Don't Fear the Jester
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Android
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WARNING: FETISH CONTENT
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Original build made in 2 weeks for Weightgaming.com's 2024 Gain Jam
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Play a fattening game of cards for the hand of the Princess!
Featuring:
- 6+ Weight Stages for the Jester and Player
- 3 Items to tip the scales in your favor
- 2(?) Endings
- Sound Effects
Controls:
Left Mouse - Interact
Right Mouse - Skip Dialogue
S - Toggle SFX
M - Toggle Music
Credits:
Goufats - Art, character designs (DA, Twitter)
TheSpookyEnd - Writing, concepts (DA)
OhNoAnotherButton - Game design, coding
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Click download now to get access to the following files:
DontFearTheJester (NEW 1.0.1) (WIN) 59 MB
DontFearTheJester (OLD) (Gain Jam Version) (WIN) 59 MB
DontFearTheJester (NEW V1.0.1) (MAC) (EXPERIMENTAL) 54 MB
DontFearTheJester (NEW V1.0.1) (ANDROID) (EXPERIMENTAL) 53 MB
readme.txt 3.2 kB
Development log
- Mac and Android V1.0.1 Release!Sep 08, 2024
- V1.0.1Sep 07, 2024
- 1.0 Full Release!!Sep 07, 2024




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so, what is the maker of this absolute masterpiece been up to lately?
Hey does anyone mind helping me download/play this game I on iPhone and are trying to play it
Genuinely curious if you have anything else in the works? Your games are some of my favorite to play! Love everthing about them from the art to the writing!
This feels like it can really be built upon.
Can you do a new version for android
Are you planning to upload the source code?
I cant help when i look at the title but think of Don't Fear The Reaper by The Blue Oyster Cult and now i need to listen to that again
What happens if you get a joker, where you both gain 1 and you are both on the last stage?
It gives a 3rd ending.
it does??
Could you please write what the ending is like? I am sure I somehow managed to get both the player and the jester immobile, but it didn't trigger anything special, maybe both endings at once.
It's a bit zoomed in, UI's resting halfway on the border of my screen. Any way to fix that?
Edit: Got a double-joker and the game softlocked...
Talk about luck of the draw.
I wish the cards moved twice as fast and that any of the items beside the coin actually made a difference. The art's good though.
Love this game so fun but, I played and accidentally both loses by spinning wheel. here explain, I was 6+ weight and jester too and I draw joker card to spin wheel until lands on both of you get +1 weight and both loses that's why I got luckiest ever life get secret ending
Idk if it's just my phone, but it won't go out of portrait mode
I was just replaying this game and it glitched out on me, the first time I've ever had it happen.
Jester was at +1 weight, I was at +5 Weight. A joker came up as the reverso-weight. I lost my weight down to +1, and the Jester gained up to +5. However, it went back to ME and I was back at +5 and I think I gained up to +6. Camera went back to the Jester view, and the game stopped responding to commands. I couldn't hit ESC or anything, I had to close the game down.
I had 3 draw-hands, I think the Jester had one too. We had the Joker card come up two other times in previous turns. First one I think was Jester > Player, and then the next one was Jester & Player +1. This was the third Joker cane up.
I really enjoyed playing Don't Fear the Jester. The game has a mysterious and engaging atmosphere, and the characters—especially the Jester—are very memorable.
I would love to know more about the game's lore and story background. Could you share more details about the world and the true role of the Jester and the Princess? Are there different endings or secret routes?
Also, could you tell which game modes or stories are currently implemented, and whether there are plans for new modes or updates?
Lastly, I’m curious—what is your opinion on mods? Do you support the idea of fans modifying the game or expanding it?
Thanks for your work, and I’d love to see where the game goes in the future!
for such a simple game its so fun to replay, id love to see maybe more added content or whatnot however i will more than gladly take this sweet little package. if there is ever plans to do a payed expansion on the game with id assume more rounds/weight stages and more items then id gladly pay a pretty penny for it. 10/10 extremely fun
Awesome game! Hope you are ok with this?
Of course! Thanks so much for playing :)
hey will this ever be updated
There are some plans in the pipeline, but unfortunately life stuff has gotten in the way for a few of us, so there might not be anything for a little while! :((
OMG THIS IS AWESOME!! do you have aby other sochials or somewhere i can chat with you on? maybe a discord?? i have some projects too and i wanted to ask for advice about the process and stuff, if youd text me id be very happy!! (user is "reignbov" on discord)
It's a good game, works very well on my phone, now there's just constant noises when playing or rather gurgling if you're fat, I'd even pay something for it but Pay Pal doesn't work unfortunately not with me anymore
This game is pretty great. I wouldn't mind a SFW version. Could be pretty promising as some kind of roguelite too.
Played this game before on android and liked it, but on a s24+ now, and it says that I can't install the app as it isn't compatible with my phone, no idea what happened.
Same issue, but I'm on S25U and I came from Note20 :c
about to win, the ai just got jokers and got a massive weight change, then it just magically takes a higher card than mine and lose, it feels like way too rigged, it's not even luck the hell. All the jokers go to the rival, it's just not fair.
was fun. I lost the first time on 1.0.1, however I then somehow clean sweeped the jester next game. Afterwards, I played the gainjam version and barely won as I was 1 or 2 stages from losing myself, but got back in the lead by tying with them as well as a final jester swap.
short but very fun
I have to say absolute 10/10 of a game I just have one question.
Will this game be expanded on more or is it all done wrapped up?
Also if you are continuing to add stuff I have some suggestions.
Keep up the good work
it says I can't open it. I'm on Mac.
Why is ace the lowest?
ace represents two numbers. 1 and 11. Like how in poker you can play a straight of ace king queen jack 10, or 5, 4, 3, 2 , ace. in blackjack, if an ace would make you bust, then it becomes a one in your score instead
thanks.
was about to win, got 4 jokers in a row, rolled red 4 times in a row, closed the game
Unlucky, I won the third time around
This is really fun, I'm glad this was made and really hope it can get some updates at some point
Congratulations on winning Gain Jam! I couldn’t even contain my happiness when I saw it being first place! 🥰
It’s really addicting, charming artworks, and the mechanics are simple enough to understand! Hell, when I first heard of this game, I was like “Uhh, I’m not too sure. I’m kind of bad at card games”, until this proves me wrong!
Huge congrats on winning the Gain Jam! It was by far one of the most enjoyable to play, from the art to the gameplay!
You could make a Spanish version and a male version, the game is very fun and I'm hooked, so it would be more stimulating and easier for me to play and entertain myself.
That's what I think, there are few games where men get fat and the few that there are are in English and at least for me it's a bit of a pain.
Can you make an endless mode plz?
I git the 3 ending btw and i woukd just like to say well done your work is amazing
how do you get it
Here how get secret ending (3/3) By both loses, you are 6+ weight and jester too, draw joker and spin wheel to lands both of you +1 weight to get both immobile so that's why actual secret ending that never got luck happened
Shoukd add more mids and more weight gain numbers like more than just 8 and a endless mod would be fire or diff jester effect
I love this game. Simple and entertaining, and I found myself playing it over and over to see if I could exhaust all the dialogue. I was wondering if there was some place where you could see all the dialogue in the game or if you'd be willing to share that.
A nice addition to the game could be a sandbox mode where you choose which cards are more likely to appear, what the players/Jester's starting weight is etc. There should also be more comments from the princess, not just "Ew, your too skinny".
I agree with that, and also having the ability to select the jester as a playable character
Incredible art and sound effects, would love to see more of this!
Pretty fun for what a card game can bring. The Jester Roulette does add some spice to it, and I like the idea. One glitch I did end up finding was when I was pretty big, maybe 6 rounds in on intentional losses and the Jester Card popped up, which resulted in a swap, though it made me stay at the weight, and the Jester became the same weight, and it also froze the game. Though I guess it wasn't really intended.
Currently looking into this bug! Thanks for the feedback :D