INTRUSICUL by vimix

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made by vimix for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

MainMenu.png A small, psychological story about returning to social interaction. The protagonist is a man who has lived in voluntary isolation from society for a long time, experiencing alienation from others.

Having received an invitation to a small gathering, he gradually becomes involved with old and new acquaintances. Small bits of backstory are revealed through the journey to this meeting, dialogue, and the character's internal reactions.

The gameplay conveys the protagonist's psycho-emotional state: panic attacks, distorted perceptions, and obsessive images appear as part of his past traumatic experience, rather than elements of a classic horror film.

With an overall restrained and tense atmosphere, the story includes brief moments of relief and warmth that arise through interactions with others.

Ratings

Overall 596th 3.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 622th 3.048⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 792th 2.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 793th 2.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 182th 4.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 181th 3.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 440th 2.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 350th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

sebastianscaini
Apr 21st · 16:36 UTC
A very polished experience and the art is super nice!
anku
Apr 21st · 19:25 UTC
Отличная стилистика, повествование. Немного перекошен звук, особенно SFX, то громче, то тише, но не критично. И порой черный экран секунд на 5-10. Но общий вайб покрывает эти недочеты.
Phoenix Fireflower
Apr 22nd · 17:48 UTC
That was a wonderful visual novel with great artwork to boot.
You may want to change the default language to English though, as that's what most people here speak.

Tip for non-Russian speakers: click the middle button in the menu to change the language.
mailsbert
Apr 22nd · 17:48 UTC
Прикольно, арт на высоте!

За мемы на фоне отдельный респект. Хоть и не фанат новел, но сюжет зацепил. вери кул
ZalkarIMG
Apr 22nd · 17:48 UTC
Very well written, great job with the sound design, I'm not a fan of VISUAL NOVELS, but I thought this game was cool
Lukas Leder
Apr 22nd · 17:49 UTC
art style was cool, did you make the audio yourself? sad that it`s only in russian
🎤 vimix
Apr 22nd · 18:06 UTC
@lukas-leder
yep, the whole sound design has been made by ourselves. Moreover, we have english version) Just go through the settings))
tatsoko
Apr 22nd · 18:16 UTC
art and audio super cool, molodec!
CrimsonTrouper
Apr 23rd · 02:52 UTC
cool style, but would've wanted "open your eyes" to appear in different places, so you need to find it, cause that would add more "gameplay"
🎤 vimix
Apr 23rd · 05:52 UTC
@crimsontrouper
Yea, we already thought about this, but only after we had finished the whole game)

but we r planning to!
CrimsonTrouper
Apr 23rd · 09:58 UTC
@vimix cool then!
0kura018
Apr 23rd · 16:24 UTC
Забавно видеть от русских разрабов именно новелу, все россия - страна новел
500
Apr 24th · 03:32 UTC
What a cool style! It's rare to be able to do it so completely within 72 hours
Starlight Glimmer is best poney
Apr 24th · 22:15 UTC
https://youtu.be/oVac-4EUIRA

Impressively long VN given the jam constraints, but the engine misses a few features "core" to VNs. Reminds me of the Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Outside a Bag of Milk duology.
JamBread
Apr 25th · 11:58 UTC
Cool game,big hearts to Lead Artist,Programmers,Game/Narrative Designer and Sound designers.
It was so entertaining to work with you,i loved every bit of our interaction 💋
Col gam nice draws col work
yoko-san
Apr 25th · 23:49 UTC
Cool game, interesting story, and great artwork! :)
acid
Apr 27th · 00:16 UTC
Loved the music and story. Had some problems progressing to the next screen which I fixed by clicking on the menu and back to the game. It was also not clear that I’ve reached the ending, maybe just go to credits screen in the end?
LDJam user 246128
Apr 27th · 00:19 UTC
Great art style, and very impressive execution for a jam game, nice stuff! Привет нашим.
VenomousMouse
Apr 27th · 10:11 UTC
Very nice art, cool story and great sound. Great game.
🎤 vimix
Apr 27th · 16:57 UTC
@acid
TY for writing! REALLY restricted deadlines of the game jam caused that strange ending, we had thought about credits, actually!
Nordin
Apr 27th · 18:19 UTC
Great soundtrack, great story, very cool