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Elegy of the Night by Reisen

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made by Reisen for LD33 (JAM)
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.
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2784587/Elegy%20of%20the%20Night.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=51666

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.08 638
Fun(Jam) 2.78 735
Humor(Jam) 3.02 398
Innovation(Jam) 2.89 614
Mood(Jam) 3.30 401
Theme(Jam) 3.66 362

Feedback

Azure_Kyte
24. Aug 2015 · 13:16 UTC
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
24. Aug 2015 · 14:43 UTC
Alright I'll admit it, got me, that was cute.
pighead10
24. Aug 2015 · 14:52 UTC
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
24. Aug 2015 · 16:17 UTC
Good history. But dosen't sound fare to me the real photos in game.
Korso
24. Aug 2015 · 16:59 UTC
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
24. Aug 2015 · 17:35 UTC
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
DruhinM
25. Aug 2015 · 06:08 UTC
Nice
congusbongus
25. Aug 2015 · 09:53 UTC
This was pretty well made, congratulations! The twist was very clever, I barely missed it!
ironleonem
25. Aug 2015 · 11:25 UTC
Okay seriously, how'd you do that?
blurryroots
25. Aug 2015 · 16:03 UTC
Cool ending ;) Enjoyed the story.
Teesquared
26. Aug 2015 · 11:17 UTC
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.
purenickery
26. Aug 2015 · 22:07 UTC
I'm still so confused how this game knew what my name was at the end. Nice job!
parsia
27. Aug 2015 · 07:32 UTC
wow, incredible, great concept, good implementation, not much of a game but interesting narrative. well done.
echokain
27. Aug 2015 · 17:32 UTC
Audio and writing was neat, the twist was great too!
Team Klappermann
27. Aug 2015 · 20:56 UTC
Totally got me.
quadtree
28. Aug 2015 · 04:17 UTC
Not bad. Using the player's username was a nice touch.
RougeRogue
28. Aug 2015 · 13:04 UTC
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
28. Aug 2015 · 14:02 UTC
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
29. Aug 2015 · 16:27 UTC
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
29. Aug 2015 · 16:31 UTC
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
01. Sep 2015 · 11:00 UTC
this is not a game. but good try i guess
dregamr
01. Sep 2015 · 18:11 UTC
XDDD Of course, the monster is me. Very cool.
Have you been all the weekend photographing the village? XD One photograph had watermarks?
Mykaelos
01. Sep 2015 · 20:32 UTC
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!
Berserker_Chris
05. Sep 2015 · 11:31 UTC
Interesting Story