Stillwater

This is a free Visual Novel about a bizarre case a private investigator is asked to work on. It has 2D cartoon graphics, with some animations such as character's mouths moving when they speak. The story has some choices which lead to multiple endings, so there is a little bit of replayability. There are no controls. You just read text, and click to go to the next page/picture. You don't play as any of the characters, as the story is told from a 3rd-person perspective. The 3 main characters are private investigator Hugo Laurent, his assistant Noah, and the client Nina Mortimer. Nina shows up at Hugo's office one morning, very distraught and looking for help. She carries a mysterious letter, addressed to her grandfather, which sounds threatening. She also says there are strange things going on at her grandfather's mansion at night. Every caretaker she hires either quits in terror, or refuses to work after sundown. Although Nina spends time at the mansion, she strangely does not experience any of the supernatural things herself. Only the caretakers experience it. Nina does mention an old family curse though. Hugo is very good at this kind of work because he secretly has …

the art of this game is super nice to look at, very smooth and the dull colors are actually pleasing to the eye. i like that the character's mouth move when they speak, it adds attention to detail and i found myself immersed in the story even though it was short. the characters are all really likeable with their own personalities. noah and hugo are two cute peas in a pod !! i wish they would make a separate game for their love story to blossom. henry's story was super sad.. i wished he could have gotten his happy ending and it would be cool to have a game from his perspective of the regret he felt towards his past lover, but overall would recommend this game, and colby is a very good boi :3

I loved this game and I greatly recommend it. Short, very nicely written, visual novel with a story revolving around regret, love and queer themes. It exceeded my expectations! I also think all the characters were written with care and had distinct personalities. Very nice

It's a short play, but so well done.

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Beautiful art, but I'm not going to sit here and say it's the most beautifully written. It certainly felt rushed and a bit nonsensical in places, though those issues might be fixed in the definitive edition. I felt as though I was playing the second game in a series-- maybe I was? Unsure if these are characters from a previous game and I'm just missing some context. There are some main elements of the mystery that also don't make too much sense, but it's short enough that I feel like handwaving it is fine.