Kayleigh's got a Brainworm [DEMO]

"Kayleigh's got a minimum wage job: serving food and beverage to the 3 or 4 folks a day that happen to pass through the remote Pitche's Diner'; and after 6 months of customer service wearing her down, Kayleigh's got a brain worm. We follow her story the day this parasite manifests, exposing her true feelings and wants as she deals with a variety of scenarios and personalities, it's up to you to decide how much she resists the urge to act on them. It's a slippery slope though, as the worm is empowered the more you let it influence you, allowing it to multiply. On the flip side, if you manage to ignore the worm it will regress, eventually disappearing altogether. After dealing with 4 particularly colorful characters, from all extremes of the spectrum, over the course of 1 already turbulent day, will you be clocking out with a clear head or a brain brimming with worms?"

About the demo:

This is a short demo for 'Kayleigh's got a Brainworm', a multiple choice game made in a month and a bit for a University assignment! I am considering pursuing this project for the remainder of the academic year with the goal of completing the entire game and publishing it online. So, I would really appreciate any feedback you have! The final game would see you interact with 4 different customers, leading to one of three different endings.

(This demo has 4 endings. 1 you can get earlier on and 3 which vary slightly depending on your approach!)

This was my first ever try at making a game, or even video/sound editing, so as you can imagine it's been a bit of a process! There's very likely a bug or two in there somewhere, so let me know if you run into any bother! With that being said though I hope you enjoy what's there so far!

Controls:

Left Mouse/Enter: Progress story

Right Mouse/Space: Show/hide text box

Special thanks:

While this was a mostly independent project, I had some help from my friends along the way!

If you like this demo, please consider checking out @itsmidmad (https://linktr.ee/itsmidmad), @AZZBAZZ(https://linktr.ee/azzadart) and @AternaArt(https://aternaart.newgrounds.com/). They all helped out in some way during this project, and also they're all cool.

Similarly, if you like the music heard on the main menu or during the credits then check out

Grove Park on Spotify! or Grove Park on YouTube!

They kindly gave me permission to use their music in this project, and also they're cool.

Download Instructions:

Thankyou for your interest in downloading the demo!

Once installed you should have a folder called "Kayleighs_got_a_Brainworm-win32-x64". Please click into that folder. In there should be an application file titled "Kayleighs_got_a_Brainworm", open that. You'll likely have a window pop up titled "Compressed (zipped) Folders" suggesting you should extract all files, I also recommend you do this! Once the files are extracted to your chosen location, go back into the extracted version and re-locate the "Kayleighs_got_a_Brainworm" application file, that is how you launch the game! 

 You may get a "Windows protected your PC" style warning, if you trust me, click the underlined "more info" and choose to "Run anyway", I promise there is no nastiness in the download! If you don't trust me but are still interested in checking out the game, then check it out here: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/project/5421443 

Though be warned I am directing people to the downloadable version of the demo here, as the web hosted version has some issues with lag that effect the experience!