Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.
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Based on first hand accounts from real-life English 'peasant poet' John Clare, this story follows his escape from an asylum and chronicles his 80 mile walk home. The adventure explores the fictions and misremembering that resulted from a troubled mind experiencing such an exhausting trek.
A short, narrative adventure / walking simulator that you can experience in around 1 hour!
In the visual style of classic RPGs with simple controls designed to be accessible for players of all skills and ages, explore the landscape between London and Northborough in 1841. Encounter local people, engage them in branching dialogue, hear their stories and bump into figments of Clare's imagination.
Throughout the journey you might discover 'lost papers' - torn pages from Clare's notebooks - featuring fragments of his poetry and writings.
John Clare may be broken, unreliable narrator, but you can help him hold the pieces of his mind together and get him safely home.
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Based on first hand accounts from real-life English 'peasant poet' John Clare, this story follows his escape from an asylum and chronicles his 80 mile walk home. The adventure explores the fictions and misremembering that resulted from a troubled mind experiencing such an exhausting trek.
A short, narrative adventure / walking simulator that you can experience in around 1 hour!
In the visual style of classic RPGs with simple controls designed to be accessible for players of all skills and ages, explore the landscape between London and Northborough in 1841. Encounter local people, engage them in branching dialogue, hear their stories and bump into figments of Clare's imagination.
Throughout the journey you might discover 'lost papers' - torn pages from Clare's notebooks - featuring fragments of his poetry and writings.
John Clare may be broken, unreliable narrator, but you can help him hold the pieces of his mind together and get him safely home.
Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.
We are not affiliated with IsThereAnyDeal.
Steam data © 2025 Valve Corporation. Steam and the Steam logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Valve Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Independent of Valve. Pricing and availability subject to change.
