RIPARIAN HEART
Charlie sent you a message asking if you were awake. It's half past eleven. Yeah, what's up, you reply. Your last conversation was just over a year ago.
You have something you've been wanting to tell Charlie. Tonight is the night, you tell yourself, as if you haven't told yourself that before, more than once.
RIPARIAN HEART is a short visual novel made for Single Choice Jam. Headphones recommended.
Please note that the downloadable version of the game available below is highly recommended.
Credits
Art, Writing, and Score by SkyShard
Made using Ren'Py along with Easy Ren'Py Gui by Feniks
Content Warnings
RIPARIAN HEART contains several references to a flood. There are brief mentions of drugs, gambling, and swearing.
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (9 total ratings) |
Author | SkyShard |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Made with | Ren'Py |
Tags | Amare, Atmospheric, Dark, Dating Sim, Narrative, Ren'Py, Romance, Short, storygame |
Average session | A few minutes |
Download
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Development log
- Soundtrack + Wallpaper Pack ReleaseJul 30, 2024
- RIPARIAN HEART Out Now!Jul 29, 2024
Comments
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Driving through small towns and strip malls in the night and rain is a very specific American experience for me. Actually, the whole story reminds me of places I've been. I'm familiar with the suburban environment where everyone is separated in their own house and you need a car to get anywhere, where there isn't much to do and not many people to talk to. Even with the people you do know that you could call "friends", there still isn't much to talk about and you're never really sure what to say to each other. At least, it was like that for me.
Got the ending where you tell Charlie how you feel, but I found it interesting how there wasn't a major love confession or something, which part of me expected. Instead there's only a promise to meet up later, which might turn into something or might not. I found myself thinking that it's still possible for these people to drift apart and eventually stop talking to each other, because that's what happened in my life.
This is such a cool little VN. The writing with the textured art style plus the score is so atmospheric. I didn’t know what “riparian” meant till now, so thanks for the vocab lesson :P It’s a fitting metaphor; I could really feel the river banks threatening to overflow!
Thank you for playing! I'm glad the atmosphere I tried to put together came across :)
I really, really enjoyed this. I'm also absolutely impressed to see that you also composed the score for this VN because I really liked the music!!! The format of the game is especially really nice because it feels so closed in and claustrophobic, which I think matches how Maven feels throughout the story. The combination of the game's look and music somehow perfectly captures how it's like to think about deep things late at night. Great job!!!
Thank you so much for playing!! I'm really happy to hear you enjoyed the music and look of the the VN :)