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Muffles' Life Sentence EPISODE 1 Trailer

Take back your identity in Muffles’ Life Sentence- a darkly quirky RPG set in a prison where inmates are remade to match their crimes.

Gameplay Features

  • Unlockable faces to swap identities and gain new abilities
  • Deep card combat system without grinding or random encounters
  • A cast of absurd criminal monsters
  • Statuses that include: Panic Attack, Looking for Shiv, and Poison
  • Visuals boasting 3 whole colors
  • A great soundtrack you need to see to believe
  • Serialized story released in chapters
  • Puzzles that aren’t too tedious
  • Dee is in this game

Including Characters Such As

Muffles

Faceless inmate with no idea how they ended up in prison. Did the surgeons really need to sew their mouth shut?

Scarlet

Pseudo-religious figurehead who has promised freedom in exchange for the Warden’s head.

Shatter

Gang leader of the WARDEN KILLLERS. He’s mostly just recruited Pettys for now- but just you wait!

Constant

Anxious android security officer. He’s gotten a bit addicted to shocking himself to help clear his mind. I’m sure that will end well.

Pettys

Petty criminals rendered spineless after a little soft-lobotomy.

Half-Croc

Mostly teeth, anger, and a childhood filled with poor role models.

Released in Episodes

MLS has released in early access, with a demo for Chapter 1 always available. New chapters will be released every couple of months, so there can be consistent updates based on what you all think.

BossyPino is greedy as shit and this game WILL COST YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLAS. But regardless of when you buy, he promises you will get access to ALL future chapters.

Follow Along with Development

Factsheet

  • Developer/Publisher: BossyPino
  • Early Access Release Date: Planned for Feb 2025
  • Demo Release Date: 10/7/2024 Out now!
  • Platforms: Set to release on PC/Linux/Steam Deck (experimental) on Steam, Itch.io
  • Price: (COMING SOON)
  • Inquiries: [email protected], or on discord @bossypino

Promotional Videos

No Face, No Name, No Idea How I Ended Up in Prison

An all purpose trailer!

No Face, No Name, No Idea How I Ended Up in Prison (Vertical)

Mobile friendly!

Unfamiliar Faces

A character focused trailer that introduces some friendly and not so friendly denizens of the Maddox Prison System

Slay the Spire/Monster Train inspired RPG

Violence! This is a combat mechanic focused trailer, showing the turn based card combat system.

Recent Blog Posts

Tune in to Episode 2- new music for Muffles’ journey

Hello my fellow gamers, The time of holiday is upon us, and with it comes mirth, merryness, and most of all- music! Today I’m excited to pull back the curtain a little bit for the music on Episode 2. It’s been harder and harder to make these DevLogs and not spoil the next setting Muffles’…

Big updates to combat coming in Muffles’ Episode 2

Hello to the gamers, I’m writing this post last minute because I’ve been busy busy busy working on the art for Muffles Episode 2. Battle art, character sprites, dialogue portraits, battle backgrounds, icons, cards- you name it, I’m makin’ it. But! I’m excited to let you all in on a huge new feature that’s coming…

Sneak Peak at how Episode 2 of Muffles’ Life Sentence is Going

While I’m not going to divulge anything TOO secretive about Episode 2 (apologies to all the Episode 2 waiters) I thought I’d follow up on the sneak peak character I shared for Halloween day as well as some general thoughts on how I approach making a new Episode for Muffles.

MLS Demo Patch 10-21-24

This update… oho, this update’s got the right stuff. There’s been a real focus on improving cutscenes and the dialogue system to set up a STRONG foundation to start building Episode 2 ontop of. Check out the patch notes, and thanks to all of you for playing!

Punch First, Plan Later- Making Combat Impactful in Muffles’ Life Sentence

Hello to the all the gamers (big and small). With the Demo of Muffles’ Life Sentence having released earlier TODAY, I’ve been busier than ever fixing a crap-ton of bugs. I’m so excited to say that, with today’s patch, the game is cleaner, better looking, and more fun than ever. In between going on some…

MLS Demo Patch 10-15-24

THE BIGGEST PATCH MLS HAS EVER SEEN. TAKE NOTICE: Using an existing save after applying this patch may result in having no deck when you enter combat due to the re-balancing of Brain Space costs for cards. If so, all you need to do is go to Edit Deck and make a legal deck for…

MLS Demo Hotfix 10-10-24

We are zoooooming in this hotfix patch. Get around Drachencrag faster! What’s next- will Muffles defeat the infamous blue hedgehog and wear their face to run around at super sonic speeds??? No. As always, a massive shoutout to ALL of the MLS testers on the Discord who are so incredible and are making such an…

MLS Demo Hotfix 10-9-24

Exciting news everyone. That text glitch where sometimes character names and the first letter of dialogue would not show up properly? The one Bossy’s been losing sleep trying to figure out? FUGITABOUTIT! Thanks to one very helpful Isiah we have a potential fix that will make dialogue uninterrupted by pesky text issues.

MLS Demo Hotfix 10-8-24

Notes on Hotfix 10-8-24

The Demo for Muffles’ Life Sentence is out NOW!

A note from Bossy:Honestly I was going to write up a whole thing for this, but I’ve been fixing bugs for 8 hours and am exhausted so I’m winging it. I am so excited to be releasing the demo for Muffles’ Life Sentence. Play through the entirety of Episode 1 and be prepared to make…