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"They say the world is going to end this year.

But to me, that's not important at all.

In this lonely, empty room, all I have are my delusions.

...This might be my last chance. To create something that matters."


Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative. Will you open yourself to trust, or settle for comfortable loneliness?

A story in the works for 10 years. About creating art to save ourselves, and others. About love both platonic and romantic. About connection. About second chances.

And about living on, even in the toughest of circumstances...

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Story

Doce Fim stars a pessimistic, depressed protagonist who had shut himself in his room, refusing to see or interact with the outside world.

His last chance appears as a writing contest at a local university, where he meets two creative writing students investigating the end of the world.

Little does he know that their eccentric club might just be the safe place that harbors the connections he’s always longed for.

Where love, both platonic and romantic, can blossom.

A story 10 years in the making.
A story about connection, humanity, and love.

A story about us.

CONTENT WARNING LIST HERE.

Doce Fim contains themes, audio, and imagery that may be distressing to some players.
Some sounds can be disabled in the Settings menu.
Player discretion is advised.

Meet the members of the World Restoration Society, a club looking to understand the rumors about the end of the world.










General Features:

• 300k words – almost 30 hours of gameplay.

    • Four unique routes, one romantic and two platonic, and the True Route.

    • Each route has a good and bad ending, unlocked based on your choices.

    • Accessibility options including audio descriptions, self-voicing, changing text font and size, turning off specific audio, and more.

    • Partial voice acting for the main cast!

Duality Mode

A choice system where the protagonist's two sides - the positive and the negative - suggest possible actions that you can pick from. 

But be careful, as from negativity comes distrust, and from positivity comes naivety. Moreover, personal bias from each side might impact your options.

TRUST System

Your choices increase or decrease TRUST with each character. High trust unlocks unique bonding conversations, while low trust might lead to a bad ending.


Paranoia Bubbles

Bubbles that shake, pop, dissolve and cover your vision of reality, representing the protagonist's paranoid and anxious thoughts.

After clearing a route, the related character's bubbles are updated to reflect what they were really thinking in key moments. 


Cinematic Camerawork

Immersive cinematic camera that zooms in and out, moves, rotates, and follows the protagonist's vision.

Original Artwork

Gorgeous sprites with  over 100 expression variations each;

• 20 fully-rendered CGs;

Additional artwork such as chibis, fullbody art, cut-ins, and pixel art illustrations by guest artists;

3 original backgrounds, hopefully more depending on how support goes!



FREE DEMO AVAILABLE!

The content in this demo was adapted from the full game. Some scenes were cut or shortened.

This 35k words demo's goal is to highlight the game's features, its characters, and the charm points of each route. It is not representative of the full release, which sits at 300k words.

If those changes hadn't been made, this release would've been 10 freakin' hours long, and I don't want to overwhelm y'all with that.

Thank you for your understanding!

Doce Fim is my love letter to all the visual novels I've played and loved. My main inspirations include Lux-Pain, Grisaia no Kajitsu, and Slow Damage, some of my personal favorites.

Click the images below!


Your name could be in the game's credits, and you could play future demo updates before anyone else! Every dollar is seriously appreciated, as my local currency (BRL) is very weak against USD.

Buy the Support Pack to support development and get 5 illustrations in 4K resolution!


Credits (CLICK ME!)

Sprites: kay_pipo 🇧🇷

CGs: kokokuhi

Original Backgrounds: BackgroundTK

Chibis: mustacheskulls🇧🇷

Vertical Main Artwork: messykicks🇧🇷

Horizontal Main Artwork: Ophelia

Fullbody Art & Kie's Design: KallynaNani🇧🇷

Luz's & Komi's Design: Nevi 

Teo & Noel's Design: hetsanpeppers🇧🇷

Guest Art: monoluca, Valentina Zimpeck, hetsanpeppers 🇧🇷 , Raizamii

Logo: papaya

Original Music: Viynviyn, bleepmusic, Ani Meida, Guilherme Alexander (Metahorror OST)

Custom Cursor: KumaoMunekata

Custom GUI: ratslayer

GUI Coding: Kristi "HusbandoGoddess" Jimenez (& Meiri, but Kristi was my savior here)

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Voice of Komi: Angel Haven Rey

Voice of Syun: Jay Lai

Voice of Rikka: Beth Pierce

Voice of Lion: Conlin Rei

Voice of Luz: Maganda Marie

Voice of Kie: StudVA

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Ren'py Scripts: Stella @MakeVisualNovels, Feniks, Alaric, wattson, Nighten, Kigyo

Other Backgrounds: Minikle, Minchi Rie, Meiri

Other Music: Dova-Syndrome, Maou Damashii, Peritune,  MusMus, Fesliyan Studios, Darren Curtis, Aaron Krogh, JStewart, Sougetsu-On, Bert Cole, Sullya

Sound Effects:  Maou Damashii, Vita-chii, Rupert Spore, PixaBay

Police Cut-in: Arimia

Social Media Assets: Adapted from images available on Unsplash

Full credits list also available in-game!

And a super special thank you to my Patreon supporters:

Wraithkal

Circus of Viv

Couldn't have done it without 'ya!


Special Thanks (CLICK ME)

This game was created with funds from the Queer Games Bundle. Thank you to the organizers and purchasers of the bundle for giving a tiny, independent global south dev the chance of creating something that would never have come to fruition without financial aid.
Game development has been my hobby and passion for over 12 years, while I grew up, as I graduated in Psychology, and hopefully for a long time to come. 
Thank you for the support.


- I'm aware that the audio mixing, especially for the voice lines, has issues; unfortunately I was unable to hire an audio engineer and had to mix it all myself while going through hearing loss from an episode of otitis. 


Known Issues (CLICK ME)



Doce Fim is part of a larger series of projects, 'sweetend placebo.'

In this universe, you follow the characters as they age, grow, and change.

Check out the other games, comics and novels in the series!

Updated 17 hours ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
AuthorMeiri
GenreVisual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Made withRen'Py
TagsCharacters, LGBT, Multiple Endings, Narrative, Psychological Horror, Queer, Romance, Story Rich, Yaoi
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese (Brazil)
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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ahhh i just played through lion's route in full! it was super cute... but what was that ending 😭💔

i might be getting to the other routes sometime as well :3 i'll be supporting the full version too !!

Thank you for playing!! Glad to hear you enjoyed ^-^

The ending? It’s normal… everyone is okay… nothing bad is happening…

😭

it takes quite a long time for it to load Maybe it's my wifi or smt but a great game!!! 

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Downloadable version has no loading times =) Thanks for playing!

Duda cuando dice de una traductora de español literalmente es traducir todo pero como nada más te traduce el juego y tú lo editas en el juego o hace todo?

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y en español para cuando ????

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Necesito dinero para contratar a una traductora de español.

Edit: Also it kinda feels bad to spend months and almost get burnt out translating the game for free and the first comment about it to be a demand for another translation :’(

Agora que eu lembrei que você é brasileira, POR FAVOR TRADUZ O JOGO! Nunca te pedi nada! Eu sou carente de jogo bom em português! Por favor! Por favor! Por favooooor!!!

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Nossa esse post foi parar no spam…

Eu não tenho dinheiro nem tempo, infelizmente. Vou precisar de orçamento para poder contratar alguém para traduzir

EDIT: Desmaiei, vi Deus, e saiu a traduçâo.


I absolutely loved your other game, MYGF, and I'm very interested in playing this one. However, I can't read English and I don't know if there will be a translation, but I know that, like your other games, this one must be amazing! I hope that someday you can translate it into Brazilian Portuguese. I'm definitely your biggest fan now! (I'm translating using Google Translate, so please forgive any strange language.)

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(SPOILER WARNING?) This game was so beautifully made I love how each character is portrayed and their character designs are so cute!! I love all of the characters I can't wait for the full game to come out!!  Also the ending of this demo was  cruel ajdhfjdikjvifdk T_T saddest cliffhanger ever

Thank you for playing!!

Cliffhanger…. what cliffhanger… everything is normal here 💔😭

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Would appreciate 5 star ratings if y’all enjoyed the game 💞 seriously helps with itchio’s algorithm. I’m trying very hard to make this game reach more people who need it with the few resources I have, so that’s something YOU can do to boost it!

I’ve been working on scripting Rikka’s route in the full game these past 3 days. My poor blorbina is gonna have it rough </3

Great game! I was wondering if you ever plan to translate it into other languages. I'm Brazilian and I really enjoyed the game, but I need to use a translator to play it. It's a great game though!
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Obrigada! Traduções custam milhares de dólares e eu não tenho esse orçamento, infelizmente. O jogo é gigante…

caramba milhares de dolares são quase uns 4 trilões de reais 

I love this demo i love the plot and everything obviously like i love how well written is Syun and other characters, firstly im glad i founded this and the paranoia bubbles and the duality mode is so good (everything is AMAZING IN THIS).  Secondly partly i can associate with Syun soooo... it really was emotional for me. I CANT WAIT FOR MORE!!!

Thank you so much for playing! I’m working on an update and hope to release it soon~ <3

O kent é o Eminem??

….socorro 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 não é o headcanon que eu esperava ver hoje

This is beautiful, you are inspiring me to do better like you are. Thank you!

❤️❤️🫶

I LOVE LION SM 

sob, i didnt read the warning i was jumpscared by the mc's nightmare T-T

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Lion best boy!! ❤️❤️❤️

Make sure to read the warnings, this game gets very dark and heavy…

WHYYYY LION WHY.

A very good game! Not gonna lie about it, I wasn't expected to find myself wanting to know more about the news like I am right now, I'm gonna be honest, I think its has great potential and probably be a know and good recieved game.

I play a lot of visual novels and this one is the one I'm hyperfixed right now too, the protagonist its interesting and have a complex personality, Lion and the most characters are pretty cool!

THE FINAL WAS BRUTAL, just like a danganronpa reference, esence.

Thank you so much for playing, glad you enjoyed! ❤️

excellent game

Thank you so much!

I LOVE THIS GAME i downloaded it on my laptop

Thank you for playing!!!

syun is so well written it hurts. the way this portrays anxiety feels so real

I’m glad to hear I was able to convey it properly ❤️

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a discord server for doce fim is something a lot of people who filled the feedback form are asking for, but i dont have time or energy (i’m syun irl) to moderate one… 💔 and it’s tough to manage a community!

if a fanmade one were created, i would happily join to chat about the game.

(a community manager is something i would like to hire if a publisher deal or a grant happens… pspsps…..)

So far I've only played Lion's route, but OH MY GOD this game is AMAZING so far!!! It's easily already one of my favorite visual novels. The characters, aside from having gorgeous designs, are all so interesting, I can't wait to learn all about them in the full game! Syun is an amazing protagonist, the paranoia system is one of my favorite parts of the game, it's unlike anything I've ever seen before and it portrays anxiety in such a real way. I feel like Syun overall is just such a real character, and he really resonates with me. I can't wait to see more from these characters and mechanics, the game is just so beautiful </3 the cliff hanger was absolutely evil though.. i love it and i can't wait to see what happens next!!

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Thank you so much for playing!! I’m really happy to hear that! <3

Cliffhanger… what cliffhanger… everything is fine here! Everything is normal!

There is nothing wrong :)

(sobs)

I have a question that might be a little... silly? (╥﹏╥)

Is the demo translated into Spanish ∘ ∘ ∘ ( °ヮ° ) ?

Sadly no, it would be an investment of thousands of dollars to get it translated to any language… </3

Thank you so much anyway (╥ ω ╥), your work is beautifulꉂ (≧ヮ≦), I'll learn English because of this. (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

Soo a bit of an odd question, can you please tell me the file of the custom cursor i liked it a bit too much that i wanna make it my custom one

Unfortunately I couldn’t afford the rights to share the individual files when I commissioned the cursor! </3

Oh well its all good thank you for answering

meu deus...que jogo bommm os personagens são tão fofinhos adorei como cada um é diferentes uns dos outros amei as personalidades deles especialmente de kie e komi :3 , as crises de syun são muito bem escritas...eu realmente fiquei com pena dele, são poucos jogos que eu vi abordarem esses temas de maneira mais realista ficou muito bom...achei a historia otima e bastante criativa, personagens fofos e desenhos de gatinhos >:3

Muito obrigada por jogar!!! Os gatinhos são a melhor parte 🐈🐈

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Holy cow, that cliff hanger hit me like a truck! Like I came out of a heartfelt moment and then bam boom! Now I just have to play the full game after that! (Personally, I am really excited to see Lion's and Kie's routes, they're both just way too cute :D)

Thank you so much for playing!! I’ll work hard to bring the full game to life!

image.png There is no horrifying cliffhanger in Doce Fim.

If you have a few minutes, there’s a survey! I’d love to hear your thoughts on the game :D (it also helps me with pitching the game to publishers and investors, to show that there folks who are interested in seeing the full game come to life~) https://forms.gle/Y92MQpta3Qo6yNYt7

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Android version is down for a little bit while I investigate some bugs 🫶 It should be back later today!

EDIT: Fixed the more obvious bugs, so it’s back o7

It's a great game but I do have a problem when playing it 😅 I downloaded the game on Android but it keeps having errors? Like a file not being found and the sudden reparation of the dialogue I do hope those can be fixed but really it's such a great game

Ah!! I’m very sorry about that, I’ll review the Android build today! Since it was a last minute decision to have it on phones I think something might’ve escaped me ;;

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Somehow we’re on the front page of itchio?? If you’re reading this and are new, I would love to hear your thoughts on the demo!

Even if you’ve never played a visual novel before, there is a lot of cool content in this game. Doce Fim is a love letter to my favorite VNS. I love visual novels and indie games with my all heart, so I hope you’ll fall in love with Doce Fim too 🌈❤️

What a lovely cast of characters and hefty demo! I haven't even finished all of the routes available in the demo and already I've spent a lot of time playing it. The creator really packed a lot of content into the demo and you can really get a feel for all of the characters! I'm wanting to root for Syun and see where this club leads him; Looking forward to the rest of the story in the full release!!!

Thank you for playing!! I hope you enjoy the rest of the game ☆*: .。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆ It’s a long boi isn’t it… I had to cut a lot of content and make some tough choices on what content to keep, so I’m glad that it worked and you can get a good feel for everyone!!

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A FULL GAME OH HOW GOD BLESSES PPL 🙏🏼🙏🏼

ok i just realized it said demo BUT STILL

it’s a very long demo!!! 🫶

I've only played one hour so far (and I was recording/reading some bits out loud so I only got so far with it- it's been a busy time 'XD) but I'm very excited to play more once I can! The camera movement throughout the game makes it feel so lively, and the paranoia bubble feature has me actually using the history which is interesting to implement more reasons to use that feature :D The characters feel really alive already too! I'm excited for more and to see where this goes :3 (and to play more of your games)

Once I'm done I intend to make a video with my recording, I wanted to ask if you prefer I leave more (more like a stream vod) or less (more like highlights of what I felt were the best bits) in the video? 

Aaah thank you so much for playing!! I hope you enjoy the rest of this wild ride! Honestly feel free to do whatever you want with the video, I sadly haven’t been able to watch playthroughs of my games myself due to anxiety =’( I will be happy to see Doce Fim in a video in any form!

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THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME DEMO!!!

First of all, I really, really love the art, especially the sprites, they look beautiful and go really well with the characters!!

Secondly, I LOOOOOVE the characters and their dynamics!! They are all very unique in their own way, and I really like how the dynamics between the characters depends on who we're talking about (for instance, Syun's dynamic with Kaoru feels more chaotic and teasing-like while Syun's dynamic with Lion is more calm, warm and even flirty at times.)

The characters all feel like real people: they're flawed, they have a life outside of the events in the story and some even suffer from very real issues like anxiety or PTSD. The conversations all feel very natural too and that's not something easy to do in writing.

To add to that, the story's premise is also very interesting! On one hand, you have Syun's internal conflict (which is already quite compelling in itself; especially since there are a few plot twists that you don't see coming). On the other hand, something very strange going on in the world itself: people are convinced that the end of the world is near. And, without spoiling the demo for you, let's say that the end of it has a HUGE cliffhanger that leaves you FLOORED.

And, finally, something that I think really, really shines in this game are the mechanics!! Sure, as a visual novel you have the standard choices, but they have their own uniqueness which makes them stand out from other VNs I've played in the past; especially in the way they're presented. There's also a fun phone mechanic where you can message the different characters and also scroll on social media for some fun easter eggs! 

And last, but certainly not least, my favorite mechanic of all is the PARANOIA SYSTEM. Esentially, the main character, Syun, suffers from a lot of paranoic thoughts which are represented by text bubbles on the screen. And that's not all! If you see bubbles with yellow text... something very interesting will happen.

I'm super invested in this story and its characters. It's only the demo and yet a lot of the characters, especially Syun, have really resonated with me. 

I'm really looking forward to the full-version; thank you for making such a cool game!!

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Thank you Pri for the super sweet and thought out comment!!! 🫶🫶 It really means a lot, I’m super happy to hear that you enjoyed my dream project! ❤️

Cliffhanger? What cliffhanger… there’s nothing wrong here. Everything is fine. =)

As of currently, I haven't reached the other part of the game yet but this visual novel stood out to me the most because of the unique UI in the choices (It doesn't have the square text box in the middle), the camerawork and the first visual novel I have played where the history feature is important to the game. I would comment on the story but I'm pretty sure I'm only in the beginning of the game so I will probably make a followup reply after I finish the story.


Ahh sorry I just saw this!! Thank you so much for the video and for purchasing the support pack! I hope you enjoyed ❤️

I stay awoke half the night to play 😭beautiful story, creative game!

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Thank you so much for playing!! 🫶 I’d love to hear your thoughts in the feedback form, if you have a few minutes! https://forms.gle/dzoMm6TcQ8xAMb1c8

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I really loved the game! The characters feel real, they have a lot of depth. Another great addition to the series (O-O, lake appeared!)

Rikka is so awesome, I wish I could be cheerful like her!

Syun is very handsome... His smile is so heartwarming 

Komi reminds me tulpamancy is apparently a thing? I'd like to see Luz's thoughts on that. Voice of Komi: Angel Haven Rey. Really... Did you choose the VA cuz of the name, Meiri, be honest

Lion is actually so cool!? I love him saying "I can see just fine without glasses" cuz it's the same cope I say (in reality, we are both batshit blind)

Kie is literally painted like a brazilian flag what the hell. His and Syuns freaks match!

Luz is... Thank you for the decision to voice act her saying "princess". (hope the VA is not reading this...)

The details of the VN are really good. The changing fonts, changing dialogue boxes... Those details all are so good!

Jumbled mess of incoherence:

Rikka's smile is so cute!!! She has a seal face! She's uwuing in real life!!1! (Is she fifty though?)

Rikka made me remember "I was a teenage exocolonist" and when I checked... It's cuz the protag of that one has blue hair with a yellow strand... Damn, my brain be going places.

I find it funny how the whole path of Syun traveling is shown when he goes out. Also, the transitions are really nice

I relate to @ponfusedtranslator, except I am @happytranslator (Fun fact, one day I sent an email to sadtranslator, angrytranslator, all the ones whose gmail actually existed. I haven't heard back just yet!)

I love the social media so much... Miki Mochipeeve... Meredith Gay...

Lion's whole route is... 

One time I went to see the extra dialogue Luz had in the savefiles and she said "You're back again. Addicted to me?" and like damn, I got called out

Damn, the warm light at the afternoon of feb 26th. That was just so wow. Also, the goddamn song... Same as in terasene, her light. Ah, remembering was really nice

I danced the macarena while looking at the mirror and whispering komi just for funzies, you know, and then... "-mi komi"(read in portuguese)... Fell right in that trap, I did

This looks really funny:


Syun is actually... pretty hot, appearance-wise

The CG of the club's anniversary here in this page scares me? It should reassure me, but I don't believe you, not one bit (Low trust meter)

is the book-giving girl a reference to anything?

Typos (my love language is pointing out typos. No, but yeah this is me showing appreciation, sorry if it's weird):

(Btw, maybe you fixed some of these or maybe I'm wrong about some of these. Sorry if anything! It hardly matters since it's still the demo)

The whole thing with Kie's small picture can be seen if you go to any of his phone messages and check history right afterwards!

The thought shows "shouldn't be here", yet the history says "Shuldn't be here"??? (right after "(Maybe the contest is a bust. No one signed up?)

"She always knnows what I'm thinking" two "n"s

"If it's the heath death of the universe" heat

"Luz is the everyone listens to..." the one

"Lion made those! He could make animal any Rikka asked for." any animal

"The dramatic scenarios she painting were far from reality" she was painting

"Her questions did make me a think, though" me think

"and moments where I thought I was about to relive the plast." past

"just delete it at all already" it all

"The members of the have been understanding," the group

"I heave a feeling I knew what Lion means." have

"I went from living in my room with little to not human contact to going out" little to no

"Why is that my own voice sounds so far away?" is it

When Syun is thinking "... a Kamige. And he's a creative writing student. So...!" Didn't you mean a nukige? Or did you want to spare the ignorant one from searching on google and finding weird stuff

Makes sense Rikka is hearing a humming:

(Creepy Komi also happens with Luz)

Right after "You take your dates to bridges?/" Rikka's sprite jumps or something. (in the trust convo)

"Her questions did make me a think, though"

Luz's route (gotta love her Minas Gerais notebook):

(Komi wha-)
"I understand how your guilt must be weighting on you" not weighing?
"needs warning, ho cancels last minute, and makes everything just a little more complicated" ho? who?
"I know exactly that people think of me" Factually correct. Did you mean "what" instead of "that"?
"giving away nothing our the previous interaction"
"An one bedroom, one bathroom apartment" Apparently, it's "A one" cuz of phonemes??? I got so conflicted with this one

Lion's route:

"As Lion glanced at the phone, reality intruded, and a gasp escaped him lips"

"I want to tell his where, but a bone-chilling"

"I told his about the stories and projects I began" Why are these pronouns switched?

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congrats on being the first person to find the first secret😼😼😼😼 hehe

Hoy-hoy, boa noite! C-could you gimme a lil hint... I somehow can't get Luz's route. Are there some really specific conditions I must meet? (The fact the DockDock joke changes depending on whether Syun knows about it already is insane! I had but a slimmer of hope it would change, and it actually did. Wow) Anything else like that? I would not believe that in a demo such a thing would work. The attention to detail is insane

Also, Kie's small image on the cellphone isn't a file in the demo apparently. Maybe it's karou or something?

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Ah!! Luz’s route flag is indeed bugged, I’m uploading a fix right now! My bad, it unlocks once you finish Lion’s or Rikka’s route. x_x

Which small image do you mean?

EDIT: Luz’s route should be accessible from the route select scene now!

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Thanks for the feedback and the typo and bug reports! o7 I will fix them soon.

There are some mysteries that will make sense in the full game =)

Don’t worry about the cake =) everything is fine =)

O Kie é metade Brasileiro 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Thanks for playing!! ❤️

¡Que emoción! Sigo tus juegos y proyectos desde "My GF Doesn't Know What I'm Into" y siento que le pones mucho esfuerzo y amor a lo que haces, así que es muy lindo ver que este proyecto salga a la luz. Me encanta el estilo de dibujo que parece que va a tener, y los personajes son variados e interesantes. Me emociona y alegra que Lion y Rikka puedan tener una historia más allá y, bueno, supongo que ya siendo mayores de lo que los vimos antes.

¡Aaah! ¡Muchísimas gracias, eso significa mucho para mí! Quiero darles a Rikka y a Lion su final feliz 🫶 ¡Espero que disfruten de la demo! ¡Gracias de nuevo!

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