The Reign Abates
Mouse + Touch
Read the text and click choices to act; plan your Heir's escape before time runs out.
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The Reign Abates
@arthousegames · 61 plays · narrative · ~15 min
88% enjoyedMouse + ToucheveryoneHTML5 / JavaScript
An interactive fiction game made for Ludum Dare 39: you are the King, and you must arrange for your Heir to escape before the traitorous Archduke seizes power. Time is running out.
About this game
This open-source game is published on PLAY from the original project by James Greenleaf under the MIT license. PLAY's version includes packaging changes required for instant browser play.
- Original project
- The Reign Abates
- Created by
- James Greenleaf
- Originally released
- 2017
- License
- MIT
- Source code
- Version 69e5a4c · MIT requires keeping the copyright and license notice; PLAY ships LICENSE with the game and shows it on the game page.
- Curated by
- Art House Games, a PLAY curation channel
- On PLAY since
- Oct 16, 2026 (PLAY version 1)
PLAY's version is the original project's files, packaged for instant browser play: a PLAY-CREDITS.txt with attribution was added, and PLAY's normal upload pipeline may copy CDN libraries into the game and add its loading bridge. Gameplay and assets are unchanged.
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