governer basic

Instructions

WASD: Move E: use items touch notebooks to pick them up! touch items and then click on them to pick them up! Changelog: V1.0: Released. V1.0.1: made some slight changes to pave the way for a future feature. V1.0.2: made a slight tweak to the map to allow characters to pass through the locked room more efficiently. V1.0.3: increased the range for the Vice-Governer scolding the player for breaking a rule. V1.0.4: the Vice-Governer can now whistle. V1.0.5: lowered the Vice-Governer's chase speed, and also lowered the player's running speed. V1.1: attempted to fix Ms. Governer's pathfinding. added a gum pack item, that will stick most characters for a few seconds to where you put the gum. made the red lights more gradual once the first exit triggers. Sylvester now smoothly glides instead of teleporting. the Vice-Governer can now be heard no matter where the player is. V1.1.1: tweaked Ms. Governer's "pathfinding" again. Sylvester's screech now starts at a lower pitch. V1.1.2: fixed Ms. Governer not being able to catch the player. V1.1.3: instead of the red lights illuminating one-by-one, they now illuminate "chunks" in a row one-by-one. V1.1.4: Sylvester now goes towards the mouse cursor to prevent camping in a spot for a long time. made the gum pack smaller. V1.1.5: the lights are now gradients. V1.1.6: added game over screens. V1.2: added freeze-dried chicken snacks, which can be used to pause the goverener. fixed some cursor layering issues. made a caption overhaul. V1.2.1: tweaked the Vice-Governer's captions. made Ms. Governer faster. V1.2.2: changed the "all notebooks" line. Notebooks are now smaller and can be colored randomly. added a caption toggle. changed the soda texture. halved the exit trigger distance. V1.2.3: added Diet Lime. tweaked the cursor and made it smaller. things now get crazy on April 1st. V1.2.3a: the game over screen now gets crazier on April 1st. V1.2.4: added captions to sounds to where previously, there were none. V1.3: added a new notebook collect animation. tweaked 2 captions. h̷̯͖̲̫͉̗͗̇͌͒͛̓̌̇͌͋͑͆́̍͐͆̀͌̔͋̊͌̏͋͒̍̕̕̕͠è̶̡̦̻̖͔̻̘̠̱̟͇̰͕̜̭̤̜̺̼̼̥̼̻̆͗͂͑̅͂̒̿̐͛͑̀̈́͆͐̓̉̆̋̓́̚͝͝͝ͅ'̶̨̰̼̲͙̯͔͈͖͇͚͈̖͖͉̟͑̈́͛͊͐͆͊̓̐͋̇̅̅̎̋̆̇̽̋́͂͛͑͋̚̕͝͝ş̷̛̘̣̖̻͔͕̮̠͔̞̖̖̪̖̜̣̠̟̙̳̟̏́̾̓́͌̉͊̓̈́̐̓͐̓̿̏̔͌̆̚ͅ ̴̨̨̢̦̩̩̞̘̰̬̖̤̮̥̰͇̫͎̅̅̿̊͝b̶̢̲̼̙̩̦̤͚̫͖͈͎̹͕̤̝͎̦̤̤̭̰̥͔̩͉͕̝̣́͗́͌̓̓̄̈́̅̾̅͘͝͝͝͠a̴̡̢̡̠̤̞̪̙̦̾͝͝c̵̨̨̛̫̪͙͓̙̺̏͑̇̅̆̒̀́̿̒̽̊̏͐͐͠͝k̸̙̱̞̦͉̮̑͐̾̈́̈́̐̍̿̓̀͝ ̸̢̧̨̝̞͍̥̭̦͍̰̥̝͉̥̱̗̦̝͇̱͎̟͍̳̮̱̙̟̈̋̏̇̕̕ͅa̷̞͔̟͗̆̈́̾̑̂̾́͘̕g̶̞̟̬̝̜̦̹̙̦̘͋̓̓̀̾͂̀͆̀͘͝͝͝͝ă̸̢̜͉̜̦̤͖̠̲̝̖̩̼͙͓̥͕̥͈͒̆͑͆̈́͆̇̏͂̊̑͒̿̋̓̂̿̚̕͘͜͠͝î̵̱̮̍̒̌͗̽́͆͠n̷̼̆̄.̴̢͎̮̙̦͖̲̠̜̞̬̮͓̱̣̗͉̱̪̬̠̰̰̓̓̌̈͂͘͜͜͝ ̸̡̧̧̛͔̪̯͇̝̺͇̤͓̟̤̃̎̀̽͒̃͂̋̐͆̍̓̋͑̉͊͘͘͝͝ờ̷̡̳̣̹͙͓̞̗̜̜̭̝͕̯̼̠͈̠̰̘̓͌̾͆͛̓̽͆͗́̂̅̆̄̇́̕̕͘͜͜h̸̨̨̘̹̘̊̈̈͑́̂̉̔͒́̚͘͘͜͝ ̸̨͖̄̆̉̋̄͐̍͛̓̈́̈̃̈̑̀̏̔͗̒̀͒̕̚͘̚n̷̢͖̹̖̫͚͎̤̪͈͚͈͍̫̝͚͚̗̞͉̓͊̐̄͐̎̾̋̀̃̂͜͝ͅớ̴͍͚̀̓̄͂͗͂͑̃.̷̢̘̦̟͙̤̜̩̫̬͂̓͗̂̅ tweaked a caption and reskinned the stamine meter. did some internal changes. V1.4: added some stuff that show before the main menu starts. the game now goes back to the main menu once you lose. tweaked detention door. removed the Vice-Governer's post-catch scold. tweaked the stamine meter. changed the exit texture. exits now have exit signs. V1.4.1: tweaked the vision limit. extended the loud noise. dithered the logo music. V1.4.2: replaced the gum pack with a land mine, it can be placed anywhere and can be used as a trap for sylvester. more items can spawn per game. added ambience. slowed the player speed. increased sylvester's range. V1.4.3: made some internal changes to prepare for V1.5. V1.4.4: made some more internal changes to prepare for V1.5. V1.4.5: made the Boxes variable hide itself in the game over screen. V1.4.6: made some internal changes to solidify some more changes i'll make in V1.5 (i'll probably delay it for V1.6 or further), and changed Ms. Governer's greeting. V1.4.7: added a placeholder about screen in the files and added a new event banner in the files. V1.4.8: changed the all notebooks line, again. V1.4.9: added an alternate intro theme, and added a new cathouse theme. V1.4.10: added more alternate intro themes. V1.4.11: Removed mines, and attempted some bug fixing. V1.4.12: first update of 2026! set the cat house BGM back to the original version, and added no-melody and melody only versions of it in the files. V1.4.13: fixed sylvester's behavior. V1.4.14: added some reaction time to avoid having an instant game over from sylvester. tried fixing the chicken snacks trigger not setting the sprite to the set sprite. V1.4.14a: added an anniversary thumbnail. V1.4.14b: fixed a thumbnail bug. fixed the changelog listing wrong versions.