As a visual novel, the experience is driven by player choice and branching paths. The game features a wide cast of characters, many of whom are optional, allowing for a personalized narrative experience.
: Your first impression of a character (e.g., calling someone "cute") often locks you into their path for future episodes. Relationship Tiering By Justice or Mercy -v0.3- By TowerBoyGames
The defense presented a different architecture: small acts of omission and mercy, an accumulation of mercy worn like a scarf against harsher weather. It spoke of context—of childhood rooms that smelled of bleach and quiet, of a mother who folded her life into spreadsheets and still missed birthdays, of an adolescent learning that survival sometimes demanded choices no lawbook could understand. The defense did not deny the geometry of the act; it reframed the space around it, asking the court to look at the distance between intention and desperation. As a visual novel, the experience is driven
: Players decide how to achieve justice, which directly impacts character evolution and story outcomes. Character Dynamics : Players decide how to achieve justice, which
By Justice or Mercy is an upcoming narrative-driven game developed by TowerBoyGames, currently in its early stages of development (version 0.3). The game promises to take players on a thought-provoking journey through a world where the lines between justice and mercy are constantly blurred.
: Refinements to the Ren'Py engine for PC, Mac, and Android versions. Official Links Play/Download : Available on for PC, Mac, Linux, and Android. Support & Early Access : Follow progress or get early builds on SubscribeStar format or a promotional blurb for this version? By Justice or Mercy - The Visual Novel Database