The 14th Axe Wound
A group of living clichés decide to visit a forest supposedly haunted by an undead serial killer named...Mason Mourder!
When the legend turns out to be true, the only option is to survive by any means possible, including stinky cheese, slingshots, punches and mushrooms.
But watch out! Because if you fail, you might be killed by Mason after the 14th axe wound!
A game made by A. V. Dossow and NewmoniaCute for the Hawktober Horrors 2024 game jam
Features
-Story mode (estimated playtime: 35 minutes) and a bonus killer mode (a fun? minigame)
-8 possible ending variations depending on who survives
-Amazing illustrations by NewmoniaCute!
-Original soundtrack by A. V. Dossow
-Many choices and random dialogs
-Randomly generated items needed in order to survive
-Gameplay that combines exploration, puzzle solving, survival and RPG battles
-Permanent death (party members killed by Mason cannot be revived and you'll carry their corpses throughout the entire game)
-Retro style
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Friday the 13th but its a JRPG!! | The 14th Axe Wound
Thank so yo much, I really appreciate it! I'm glad you liked the game (and you even got jumpscared!)
Awesome!
this is gonna be my first horror game😎😎😎😎
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This is my first horror game (not including psychological horror like Doki Doki) and I might be a wimp but HOLY CRAP I got jumpscared SO MANY TIMES.
managed to get the everyone* survives ending. at least the people i think are possible to save.
i definitely remember having another torch, but for some reason i don't?
In the elevator after the initial dialogue, mason gets stuck outside the elevator in the bottom left. I can collect torch but cannot interact with him. This is in browser in firefox
Thanks for letting me know!
Must be browser related most likely
pretty fun but i wasn't very good T-T
posted my first vid!
Ohhh that was awesome! Thank you so much for playing! : D
thank you for this wonderful game <3
where are today's games Av ? 🥺✊
w h e r e I s t h e l a n t e r n . . .
nevermind I found it
This game is incredible, it gives me a nostalgic feeling. ^^
That was so much fun to play through, and loved how silly y'all got with it.
very excited to play ❤️😌🎮
I really loved this game. So silly. Nice work!
Thank you so much WahWahQueenMew! I'm glad you liked the game! I had a lot of laughs with your commentary hahaha, great gameplay!
A simply awesome parody of the slasher trope! Loved everything about this game!
Thank you so much BitWizard, I really appreciate it!
I played this game as part of my random horror series. This was a very interesting game lol. But I did enjoy this one. I like how extremely unserious it is.
Thank you so much robot439! : D Yeah, I wanted to emphasize how over the top these type of films were hahaha (I still love them! 80s slashers are my favorites!)
I loved this game! It was entertaining! Is there going to be a prequel/sequel?
Spoilers:
I honestly feel bad for Mason though! He got tested on without his consent.
Are we ever gonna see crazy hawk again??
(Why did the two blondies get together? I thought he liked the main character??)
the creator doesn't like racial mixing
Hello chococochoco! Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
Crazy Hawk is actually a cameo of the host of the jam, the streamer HawkZombie!
The two blondies not always get together. In some endings, the blond guy marries the protagonist, and in one ending the blonde dates the jock. There are 8 variations, so there are many possibilities!
Thank you so much, I really enjoyed watching the gameplay! I'm glad you enjoyed the humor!
At the near end of the game I can't run from mason at all oh my goodness, HE'S FAST AS HECK!!! But I love your games, can't wait for more!
Thank you! : D
I might have to nerf him a bit hahaha
damn In Av, Mason, insane and super fast, can't even run away from him properly, I confess that he gave me a huge headache, I've never seen someone so ruthless, will there be a sequel? I loved it so much, looking forward to more games 🎭❎
Thank you for playing, I'm glad you liked the game!
There might be a sequel in the future, since I had a lot of fun making this game
Good game
Awesome! Thank you Bis! : D
yeah creepy 2d! and have deja vu jason yeahhhh
Thank you so much for playing queenfaith! : D
So far this is already up there with the original A House For Alesa. Speaking of Alesa, that abandoned mansion looks kinda familiar. Was that intentional?
I wouldn't say it's intentional but more like, I always end up making the same house entrance in all of my games hahaha
also great question: WHERE IS THAT RED HAIR HIDING IN KILLER MODE
The hiding spots are random, but she sometimes she can appear in the secret passage in the cave
We don't have time to go to the cave
Obra cinematográfica.
This one is a funny one, firs let em say I know nothing about hawktober and anything related so I may be missing some context.
I decided to play on hard as usual and I just ended up killing everyone except the final girl because she has final girl powers! Even if my favorite character died in the first 15 seconds of the game it was very fun dragging all the dead bodies around until the end.
I have to say, I did enjoy the item based combat of this one a lot, it's fun and it encourages exploration of the areas.
Killer mode was also a nice minigame, it's nice to be the killer for a change; I'll comment about how great the music and art is but I feel I am just repeating myself at this point, we all know is amazing!
This time around I decided to not get all the endings because I felt it would take too much effort and somehow it's more fun to leave it to the imagination (and other players!).
Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for playing and the feedback Moriko!
Hard mode might not have been a good idea hahaha, I actually updated the game to improve some of the odds, although not too much since that would defeat the purpose of items. I think you had some bad luck in your run, although hard mode also removes a lot of items present in the other two modes.
The endings are actually just text variations, so I wouldn't say it's worth the effort, but the best ending is supposed to be the one where everyone is alive.
For the record, the protagonist can actually be killed by Mason hahaha, but the odds are lower, because if she dies, it's game over. She's the final girl after all!
It's definitely amusing how the final girl character always manages to beat the unstopable killer in most horror media, so I thought it would be even more funny if she actually did it by punching the maniac
i somehow killed the final girl 2 times... while playing easy mode...
That's weird...
I'll have too look into it, but everything should be working fine
probably it's not the game's issue, i just really suck at this 🤣
I never learned my lesson about playing in hard mode....But it was fun
bro is pushing out games at lightening speed like I CAN BARELY MAKE TIME TO PLAY THEM OMG!!
I suspect him having a time machine... That'd be the only logical explanation.
NEW A.V. DOSSOW GAME YIPPEE!!!
hahahah damn Abra, that was fast
But thanks! : D Typos are actually a tradition!
i hope the names i gave them are cliche enough:)
Chad is perfect hahahhaa
nerd guy is Leonard,
slutcheerleader girl is Sallie, blond guy is Joe, hippi girl is SonyaCool names!