Shinikake No Koi
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
WHY HAVE YOU COME TO THIS PLACE ?
WHERE BEAUTY CAN BE RENTED BY THE HOUR?
Tokyo, in the near future
A foreign visitor to Japan goes into a Host Club
He and a male host sit down, drink, and converse
Before the night is over, both their lives may change
WHY HAVE YOU COME TO THIS CITY?
WHERE FAERIES COME OUT ON WEEKEND NIGHTS TO DRINK?
Shinikake No Koi is a kinetic Novel created for Yaoi Game Jam 2021.
A tale that is slow-moving, dark, and perhaps shocking and surreal at times. Meant for legal adults only due to the mature matters it deals with, and some pornographic imagery.
THEY CLIPPED YOUR WINGS BEFORE YOU COULD LEARN HOW TO FLY
THERE ARE NO CHOICES
THERE IS NO ‘AUTHOR’S VOICE’
THERE IS NO 'WORD OF GOD’
THERE ARE NO TRIGGER WARNINGS
READ AT THINE OWN PERIL
FEATURES:
- 50,000 words
- 1024x768 resolution
- One animated sprite
- Loads of shadowed sprites
- An inchoate mess of a story
- Trailer (prototype)
- Ending Credits sequence
- Post-game author's message
Download
Install instructions
Extract the game and run the executable file on the game directory.
Development log
- Technical ConsiderationsSep 02, 2021
- A Working LaunchSep 01, 2021
- Αλέξανδρος, Ending Credits, and Urban FantasyAug 25, 2021
- CG deliveredAug 22, 2021
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the writing was ok but the programming was kinda amateur
Buckle up, for you are about to jump on Otokoshi's wild ride and there's no retreat until the evening is (almost) over. Shinikake No Koi offers complex dialogue that drags you deeper and deeper into a rabbit hole of self-exploration, paired with elaborate direction and use of imagery. This is a *heavy* story.
A foreigner without much to lose on his trip through Japan makes a pit-stop at a host club for the night. We don't have to get far into this novel to find out that, while certainly geeky, this isn't your stereotypical weeb on his journey through a country he worships. Our main character comes with a load of character and the appropriate amount of problems to go along with it.
Inside the host club, we're introduced to the star of the evening. Our host presents himself as your typical polite Japanese person. He's excellent at his job and carries the conversation easily. Much like our main character, the reader may find themselves glued to Otokoshi's lips, unable to stop digging deeper. However, this novel wouldn't be going anywhere, if Otokoshi weren't to match our main character's troubled mind with his own, complex and intriguing personality.
I have been told that this is not your average yaoi VN and it's not difficult to believe that. Shinikake No Koi ponders the philosophical and psychological. It dives deep into its characters' psyches and has a long, hard look, unafraid of what it may find. As someone who doesn't read ~~a whole lot of~~ romance, I'm in no position to give a comprehensive review of how this VN's romance compares to that of others, but the characters' relationship with each other grows smoothly and naturally. It just makes *sense*. These are two people that have *found* each other.
This story takes your emotions on a roller-coast ride in the most heart-wrenching way.