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Hey, pausing the not so regularly scheduled Danganronpa rants to talk about a passion project of mine that has complety taking over my brain for the past several months.
You ever start a joke and then wake up one day realizing it’s gone way too far? Yeah. That’s The Duck Game.
It started with a simple board game, a dumb conversation, and a Danganronpa fanfic idea that spiraled completely out of control.
And now, somehow, it’s a real, fully fleshed-out narrative RPG about the dark side of ambition, success, and power.
Let me explain.
One day, my friend Jensen brought in a board game called Abducktion by Very Special Games.
It’s a strategy game where you move colored ducks into formations to score points. The game had this story where you’re an intern at a UFO company abducting ducks, and in the single player mode you could gain promotions based on how many points you earned.
So, as my friends Jensen, and Braylon were playing, we started joking around. What if Abducktion wasn’t just a fun little game? What if the boss was actually using it to weed out the weak to find the best interns, promote them and get rid of the rest?
And that’s when I thought: Wait. This would make a great fanfic.
I didn’t want to write a fic about me and my friends, so I did the next logical thing—turn it into a Danganronpa fanfic. That same day, literally hours later, I had a draft for the first chapter, multiple endings planned, and a whole choice-based structure where readers would click links to different chapters based on their decisions.
Then I realized... that would be alot of work even for an over-obsessed Danganronpa fan.
So, I told my friend Braylon about the idea, and he said:
"If you come up with the ideas, me and my team could make it a game for you."
And just like that, me and his team partnered up. But there was one little problem:
Copyright.
I couldn’t just submit a Danganronpa fanfic as a standalone game and try to market it off as my own that would be a legal disaster.
But then I remembered—my stupid brain had already come up with HCs so OOC they twisted the characters beyond reconigtion.
So I took my favorite (sadly) non canon friend group—Tenko, Kokichi, Maki, Shuichi, Kaito, and Kaede—gave them new names, new roles, new backstories, new trauma, and new relationships and boom.
The Duck Game was born.
What started as a ha-ha funny idea spiraled into something way bigger than I ever expected.
When I was writing the idea down for the first time I literally wrote "The Duck Game, lmao no way this will go anywhere"
And now, several months later, here I am—actually making a real game. And honestly? I’m really proud of myself (which is rare, so that’s how you know this means something).
It's also really weird to be super fixated on something that isn't Danganronpa for once.
It’s a narrative-driven RPG about climbing the corporate ladder at a shady company called Luxus Enterprises. You play as Bennett Brooks, an anxious intern who slowly gets tangled in a world of corruption, power, and moral compromise.
Every decision you make shapes his relationships, his career, and who or what he ultimately becomes.
With multiple endings, branching choices, and a heavy focus on ethical repercussions, The Duck Game asks one question:
"How far would you go for success?"
If you're into narrative driven games, power struggles, and complex characters you'll love The Duck Game. It's got drama, tough choices, and dark themes, with a unique twist on corporate ambition and moral dilemmas.
It's still a WIP but I'm excited to share as it develops. Follow @theduckgameoffical for updates!
If you're intrested I'd appreciate you checking it out! Your feedback and support let me know people are invested, but no pressure.
Thank you so much for all the support you’ve shown on my rants and projects in the past—I’m really excited to work towards making The Duck Game a fully fledged game with all of your help!