A downloadable escape


The Gilded Cage is a fantasy adventure visual novel featuring a unique neo-noir and cinematic aesthetic. Set some 3,000 years after a nuclear apocalypse, the game follows Livvie, a Nightingale girl kept as a royal "pet" all her life, on a journey to her ancestral home, the Nightingale Tree. It features Ace Attorney-inspired gameplay, including point-and-click investigations, inventory, and a character profile system. Plus a rich and immersive world!



  • Kinetic novel
  • 12k words, 1 hour gameplay (or 2 hours depending on how deep you go down the investigation rabbit hole)
  • Interactive characters (you can thrust your collar on their faces present items and characters)
  • Animated main menu, credits and visual effects
  • Animated sprites
  • Mutable bleeps (if you count that as a feature)
  • Point-and-click investigation (just click wherever you like on the background, no guarantee you could get anything, mind you!)
  • 26 CGs
  • Original soundtrack (if there is ever enough funds, that is)



This game contains:

  • Themes of captivity and abuse
  • Emotional manipulation
  • Gun violence
  • Gore and death
  • Subtle implications of sexual propositions

Player discretion advised.


If you enjoy the demo, please consider donating or becoming a patron. No pressure. Just do it if you feel like it.


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