cryber
starting to think homicide is the greatest expression of love but idk
2020
Great level of content/quality for a free VN and I love the art, but the route endings tended to fall a bit flat and the True ending just completely loses me.
Reggie, Twyla, and Mary are cute though.
Reggie, Twyla, and Mary are cute though.
2022
Despite a story that sometimes stretches the suspension of disbelief near its limits and a somewhat rushed ending that could have used 1-2 more hours to clean things up, Corpse Factory makes for an enthralling Halloween season read.
The main cast's voice actors do wonders with their performances. Loved the story's prose and the look into multiple twisted perspectives.
Also, I want to inject Noriko and Kojiro's characters into my veins.
The main cast's voice actors do wonders with their performances. Loved the story's prose and the look into multiple twisted perspectives.
Also, I want to inject Noriko and Kojiro's characters into my veins.
2022
Quite a fun PvE card game with a decent eldritch themed VN alongside it, lots more content to dig into here than I expected going in.
A very sharp difficulty curve associated with the card game itself, which some may not enjoy as the game is largely focused on building to "counter" other decks rather than building a pile of good cards or your favorite deck type. Still, this formula works to the game's strength for most of it, always engaging and making you change up your play style.
The only real issue I find with the mechanics of Kamifuda is that later fights effectively all become both sides attempting to kill the other on the first turn due to an overabundance of 0 mana cost spells which either net advantage or refund energy, and as the AI has stronger cards than the player this basically requires you to make even more cheesey strategies like killing before first combat to compete. Thankfully this is only the last few duels, otherwise the mechanics of the game really do lend to both a challenging and fun experience.
Would highly recommend to anyone that enjoys card games, or maybe even just wants to read a pretty good story about a bunch of eldritch mages.
A very sharp difficulty curve associated with the card game itself, which some may not enjoy as the game is largely focused on building to "counter" other decks rather than building a pile of good cards or your favorite deck type. Still, this formula works to the game's strength for most of it, always engaging and making you change up your play style.
The only real issue I find with the mechanics of Kamifuda is that later fights effectively all become both sides attempting to kill the other on the first turn due to an overabundance of 0 mana cost spells which either net advantage or refund energy, and as the AI has stronger cards than the player this basically requires you to make even more cheesey strategies like killing before first combat to compete. Thankfully this is only the last few duels, otherwise the mechanics of the game really do lend to both a challenging and fun experience.
Would highly recommend to anyone that enjoys card games, or maybe even just wants to read a pretty good story about a bunch of eldritch mages.
2021
He thought the cycle of death and rebirth was for one lifetime only! He MAD!!!
2022
Jishogi is great game, and one I would consider quite underappreciated compared to its quality. Thankfully it's gotten a bit of a spotlight since I put it in the backlog last year, but since as of writing this it has no reviews on the site I figure it deserves at least some level of write-up.
Jishogi tackles some very dark subjects and features 2 wonderfully fleshed out characters, the player character Mayu and the witch Fifield. Their interplay as well as the consequences of the choices you can make were definitely a highlight of the game as a whole to me. Whether it's diving into memories or deciding whats best for both characters, the story had me hooked pretty much from the start. There's quite a bit of freedom as to how things can play out, from places I'm surprised the dev was willing to go to much more positive resolutions. Worth experiencing and not spoiling here for sure.
The one larger criticism for this game, one it seems the dev is aware of, is that the puzzles can actually be a bit reductive to its goal sometimes. There are multiple between every story beat, meaning getting stuck on even one can very well kill the pacing of the game. Either placing a memory between every puzzle or reducing the number of them would have helped. Though the puzzles themselves are still clever and enjoyable for the most part, even reflecting the personalities of the 2 characters well.
All said a great work for a solo dev, and I hope they continue in the future with more projects on this level!
Jishogi tackles some very dark subjects and features 2 wonderfully fleshed out characters, the player character Mayu and the witch Fifield. Their interplay as well as the consequences of the choices you can make were definitely a highlight of the game as a whole to me. Whether it's diving into memories or deciding whats best for both characters, the story had me hooked pretty much from the start. There's quite a bit of freedom as to how things can play out, from places I'm surprised the dev was willing to go to much more positive resolutions. Worth experiencing and not spoiling here for sure.
The one larger criticism for this game, one it seems the dev is aware of, is that the puzzles can actually be a bit reductive to its goal sometimes. There are multiple between every story beat, meaning getting stuck on even one can very well kill the pacing of the game. Either placing a memory between every puzzle or reducing the number of them would have helped. Though the puzzles themselves are still clever and enjoyable for the most part, even reflecting the personalities of the 2 characters well.
All said a great work for a solo dev, and I hope they continue in the future with more projects on this level!