Elegy of the Night

by reisen
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
On a fateful day, a detective arrived at a secluded village in order to investigate a case of mysterious murders. Will he be able to solve it?

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Couldn't think of any mechanics for this content-heavy theme, so I tried to practice writing and made a Visual Novel instead.

Controls:
Z - Progress
Q - Fast forward

Built on a custom Monogame code base.

Audio and graphics are third party royalty-free resources.

Comments24

Azure_Kyte24 Aug 2015, 13:21
That was some twist there. Nice job implementing that little trick with the name collection, I used to do that with a couple of my older projects. I liked the character art, it reminded me of patchwork for some weird reason.
Ilseroth
Ilseroth24 Aug 2015, 14:48
Alright I'll admit it, got me, that was cute.
pighead1024 Aug 2015, 14:57
Not much of a game but the writing was interesting. Excellent ending, took me a while to realise who this mysterious "Samuel" was!
Hyoga-3D
Hyoga-3D24 Aug 2015, 16:22
Good history. But dosen't sound fare to me the real photos in game.
Korso24 Aug 2015, 17:04
The only thing that I was to object were the assets, but it's a Jam entry. Good Music, Art and history -with a twist-.
kingpirux
kingpirux24 Aug 2015, 17:40
nice twist xD but this is more like a joke than a game. Maybe with more options, something to actually really do, more participation or at least some way that i could end not killing him xD
congusbongus
congusbongus25 Aug 2015, 09:58
This was pretty well made, congratulations! The twist was very clever, I barely missed it!
ironleonem
ironleonem25 Aug 2015, 11:30
Okay seriously, how'd you do that?
blurryroots
blurryroots25 Aug 2015, 16:08
Cool ending ;) Enjoyed the story.
Teesquared
Teesquared26 Aug 2015, 11:22
Engaging story. Nice use of transitions and sound effects. Story includes vampires and twist at the end ... check :). Personally, I'd pass on the typing text effect entirely. Maybe a filter on the backgrounds to make them look more hand drawn could work for next time. Good job.
purenickery26 Aug 2015, 22:12
I'm still so confused how this game knew what my name was at the end. Nice job!
parsia
parsia27 Aug 2015, 07:37
wow, incredible, great concept, good implementation, not much of a game but interesting narrative. well done.
echokain27 Aug 2015, 17:37
Audio and writing was neat, the twist was great too!
quadtree
quadtree28 Aug 2015, 04:22
Not bad. Using the player's username was a nice touch.
RougeRogue
RougeRogue28 Aug 2015, 13:09
Loved the feel of the game and that plot twist at the end. It was a bit anticlimactic since my laptop decided to have a _000 after my user name but I managed to get over that.
yuigoto
yuigoto28 Aug 2015, 14:07
Hahaha! Nice! Now we're all monsters! :) I didn't expect that, and it's nice to see a visual novel in here.

It's a bit short, but well written. It would be nice to see some more, branching, even more twists and stuff. :P

Congrats! :)
4KbShort
4KbShort29 Aug 2015, 16:32
Great music, nice images, and a wonderful atmosphere. Going in you don't expect much more than a standard "choose your own adventure" style game, but the great ending really sums it up. I was both surprised and laughing at the entire thing. Excellent work and a lot of fun!
rodobodolfo
rodobodolfo29 Aug 2015, 16:36
wow haha that ending made the game! The story is intriguing. The text animations could be a lot faster, it's kinda slow. and the copyrighted photo broke the inmersion for me.
Great entry!
Dejvo
Dejvo1 Sep 2015, 11:05
this is not a game. but good try i guess
dregamr1 Sep 2015, 18:16
XDDD Of course, the monster is me. Very cool.
Have you been all the weekend photographing the village? XD One photograph had watermarks?
Mykaelos1 Sep 2015, 20:37
I enjoyed the writing and the characters. Definitely a twist that I wasn't expecting, regardless of the theme. The text animations and the fade-outs are a bit too slow, but the atmosphere was excellent. Being a potty humor connoisseur myself, I enjoyed the poop joke =) Well done and fantastic ending!

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