The Yawhg Is A Little Game That Deserves To Be Bigger

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The Yawhg is a little indie RPG that came out in 2013 with a striking art style, soundtrack, and story. The story takes place in a town within a fantasy medieval world, and something devastating called the «Yawhg» is coming. The player decides what to do in the limited amount of time they have until the Yawhg comes. The game is rather short, giving the player just six weeks to make RPG choices until the Yawhg arrives. The game can be longer, though, as it is multiplayer friendly and up to four people can play as different characters.

The game is around nine years old now, and indie games have gotten more popular with titles like Hades and Undertale pushing the envelope of what indie games can achieve. The Yawhg is worth a revisit, and deserves more attention for being a memorable choose your own adventure title. While it is beautiful on its own, it certainly had fans wanting more.

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There are three areas that The Yawhg excelled in, and that is its story, presentation, and replayability. Up to four players can choose characters and make a decision for what the character does every week by picking certain locations and actions around the town. These decisions impact a character's stats, the ending they get, and sometimes the fate of the location itself. In total, there are between one and two hundred encounters in the game. With each replay, a player can see about 20 encounters per character.

The story has a great flavor, with plenty of comedy along with a sense of impending doom. As the weeks go by, the music slowly becomes direr and direr. The Yawhg itself is not very much explained, which is a strength in terms of the story, as it gives a strong sense of mystery and