Out of Nowhere
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.
Development log
- Post O2A2 thoughtsJul 15, 2024
Comments
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...Im not crying YOU ARE WAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
Amazing storytelling, with the slightly blurred streetlights and raindrops and the sounds of rain and passing cars, I felt like I WAS the main character here.
Bravo Bravo
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Oh thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
Beautiful work, Ley!
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!!
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!