A certain autumn evening.
You were here,
just minding your own business,
appreciating the autumnal scenery
on your cozy evening stroll in the park,
when you meet a rather...
peculiar being.
A very tiny visual novel to celebrate Kate's autumn release. 2 endings, ~900 words filled with light horror vibes (~5 minutes of reading), and some pencil-lined and marker-painted creepy-cozy art :>
Note that the keyboard and gamepad controls are the ones used by Kate, rather than regular Ren'Py ones. By default, Z selects things, X cancel things, Left Shift opens the menu, A is rollback, and S is skip.
Credits
Written, illustrated, programmed by Q.
Made possible by the many great folks releasing their work in permissive licences:
Music from DOVA-SYNDROME
Sound effects from @sami-hiltunen and Pixabay
Background image from Unsplash
Fonts: DejaVu Sans and Open Dyslexic
Engine: Ren'Py
Full credits can be viewed by pressing (Q on keyboard, START on gamepad) while running the game, and selecting Legal Notices.
Platform support
The game runs on a Kate Paper Lantern device with OS v0.23.10 or higher. You'll need at least a 1.8GHz processor, 2GB RAM, and a graphics card supporting OpenGL ES 3.1 (i.e.: released after 2012, updated drivers). Most modern machines and browsers will run the emulator.
Note for iOS/MacOS: the emulator does not fully support Safari/iOS. You might also need to tap the screen once to enable sound and better performance.
Source code
The source code for this game is available on GitHub under a MIT licence. Music and image assets remain a property of their respective authors, under their own terms.
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | Niini |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Made with | Ren'Py |
Tags | Halloween, Hand-drawn, Horror, kate-rom, Short |
Code license | MIT License |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any), Touchscreen |
Accessibility | Configurable controls, High-contrast |
Download
Install instructions
Either drag-and-drop the KART file onto the emulator, or press (Q on keyboard, START on gamepad), and choose "Install cartridge" (on iOS you'll need to tap the "Install cartridge" option). See docs for details.
Play by clicking on the cartridge afterwards or navigating to it with the D-Pad and pressing (Z on keyboard, rightmost face button on gamepad).