This game was made for the O2A2 VN Jam 2024, a micro Visual Novel jam with strict asset limitations and a 1000 word limit.

It's recommended to play the game fullscreen.

Note for mobile users: The game wasn't made with mobile in mind, but it should run fine. I'll recommend putting your phone horizontal/landscape.

Content Warnings:

The game features the following content that may be disturbing:

  • Mentions of family rejection, LGBTQ-phobia
  • Mental Health issues (depression)
  • Content representing and involving death.
A short game on parenthood, gender-queerness, love and acceptance.

It's getting late.

Oh, he left me a message.

I think I'll go home, now.

Credits:

  • Writing, directing: Ley Klussyn
  • Background artist: PumpkinSpike
  • Writing assistants: Dusk, Alice Klussyn
  • SFX/Ambient (mixing assets): Ley Klussyn
  • Anything else: Ley Klussyn, probably.

Free Assets: 

  • Easy Ren'Py GUI by Feniks: Great template for projects
  • Wattson's Kinetic Text Tags: A classic.
  • Fonts: GGBotNet- Lots of great free fonts! This one was used for the logo.
  • SFX and Ambient: The Sonniss GDC audio library was super useful to find good quality base sounds.
  • Related: If you want a good tool to browse gigabytes of SFX on your hard drive, check out Basehead. Not sponsored! Just a rec.
More information
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
AuthorLey Klussyn
GenreVisual Novel
Made withAudacity, Krita, Ren'Py
TagsLGBT, Queer, Ren'Py, Story Rich, Transgender
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse, Touchscreen

Development log

Comments

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high-tea36 days ago(+1)

Beautiful work, Ley! 

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pumpkin spike36 days ago(+1)

MY HEART!!! 

>_< that voice mail... Gosh, I love how this whole game turned out! The lighting is beautiful and the ambient sounds brings the story to life! This is amazing, thank you for letting me help contribute to this story!! 

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Potion Of Midi36 days ago(+1)

I absolutely loved this! The clear premise drew me in from the get-go and kept me hooked until the end. There's so much to love. The moody visuals that kept me on my toes and played into the main character's desperate state, including those blurry street lights you can barely make out, the constant raindrops, the slight disorientation that builds, that one sound effect that crushed me, and the gentle rain in the background. Fantastic!

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