You wake up in the void, with no memory other than the deep sense that something horrible has happened to you in life that has left you in limbo. Can you find your way back to the living to make things right?
Should you?
Welcome to my first visual novel / game project, The River. I actually made something!
This is my very first attempt at making a game, as well as my first second earnest attempt at a cohesive, stand-alone narrative.
I set off to create all of the visual assets, sound effects, and music myself, and scripting/tying it all together with Adventure Game Studio.
Estimated play time:聽30-50聽minutes.
Playing with good Audio聽/聽Headphones is highly recommended.
Content Warning: Contains mature聽subject matter聽(discussion of聽death聽and dying, written聽descriptions of聽violence)
Game Features:
Unique,聽(mostly)聽monochrome聽style聽visuals
Digital聽hand-drawn聽backgrounds
Unique soundtrack and dynamic music score for聽each of the game's聽12聽scenes
Nearly聽2000聽frames of sprite animation
Visual Novel聽styled story, including dialog聽and character portraits
