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Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler.

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Has anyone beaten this as an Idolator? (Spoilers, obviously)

I am stuck in the graveyard with a box of ashes. I cannot find a way through the forced boss fight as a pacifist. So, has anyone actually succeeded at finding a way through without cheating?

hyp(no)sin()

4 Jan @ 2:05pm

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What is the Cheater's Key?

I realise that this is probably a spoiler, but I got this key somewhere and have no idea what it could be used for. I am certain that I never cheated, so it is rather confusing. I have already beaten the game and never found any use for it.

hyp(no)sin()

3 Jan @ 1:09pm

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Setting the resolution to anything 4:3 messes with the controls

For some reason if I set the resolution to anything that would be considered 4:3 it makes the player camera move horizontally without me touching the controller. The lower the resolution the faster it goes (pretty funny at lower resolution actually, like a kid spinning around really fast to get dizzy). I'm on a 1440p 144hz monitor and also have a second monitor...

Deware

21 Dec, 2025 @ 5:06pm

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9.7 hrs on record

Posted: 30 January

This is a good game. Play it.

I really wanted to get at least 2 endings before writing a review, but screw it.
This is one of the most disturbing pieces of media I've experienced. Expect an uncomfortably personal, gut-wrenching story told in a non-linear souls-esque style, covered in a very interesting depiction of religious themes. All wrapped up in the beautifully crusty King's Field engine.

I'm not the most empathetic person, but playing this game is unnerving. When you start at least somewhat relating to the stuff in the game, it really gets to you. It's fascinating and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up, and I love it for this.
Also, funnily, this game made me start reading Philip K. ♥♥♥♥. Good stuff, unsurprisingly.

I really hope that this game will get the attention it deserves, and I hope that the dev is in a good place now (very chill and friendly person by the way, you can talk to them on the Sword of Moonlight Discord).
I hope to see more projects from them.

And yeah, I'm definitely going in back for seconds.

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Almost unplayable (right now!)

Hi, i have a few techical problems with the game: - The framerate is very very low (fixed by removing the config.txt document) - The low resolution is a BIG problem, because i have 2 screens and the resolution messes up everything on the desktop and the windows in background - Same problem with the obligatory full screen, I'd rather play in a window than mess up my desktop Thanks!...

Gianni Fantoni

19 Nov, 2025 @ 11:49am

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can't get fullscreen 4:3 unstretched and can't get the game to run in a window

when opening the game, despite being 1024x768, the game is stretching, when I change the ScalingMode in dgvoodoo.conf to centered, it doesn't scale, leaving me with a small little viewport of the game. this would be fine if I could alternatively run the game in a window, which also doesn't seem to want to work despite changing the settings lol I'm well aware that i'm working with a somewhat modded version of sword of moonlight and if what I'm seeking isn't really possible, no worries, I'll just play it st...