Thou must Jest

Welcome to the official (sals)-itch-(a) page of Thou Must Jest!

This game was created over a 48 hour period during GBG Spooky Jam 2025 and won Best Graphics, as well as runner up for best audio and overall game.

Premise

In this short point-and-click adventure you play as a small, recently born jester. Your mission is to solve a series of short puzzles in the hopes of finding something that will make your king laugh - mind you, he is not easily entertained. Find out what happened to your predecessor in the dungeon and other disturbing stories in this cosmic horror of a castle.

Gameplay

The entire game can be played with only a mouse/trackpad.
Click on Interact/Examine in the UI and then on a "point of interest" in the environment to interact with/examine it. Click outside of these "points of interest" to walk.

Credits

Vilma Vuorenmaa - 2D art, UI and writing

Egil Wendin - 3D sculpting and writing

Sarah Dove - Programming and writing

Måns Fritiofsson - Programming

Free Music Archive - Music

Pixabay - SFX

Voices made by team

Pardon my prudeness, but by all means; please download (and play!) our game.

(Known issues: The cursor is invisible on main menu, but it is there. The spawn-button gives slight feedback when cursor hovers over it, so just try to navigate the cursor to it!)