さよならナイト・キャップ (2023)

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さよならナイト・キャップ (Goodbye Nightcap) is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump their high school fan-fiction onto Steam, under the guise of a game. This is a godawfully badly written Japanese e-book about the author's favourite subject, his imaginary girlfriend. The plot of this e-book revolves around being trapped in an amusement arcade with aforementioned imaginary girlfriend/waifu. It's complete, utter cringe. Visual novels/e-books are tedious at best... imagine the best novel you ever read, be that Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or 2001: A Space Odyssey or Twilight (if you have terrible taste in literature), but then translate that to a format where the words dribble out and you have to click your mouse every time you wanted to read the next sentence, instead of jus…

A surreal visual novel / adventure game. With a relaxed and laid back vibe, you have to navigate magical realist situations, like figuring out who turned the local mob boss into a dumpling. Well worth the time it takes to play. The way the menu buttons were incorporated into the stages is really impressive!

this game is weird as ♥♥♥♥ but i liked turning people into shumai