Anthology of the Killer
A downloadable virtual horror land for Windows, macOS, and Linux
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"History is a nightmare - - and loving it!!"
The full collection of serialised comedy-horror games.
Join BB as she makes rent and zines in a world of drinky birds, secret rooms, dream resorts, bort dolls, waterparks, immersive theater, beachfront t-shirt stores, police men, art freeports and unorthodox medical treatment. Nobody gets out of here alive!!
Nine games wrapped into loader for easy access and additional features, like joypad support and bonus zones. IGF Nuovo Award winner 2024. Play it fresh... Relive the nightmare...
- Voice Of The Killer
BB joins a call center on the edge of the city, but a horrible noise can be heard from the sea. Does the voice of the Killer sound out this far...? - Hands Of The Killer
A strange sound is heard from within the walls of the apartment block - they say the hands of the Killer are roaming around.
- Drool Of The Killer
Beneath the tiles of the swimming pool complex, a new world is striving to be born. This is the TAMMY show, coming soon to a city near you.
- Eyes Of The Killer
It's the hit of the season and applause rings out night after night. But why do all the people that come to see it disappear? What does "immersive theatre" mean... and will BB survive to tell anybody else?
- Flesh Of The Killer
BB and her friends sneak into a tax exempt freeport on the edge of the city. What kind of animal has been evolving underground in the forbidden Museum Of Moral Art?
- Blood Of The Killer
In the quiet country town the drinky birds lie dreaming and severed heads roll slowly down the street. BB must discover the terrible secret of the lost zine distro, or fall prey to its curse...
- Ears Of The Killer
A new music scene is forming - it's known as "Crime Wave" and all of the songs are about killing people. Can BB and her sister ZZ outrun the New Wave, or is it true nothing can change the shape of things to come?
- Heart Of The Killer
At the Dream Resort the days slip by quietly in the murmuring pines. At night a dreadful vision of desire stalks the halls.
- Face Of The Killer
All the dogs in town are laughing: there is talk of a new play. As fireworks burst over the city, BB finds herself looking into the face of the Killer.
Featuring hit soundtrack by Tommy Tone: https://trashtronix.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-killer
And posters and guest diorama art by A. Degen
(all in-game screenshots on the page licensed CC BY-SA by request!)
Updated | 27 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Release date | May 27, 2024 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (178 total ratings) |
Author | thecatamites |
Genre | Adventure |
Made with | Unity |
Tags | Cartoon, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Walking simulator |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Gamepad (any) |
Purchase
Buy Now$6.00 USD or more
In order to download this virtual horror land you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $6 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:
AnthologyOfTheKiller_MAC.zip 386 MB
Anthology Of The Killer_v1.1_WIN.zip 379 MB
Anthology Of The Killer_v1.1_WIN32.zip 377 MB
Anthology of the Killer_v1.1_LNX.zip 395 MB
Anthology Of The Killer_v1.1_MAC.zip 384 MB
Development log
- Steam Release!27 days ago
- Steam Thing49 days ago
- v1.1 Notes!Jun 16, 2024
- Notes on Mac BuildMay 28, 2024
- Anthology Of The Killer Out Now!!May 28, 2024
- Releases 28th May!May 21, 2024
- Face Of The Killer - Out NowMar 05, 2024
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I LOVE ANTHOLOGY OF A KILLER RAAAHHHHH
Playing this game is the best thing that has ever happened to me! Best game EVER!!!
The 90s had Ghost World, the 00's had Scott Pilgrim, the 10s had Night in the Woods, and now we've got Of the Killer for the 20s even though it's the obscurest of them all.
The game captures the modern condition brilliantly. Every episode feels like an allegory of how we try to survive the absurdities of the modern world without ceasing to be human.
Some people are literally turning into monsters but you can still chat with them about music and stuff. It's about being young and naive but not expecting much. It's about searching for the meaning of meaninglessness among tragically amusing ruins of other people's failed passion projects, million dollar modern art masterpieces that look like a kid's doodles, and remnants of B-list pop culture phenomena from decades ago that you have an unexplainable emotional attachement to.
A 10/10 veritable modern classic. Polar opposite of soulless corporate crap.
Game of the year. Game of the decade. Game of the century. Game that will eclipse all of known history, relating to electronic entertainment or otherwise. GOD I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!
Are you fine with people modding your games?
absolutely
this is absolutely incredible, i played it all today and adored every moment. i do have one question about a minor detail i noticed, what's with all the Esperanto references? i figured you might have an interesting reason behind it
thank you! and yes, the esperanto thing comes from the history of the ESP-Disk music label - as the name suggests, it was initially founded to promote esperanto but became one of the most prominent early free jazz / experimental music labels from there. the label itself makes a cameo in Ears Of The Killer but i also just liked the idea of esperanto as a secret connecting sign of a new world that never quite arrived.
this game came to me at a difficult time in my life and it’s really helped me through it in a weird way. Sometimes i say “i’m gonna go hang out with bb” before i turn on the game
genuinely one of my top ten favourite games ever
A thought-provoking experience that really left an impression on me. Lots of memorable characters and it had me hooked the whole way through. Analyzing the meaning of each scene and experiencing all of the quirky humor was really fun and I'll miss popping on this game at 3 AM every night.
My personal Tier List: drool > face > hands > blood > ears > heart > eyes > flesh > voice
(drool's aesthetic was the coolest to me but face is probably the most well made)
Thank you for this wonderful game, I wish for the best in your future pursuits.
As an art student and future murder victim I relate heavily with BB.
How do you just know you're a future murder victim
WHO HAVE YOU ANGERED? 😨
for those of us who have gone through the rest of thecatamites' catalogue and are still hungry for more stories to capture that "anthology of the killer" charm, i've been reading the grant morrison doom patrol comics and they come pretty close. the surrealist settings the characters end up getting caught in are very killeresque, and the villains-- mr. nobody in particular-- feel exactly like the pompous ideologues whose nonsense bb would have to deal with. i seriously need to do some crossover fanart with these series, they have a lot of differences but they match up so well
I don't even know how to begin writing like this guy does. Thecatamites is my #1 inspiration for making video games
the "of the killer" games were made by garmentdistrict. i'm not sure what thecatamites did, i think he's the publisher
i am pretty sure garmentdistrict and thecatamites are the same person
interesting!
yes, they're the same person, real name stephen gillmurphy
An incredibly original and enjoyable series of games.
The cutest and kookiest vehicle for slow burn existential horror I've ever played... an experience that made me genuinely grateful to be alive yet also want to get murdered (for drama and aesthetics)
Played this slowly over the course of 2 months and wow what a satisfying game/zine. Such a good way to do it. The art, music, and writing are very immersive and actually I think gave me a bit of brain damage—but in a good way.
I don't think I've ever played a game so in-tune with my own sense of humor. Consistently hilarious. Also deserves more credit for tackling some really interesting philosophy. Will make you think a lot more than you'd expect. Best game I've played in a while, highest recommendation.
I regret to inform you that you have made the perfect game.
What can I say? It's quirky but it gets the job done.
Finished it through a weekend and it's such an astonishing ride!
Really hope there could be some community localization support, since now I feel a great impulsion of translating the game to Chinese (although it may be impossible to achieve by my own)
the writing makes me feel dumb but in an "i someday want to be smart enough to understand everything this game has to say" way
my main problem with the game is that it doesn't have a save feature, when you get to the later games they get longer, and i got stuck on geometry so i had to quit and start over. but other than that the game is flantastic.
This is now one of my favorite games,thank you for making it (and space funeral to lol)
kinda reminds me of old 90s simpsons.
Now this takes me back to the old days of the web, but with less slurs and risk of getting a pron virus after trying to pirate lego soccer. It's very comfy
So very glad to have seen this on a Vinesauce stream – it's some of the most Sunday Stream content to ever hit a weekday. You can really smell the DNA of Space Funeral all over this and vice-versa. I've had to excitedly show this to all my music snob and Weird-Menace-appreciating friends like I'm a cat bringing its owner gifts of miscellaneous leaf litter and dead slugs.
Probably one of my favorite games I've ever played. It's beautiful in a way I didn't expect video games could be. The writing is intelligent and brilliantly absurd. It made me incredibly emotionally and I still don't understand why. I love these games. I love BB. Thank you thank you thank you. If anyone is reading this and looking for a recommendation, please please please play this game.
<3
I only recently learned you also made Space Funeral. I thought my opinion of your talent couldn't get any higher. You are one of the rare creative geniuses which enter into this world every half-century or so. I'm appreciative to be around for it.
Using Pop!_OS and the Linux zip doesn't appear to have a supported executable. I figure there may be work-arounds like using the WIN32 but is there a way to get the LNX zip's contents working?
I'm also using Pop!_OS and the Linux zip works fine for me. Have you tried making the .x86_64 file executable?
Thank you for your response, this worked perfectly. I'm new to Linux and was unfamiliar with needing to fiddle with permissions sometimes.
this is maybe some of the most spernacular crambache i've seen in my life. Thank you ♥️
Really incredible. Constantly one-ups itself, leading up to an incredibly heartfelt fever nightmare of an ending. Can't recommend enough.
I'm glad I bought stock in Of The Killer early.
peak
In the end, we are all "Of the Killers" killers...
I cant claim to understand the broader context of everything but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Keep on killin' it dude, if you make any more of this I'll send over a pizza guy who will then stab you... with love! Or maybe he's just going to make you bleed a lot, either way, thanks for making this. It twas a truly memorable experience that my eyeballs will never forget
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be pierced by meditations on culture's inescapable relationship with violence.
really engaging, makes me smile. love it
this game is interesting and fun
this game brought me so much joy so many times while i played it, like eureka style recognition of something blah blah i haven't smiled so much all year. you are the people's hero for only charging $6 but i wish there was a button i could press whenever i had $6 and don't really need it desperately, so i could give you $6 for every time this game made me really really really happy while i was playing it... i bought a copy for my friend so that's a start
I love the bonus rooms
He's a pretty good killer but I think I still think Murder Dog is the head of the class in homicide.
yeah but murder dog got caught
I'm having an issue on my macbook where text is cutoff. When I launch the game, only one resolution option is available and playing in windowed mode doesn't work either :(
hey, sorry you're having an issue! are you able to try downloading the non-v1.1 version of the mac app and then running the console command here? https://thecatamites.itch.io/anthology-of-the-killer/devlog/739142/notes-on-mac-...
This is an issue with the Mac version's default aspect ratio. Going into windowed mode and manually resizing your window to be taller by dragging the corner fixes this (as of 1.1).