The Front Yard
A downloadable game for Windows
"Meat embraces you whole."
Chicago, 1883.
At the epicenter of bloody beef and pig innards live Fergal Byrne and Eoin Kairys, two New Yorkers who've moved to The Yards for work. Their days are drawn out, miserable, and smelly as they survive work just to sleep another night.
The Front Yard is a short, visual-novel-style RPG Maker game following the monotonous and mundane lives of two best friends who've been consumed by the guilt of living and meat they work with.
Average Playtime: 15-20 minutes. Depends on reading speed.
Warnings: Nonrealistic depictions of gore, mentions of cannibalism, parental death.
Controls: Arrow keys to move. It is advised that you interact with items. This can be done via the action key, i.e. enter.
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Created as part of a research final. Story is based on the real working & living conditions of the Union Stockyards circa 1880.
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Updated | 13 days ago |
Published | 22 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (16 total ratings) |
Author | teocrsh |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Tags | Historical, Horror, Pixel Art, Psychological Horror, RPG Maker, Story Rich |
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Damn that was depressing, but in a very well written way. I don't much about the accuracy of things but I feel like you did a really good job with this. Hope to see you take on more RPG Make projects.
This was beautiful and heartbreaking! I love the metaphors comparing charaters to different cuts of meat. Good story.
Really good! Love the characters
Really wonderful game. The sense of melancholia it gave me was very intense. The time and setting is not something I've seen explored in this medium.. Hope to see more
Made a video
holy shit. that was amazing. im left wanting more of the characters, but the shortness of the game also packs such a punch in regards to the overall effect. id love to see more of your work if you ever want to do more!! thank you for sharing it :)
Found this via the twitter meme about friendship you made, it's a little but good game!
I wish i the story was more expanded upon, the characters are likeable and I got invested in them pretty fast. Keep up the good work!
(Also, there's a softlock that might occurr if you try catching the ingredients for broth in another order than the one in the tutorial and then exit the room immediatly: the dialogue will restard and Fergal will auto-move locking himself into a wall)
WHY IN THE EVER LOVING F*CK? The game is good, but it's so bewildering to play a game mostly in english, then see a few words from your language.
I watched Manly play this game, and it's so good!! I didn't expect to see Lithuanian influences either. Didn't even clock the "ponia" at first, thinking it's a name!
Not sure if you're Lithuanian or not, but regardless, this game is awesome and I'm hella happy to see my own language/culture/history represented. Žiauriai kietai, ačiū :)
Peak, no two ways about it. keep up the good work bro.
I had number of emotions when I played this game. Fergal and Eoin's characterization and development is so pretty good, then the last part/climax to ending came, and it was absolutely melancholy and sorrowful, despite the sudden end as well and back to menu. The cgs are pretty good and amazing, as well the character design! Overall it's a really cool emotional train ride of a game! I wish I could say more about the research, or the basis part of the game, but I still think it's done good. Maybe I'll follow up if I do, tho maybe someone else will say about it I guess. Still again, well done! Have a pat in the back.
🤍 GREAT GAME🖤
Ah! Thank you so much for playing my game! It means a lot to me :] <3 <3
SUCH A GOOD GAME FULLY REC FULLY LOVED FULLY ENJOYED AND ETC
made an account just to say this (im train ) but oh my god this game is incredible, i was genuinely wailing for a while while doing the ending it hit so hard for me. its so amazing to me that u managed to make such a well done story and game with such a short length i felt so many things just seeing eoin and fergal's life together and their friendship
train ur tag is actually peak. ILYSM. PLEASE LOOK FORWRAD TO MORE AS ALWAYS HEHE
IT'S PEAK. I wrote more in my actual review but I just have to reiterate this was SO GOOD. You're so good at game writing genuinely there were several points where I was reading the text and staring at my screen like 😦. You will pay for creating the horrifically doomed friends that are eoin and fergal
ADENCHAN your tag is amazing. i cant thank u enough for ur help gahhh if eoin is for anyone he is for you…I LOVE YOU DUDE YOU FLATTER ME?@!?@!??21 AHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU AGAIN ITS SO OVER
THIS IS SO GOOD MAN I really mean it. I wasn't quite sure what to expect going in but I absolutely loved this. The ending hit really hard... gahhh... huge fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE U ZERO WEHHH!! TY!!
TEO ON TOP FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR THIS WAS SO GOOD
HI TEOTEO HAD TO MAKE AN ITCHIO ACC FOR THIS (IT RUFFY) THIS MADE MY CHEST FEEL WARM AND I CRIED REALLY BAD. SOMEONE ORGANISE A PANCAKE INTERVENTION STAT
RUFFY MY GGGGGG I LOVE YOU. LETS ALL JUST LET THEM HAVE PANCAKES HAPPILY EVER AFTR
it's a game that feels like it has so much in it despite its short length. throughout playing it, i felt like there was so much depth to these characters, and despite their more mundane life, there is so much impact in their dynamics and actions. also, the use of meat throughout the game and showing the effects and conditions of the industry that these characters work in was so interesting and felt very authentic! overall a really fun and enjoyable experienced ^_^ wjen the yard is front
MY FRIEND HIBIGEEB…so many hearts everywhere tysm…!!!wah!!
this yard is so front
thats what im saying!
short and sweet 100% worth playing the dynamics between the characters and the allegories with the meat industry please please PLEASEEE give this game a try you won’t regret it
thank you usachxxn have i ever told you how much i love you
This was uploaded 14 minutes ago and dammit am I excited because this looks FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOD
...THAT WAS... FUCKING AMAZING. I'M TEARING UP. OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT PREMISE AND STORY AND DEPECTIONS OF HOPELESSNESS AND NAIVITY OHHHHH MY GODDDDD. In other words, pretty good, keep making games please this story was so good.
AAAHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT TT this genuinely means sm to me!! i hope you’ll look forward to what i have in store! genuinely made my day :]]
I DO LOOK FORWARD AND I AM READY >:D