Abyssal Solidarity
A micro horror visual novel created for O2A2 2023, a micro visual novel game jam with strict limitations such as 1 sprite, 1 background, and 1000 word limit.
Content warnings: depressive themes, implied suicide
You find yourself in a dark cave and you don't know how you got here.
Something else lurks in this cave, and it seems too familiar with you.
Contains 3 endings.
Story/Script by: Nyarl.
Art/Programming by: Apollo
Note:
If the secondary font used in-game is hard to read, there is an option to change it in options/preferences. Do note the secondary font can only be changed while at the main menu screen (navigate back to the main menu after pressing the History or Prefs. buttons on the quick menu).
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This is the most beautiful thing I've seen, people focus on making the monster scary like you want to run away, like your life is at stake. In the end i'm broken, I do not fear death, if I had a gun pointed to my head I would laugh. If a monster came up to me and wanted to end my life I would simply smile. Any embrace I will take. I find peace in this game, some may call me the monster but I'm just broken.
Loved the story! The art was creepy and beautiful at the same time! Nice work! Got all endings too.
I love that rough hand-drawn art. Super stylish! And the writing is very, very good--it really captures the feeling of being lost in depression and loneliness.
I did spot one bug though:
OK, I'm going to be the fan theorist and just make a guess, you devs don't need to answer if you want to leave it to the imagination. I'm guessing the monster is either depression or addiction, and the cave is our mind in our darkest hour.
At first I thought the monster was us, as if our subconscious, or how we may perceive ourselves. But then it drops the line about me loving it even though I have not learned to love myself. And there's a suggestion of self-harm so both depression and addiction tracks. But then again, the "hate" ending left me wondering...
Anyway. If any other player feels like it, share your own interpretations down here, I'd like to know what everybody else got from this.
I really enjoyed collecting the endings, you really did a good job on the different pathways considering the jam restrictions!
Excited to see what you create next!
waaaaaaaaaaa thank you for playing and for your comment!!!!!! it was a bit challenging but fun to do in the end!!
whatever i put out in the future i hope you'll enjoy it!!
this is really well-done!! i felt like i could relate to it a lot. i really like the art as well!!! congrats on your first vn!!
thank you!!!!!!!!!! it was a bit tough but it was fun finally making myself touch renpy!!
and thanks for playing!!!!!