Just Another (Sad) Visual Novel

GMTK Game Jam 2023 submission.

It's sad both in the amount of content and the kind of content, a double whammy.

Controls: Mouse. Click stuff.

Engine: Godot 4.1

Source code: https://github.com/YourWaifuIsALie/gmtk-2023

My only goal with the jam was to create a working product and tackle new elements that I hadn't used before (in Godot) to further my personal projects. I figured a "reverse bullet heaven" was going to be popular (and not too different from various mobile games) so I went with what I expected to be less popular of a genre.

Still, as always, I underestimated how slowly I work and how time-consuming creating the system would be. The end result is something worse than Ren'Py and lacking almost all of the 2000-era dating sim mechanics.

Nevertheless, my goal was to gain experience and so this is a success.

Please enjoy (or not, because all the happy parts got left on the cutting-room floor).

All content created by the author was created during the Jam. This includes code, art, and sound effects.

Created in Godot 4.1 stable.

Non-original content credits:

Font: "Labrada"	designed by Mercedes Jáuregui, Omnibus-Type
Music: - "Awkward Meeting" - "Colorless Aura" - "Devonshire Waltz Allegretto" - "Sad Trio" - "Study And Relax"	Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/