This is a short but very intense narrative experience. The art style is reminiscent of pencil sketches, a little messy but readable and evocative. The prose is in some parts oblique, hinting at the strangeness of its setting before everything finally goes off the rails.
It is a very queer narrative, written with a distinct rawness. I grew to care a lot about these characters over the couple of hours I spent replaying for the various endings, all of which are worth seeing.
It is a very queer narrative, written with a distinct rawness. I grew to care a lot about these characters over the couple of hours I spent replaying for the various endings, all of which are worth seeing.
Look,
I am the target demographic for this game. I love this game, I love Heaven Will Be Mine, I am among my people when I'm immersed in these stories.
This feels very much like a rough low-budget debut game, yes. I love that about it. I love the character interactions, the weird alluded-to lore, the horrifying (and effective) sound design, the intentionally uneven delivery, the tonal shifts. I think there are excellent moments sprinkled throughout, and I love this weird setup and all the emotional allegories.
Play this game, and then give yourself permission to be the Worst Girl.
I am the target demographic for this game. I love this game, I love Heaven Will Be Mine, I am among my people when I'm immersed in these stories.
This feels very much like a rough low-budget debut game, yes. I love that about it. I love the character interactions, the weird alluded-to lore, the horrifying (and effective) sound design, the intentionally uneven delivery, the tonal shifts. I think there are excellent moments sprinkled throughout, and I love this weird setup and all the emotional allegories.
Play this game, and then give yourself permission to be the Worst Girl.
Tells the story of three girls stuck at a Christian summer camp and their fight against the static in the radio or "the devil". Focusing on themes of community, acceptance, and religious and societal persecution through character interactions, location, and sound design.
Gameplay choices focus on choosing two of the characters to do things together with the worse ends coming from spending too much time away from one of the characters leading to the others to not fully accept them in their endings. Short length with great atmosphere, characters, and use of theme.
Screenshots: https://twitter.com/Legolas_Katarn/status/1054169631923924992?s=20
Gameplay choices focus on choosing two of the characters to do things together with the worse ends coming from spending too much time away from one of the characters leading to the others to not fully accept them in their endings. Short length with great atmosphere, characters, and use of theme.
Screenshots: https://twitter.com/Legolas_Katarn/status/1054169631923924992?s=20
i wasnt particularly interested in this game as a text but i wanted some perspective before playing heaven will be mine. its a tough one to really talk about, i think i understand what its going for - a sort of teen queer play on waiting for godot (well godot can be read as queer but this is way more explicitly so), at least until the endings which are more 'concrete' than godot ever is. but the writing is very all over the place, and aevee bee at this point in time at least was certainly no samuel beckett so that knowing emptiness of godot is never consistently sustained. sound design/music is excellent. nagito komaeda is credited in the game.
not for everyone, but definitely for me. we know the devil is short and super artsy, so if that kind of game isn't your style than you might not like it. but i would highkey reccomend it if you're gay, trans, have dealt with religious trauma relating to your identity, or any combo of the three above! the closet scene with neptune and jupiter still makes me sob my eyes out 5 years later.
This review contains spoilers
An excellent short horror story about the act of Othering by both mainstream society and other Othered youth living under the pressure of that mainstream society. Communicates the latter of the two through a sublimely simple counter behind the scenes. The way in which the tone of the horror differs between a playthrough where you leave a friend to be Othered and one where you all embrace your Othered nature together effortlessly highlights the thematic idea that it's better to be an Other and take care of your fellow Others than it is to push down that undeniable part of yourself to fit into society and abandon the only people that truly understand you.
For a visual novel, it has a pretty obvious Achilles' heel. Which is a nice way of saying - the writing can sometimes be a bit too... overwhelming. If you're keen to specific typing quirks and whatnot, you'll get what this game is a time capsule of.
This game doesn't take itself seriously, so neither should you. Or, play their second game! Heaven Will Be Mine carries some of its flaws and introduces its own problems, but it's ironed out compared to WKTD's wrinkles.
This game doesn't take itself seriously, so neither should you. Or, play their second game! Heaven Will Be Mine carries some of its flaws and introduces its own problems, but it's ironed out compared to WKTD's wrinkles.
Flashback to crying myself to sleep, thinking I'm going to hell, wondering if it's worth continuing to live having already been damned. Childhood is full of absolutes and huge emotions. The devil doesn't compromise, they said, sin is absolute and god's word is law. But they don't know the devil like I do.
As a fan of absurdist horror and noise music, I love both this and heaven will be mine. This game hit me hard on many aspects, but didn't feel as personal to me as the latter game. It is quite short, which has both its upsides and downsides. Still, an excellent queer story and exactly my kind of stuff.
During the summer right after graduating high school, I voluntarily went to a 2-day Christian youth camp up in what our church calls a "prayer mountain". I had been struggling with trying to be a good Christian boy and also being a horny teenage boy. I thought I would get to have a real come-to-Jesus moment up in that mountain where me and my fellow teens would sing songs of worship, confess our sins to small groups (i never did), lock ourselves up in a tiny room with just a bible for hours and no direction except to just pray, and fast for that entire 2 days. I lost myself in the woods behind the church for a while, in some vain poetic effort to look for god and answers, but only found myself back at the church with nothing.
Near the end of that 2-day camp, when the entire congregation of kids was singing its heart out, I ended up crying in hunger-induced delirium. The devout 15-year-old believer in me tried to believe he finally heard the Voice of Our Lord and Savior, speaking through him through the tears. But I knew better. I heard nothing but the wailing of a hundred children desperately wanting peace and acceptance. Those tears were shed for the fact that I was not getting any of that in the House of God.
We Know the Devil resurfaced that 15-year-old memory on this cold, 2 AM night where I am alone in my apartment and a siren wails out from this godforsaken city, making me wish I had a Venus, a Jupiter, or even a fucking Neptune with me all those years ago.
Near the end of that 2-day camp, when the entire congregation of kids was singing its heart out, I ended up crying in hunger-induced delirium. The devout 15-year-old believer in me tried to believe he finally heard the Voice of Our Lord and Savior, speaking through him through the tears. But I knew better. I heard nothing but the wailing of a hundred children desperately wanting peace and acceptance. Those tears were shed for the fact that I was not getting any of that in the House of God.
We Know the Devil resurfaced that 15-year-old memory on this cold, 2 AM night where I am alone in my apartment and a siren wails out from this godforsaken city, making me wish I had a Venus, a Jupiter, or even a fucking Neptune with me all those years ago.
THIS GAME MADE ME LIKE GIRLS
More emotional review of mine:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/multilum/recommended/435300
More emotional review of mine:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/multilum/recommended/435300