Trapped in the Infinite Script

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Strange entanglements in a strange novel. Endless carriages, time loops and a maddened protagonist. Is it possible not to go mad when you find out you're trapped inside a game? Finding out you're forever confined to this space? What secrets are held by a tired student Chou, who makes the journey three times in an underground carriage.

(Our first ever game!)
Tags: #short
Genres: visual novel
Tools: Ren'Py

Comments26

LDJam user 02 Oct 2023, 22:18
It is my opinion, but this game is mostly for girls that love anime characters seriously, that admire them, i dont think thats a good idea for a game, but the idea that mc is locked in a loop is very good you should go more with this
LDJam user 02 Oct 2023, 22:19
Pretty cool! It's kinda funny you always have the option to "Apologize".
Would've been a lot better, if the menu buttons had box colliders.
Ynnon
Ynnon3 Oct 2023, 14:11
Atmosphere is a bit depressing, but good on topic
Roman Cujba3 Oct 2023, 20:21
I want a sequel to this game. When will the second part be released?
fatEmperor3 Oct 2023, 20:31
Not a bad scenario. The sound is well chosen. There are not enough options for the development of events. However, there is a good volume in jam conditions.
meowellyq
meowellyqauthor4 Oct 2023, 08:02
@fatemperor We ourselves would like to make more variability, but we just didn’t have time. Thank you very much for your comment !!
IrinaM4 Oct 2023, 18:57
Good music!
Soul Grinder
Soul Grinder4 Oct 2023, 18:57
Some impressive artwork and some nice mood/atmospheres with the audio and scenes. I think with some additional choices and maybe alternate consequences would of been nice. Was a cool visual novel, nice work!
Christian Zommerfelds
Christian Zommerfelds4 Oct 2023, 19:24
I don't normally play/read those kind of graphic novels, but though it was fun to read through the end! Good job on your first game!
Guardaro
Guardaro6 Oct 2023, 05:21
Interesting! This was a bit different from most of what I've seen in the jam, and that's always a good thing. I was a bit frustrated by the options sometimes--I would have liked to see something between "be a pushover" and "be extremely rude." But, I guess that's part of it, isn't it? We're limited by what the character would do, not by what we would choose to do in that situation.
Igor Morgun6 Oct 2023, 15:11
A well-developed visual novel, I like the atmosphere in the air, somewhat reminiscent of my city.
Vaniatka6 Oct 2023, 21:18
Прикольная идея но от артстиля слишком воняет яоем однако это не минус)
Kris3
Kris37 Oct 2023, 10:02
Excellent artwork. The story and music is good as well.
boddiul
boddiul11 Oct 2023, 00:56
The fears, emotions, anxieties, and phobias of the character are excellently conveyed. Good job on creating the game’s atmosphere and cool graphics.

Well-chosen sound effects that correctly switch according to what’s happening in the game.
Great work!
boddiul
boddiul11 Oct 2023, 00:57
And personally, I really love it when games break the fourth wall.

Hello from Doki-Doki, the easter egg in the game is noticed!
EgorMnc14 Oct 2023, 14:45
The game is interesting, it was quite nice to play it, keep working on it and everything will be cool
kristinamay
kristinamay16 Oct 2023, 19:06
Very interesting graphic novel! I'm always a big fan of fourth-wall breaking. At first I was skeptical but then I got into it, I'd definitely read more of this. Thanks for making it, good work!
WouterK12
WouterK1218 Oct 2023, 19:15
Interesting story, nice work! :)
InkHarker20 Oct 2023, 00:41
Oh! old but gold graphic novel game! Interesting interactions with player
Ava Skoog
Ava Skoog20 Oct 2023, 15:01
Finally got around to playing this! Very good work on the mood and conveying the anxiety. I replayed a couple of times and tried different options but things didn't seem to change so I hope I didn't miss anything. If not, some different outcomes would've been neat but maybe that would've gone against what you were trying to convey? Audio was good and suited the story/gameplay well. I'm assuming that's AI art, especially since the hands are so wonky, but it kind of fits the vibe and of course it allowed you to do more in little time. I'm assuming the foreground characters are your own art? Was interesting seeing Chou get more busted up every time… Nice work, just needs something a little extra I think!
Kira_Platon20 Oct 2023, 22:28
@ava-skoog thank you for you comment.
The characters Chou and woman with kid were drawn by a real person (drawing hands that are not hidden by clothes is a little hard and this is why they are a little bit messy + I think the palms themselves turned out well).
The backgrounds were real photo but filtered by AI because there was simply not enough time to make good and diverse backgrounds.
Ava Skoog
Ava Skoog21 Oct 2023, 08:51
Yes, the hands on the foreground characters looked great, just to be clear 😅 Creative use of AI on the backgrounds, I especially liked the car with the flowers.
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