Thanks for playing! We’re planning to add more ways to distract and isolate NPCs soon.

There won’t be a downloadable executable to play offline, but the game will always be freely available to play here on itch.io (or somewhere else if itch stops hosting it).

Thanks for playing! True, there aren’t that many methods for killing or distracting. The stealthiest option is poisoning the food, which usually requires trespassing onto the grass to find poison, and disguising as either a guest or a guard to get into the dining hall. The easiest NPCs to single out are the groundskeepers, since they follow you anywhere on the grass but don’t get angry. Outdoor guards can sometimes be singled out because they stay on duty while the guests all go inside to eat.

We have some ideas for adding more variety to the gameplay which we hope to implement soon! Until then, just have in mind that Prim is a rookie who hasn’t mastered subtlety yet.

Thank you for playing :)

Personally, I can say that luring guards out into the hedges works almost as well as with gardeners. They will aggro after a bit, but breaking line of sight seems to reset the timer, so you can pretty easily get away with it. The only downside of their disguise is you don't get the shovel. (And you can't interact with poisonous plants without raising suspicion, but it's usually not hard to do that without being seen, so it's not a major constraint).