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In this Deck-Building Conversation Simulator, you must choose your cards correctly to have a deep conversation with your fellow summer resort volunteer. You guys will go seperate ways after this, so it's your last chance to build a connection and find out what's going on in his mind.
This is the first game I ever completed, and I made it for the "My First Game Jam: Summer 2023" game jam, whose theme was "Cycles".
But in a broader sense I made it to get myself out of a long rough patch I'm going through.
I hope other people will like it and maybe find it useful.
All the art in the game was custom made by the talented Sara Antonellini who also helped out with the story.
The music you hear was custom made by the amazing IsaDRandom.
Also a special thanks goes to Daniele for his professional psychological feedback.
It's been real fun making it a group project. Thank you so much for wanting to help me out.
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Development log
- Post-release patchAug 07, 2023
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Man this guy is so hard to get to know. Spent over an hour trying LOL. I give up.
Argh! Too bad you gave up. From what I saw in tests, the game takes about an hour and a half tops.
Anyway, I hope it wasn't too frustrating and you enjoyed it somewhat.
Wow, thanks for responding! I didnt think I was getting close to "winning the game" LOL I felt like I was doing so poorly... Thanks for making this game! It was good and so interesting. Learned a lot about myself!
This game is complex and fun at the same time. I haven't played a card based visual novel before. It also highlights how hard it can be to connect with people sometimes. Awesome project 10/10
Hey BlancoKix, thanks so much for the support! Seeing you experience our game really made our day, and I'm glad you liked the project .
Thanks so much!
You're welcome, I'm happy you enjoy the video and it made y'alls day.
It's an awesome and one of the most unique projects I've played.
I loved it! The all game was really well made!
I loved the story! The game is challenging! I had fun playing it!
Thanks Rufio, I'm really glad you liked it! ✨
I really love the idea and execution of this game! It captures the subtleties of conversation in a really thought-provoking way
Thank you so much, pastry! ✨
That was absolutely what I was going for!
The conceit of this is super cool and I love the art and vibe. I love how you incorporated the jam theme too and I want to keep trying to get a better ending! Unfortunately, I had an issue with saving—when I tried, I got some kind of runtime error and it crashed. But great idea, great execution, and a really interesting premise.
thanks so much fruits! ✨
Yeah, I'm making a log of the issues people are having and I will be releasing a patch after fixing the worst ones. I'm still glad this first version was intriguing for you.
Hey there! If you'd like to try it again, I think I managed to fix what was causing your error (if it's the same thing another user reported). If not, still thank you for the feedback, I very much appreciated it!