I felt bad for killing the butler and the maid but I had to do it to finish the game and it is too hard to do it without the powerups. As for the game it is very good and feels like a professional studio came into this game jam to submit a game they made in 24 hours WOW. I have to ask you this one thing though is the cursed knife the real villain in this game???
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The way the game ended up cohering as I cobbled it together, the dagger is just like, something used for a right but gruesome purpose. If you trust the Queen's perspective, I think it's more anti-heroic, while if one does not, it's certainly villainous!
I was originally thinking of having a lot more innocent-type characters you could choose to take power from, but with the size of the map and the tone of the jam I ended up going with the two sympathizers. I still wanted to incorporate the idea though that even righteous revolutions are not these pretty like, everyone slays the dragon and goes home type things . So, while they willingly join the Queen's cause, they do not survive. If I did a full polished version it might be different, but it works well enough here ^^