📝 Languages

  • 日本語 (Original, Not suitable for study)
  • English (MTL, Translated by DeepL)

⚠️ Warning

  • English translated by Machine translation
  • 12+ (Breakup talk, Suggestion of murder, Death of characters)
  • Please interpret the gender and pronouns of the MC as you like!

🚘 Story

死出の旅。The Journey That Will Kill You. Farewell to a sweetheart. Fantasy, fantasy, fantasy.

🚘 Features

  • 1 Love, 3 Endings, 2.7k words
  • All playtime : about 10 min

🚘Assets credits

* Please see the attached readme for details.

🚘 OTHER GAMES

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Authorty
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py
TagsAnime, Dating Sim, josei, Multiple Endings, Otome, Ren'Py, Romance, Short, suspense
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any)

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jp.ty.shide-1.1-1740818868-release.apk 47 MB

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I liked this even though it only has bittersweet endings, anyways I think these endings fit well here !! :)

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Thank you for the kind comments!😉 While I normally love happy endings too (though I suppose it would be disrespectful to both him and the MC to assume this isn’t one, haha, that’s a tough problem), I believe I’ve come up with an appropriate conclusion for this tale. I understand this ending won’t appeal to everyone, so I’m glad my game has crossed paths with you! I love you~🧚

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I love the creative use of the endings mechanic. Each 'pass' has such unique effects as well, the wavy 3-colored one is my favorite!





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My fae senses were tingling by the 3-4 pass, It's so fun to deduce too! If the author said yes their body instantly recovers, if they stay they slowly die. Especially its emphasized how amazing the author is, and won't stop writing after meeting him. This interpretation of leannan-sidhe is quite amazing. He seems more desperate to break up than you. Both the author and the fae are selfish and stubborn, that's what made their relationship so believable in the short glimpse we see of them. I love that he says he is a bad actor, which is true because he can't pretend not to love you. All three ending features the bittersweet fate of a vampiric muse. 

My favorite is the one where the conversation at the bookstore take place, "I love the author much more than you" is both heavy and comedic. I feel that the 3rd ending feels fitting, The fae love the author both for their person and their art combined, the author also both love their art and the fae. Therefore that's the only ending they could achieve that fulfills both of their needs.

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Oh, I’m so sorry it took me so long to reply! I’m absolutely thrilled that you’re enjoying every last detail of “shide.” Yay! This effect is really captivating, isn’t it? It’s one of my favorites too.

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Thank you for discovering the secrets in this game! Authors like me are truly grateful for players like you who are so insightful and positive. There are so many aspects of this story that I couldn’t convey properly due to my own limitations lol Exactly! They’re both incredibly stubborn and self-centered 😂 They both believe their chosen paths are absolutely the best, and they can’t bring themselves to choose not to love. Thank you for liking the bookstore ending. I think the “author” would probably like it too—though I’m not sure how the fairy feels about that particular ending. No, even if they didn’t like it, they probably couldn’t hate it either. To him, that ending feels like a piece of work completed by his lover. Thank you for your comment! And I love you~🧚

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What a variety of effects! I didn't know Ren'Py (and its assets) had such potential.

I couldn't predict the ending. I enjoyed this interesting story.

To be honest, I'm not a very educated player... but reading other  comments helped me understand it better.

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コメントありがとうございます~~😭

I really wanted you to see this shader material, so I’m very happy that you got to know about it! The possibilities of Ren’Py are truly endless! I love this engine.

Thank you for your comments on the story as well. Nope, I think this was a really unfriendly and troublesome story lol😇 It was my first time writing a story with so many secrets, and I felt my lack of skill keenly! I’m so grateful that you read the comments from other people and tried to understand the story. I love you~🧚

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This was great! I love games where there is a "false" ending so the player has to keep starting a new game to continue the story :D your use of limited assets was also really creative!

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Sorry for the late reply, thank you very much! I’m not very good at writing long stories, so I tried to make this short story a little longer and more enjoyable lol I may not come up with another idea like this game, but I’m glad you enjoyed it! I love you~🧚

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It was a really great game ! The story was sad and bittersweet  for all the ending, but I found them all really nice. I took the time of trying every choices and loved every words. Thank you !

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Wow, thanks for the play!! I am sooooo glad you enjoyed every bit of this story. Thanks for taking the time to love this short game! Your words give me confidence. Hehe. I love you!!🧚

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You're welcome <3 I look forward seeing more of you game !! Have confidence you're really cool !!

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あっという間にクリアしてしまいました。彼の正体に気づいてからの展開と、首を振り続けたエンディングがとても好きです!

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やったーありがとうございます!!首を振り続ける選択ができる主人公はどうかしてると思いますが3つある中1つのエンディングを好きになってもらえてとても嬉しいです!!アイラブユ~~🧚

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The dialogue in this game is actually well written! The art style looks cool as well!

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Thanks for the comments and the game commentary! I’m glad you liked the game so much. I hope the viewers of your channel enjoy it too😉 love you~!🧚

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Oh wow, this was stunning. So short yet so full of emotion. I loved it <3

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Thank you very much!🥰 I also love short but memorable novel games. I’m so glad you said that about my game~~ I love you<3<3🧚<3

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another incredible game. i love how the story unfolds as you go through again and again.

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Thanks for your comment! It took me over 20 days to finish the scenario, although I finished the UI, system, and images in 5 days lol😂 I’m glad I got to try making a game that you play over and over again! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I love you 🧚

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your visual novels are some of my absolute favorites, so i was super excited to play this. this work was short, but i was not disappointed in the slightest! i really enjoyed reading all the dialogue, and your depiction of a bittersweet love. thank you so much!!!

I’m so glad you added my game to your favorites! Thank you so much. I was worried that people who liked my previous games wouldn’t accept this game, which is quite different from the atmosphere of my usual games. And your comment saved me! Yay! I’m glad I released it! Thank you too! Love you~ 🧚

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I don't think I could recover after this, I cried and shook and was frustrated, all I could think up to describe this was... Angsty bittersweetly poetic, okay I admitted I didn't understand much what was actually going on at first since MTL-tied language barrier and all that I wished I could have gained the capability to understand even casual Japanese to grasp that true essence, but still, the loop and unwrapping of the mysterious lore was very well-paid off with how the engrossing narrative flowed and the characters too. So I did some research too, because I need clarification and I think, 

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the guy was based on that sidhe fairy Irish folklore?? The wordplay of title after getting true end too seemed to support that, and I kid you not, that realization hit me like a brick because he just—I think he was the kind of creature, like, a contradicting parasitic being need to feed on another's live and he was like kind of purposefully, being mean and even went through the efforts of breaking it up himself, but he did look like he actually loved the mc that he dragged the process out down to their last breath (wasn't even allowed to have his selfishness lead to a happy conclusion where they could be together, just mc's happiness in their death devoted for him, ugh the feels). That's what I could understand so far, sorry if I mistook anything but I really believed this game was not disappointing or even regrettable to be played, the man needed some much deserved eternal love and hugs...

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Thank you for always enjoying my games despite the thick barrier of MTL! I also feel keenly that I need to learn more English to truly understand your wonderful feedback lol, but even through the translation machine, I can still feel your passion. Thank you.

To be honest, even if you could read the Japanese version, I think this story would still seem unclear and difficult to understand lol. Because I’m not used to writing this kind of story, a lot of the information I wanted to convey to the reader was left ambiguous. It’s frustrating! It’s my own fault. But I’m glad that you’re trying your best to understand this immature story.

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That’s a very good interpretation! Because there are so many unclear parts to this story, the concept of the player misunderstanding it is almost nonexistent. The conclusion you came to is also true. As you say, he is a fairy from Irish folklore. As an aside, he is also a changeling victim. His mentality is almost more human than fairy.

The book the MC wrote is a love letter to him, and it is an eternal love that will embrace him as long as the story (or the concept of art) continues to exist. However, he may have been secretly happy about the ending that allowed them to continue living together, even though he felt guilty about it, and more than anything, the ending where MC continues to live a healthy life may be the ending that definitely fulfills his wish and definitely ends the man’s suffering. MC may want to call the ending where MC dies the “true ending”, but it is you and us who decide!

…Probably😝 Thanks for the comment! I love you🧚

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IT WAS SO FREAKING GOOD, I LOVE IT

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Thank you for the fastest love!!!! I love you🧚

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OF COURSE ^^ I really liked it. It was so beautiful, I even cried a little bit. You deserve all the love and support for every project you work on

Thank you! That’s a comment that will stay with me, and I’m very happy🥰 I’ll become a developer worthy of your love✨✨

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I did not consider the gender of the MC. I intended to make it as an Otome game, so it might be female. But I think you can take it any way you want, so interpret it however you like.