Mouthwashing
A downloadable game for Windows
Pony Express long-haul space freighter "Tulpar"
Crew: Five
Planned Shipment Duration: 382 Days
Elapsed Transit Time: 147 Days
I hope this hurts.
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A narrative driven first-person horror game following the dying crew of a shipwrecked space freighter.
Who could have known what good ol’ Captain Curly was capable of? Guess he thought his crew dying alongside him was only right. But some men can’t even kill themselves properly. Maimed, limbless and unable to speak, but alive, Curly is now at the mercy of the crew he has doomed to a slow death.
The Pony Express long-haul galactic freighter Tulpar is stranded within an uncharted region of space. Emergency life support systems saved the Captain and crew of four. The ship will run out of power within six months, food rations long before that. Adrift far off their shipment route, they know the chance of rescue nears zero. Opening the cargo hold is strictly prohibited by the company, but the contents could mean a prolonged chance of survival.
In the space freighter industry, there’s a saying:
“Hope to die, or for goodness sake, pray that everyone else did.”
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Incidentally, we analyzed Mouthwashing during a lecture in mid-June, and I didn’t buy it because *it wasn’t listed* on itch-io (some of my students tried it too) and only available on Steam. I repeat—here on itch-io, the game was already clearly 100% not listed as of last June.
This game hasn’t been indexed since October 2024 since it doesn’t meet our indexing criteria: https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed#why-isnt-my-project-showing-up
The developers are using a “Download” button as a link to Steam. The developer took down any playable files from this page in 2024.
Why, given your recent history, do we not believe that explanation?
@sanjihimura, I can't blame you. But you can see for yourself on the wayback archive from last october, the download button is an external link. https://web.archive.org/web/20241009033637/https://kasuraga.itch.io/mouthwashing . I dunno why itch allows external links to be made if they are against the rules.
They aren’t against the rules, we just don’t index placeholder pages or pages that are just links to somewhere else. We want people browsing the itch.io main site to be viewing games they can access on itch.io. That doesn’t mean you can’t, for example, use itch.io pages as a portfolio with your work that is hosted elsewhere. It just won’t be promoted by our discovery tools.
Just because a game is “deindexed” doesn’t mean it’s breaking the rules. It just means that we aren’t promoting it from the main site.
i am willing to believe this one, this once, because the download button does in fact link outside of itch. I didn't even know this was possible. and it is certainly very weird of kasuraga
Hi, looked at this myself after seeing this all develop on Bluesky.
In particular I checked that the criteria mentioned by Leafo isn't some new ad hoc excuse, it existed at least a year ago already.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240825160531/https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting...
And it very clearly states:
I would sincerely suggest showing a smaller platform like this as much solidarity as to the indie devs, they got ambushed with sudden demands from major companies they depend on to survive and had to take emergency actions, blaming them just distracts from lobby groups and financial companies responsible for this.
good explanation 💪
That's the thing. While I will put the blame where it belongs, and admit that I was wrong, fact is that I don't need the lecture.
I just simply made a statement about Leafo's recent history and refused to believe the statement at the time. I still don't believe him as far as cowtowing as far as he did to the leftist idiots that got Steam.
Call me out if you must, but don't lecture.
Collective Shart is right wing actually.
doesnt matter if they were "forced" (which they werent) they still decided to comply with their demands. the truth is FUCK VISA, FUCK MASTERCARD, FUCK COLLECTIVE SHOUT AAANNDDD FUCK ITCH.IO for complying with their retarded demands
While I do believe you that the game was delisted for the reasons you state and the devs/publisher are mistaking delisting for deletion, you really brought all of this negative attention upon yourselves. Shame on you.
FUCK ITCH.IO
Dude why was it removed
It was removed in 2024, dev is making shit up
They removed this game from search results! What the fuck?! Fuck itch.io
This is exactly what I was afraid of when the NSFW games purge started. I knew it wouldn't be limited to just smutty content and knew it would move to general adult content in games.
Censore creations/ideas will be always a bad way except for illegals projects (by the law) or scams. It will be a bad ad for itchio.
Censoring art and the internet is the worst thing they could do.
And it's starting to happen...
But mouthwashing isn't NSFW, at most those upcoming console ports would be rated M for mature. Not adults only.
It's not like Itch.io has a choice, they are a much smaller company than Valve (notice how they are the ones that have been forced to take it down while Steam stays up). And at the end of the day, it's a battle with the actual payment processors, literally their entire income is at risk if they don't comply. turn your energy towards Visa and Mastercard, contact lawmakers, and support movements against this policing. Can't guarantee it will work, but it is gonna be a hell of a lot more productive than sitting here bitching at Itch.io, who are victims just like the devs (albeit to a lesser degree) if we are being completely honest.
This game hasn’t been indexed since October 2024 since it doesn’t meet our indexing criteria: https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed#why-isnt-my-project-showing-up
They are using a “Download” button as a link to Steam. The developer took down any playable files from this page in 2024.
BEST HORROR GAME EVER MADE.
One of the best indie horror games I've ever played, bought it off steam but decided to rate here. Truly a masterpiece through both graphics and storytelling. Swansea's monologue at the end made me cry tears.
one of yhe best games of all time
REALLY ENJOYED THIS GAME, I had a blast playing it with my friend on my youtube, im glad it did so well Playlist To The Full Series
One of the best games of all time
<3
I found the game to be very good and quite dark, the more the game progressed the crazier everything got.
AMAZING GAME!!!! The best game I've played this year!
THIS GAME WAS FREAKIN AMAZING, I don't usually play a whole lot of indie games since they got really boring and repetitive, but THIS GAME is probably one of the most unique and fun story rich games to play this year! when it comes to the indie genre
This game was absolutely amazing and I loved playing it. I really hope that everyone gets a chance to play it and see how great it is!
please release it here too! on steam you sell it under russians publishing company and ukranians (including me) who really love your games cannot buy it cause of our tenets (we are still under fire every day and dont wanna support terrorists in any way). we just want to buy and play your game. please let us pay you directly :(
I kind of understand your point of view but, not every Russian is a terrorist, you know that right?
thats not really whats being said is it though?
i don’t really care what opinion the game publishers have. if i pay them - my money will go to pay taxes in russia. for military affairs too. and i don't want to pay for my possible death you know ahahaha. i just want to play a game without sponsoring a war
The Publisher may not be living in Russia?
I'm from turkiye myself, and there are many refugees here that consistently speak their own language and refuse to learn Turkish
This has to be one of the best games I have played, this is the full version of the game with no commentary, just pure full gameplay footage:
Is there a way to pay you and download this without steam. I want to support you, but also don't have time for Steam's endless updating.
this did hurt.
You should actually release the game here for real instead of just having this page link to Steam.
Well... that was... intense. This is one of the three games I’ve played this year that left an INDELIBLE impression and holds a special place in my heart.
I am writing to you from inside the walls. Please please please: was the naming of the Tulpar intentional to stage the ruthless, hopeless samsara at play? I have been rotating concepts in my head for several nights straight now
Hey! I left a theory about the ship's name in a pinned comment under my video: https://youtu.be/e6LjLlJOHLc
I also left this theory here if you scroll down a bit.
Indeed, and while I agree that likely this is the entirety of the reason for the choice, what with the ship being a "pony" "flying" through space and whatnot. But I can't really let go of the connection to just Tulpa, in the traditional Tibetan Buddhist sense.
y it not for free TT
because people need to make money lolz
The more I play this game, the more I’m consumed by the darkness and horror of everything happening, and the realization that we’re playing as a dangerously insane psychopath.
do we know if there is going to be a release for MacOS ?
asking what every mac user is asking
you don't understand how much I need to play this game !!! D: IT LOOKS SO COOL AAAAAA
thank you for everything u put in this game: really made us think the night we played it. also fuck jimmy
ughhhhhhhhh, i wanna play this SO BAD because its out of my comfort zone and i wanna expand my tastes in horror games but its only for windows and it costs money (which isnt the problem if i had a credit card i would SO buy this). my parents are the type that if they see a little bit of blood in a game (one time i wasnt allowed to get a game because the character in the trailer had a forehead cut. FOREHEAD.) theyre also religous Roman Catholics and i dont know what they'd think of this. i once told my mom that i wanted to get a septum piercing someday or maybe a tattoo and she started comparing peircings to devil worship and disobeying god's will. i mean, shes okay with me being lesbian so thats good. if this was a game from a massive company, i'd just pirate it, but since this is an indie game and was made by EXTREMELY talented people/person, i feel like they should recieve compensation. i NEVER pirate indie games since theres an intense amout of dedication and work and effort put into this by often a team of small people or even just one person, that money is deserved and will actually benefit them. pirating from a large game company doesnt even make a difference to them. i hope i can buy it someday
are... you okay?
yeah, im fine, just strict religious parents :/
alright.. that sucks. stay safe. and ITCH.IO comment section isn't really the place to vent. but i get it
yeah, sorry, i just kinda got carried away in trying to explain myself, srry
Oh, I remember those times. Many years ago, my mom caught me playing Postal 2, and she caused such a scene that I thought I wouldn't make it out alive! Hang in there, buddy, we're with you!
Mouthwashing works on Linux via Valve’s own Proton engine 100%, and on Mac OS via CrossOver or kegworks emulation according to reddit users, so hopefully you’ll get enough freedom soon to get the game no matter what your OS is!
Super great indie game my dude!!! I'm very impressed! Hope to see a a
lot more from you in the future!Here's something inrtesting about Pony Express space freighter "Tulpar"
Tulpar is a legendary winged or celestial horse in Turkic mythology, akin to the Greek Pegasus. The wings of Tulpar were not necessarily for flight but symbolized its unparalleled speed. This mythical horse has been immortalized in various cultural symbols.
Tulpar = Horse = Pony Express
a GOG release would be great too!
This game holds a special place in my heart, a magnificent, chilling, and terrifying story of human madness.
Please allow us to buy the game here rather then only on steam, I'd much rather my money contribute to you and itch.io then a company that doesn't allow me to truly own games I bought
Is there a way to still play the demo?
its not letting me download, is this game not free?
No, you have to get it on steam