It is absolutely amazing! I am crazy about weirdcore/dreamcore, and i am so happy that there is A WHOLE GAME with such style! More dreamcore to a god of dreamcore O3O
As for the game itself, i found it very cute, really. It is sweet and inspiring, but not in a moralizing way. I believe we all have our End of the world, sometimes it happens more often, sometimes less. And we all want to hide from it in a room behind a white door. But we can't hide forever. And sometimes it is worth facing this End and realizing it is not that scary! And more importantly - with friends and strawberry cupcakes - no apocalypse can be frightening hahaha
As a person who heavily struggles with mental health - such games really affect me. Good luck in future projects, dear creator <3
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Sorry for not responding earlier.
There are more weirdcore and dreamcore games on this site that you should absolutely check out if you haven't already. I really enjoyed playing Eurydice--it's a very short VN with two endings.
I'm really glad you liked the story. One of my goals when writing it was to make sure that it didn't come off as preachy, which is an easy trap to fall into, so I decided that when the player asks the adults for help, the adults should give them real answers, answers that they believe in, not watered down answers because they're "just a child."
There's something really beautiful about good endings. There's this sense to me that friendship is eternal. The story may end, but the relationships continue.
I also struggle with mental health. In fact, it has just occurred to me that I have had mental health problems for longer than not. I am glad that this game was a comfort to you.
I love your game! I had a lot of fun trying to guess what was really going on, I think my guesses ranged from multiverse of ending dimensions, to a glitch in the matrix trapping us to repeat doomsday.
The pacing is great and the surreal imagery works perfectly with the narrative, creating a psychedelic effect that has you further questioning everything. The inclusion of rejecting repeated names was also a really nice touch, definitely pushed me away from the 'groundhog day' scenario.
I am so curious about the end of the world events shown in the room. Whether they are just videos fabricated by the room to torment our friend, or if that is what is shown simply because that's what our friend is expecting to see. Could also be that they are the true events, and what the party-goers experience is nothing more than one intense psychological trip.
AAAHHHH, thank you so much! I really enjoyed watching your playthrough! Concerning the rejected names, I think the game kept rejecting the shorter names because the conditional statement was only looking at the letters of your names in order, so it rejected the shorter versions of your name while accepting the longer ones, if that makes sense.
I liked listening to your different theories about what was really going on. I might explain my own interpretation of it in a devlog later, but it might be more fun to let everyone have their own interpretations of it. For me, the reason why there is no explanation in-game is because I've discovered that some of the eeriest experiences I've had in gaming have been from games that never explained the mystery in full. The game just drops you in the middle and expects you to find your way on your own. That's what I wanted to do with this game. Which version of the apocalypse is the true one? How much does everyone remember from their past lives? Where is Echo? That's never explained, so you have to find your own way through.
A very surreal and dreamcore Visual Novel full of interesting characters, a wacky world, a surprisingly touching story plus a very fun gameplay mechanic, I won't spoil anything here but it was really fun playing the game over and over again, the endings are also very satisfying.
It's very interesting playing trough the perspective of a little kid during an event of this magnitude and see their attitude towards other people that maybe are just misunderstood. 10/10 would dream here again.
You have no idea how excited I was when I saw that someone made a video out of my strange game! Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I went with a child's perspective for this for two reasons. One, weirdcore and dreamcore rely heavily on nostalgic and childish imagery. Two, I felt like telling the story from a child's point of view would let the player take the apocalypse for granted. As in, of course the world is ending today, of course we will celebrate it. What else would we do for the apocalypse?
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It is absolutely amazing! I am crazy about weirdcore/dreamcore, and i am so happy that there is A WHOLE GAME with such style! More dreamcore to a god of dreamcore O3O
As for the game itself, i found it very cute, really. It is sweet and inspiring, but not in a moralizing way. I believe we all have our End of the world, sometimes it happens more often, sometimes less. And we all want to hide from it in a room behind a white door.
But we can't hide forever. And sometimes it is worth facing this End and realizing it is not that scary! And more importantly - with friends and strawberry cupcakes - no apocalypse can be frightening hahaha
As a person who heavily struggles with mental health - such games really affect me.
Good luck in future projects, dear creator <3
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Sorry for not responding earlier.
There are more weirdcore and dreamcore games on this site that you should absolutely check out if you haven't already. I really enjoyed playing Eurydice--it's a very short VN with two endings.
I'm really glad you liked the story. One of my goals when writing it was to make sure that it didn't come off as preachy, which is an easy trap to fall into, so I decided that when the player asks the adults for help, the adults should give them real answers, answers that they believe in, not watered down answers because they're "just a child."
There's something really beautiful about good endings. There's this sense to me that friendship is eternal. The story may end, but the relationships continue.
I also struggle with mental health. In fact, it has just occurred to me that I have had mental health problems for longer than not. I am glad that this game was a comfort to you.
Absolutely loved this! Thank you!
I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you for commenting!
The pacing is great and the surreal imagery works perfectly with the narrative, creating a psychedelic effect that has you further questioning everything. The inclusion of rejecting repeated names was also a really nice touch, definitely pushed me away from the 'groundhog day' scenario.
I am so curious about the end of the world events shown in the room. Whether they are just videos fabricated by the room to torment our friend, or if that is what is shown simply because that's what our friend is expecting to see. Could also be that they are the true events, and what the party-goers experience is nothing more than one intense psychological trip.
Amazing work on the Spooktober jam!
AAAHHHH, thank you so much! I really enjoyed watching your playthrough! Concerning the rejected names, I think the game kept rejecting the shorter names because the conditional statement was only looking at the letters of your names in order, so it rejected the shorter versions of your name while accepting the longer ones, if that makes sense.
I liked listening to your different theories about what was really going on. I might explain my own interpretation of it in a devlog later, but it might be more fun to let everyone have their own interpretations of it. For me, the reason why there is no explanation in-game is because I've discovered that some of the eeriest experiences I've had in gaming have been from games that never explained the mystery in full. The game just drops you in the middle and expects you to find your way on your own. That's what I wanted to do with this game. Which version of the apocalypse is the true one? How much does everyone remember from their past lives? Where is Echo? That's never explained, so you have to find your own way through.
Again, thanks so much!
nightmare fuel
My favorite kind of fuel.
(Glad you liked it!)
It's very interesting playing trough the perspective of a little kid during an event of this magnitude and see their attitude towards other people that maybe are just misunderstood. 10/10 would dream here again.
Keep up the good work!
You have no idea how excited I was when I saw that someone made a video out of my strange game! Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I went with a child's perspective for this for two reasons. One, weirdcore and dreamcore rely heavily on nostalgic and childish imagery. Two, I felt like telling the story from a child's point of view would let the player take the apocalypse for granted. As in, of course the world is ending today, of course we will celebrate it. What else would we do for the apocalypse?
Once again, thanks so much!
Arthur has such a beautiful face-equivalent~
Arthur: ...
Arthur: Thank you.
(Glad you like him!)