Merely a Menial
A downloadable game for Windows
Once upon a time, there was you, an ordinary orchard farmer with a caring newlywed spouse and home to always come back to, living a carefree life, not knowing that life was about to take a twisted turn on one fateful day…
That day, beasts and demons unleashed their forces onto your poor village. Blood was spilled, deaths were promised. Those who survived, including you, were made a slave with their lives in the Lord's hand...
Will you please the Lord, to convince them to let you go? Or you will slowly be degraded into submission within the ruthless empire of demons and beasts where human rights do not matter?
See what the world will throw at you.
Your fate is in your hands.
You alone could rule this life.
The choice is yours.
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Warning
This game contains the following elements that minors should not be exposed to:
◇ Violence
◇ Sexual Violence
◇ Sexual Contents
◇ Vulgar Language
◇ Blood and Gore
◇ Slavery
If you are a minor with age below 18 or find the above contents disturbing, please do not proceed any further.
I will not hold responsibility for any harm or legal terms that come from your freewill's consumption.
All characters and places in this game are fictional.
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What to expect from Merely a Menial?
Merely a Menial is an erotic text adventure game where you, the protagonist, are forced to live a life of a menial, damned to be a slave of the empire ruled by beasts and demons. Below are the core contents of Merely a Menial:
◇ Romance and lewd
◇ Life in slavery
◇ Degradation
◇ Choices matter, a lot
◇ Various aspects of character customization (more in every update!)
◇ Four prominent humanoid love interests and one route exclusive love interest (more to come!)
❥ The stoic and unreadable demon Lord
❥ The barbaric Lord who rules the beasts
❥ Your spouse who will always be there for you
❥ Your childhood friend who claims to hate you
❥ A grumpy lizard who finds human unbearable
◇ Non-linear story driven gameplay
◇ Free roam — abide by rules, obey your Master or stray from the path, earn money, get a hobby or two, buy sweets and stuffs
◇ Interact with NPCs — a sassy undead merchant, a wolf who strongly wants to defile you, a huntress leopard, etc.
◇ Explore the world with your limited freedom as a menial and more!
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⌘ If you want to support me further, consider commission me a custom in-game portrait at my Ko-fi ☕︎
Download
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Development log
- Merely a Menial 0.2.1 (31/10/2024)16 days ago
- Merely a Menial 0.2.0 is here! (11/07/2024)Jul 11, 2024
- Freshly released :DApr 22, 2024
Comments
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I like the game's plot, although I'm puzzled as to why Cerca treats us so well. I also got into some kind of loop of waking up and going to sleep, I don't know if there are events afterward or there's just no more content yet. What happened to the spouse and the friend? I don't know where they are haha. Thanks for the game, I'll look forward to the next updates.
Thank you for this! I admit that everything I made is on the whim and I have very little knowledge in coding Twine. Maybe when I'm done procrastinating, I'll make a small guide. This game is still a WIP so there's more to come :)
Also, if you could pin point the bug of waking up then sleep loop, I would be very appreciate!
Dont know why it suddenly doesnt let me go back, I'm honestly stuck and I didnt even get to make a save before this ;-;
really like it, looking forward.
Love it so far! You might want to upload this game to F95Zone too. It's probably the largest website for adult games out there if you want more publicity.
There's an error message "I can't (go-to:) to the passage 'MedicalTentIntro' because it doesn't exist." at the medical inspection, after having low vitality I think.
Hope u make these more!!! I ADORED IT♥♥♥
I'm stuck in the towel after bathing and have to go all the way back to the wardrobe to change. I love the art for our character by the way.
Thank you for the compliment. Meant a lot to me! I'll try to fix the towel thing in the next update :)
hey there's a bug when I tapped on a save and it asked if wanted to save over it I said I didn't want to save my progress it still saves over my saved game. P.S. I was imprisoned by Kuruth.
Thank you for reporting :) I'm afraid I can't fix this one with my current knowledge, but I'll see what I can do!
Hello there, not-really-real! I really liked the whole experience you’ve created, would you accept contributions, like artwork or writing?
Ooh, thank you! You don't have to word it like 'contributions', got me embarrassed (in a good way!)
But, yes! I'll be over the moon to see artworks or writings shared by peeps who enjoy my game ^^/
Oh, pardon my improper wording, for I didn’t mean the sharing of artistic works among the community (which is much lovable and of which I wholly approve ^^)
Rather, lending a helping hand in the process of creating the game e.g. drawing assets, proofreading, stuff like that ^>^
My bad! Currently, I'm a bit too shy for any of that. I doubt I'm competent enough to work with others haha, and I would rather work alone for the time being.
But suggestions are always welcomed :3
Gotcha! If I could ask for a favor, though — could you add in a way to report bugs in-game? It might be preferable to cluttering the comments with screenshots. Ty!
https://imgur.com/a/uCEK0R6
(Tuesday 2, Dawn)
That's a good idea! Sure, yes. I'll look into that. Thank you for reporting, too!
The game is nice but other than the start i have no idea how to get sex scenes
Thank you for your kind words. There aren't many sex scenes yet as of the first release, but most of them come in forms of punishments ie. neglecting your duty as a serf (taken by Cerca), go gambling in Gealbhan during some of the evenings and lose, be stuck as a prisoner (taken by Kuruth), or get your Dignity low to unlock the ability to whore yourself at the park or at the soldier's camp.
Currently, dumbass Kuruth has the most lewd and sex scenes available, so if you fancy the big guy, try getting enslaved by him. And following up is the ex-childhood friend who as of now can be encountered only as a serf will occasionally try to molest you.
Hope this vagueness help! If you need more details, I'm here to provide :)
well i guess imma have to go gambling lol. my condition is maxed out and i basically did nothing but walk around. im kuruth's pet and he's doing nothing hehe
Gotta figure out how to lower my stats other than getting spooked in the woods, or stabbed by staying out too long at night
I did find some, by gambling and lowering my dignity!
still don't know how to get Kuruth to react, or how to gain access to the manor (might require a new save? idk)
Since this game is far from complete, he'll react much more in the future ;)
For now, please, try different routes, like, try not to please Kuruth too much in the intro. Choices make differences most during that.
Currently, the only way to enter the mansion is to be taken by Cerca :)
I am very much enjoying myself!
Happy to know so :)
there seems to be a bug when loading a save it resets your body customization
Fixed! I believe this come from the player saving during the customization passage. Anyway, thank you for addresssing the issue!
I'm so glad I found this game! it's so fun and addictive! I love everything about it!<3<3<3
Looking forward to more storylines :D
Thank you so much for your kind words <3
There is a bug when talking with Cla... It just blank
Fixed! Thank you for pointing that out. I appreciate you for reporting :D