Proto:Misericorde: Volume One
This page details one or more prototype versions of Misericorde: Volume One.
A demo covering the first six chapters of Volume One was made available to patrons of the official Patreon on July 30, 2021, then to the general public two weeks later on August 13 (via Steam and itch.io, though it has since been removed from the latter). It runs on the TyranoBuilder engine, whereas the final game uses Ren'Py.
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Graphics Differences
Backgrounds and CGs
Changed Images
| ab_dorms_hall_night (Demo) | ab_dorms_hall_night (Final) |
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| ab_dorms_hall (Demo) | ab_dorms_hall (Final) |
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| ab_dormsdoorway (Demo) | ab_dormsdoorway (Final) |
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| ab_topofstairs_dorms (Demo) | ab_topofstairs_dorms (Final) |
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| ab_topofstairs_hallway (Demo) | ab_topofstairs_hallway (Final) |
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| RED (Demo) | RED (Final) |
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| special_estate_parlor (Demo) | special_estate_parlor (Final) |
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| swordonly (Demo) | swordonly (Final) |
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Demo-only Images
Most of these graphics are still defined in the final game's backgrounds.rpy file. None of them are actually used in the demo except for cephalo1080p (as mentioned on the Script Differences subpage).
ab_chapel1
ab_confessionalext
ab_exteriorarchway (a variant of the used background ex_entrance_archway)
ab_exteriorpath1080
ext_graveyardcrypt
ext_graveyardcryptwide
ext_graveyardview
special_abicon
special_abicon1080
glitch_1
special_DRIP1
special_DRIP2
special_DRIP3
special_DRIP4
special_footprints1
special_footprints2
special_footprintsclose
special_reddoor_dark
special_reddoor
special_reddooreffect1
special_reddooreffect2
special_SPLATTER
cephalo
cephalo1080p
Other Unused Graphics
This graphic, labeled demodemoinfocard, appears to be a leftover from a previous version of the demo, of which no further information is known.
Two variants of an animation labeled titlebg are stored with other video files in the demo, but aren't actually used on the title screen (or anywhere else, for that matter).
Missing Backgrounds and CGs
The following graphics from the final game haven't yet been implemented in the demo:
ab_2f_lookdown ab_2fhallway ab_2fmisericord_ghost ab_2Fmisericord_library_doors_nosconce ab_bigdoor_closeup ab_cellarparty ab_cellarpartytable ab_cellarpartytablecloseup ab_cellentrance ab_cellentrance_passage ab_cellhallway ab_cellhallwayflip ab_chapel_charity ab_chapel_eye ab_chapelbalcony ab_cloister3 ab_cloistercorner ab_cloisterflip ab_doortocloister ab_doortocloisterpan ab_dorms_ceiling ab_dorms_hall_night_hearth ab_dormsdoorway_eye ab_dormwide ab_dormwide_darcy ab_dormwide_moira ab_dormwide_rain ab_dormwindow2_eyes ab_exittohospitalum ab_hallway1_eye ab_hallway2f_pranks_doorclosed ab_hallway2f_pranks_dooropen ab_hallway2f_pranksfloor ab_hallway_toext_eyes ab_kitchen ab_misericordedoor_pranks ab_ruins ab_stairs_tocellar ab_stairs_weathered ab_walldoorclosed ab_walldooropen ab_wallspassage ab_wallspassagecloseup ab_wallundercell_book ab_wallundercell_nobook ab_workshop2 abeladance airport_burger airport_fastfoodplace airport_fries airport_gatesign airport_plane airport_security airport_wide angelaknife1 angelaknife2 bathing bathing2 bathing3 bathing4 bathing_moiraonly bathing_moiraonly_hedwig carrots1 carrots2 carrots3 carrots4 caskcloseup cat_first catprints cg_cloisterhigh charityandmartachairs cloisterfigure creature1 creature2_1 creature2_2 creature2_3 creature2_4 creature2_5 creature2_6 creature2_7 creature2_8 dog_1 dog_2 doorstuckframe1 doorstuckframe2 doorstuckframe3 eustacefall eustacelibrary eustacewalkback ext_abbeyfall ext_abbeyfall2 ext_abbeypath ext_abbeyside ext_abbeywall_outer ext_abbeywideshot ext_abtower_otherside ext_bigdoor ext_bighalldoor_ghost ext_bighill ext_canopy ext_canyon2 ext_canyonpan ext_cartpathfps ext_cartpathfps2 ext_cartpathfps3 ext_cartscroll ext_chapelfence ext_chapeltrees ext_darkhillpan ext_darkwoods ext_fieldcloseup ext_fieldhill ext_flowers3 ext_forestedge ext_garden_abbeyside ext_garden_night ext_garden_sky ext_gardenhedgeground ext_gardenpath ext_gardenpath2 ext_gardenpathclose ext_gardenrainclouds ext_godrays ext_grasscloseup ext_grasshills ext_hillbottom ext_hillclimbpan ext_hillview ext_hospitalum ext_hospitalumbackdoor ext_lake2pan ext_lake3 ext_lake4 ext_lakehigh ext_lakehigh2 ext_oldbuildings ext_rainclouds ext_raincloudsscroll ext_rectorydoor_night ext_rollinghills_sheep ext_secretunnelexit ext_sheepfield ext_shelter ext_shelterclose ext_wallwest flora_A_full flora_A_sketch floracat florachase florayell following_someone fritters gardencat ghost1 ghost2 ghost2_alter ghost3 ghost3_alter ghost4 ghost5 ghost5_alter ghost6 ghost6_alter ghostside god_cg groupshot hallway2f_pranks hedwig_A_full hedwig_A_half hedwigcat highpriestess hp_dungeon hp_dungeonbars hp_stairs kath_mcorde kath_mcorde2 kath_mcorde3 kath_mcorde4 kath_mcorde5 lbr_armor lbr_backshelves lbr_backshelves2 lbr_bookclose lbr_desk lbr_general lbr_laddershelves lbr_pile1 lbr_pile2 lbr_storagedoor marg_cry matthewcloseup_cell matthewdorms mcorde_angle2 mcorde_barrel mcorde_chess mcorde_door mcorde_eustacefall mcorde_eustacefall_mask mcorde_fireplace mcorde_floor mcorde_main mcorde_table mcorde_tableflip mcorde_tablemugs meat moira_snack nighteyes_cloister2 nighteyes_goat_updated nighteyes_goat_updated2 plane_aisle plane_aisle2 plane_seats plane_seatsred queenofswords rectory_margaretandflora sevenofcups sherrysmash_adela sherrysmashadela sherrysmashdarcy sherrysmasheustace sherrysmashhedwig sherrysmashhedwig2 sherrysmashkatherine sherrysmashmoira soupchess special_darcyhey special_magiccircle swordcloseup_wake_engraving swordcloseup_wake_reflection tape tape_play theworld vil_lakemanor2 vil_outskirts vil_square vil_streets1 vil_streets2 village_buildings village_buildings2 village_buildings3 village_cartpathcloseup village_door1 village_door2 village_door3 village_farmhouseinterior village_flags village_gatehouse village_high village_high2 village_hillpath1 village_hillpath2 village_hillpath3 village_lakemanor village_lakeside village_manor_1 village_stables village_street1 village_street
Character Sprites
All of Flora's, Katherine's, and Margaret's sprites are left-facing in the demo's files but were flipped to be right-facing in the final game. Additionally, from the demo to the final Flora's sprites were shrunk by about 15% and Katherine's face was redrawn:
| flora_default (Demo) | flora_default (Final) |
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| Katherine_default (Demo) | Katherine_default (Final) |
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The following sprites from the final game haven't yet been implemented in the demo (not counting those for characters who only appear at all in the final game):
Adela_angry_armlower Adela_angry Adela_default_armlower_browraise_splatter Adela_default_armlower_splatter Adela_default_browraise_candle Adela_default_candle Adela_default_sidelook Adela_default_splatter Adela_sad_armlower_splatter Adela_sad_candle Adela_sad_sidelook Adela_satisfied Adela_unamused_browraise_candle Adela_unamused_candle Adela_unamused_sidelook Adela_unamused Angela_angry_bushes Angela_angry_sidelook_bushes Angela_angry_sidelook Angela_default_bushes Angela_default_sidelook_bushes Angela_default_sidelook Angela_rage_sidelook Angela_sad Angela_tears_sidelook Angela_tears Angela_wistful Charity_cheerful Charity_cry Charity_irritated Charity_sadder Charity_sheepish Darcy_bucktooth_crook Darcy_bucktooth_sidelook_crook Darcy_default_sidelook_crook darcy_nightclothes_default_sidelook darcy_nightclothes_default Darcy_nonplussed_crook Darcy_sad_sidelook_crook Darcy_sad_sidelook Darcy_thinkinghard_crook Darcy_threeface_crook Darcy_threefaceopen_crook Darcy_unamused_crook Darcy_unamused_sidelook_crook Eustace_angry_slap Eustace_angry_splatter Eustace_annoyed_sidelook_slap Eustace_annoyed_slap Eustace_concern_slap Eustace_concern_splatter Eustace_default_sidelook_slap Eustace_default_sidelook_splatter Eustace_default_slap Eustace_default_splatter Eustace_introspective_slap Eustace_introspective_splatter Eustace_introspectivetear Eustace_nightclothes_default Eustace_nonplussed_sidelook_slap Eustace_stress_slap Eustace_stress_splatter flora_browraise_drunk flora_cry flora_deepthought flora_default_drunk flora_introspective flora_irritated_drunk flora_irritated_sidelook_mouthclosed_drunk flora_irritated_sidelook_mouthopen_drunk flora_lookdown_drunk flora_lookdown flora_mouthopen_drunk flora_shiteatinggrin flora_smug_drunk flora_unhappy_sidelook Katherine_anger_armsbehind Katherine_anger_sidelook_armsbehind Katherine_anger_sidelook Katherine_annoyed_armsbehind Katherine_annoyed Katherine_conniving_armsbehind Katherine_cruel1 Katherine_cruel2 Katherine_default_armsbehind Katherine_default_sidelook_armsbehind Katherine_default_sidelook_splatter Katherine_default_sidelook Katherine_default_splatter Katherine_rage1 Katherine_rage2 Katherine_ragecry Katherine_sidelook_happy_armsbehind Katherine_sidelook_happy Katherine_unamused_armsbehind Katherine_unamused_sidelook_armsbehind Katherine_unamused Katherine_wicked_armsbehind margaret_angry_lute margaret_default_lute margaret_default_sidelook_lute margaret_irritated_lowhands margaret_irritated_lute margaret_irritated_sidelook_lowhands margaret_irritated_sidelook_lute margaret_irritated_sidelook margaret_irritated margaret_sad_lowhands margaret_sad_lute margaret_sad margaret_smile_lute margaret_smirk_lute margaret_smirk_sidelook_lute margaret_thoughtful_browraise_lowhands margaret_thoughtful_browraise margaret_thoughtful_lowhands margaret_thoughtful_lute margaret_thoughtful Marta_happy Marta_irritated_sidelook Marta_pensive Marta_shifty_sidelook Marta_veryhappy moira_cry_lowhands moira_default_lowhands moira_default_sidelook_splatter moira_default_sidelook moira_default_splatter moira_nightclothes_default_sidelook Moira_nightclothes_default Moira_nightclothes_sheepish_sidelook moira_nightclothes_worry_sidelook Moira_nightclothes_worry moira_offended_lowhands moira_offended moira_sheepish_lowhands moira_sheepish_sidelook_lowhands moira_sheepish_sidelook_splatter moira_sheepish_splatter moira_smug_lowhands moira_smugsheepish_lowhands moira_smugsheepish moira_worry_lowhands moira_worry_sidelook_lowhands_splatter moira_worry_sidelook_lowhands moira_worry_sidelook_splatter moira_worry_tear_lowhands Superior_cry_sidelook Superior_default_cry Superior_default_sidelook marg_story
UI Elements
The main menu isn't yet fully animated in the demo.
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The menu button displayed alongside dialogue in the demo is replaced by a text-based menu overlay in the final game.
The backlog, save/load screen, and settings menu all have unique full-screen background graphics in the demo, as well as a "back" button in a similar style to the menu button above; in the final game they instead use simplified mostly-blank backgrounds with a sidebar for additional menu options.
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| Save (Final) | Load (Final) |
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| Settings (Demo) | Settings (Final) |
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Audio Differences
Changed BGM
| Aultre_Venus (Demo) | aultrevenus_remix (Final) |
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The lead piano was made significantly louder and less muffled in the final version.
| Sister_Mine (Demo) | sistermine_remix (Final) |
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The overall volume was boosted for the final version.
| menu_loop (Demo) | mainmenu (Final) |
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The entire second half of the demo's main menu theme, which features a drastic shift in tone, was cut from the final version.
Demo-only BGM
Trip_Advisor
While the track "Trip Advisor (Remix)" is used in both the demo and the final game, this older version of it is left unreferenced in the demo's files.
concernloop
loop_choir1
lute1
These three tracks also aren't referenced anywhere in the demo's script. Oddly enough, loop_choir1 is nearly identical to the final game's main menu theme (as seen in the above section).
Lemegeton
Used for the demo's credits sequence. Of particular note, this track was included on the 2021 Bandcamp album By Total Rebellion, which also features some songs that would later go on to be used in the Misericorde soundtrack proper.
Missing BGM
The following tracks from the final game haven't yet been implemented in the demo:
| Filename | Official Name |
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| 60stoner_remix | Purple Carrots |
| Aethling | Aethling |
| Balanced Humors | Balanced Humors |
| Being Sneaky 2 | Being Sneaky... 2! |
| Caritas | Caritas |
| Chess Metaphor | Chess Metaphor |
| Creature Junction | Creature Junction |
| deducer | Deducer |
| dnb6 | Gothic |
| each day here wrong RPM | Each Day Here... (Wrong RPM) |
| electronicthing_remix | More than Most |
| escapement | Escapement |
| Everything is Normal | Everything is Normal |
| Five Pointed | Five-Pointed |
| forlornguitarloop | Dubium |
| GenesisBasicElementary_remix | Genesis! Basic! Elementary! |
| Goodbye Sherry | Goodbye, Sherry |
| halfremembered | Half-remembered |
| inventio | Inventio |
| isawaghost | I've Seen a Ghost |
| jungleloop3 | Danger Nun |
| kookyloop2 | How Mysterious! |
| library | The Library |
| lutefiller2 | lutefiller2 |
| lutereverbloop2 | Lute Ambience 2 |
| lutereverbloop3 | Lute Ambience 3 |
| marimbatest | Half-remembered |
| misericorde_apollobass_short | Hermes |
| misericorde_apollobass2_tensionloop | How Strange! |
| misericorde_bigbuild | A Vision |
| misericorde_catherines-canon_margaret | Catherine's Canon (Margaret's Version) |
| misericorde_dubstep2_remix | Let's Make A Pact |
| misericorde_florastheme | Flora's Theme |
| misericorde_isawaghost | I've Seen a Ghost |
| misericorde_jazzthing | En Passant |
| misericorde_londondub_expo | Busybody |
| misericorde_mandolinhop | Frekyne |
| misericorde_margaretssong | Margaret's Song |
| misericorde_mysticatest | Anchoress |
| misericorde_oldstrings | Guilt |
| misericorde_oldstrings2 | Miserere |
| misericorde_pianoverb_idk | My My My |
| misericorde_pianoverb | My My My |
| misericorde_portis10_remix | Thimbles |
| misericorde_slowpostrock3 | Mechane |
| misericorde_supessong | Soup's Song (Interrupted) |
| misericorde_synamome | Synamome |
| misericorde_tripstrings | Strawberye |
| misericorde_uneasyexpoloop | Unease |
| misericorde_violence | Violence |
| misericorde_wake_stringloop | Eulogy |
| misericordevoxchop | Wisdom & Her Sisters |
| moretriphop_remix | Maleficarum |
| mousehole | Mousehole |
| occassum | Occassum |
| paganorum I wrong RPM | Paganorum (Wrong RPM) |
| pianoexpoloop | Doves & Pigeons |
| Premade Root | Premade Root |
| sacristan | Sacristan |
| saltarello | Saltarello |
| scandal_remix | Scandal! |
| shepherds crook wrong RPM | Shepherd's Crook (Wrong RPM) |
| steorra | Steorra |
| Synnar | Synnar |
| Talk To Me | Talk to Me |
| Thinking is Hard | Thinking is Hard |
| Vellum | Vellum |
Missing SFX
The following SFX from the final game haven't yet been implemented in the demo:
airportambient ambientwind ambientwindybirds misericorde_chasehorror_end misericorde_chasehorror_loop sfx bagclose sfx bassrumbleloop sfx bassrumbleshort sfx bathenter sfx bathexit sfx bathsplash sfx bigdoorscrape1 sfx bigdoorscrape2 sfx bottlebreak sfx cardplay sfx cardshuffle sfx cart sfx caskbreaklong sfx caskbreakshort sfx caskthunk sfx cat1 sfx cat2 sfx catchatter sfx chairscrape sfx cheering sfx chessbox sfx clothyank1 sfx clothyank2 sfx doorrattle sfx eject sfx evillaugh sfx farm sfx fireplace sfx florabreak sfx florascream sfx florascreamdistant sfx flutter sfx flyover sfx flyover2 sfx footstep_single sfx footstep_single2 sfx garden_ambience sfx giantdoorslam sfx glasstwinkle sfx hallcry sfx hedgerustle sfx hedwigfall sfx hooray sfx horseloop sfx horsepass sfx hug sfx lighter sfx lightningstrike_single sfx mcordesword sfx monstersound1 sfx monstersound2 sfx nunfall sfx organfail1 sfx organfail2 sfx outsidenight sfx play sfx runstone sfx scratching2 sfx skytrumpets sfx slap sfx slowclap sfx sneeze sfx stonescrapes sfx swimmingambient sfx sworddraw sfx swordflip sfx tableflip sfx thunderclap sfx thunderstorm sfx thwip sfx travelers sfx village sfx wallknocks sfx wallpassage sfx wallpassageknocks sfx wallpassagemuffled sfx waterdrop sfx writing sfx_bigboom sfx_dischord sfx_fear1 sfx_firegoatkill sfx_firewoosh sfx_footsteps_ghost_grass sfx_footsteps_ghost sfx_footsteps_ghostfar sfx_footsteps_stone_stop sfx_footsteps_wood_stop sfx_halldoorslam sfx_mouseover sfx_page_deep sfx_page1 sfx_page2 sfx_planeambience sfx_punctuate sfx_quickmouseover sfx_select sfx_slap sfx_sword_unsheathe sfx_unlock
Revisional Differences
On July 31, 2021, the demo was updated (with a separate patcher also available for players who had already downloaded the old version) to fix a minor script error in one of Superior's early dialogue lines:
| Original | Patched |
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| She wouldn't have wanted that. | Catherine wouldn't have wanted that. |
Oddities
Missing Characters
The file chara_define.ks, which defines character names and their default sprites, contains commented-out labels that list more characters than are actually defined. The full list, with comment-only characters in bold:
| ID | Name |
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| 1 | Adela |
| 2 | Angela |
| Baph | |
| Catherine | |
| 5 | Charity |
| 6 | Darcy |
| 7 | Eustace |
| 8 | Flora |
| 9 | Katherine |
| 10 | Margaret |
| 11 | Marta |
| 12 | Moira |
| 13 | Superior |
| Anchoress | |
| ??? | |
| Hedwig | |
| 17 | Darcy_Chibi |
| 18 | Adela_Chibi |
| Angela_Chibi | |
| Chariti_Chibi [sic] | |
| Eustace_Chibi | |
| 22 | Flora_Chibi |
| 23 | Katherine_Chibi |
| Margaret_Chibi | |
| Marta_Chibi | |
| Moira_Chibi |
While the allowances for potential additional chibis and for the non-sprite-using Hedwig and Catherine make sense, no reference to a character named "Baph" appears anywhere else in either the demo or final game.
