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About
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: 30-50 minutes.
Playing with good Audio / Headphones is highly recommended.
Content Warning: Contains mature subject matter (discussion of death and dying, written descriptions of violence)
Game Features:
Unique, (mostly) monochrome style visuals
Digital hand-drawn backgrounds
Unique soundtrack and dynamic music score for each of the game's 12 scenes
Nearly 2000 frames of sprite animation
Visual Novel styled story, including dialog and character portraits
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Languages: English
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 41 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Ending was expected, but still a really beautiful game. Could be made to be way longer and with way more lore, for sure.
nice game
loved it, The Story is a little predictable, but that doesn't take away from the experience of the game and story itself. An pleasure to play for those who enjoy contemplation.
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Concurrent players on Steam, sampled daily since tracking started.
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
very nice game with a good story
Beautiful storytelling, art, music, everything
I really enjoyed this story, I hope more play and appreciate it. Also runs perfect on SteamDeck
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Felt emotional while reading through the story. Would recommend.
Nice little story game that you can wrap up in under an hour, good story and the black and white style is pretty neat.
A wonderful short story about life, death, and the cycle of harm.
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