Does the 5$ bonus content pack have a guide route for the guys? I think I found a bug, when I'm playing Cedric's route right before we lose the battle with gravity against the void my game crashes here, no matter how many times I reload.
By the way, are there plans to make a sequel of this wonderful VN? I'd like to see more of Wes and the other guys, maybe see how the romances and friendships developed.
Wait, so is the Void the Teacher dying or his dream dying or does that not count since we were told that in the Void?
Edit: Love the Implication that Cedric didn't get distant, his other self did while he busy being Coraline & That's he's wrong about the Door Opening Twice
Do not be tricked into thinking this a review of the game; I am simply rambling because the game is so notable that I can't help but to get all of my half-baked thoughts pertaining to it out, before they fade away into the Primordial Aether.
This is the reason upon why I play these VNs. For many of them, you play them, and you find them to be not the most fun nor engaging. As if the writer couldn't properly translate their muse onto digital paper. I initially felt this was the case as the hook was notably weak. Though as I watched that lame prologue come back into play at very crucial parts of the story, and in some places become entirely meaningless in the widest scope of the plot, and then eventually tie itself neatly back together; I started to forge an idea in my mind just the scope of writing I was dealing with.
That is because (in my interpretation) The prologue was a false hook. You play through the prologue scene and just a bit after, and you think that this game is just going to be about another depressed gay dude going through college and eventually learning self acceptance via some belligerently generic suit of outcomes. But then you reach the true hook, which was stepping through the threshold into Peregrine. And as small swaths of that alternate existence become clear to you, you think to yourself "Hey, this isn't quite right..."
And just as you have time to realize that it's a subversion and start making assumptions about the direction and nature of the plot, it turns you topside under. And every once in a while, you guess correctly, leaving you very involved as a reader. It's interesting, because I describe this storyline as if it has a blindingly rapid pace, but it doesn't; the pace waxes and wanes in speed as if an orchestral notation. Or perhaps even it was written in a way to where it seems slow but is actually quite fast in the overall scope of the story.
Another thing that I quite enjoy is that the game doesn't take itself too seriously. In fact I'd proclaim that it is uniquely balanced in the way it juggles light and heavy topics to forge a delightful, almost random experience- a randomness that feels quite true and parallel to our reality. Shit just happens right? It's that mentality, but cranked up to 11 so as to fit the nature of an engaging plot. Now that doesn't mean it's overly dramatic, it's just telegraphed to the reader so that they can start to get a feel for the direction that the plot is taking.
Additionally, I like how much comradery and chemistry was simulated between the characters in such a short timespan. It's funny because you can tell that even the characters themselves feel that way in the end. And on the topic of the ending, I was a little sad but also refreshed at how bittersweet it was.
All in all, this game was music to my ears (not even mentioning the exemplary soundtrack), It was fantastically written and didn't overstay it's welcome. Thank you for providing me this experience and I hope to see that you have more tales being strewn onto the spinning wheel.
Hi phibbean ! I have a lot of people coming from this game in my bandcamp listening to my Komiku's stuff, so i want to thank you for using my free music in your game =) (Twitter DMs are broken, so sorry for the public thanks on itch comments, haha)
Ah thank you for the comment! Your music is incredible and lots of people have commented positively about it. Thanks for making free music, and I'm just glad I could direct some well-deserved attention towards it. :)
tengo un problema, no se si sea el juego o mi pc pero cuando estoy en la parte de el void (elegí el camino de remus) y despierto del sueño y voy hacia la puerta cuando intento abrirla el juego se me cierra...
Amazing work! I played the whole thing in some sort of fugue state, I feel like I got an ending and "woke up" from an incredible dream. Best of luck in all your future endeavors, and thank you for this!
I decided to come back to this almost a year later, and good god, that writing is still amazing. Cedric route just has hit after hit. Relatable struggles fill the whole game, but I wanted to cry at the Cedric leaves ending. It's such a complicated but sweet relationship, it feels like the true end, but there's just such high quality across the board, you can say that about almost any of the endings. (They're all great! Just that some spoiler-y ones like staying with Remus are fairly unlikely. But at the same time, when you go through the route leading up to it, it makes sense y'know? So like from Kieran as a general character/concept, probably not, but for Kieran and co. from that timeline it makes sense?) Idk. I just knew that there was a good reason I kept this downloaded instead of deleted once I finished the main route(s) of the characters I was most interested in. Cedric, as he develops, just feels so real, vulnerable, and just indescribable. I feel their dynamic as best friends who grew up together, the awkwardness of trying to make things work, and how in some routes that awkwardness and tension ultimately remains. It's unfortunate but realistic that Kieran and the whole rest of the gang don't really stay in touch in any of the routes.
I like how the end of Cedric's route even goes into interesting details like how they had lasting trauma after y'know almost dying, something many VNs don't really acknowledge.
Cedric and Kieran's final scene on his route also just hurts. It's sweet and there's some hope, there's some stuff there, but there's also pieces that let the reader decide for themselves if they think anything will come out of all of this. Thematically, perhaps not. But there's that flare of hope, that beacon I simply must reach out towards. Maybe that's just my own remnants of hope for a clean future that saves us. One that Cedric denies exists.
That's one of the interesting things about him, he's constantly changing and you see that especially on his route. He struggles with his own self worth and personhood to an extent and there's just so much there to dig into, it's absolutely amazing.
Almost a year later, and this still holds up fantastically. Hope you're doing well out there wherever you are, despite the not very active Twitter.
I just finished some of the routes and damn… What lovely storytelling! Kudos to the author, you really made my heart move multiple times throughout the novel. I love the character design so much, it’s so pleasant to look at. This is easily one of the top-tier VNs out there! Looking forward if ever you have more in store for us, author!
I've only just started, but had to get something off my chest early, there's a snap to the dialogue which feels very Catch-22 and I am all about that. It's provoking some very fond memories of the multiple reads I've had of it!
Anyone got a wind of what the author is currently working on? the latest update of them was from September last year and absolute silence eversince. Hope they are doing fine, this is some of the best work I have read on this site.
Having finished this VN several months ago I still find myself pondering it fondly from time to time. I found myself in the unfortunate position of discovering the project after it's completion, and as such was unable to reabsorb the story multiple times as it was updated. The characters and their motivations are intriguing, the story thought provoking and the art oh so easy on the eyes. Reminds me strongly of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline, they both share many similarities but the most glaring of all being they're both criminally under rated and oft unheard of. "In Case of Emergency" is a fantastic piece of work and I hope more people like myself stumble across it and enjoy it as well.
Definitely one of the best VNs i've read. Funny, endearing, real and dramatic. Loved the soundtrack, especially the main theme and the credits song. Also Luke, my beloved funny cat.
this game is everything i could ask for in a visual novel. some meta-level morality coming across in both story and mechanics. the writer clearly understands how the context of the medium affects the story. plenty of intellegent humor. the mechanics working with and against the morals to tell a story more true to (my experience of) reality than any FVN before.
One route down and and just left in that hollowed state after finishing a good book. Fantastic writing which leaves food for thought in how we treat our own lives and passing the days away.
Thank you for telling this story and I look forward to going through the rest of the routes.
I hope to see more of your work in the future if you plan on doing a sequel or something new entirely!
Fuuuuck man, Cedric's route destroyed me. First, it was him staying in Peregrine, and like, having no choive but leave him there hit me so hard, for a reason i cannot comprehend...
And then, in denial (and tears), I say 'fuck it' and go back in hope to find a better ending...
Well, I did find it. Cedric coming back was lovely to see. (...) and then he says hes leaving for good. On a life trip to the other side of the country. Like, yeah, i understand, he has to do that, but damm... it still hurts.
Its such a bittersweet ending... but nonetheless a great one. (Both, imo)
All I wanted to do through the second ending was hug Cedric and never let him go. But he has to go.
aaaaa my heaaart!! I can only hope him and Kieran never gets separated again...
oooh man youre in bad luck, was so long ago i already forgot. I do remember it being really hard to find tho lol. I think it has something to do with not playing swords with him at the start
Damn... I've only gotten two endings thus far, but... it hits so hard. I'm still crying, damnit. I love this game, I love the characters, and it hurts me to know that I won't get more content than what already exists here.
This is freaking awesome. Quickly became my absolute favorite game I've ever played... I... damn. I need to go cry into a pillow now...
Also, I'm just a little sad my favorite character doesn't have a romance route...
This is such a good game, thank you so much for your amazing work. I'm going to keep these characters in my heart and try to not let it break...
I like that he try to live his life with main character (i forget how was his name) and he was so brave to say that for his father. (I'm proud for that i got him first)
And another with Cedric and he decided to be in that world (i almost cry at that moment)
Need to get ending with Lynx and try to find way with Cedric to get him in Real world (i think that there another end with him)
And k don't know what end will be whith that Lynx (and yeah, i got some screenshots when the main character got dildo in his had and brake the 4-th wall, it's quite fuuny how they all standings like this, like Wes i think that he try to say "w*f where did you get this", and Cedric "Man... Put that thing down...")
I really like to play this game and sometime i got a b*ner just reading that kind of stuff (maybe just because i was a roleplayer)
All my doubts when this was in early development have been dispelled. I am clawing for where I must have erred, but that is the beauty of this VN. No matter how bleak things become and the darkness may rage, there is always a light, but one must know how to make it out. One must really know how to navigate the void, in order to find even the light's brightest spot. For that I will not give up and will keep trying to get the ending that I want, but wanting means nothing if I don't earn it. For me I always want to earn what I want, for nothing is free, and all have free will, so one must work for it.
If there's a word above adore, I don't know it. I tear up every time I reached the ending. I looked at the gallery for the kiss with Cedric and I teared up.
I have no clue how to express the severity of pissed off that I've reached. I love this one so much that it nearly broke my heart. I fell for Remus pretty quickly even if it left me in tears. I certainly enjoyed Wes and Cedrik! This was a true masterpiece it nearly breaks my heart to know it's finished.
Your game is maybe one of the greatest game I played in my life. I've just finish two of the ending with Cedrik and I just couldn't stop crying since. I think I just find a to much of myself in both Kieran and Cedric, in which I'm the loner who can't make friends but also nearly always depend on my only true friend, I've had friends that I just stop talking to and don't even know if they will ever want to talk to me again and I've been trying to escape life with fantasies I can make up in my head or by playing video games. Seeing the end might just have broke me. Just thinking about it still make want to cry. It's pretty hard for a video game to make me sad until I at least tear up a little but this game might have reach a whole other level if it made me cry that much, I think I might have never played or experience something that felt so close to me personaly that it made me feel that much different emotions. Sadness ? Envy ? Hope ? I don't know and I actually don't know I even want to know. I'd like to thank you for bringing this game in this world even if a part of me wish I didn't play if I knew just how much sadness could be brought upon me.
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Does the 5$ bonus content pack have a guide route for the guys? I think I found a bug, when I'm playing Cedric's route right before we lose the battle with gravity against the void my game crashes here, no matter how many times I reload.
By the way, are there plans to make a sequel of this wonderful VN? I'd like to see more of Wes and the other guys, maybe see how the romances and friendships developed.
It does
Im so glad I found the Luke route, him > Wes, Wish there was a Cedric route, he feels barren despite having the most story
Edit: Found it, it's the best one
There is a cedric route
I'd play this game 5 times and still miss something
Bro please tell me how, he always texts that he's too busy
You need to choose the option to talk to him instead of sparring
thanks man
Wait, so is the Void the Teacher dying or his dream dying or does that not count since we were told that in the Void?
Edit: Love the Implication that Cedric didn't get distant, his other self did while he busy being Coraline & That's he's wrong about the Door Opening Twice
SPOILERS AHEAD
Do not be tricked into thinking this a review of the game; I am simply rambling because the game is so notable that I can't help but to get all of my half-baked thoughts pertaining to it out, before they fade away into the Primordial Aether.
This is the reason upon why I play these VNs. For many of them, you play them, and you find them to be not the most fun nor engaging. As if the writer couldn't properly translate their muse onto digital paper. I initially felt this was the case as the hook was notably weak. Though as I watched that lame prologue come back into play at very crucial parts of the story, and in some places become entirely meaningless in the widest scope of the plot, and then eventually tie itself neatly back together; I started to forge an idea in my mind just the scope of writing I was dealing with.
That is because (in my interpretation) The prologue was a false hook. You play through the prologue scene and just a bit after, and you think that this game is just going to be about another depressed gay dude going through college and eventually learning self acceptance via some belligerently generic suit of outcomes. But then you reach the true hook, which was stepping through the threshold into Peregrine. And as small swaths of that alternate existence become clear to you, you think to yourself "Hey, this isn't quite right..."
And just as you have time to realize that it's a subversion and start making assumptions about the direction and nature of the plot, it turns you topside under. And every once in a while, you guess correctly, leaving you very involved as a reader. It's interesting, because I describe this storyline as if it has a blindingly rapid pace, but it doesn't; the pace waxes and wanes in speed as if an orchestral notation. Or perhaps even it was written in a way to where it seems slow but is actually quite fast in the overall scope of the story.
Another thing that I quite enjoy is that the game doesn't take itself too seriously. In fact I'd proclaim that it is uniquely balanced in the way it juggles light and heavy topics to forge a delightful, almost random experience- a randomness that feels quite true and parallel to our reality. Shit just happens right? It's that mentality, but cranked up to 11 so as to fit the nature of an engaging plot. Now that doesn't mean it's overly dramatic, it's just telegraphed to the reader so that they can start to get a feel for the direction that the plot is taking.
Additionally, I like how much comradery and chemistry was simulated between the characters in such a short timespan. It's funny because you can tell that even the characters themselves feel that way in the end. And on the topic of the ending, I was a little sad but also refreshed at how bittersweet it was.
All in all, this game was music to my ears (not even mentioning the exemplary soundtrack), It was fantastically written and didn't overstay it's welcome. Thank you for providing me this experience and I hope to see that you have more tales being strewn onto the spinning wheel.
So if you died irl, you'd be unable to leave?
Hi phibbean !
I have a lot of people coming from this game in my bandcamp listening to my Komiku's stuff, so i want to thank you for using my free music in your game =)
(Twitter DMs are broken, so sorry for the public thanks on itch comments, haha)
Ah thank you for the comment! Your music is incredible and lots of people have commented positively about it. Thanks for making free music, and I'm just glad I could direct some well-deserved attention towards it. :)
Thanks, phibeean, that's sweet =) hit me if you need anything music related !
Update for anyone who's been following my lost account saga: I have access to this account again!
Glad to here it man 😆
tengo un problema, no se si sea el juego o mi pc pero cuando estoy en la parte de el void (elegí el camino de remus) y despierto del sueño y voy hacia la puerta cuando intento abrirla el juego se me cierra...
a alguien mas le pasa lo mismo? TT
**have
how many days does this has?
Got through all the endings. Thoroughly enjoyable! Here's hoping you write more!
incredible writing! please say you're working on more projects!
Amazing work! I played the whole thing in some sort of fugue state, I feel like I got an ending and "woke up" from an incredible dream. Best of luck in all your future endeavors, and thank you for this!
SPOILERS:
I decided to come back to this almost a year later, and good god, that writing is still amazing. Cedric route just has hit after hit. Relatable struggles fill the whole game, but I wanted to cry at the Cedric leaves ending. It's such a complicated but sweet relationship, it feels like the true end, but there's just such high quality across the board, you can say that about almost any of the endings. (They're all great! Just that some spoiler-y ones like staying with Remus are fairly unlikely. But at the same time, when you go through the route leading up to it, it makes sense y'know? So like from Kieran as a general character/concept, probably not, but for Kieran and co. from that timeline it makes sense?) Idk. I just knew that there was a good reason I kept this downloaded instead of deleted once I finished the main route(s) of the characters I was most interested in. Cedric, as he develops, just feels so real, vulnerable, and just indescribable. I feel their dynamic as best friends who grew up together, the awkwardness of trying to make things work, and how in some routes that awkwardness and tension ultimately remains. It's unfortunate but realistic that Kieran and the whole rest of the gang don't really stay in touch in any of the routes.
I like how the end of Cedric's route even goes into interesting details like how they had lasting trauma after y'know almost dying, something many VNs don't really acknowledge.
Cedric and Kieran's final scene on his route also just hurts. It's sweet and there's some hope, there's some stuff there, but there's also pieces that let the reader decide for themselves if they think anything will come out of all of this. Thematically, perhaps not. But there's that flare of hope, that beacon I simply must reach out towards. Maybe that's just my own remnants of hope for a clean future that saves us. One that Cedric denies exists.
That's one of the interesting things about him, he's constantly changing and you see that especially on his route. He struggles with his own self worth and personhood to an extent and there's just so much there to dig into, it's absolutely amazing.
Almost a year later, and this still holds up fantastically. Hope you're doing well out there wherever you are, despite the not very active Twitter.
10/10 i am deeply sad and relate to every character
Does anyone know how to get the NSFW Scenes to work, I just get a black screen with text even though I have the option turned on
oh theres no nsfw cg lol
I just finished some of the routes and damn… What lovely storytelling! Kudos to the author, you really made my heart move multiple times throughout the novel. I love the character design so much, it’s so pleasant to look at. This is easily one of the top-tier VNs out there! Looking forward if ever you have more in store for us, author!
I've only just started, but had to get something off my chest early, there's a snap to the dialogue which feels very Catch-22 and I am all about that. It's provoking some very fond memories of the multiple reads I've had of it!
Anyone got a wind of what the author is currently working on? the latest update of them was from September last year and absolute silence eversince. Hope they are doing fine, this is some of the best work I have read on this site.
Author made a single retweet in April, still no idea what they are currently doing, but at least, not dead.
Its been months and im STILL occasionally sobbing over the remus endings
Having finished this VN several months ago I still find myself pondering it fondly from time to time. I found myself in the unfortunate position of discovering the project after it's completion, and as such was unable to reabsorb the story multiple times as it was updated. The characters and their motivations are intriguing, the story thought provoking and the art oh so easy on the eyes. Reminds me strongly of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline, they both share many similarities but the most glaring of all being they're both criminally under rated and oft unheard of. "In Case of Emergency" is a fantastic piece of work and I hope more people like myself stumble across it and enjoy it as well.
Definitely one of the best VNs i've read. Funny, endearing, real and dramatic. Loved the soundtrack, especially the main theme and the credits song. Also Luke, my beloved funny cat.
this game is everything i could ask for in a visual novel. some meta-level morality coming across in both story and mechanics. the writer clearly understands how the context of the medium affects the story. plenty of intellegent humor. the mechanics working with and against the morals to tell a story more true to (my experience of) reality than any FVN before.
Just wondering is There a guide on how to get all cg and also if all nsfw scenes are going to be text only or are there pictures
One route down and and just left in that hollowed state after finishing a good book. Fantastic writing which leaves food for thought in how we treat our own lives and passing the days away.
Thank you for telling this story and I look forward to going through the rest of the routes.
I hope to see more of your work in the future if you plan on doing a sequel or something new entirely!
SPOILERS!!!
Fuuuuck man, Cedric's route destroyed me. First, it was him staying in Peregrine, and like, having no choive but leave him there hit me so hard, for a reason i cannot comprehend...
And then, in denial (and tears), I say 'fuck it' and go back in hope to find a better ending...
Well, I did find it. Cedric coming back was lovely to see. (...) and then he says hes leaving for good. On a life trip to the other side of the country. Like, yeah, i understand, he has to do that, but damm... it still hurts.
Its such a bittersweet ending... but nonetheless a great one. (Both, imo)
All I wanted to do through the second ending was hug Cedric and never let him go. But he has to go.
aaaaa my heaaart!! I can only hope him and Kieran never gets separated again...
May I ask you how did you find that route? I don't know what do I need for reach it
oooh man youre in bad luck, was so long ago i already forgot. I do remember it being really hard to find tho lol. I think it has something to do with not playing swords with him at the start
yup, I was right
I love Luke
The irony in this game is... well, ironic.
Damn... I've only gotten two endings thus far, but... it hits so hard. I'm still crying, damnit. I love this game, I love the characters, and it hurts me to know that I won't get more content than what already exists here.
This is freaking awesome. Quickly became my absolute favorite game I've ever played... I... damn. I need to go cry into a pillow now...
Also, I'm just a little sad my favorite character doesn't have a romance route...
This is such a good game, thank you so much for your amazing work. I'm going to keep these characters in my heart and try to not let it break...
Today i got two endings.
(SPOILER ALERT)
One with Wes and it was soo cute 🤩
I like that he try to live his life with main character (i forget how was his name) and he was so brave to say that for his father. (I'm proud for that i got him first)
And another with Cedric and he decided to be in that world (i almost cry at that moment)
Need to get ending with Lynx and try to find way with Cedric to get him in Real world (i think that there another end with him)
And k don't know what end will be whith that Lynx (and yeah, i got some screenshots when the main character got dildo in his had and brake the 4-th wall, it's quite fuuny how they all standings like this, like Wes i think that he try to say "w*f where did you get this", and Cedric "Man... Put that thing down...")
I really like to play this game and sometime i got a b*ner just reading that kind of stuff (maybe just because i was a roleplayer)
Really really good work!
Thank you for your good visual novele!
Hints
for the last two pleaseeeeeeee
All my doubts when this was in early development have been dispelled. I am clawing for where I must have erred, but that is the beauty of this VN. No matter how bleak things become and the darkness may rage, there is always a light, but one must know how to make it out. One must really know how to navigate the void, in order to find even the light's brightest spot. For that I will not give up and will keep trying to get the ending that I want, but wanting means nothing if I don't earn it. For me I always want to earn what I want, for nothing is free, and all have free will, so one must work for it.
why is this genuinely.
So.
Fucking.
Amazing.
If there's a word above adore, I don't know it. I tear up every time I reached the ending. I looked at the gallery for the kiss with Cedric and I teared up.
*Sigh* I wish Remus could come with us TvT
Hey how can I get the last image of Remus?
I have no clue how to express the severity of pissed off that I've reached. I love this one so much that it nearly broke my heart. I fell for Remus pretty quickly even if it left me in tears. I certainly enjoyed Wes and Cedrik! This was a true masterpiece it nearly breaks my heart to know it's finished.
Your game is maybe one of the greatest game I played in my life. I've just finish two of the ending with Cedrik and I just couldn't stop crying since. I think I just find a to much of myself in both Kieran and Cedric, in which I'm the loner who can't make friends but also nearly always depend on my only true friend, I've had friends that I just stop talking to and don't even know if they will ever want to talk to me again and I've been trying to escape life with fantasies I can make up in my head or by playing video games. Seeing the end might just have broke me. Just thinking about it still make want to cry. It's pretty hard for a video game to make me sad until I at least tear up a little but this game might have reach a whole other level if it made me cry that much, I think I might have never played or experience something that felt so close to me personaly that it made me feel that much different emotions. Sadness ? Envy ? Hope ? I don't know and I actually don't know I even want to know. I'd like to thank you for bringing this game in this world even if a part of me wish I didn't play if I knew just how much sadness could be brought upon me.