, seeing her own corpse having been run over by a car. Benjamin leads her through a portal to the Fou

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