I cried so hard while playing it, thank you. I thought I know how the author feel and what they want to tell, when I went throuth all item description carefully, before the happy end. I feel lera, love nika, want to be part of it too, no wonder so many people made the same choice before. A beautiful mixture of mystery, sorrowness, mutual old memory, mutual broken life fragments. Incredible playing experiment.
first of all, WOAH LOL. this game managed to make me feel unnerved, then sad. but i just wanna ask, how did you manage to think of this? and how the frick are you so talented? excellent job on this one.
thank you so much! i'm overjoyed that you liked it. i took inspiration from a lot of things that i read and watched and then i let it all marinate in my brain for a few years :-D
hi, i love this game- the writing, art and music are all excellent, it has such a good atmosphere, and i love the artifacts... im interested in translating your game into german- im at discord crataegus#7372
this game was incredibly thought-provoking! for something so short, it made me react to a lot of things, and i found myself feeling a lot for both lera and nika. this is something definitely unique! i adored every aspect of the game from all the visuals, to the music, and to the interaction between the characters. thank you for this astounding game!
thank you very much! my apologies for the extremely late response; someone reached out to me last month about translating it into Spanish, but i'm incredibly grateful for the offer!
i cried a lot. it questioned many things i think about in my life, i can´t tell if its confforting or scary but i sure do love it very much. thank you fot the bealtiful game. it made me want to live again <3
I'm quite impressed by your game. And I'm willing to translate it into SimplifiedChinese. If you like, contact me via email 2931394635@qq.com ( or any other way )
Hello! I'm very honored by your offer. If you're still interested, all of the game files are here. Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you very much!
I don't think i understood all the meaning behind this game, but as someone who grew up in Russia - this game hits hard. Atmosphere is genuenly one of the best that I have ever seen. The ending is a little too abrupt, but otherwise it is a 10/10 game (though i didn't get a true ending, so this might be a reason why it felt that way). Looking forward to author's other works. This one is simply brilliant.
To get the True Ending, do the same thing up until the point where Nika asks if you're scared. Then instead of "No" select "Yes". After she says she's going to wait for you, *do not* go over to the ladder. Doing this will also trigger the Happy End. Instead was over to where she is. Doing this will trigger new dialogue that leads into the True End.
there's also a true ending! it diverges in the final room (the one with the pit), so i wouldn't replay it just to get that ending because a lot is the same :,-)
I was playing through the first time and noticed there was a save file named "Michael," is there anything behind that? I accidentally saved over it, so I can't check what it is.
That is very odd-- the save files are stored as browser cookies, so I assume that someone else's data was on your computer somehow. It's certainly not intended.
I just finished playing and I'm wondering if there are any more endings. I got the happy ending btw, it was really nice but very sad and disturbing. It gave me some complicated feelings.
What device and browser are you using? It sounds like it's an issue with video playback. The videos are in .webm format, which may not be supported on all systems. Thank you for letting me know!
I'm really sorry about that-- I'll add a note to the itchio page because it does seem like some of the formats break in safari. I'll see if I can find a workaround. I'm happy that you liked it regardless!
Em. Not what I expected. It was. I don't know how I feel after. It's a complex. Lera went through all this incredibly strongly, but everything changed after the scene with the piano. It's hard for me to understand why she began to sympathize with the madness of the meat cult around. To be honest, I feel very sorry for Nika and I have never been scared because of her, but I was scared for her. Perhaps I will now break the romanticization of this post-soviet vibe, but when you go through growing up in an unhealthy and poor family, the devastation and poverty around, than this hyperphysical horror narrative does not look like a nightmare, but very real and close to you. As you grow older, when you realize all this, it seems as though your entire childhood was cursed. But while you are a child, you do not understand anything and continue to look for joy in everything. I see that Nika really has an dysfunctional family here that keeps her. She cannot run away, she cannot tell how bad she is feel, she cannot be a part of society. She just wants to be a normal child. All she did was listen to her family. I don't see surrealism and body horror. I see a victim of mental disorders and abuse or maybe even worse. I have no idea what kind of nightmares she went through as a child. This is not something Lera could help her with, but I am still very sorry that she could not save her. For some reason, I was completely sure that Lera would ask her to leave with her. Common sense here is just shouting to contact the police, child protection, whatever, just get her out of here. It seems to me that I am close to the state in which Lera was too. I felt similar in past. And the more you will hate is the same architecture of doom outside the window and everywhere. Everything around you will choke you and remind you of your illness and anxiety. When you want to run away from everything, but you cannot run away from yourself. There are tons of things that can make you yearn. But we see that Lera is deeply depressed. The confessions and memories that the characters share make me feel that even if they have different traumas, they share a very similar and deep hopelessness. It seems to me that this sympathy for each other and that they can't change anything is the greatest pain. This is the main reason why I feel so empty inside after playing. Well... I've released my emotions and can write a little about the game. Art is mesmerizing. Everything is conveyed in great detail. As if my strongest memories from Russia were stuck somewhere in a snowy yume nikki dream. The painfully familiar concrete building on the cover is exactly what made me click and go through all this. Everything breathes with the atmosphere of despondency of concrete buildings and dirty courtyards. Lera's design is amazing and realistic. The game pulled me over the whole night and I went through two endings. I entered it completely by accident and cannot believe that the release was so recent. It won't go away from my head for a long time. Good work and good game. ✨✌️🥺
There should be an "Unflappable RPG Protag" reward for Lera. Jokes aside she seemed to handle the situation pretty believably. In general I liked how grounded the atmosphere was despite the surreal environment. Nika is quite likeable, a perfect representative for the creature to dole out their message. Hell, if I was in this situation I would have let her convince me of the hopelessness of the situation in a heartbeat.
I love/hate to eat up existential works like this, they really stick in my head. I am still struggling to find the words to describe how it makes me feel even now. Great work.
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I cried so hard while playing it, thank you. I thought I know how the author feel and what they want to tell, when I went throuth all item description carefully, before the happy end. I feel lera, love nika, want to be part of it too, no wonder so many people made the same choice before. A beautiful mixture of mystery, sorrowness, mutual old memory, mutual broken life fragments. Incredible playing experiment.
your words truly mean the world to me! i'm overjoyed that you connected with my work, thank you so much for playing my game.
Really impressed, I know it from social media.English poor, so I can only say thank you for developing this game, really nice work!
thank you for playing it! i'm really happy!
Really impressed by your game. The happy end reminds me of The Song of Saya and EVA. It just gives me a sense of warmth and comfort. Thank you.
thank you so much! both of those were unconscious inspirations in creating it, so i'm flattered that my work could remind you of them ^^
first of all, WOAH LOL. this game managed to make me feel unnerved, then sad. but i just wanna ask, how did you manage to think of this? and how the frick are you so talented? excellent job on this one.
thank you so much! i'm overjoyed that you liked it. i took inspiration from a lot of things that i read and watched and then i let it all marinate in my brain for a few years :-D
no problem
hi, i love this game- the writing, art and music are all excellent, it has such a good atmosphere, and i love the artifacts... im interested in translating your game into german- im at discord crataegus#7372
thank you so much for your interest, i'm extremely flattered! i sent you a request on discord ^^
this game was incredibly thought-provoking! for something so short, it made me react to a lot of things, and i found myself feeling a lot for both lera and nika. this is something definitely unique! i adored every aspect of the game from all the visuals, to the music, and to the interaction between the characters. thank you for this astounding game!
thank you so much for playing it, i'm incredibly happy that you enjoyed it! ^^ it means a ton to me, truly!
thank you very much! my apologies for the extremely late response; someone reached out to me last month about translating it into Spanish, but i'm incredibly grateful for the offer!
I didn't really understand what this game was supposed to mean but it was beautiful nevertheless. :)
thank you very much!! i think the 'true meaning' is however it makes you feel, though that may simply be 'confused' haha
This was very comforting. Thank you.
and thank you for playing it! i appreciate it incredibly!
is that norilsk?
i cried a lot. it questioned many things i think about in my life, i can´t tell if its confforting or scary but i sure do love it very much. thank you fot the bealtiful game. it made me want to live again <3
I'm quite impressed by your game. And I'm willing to translate it into SimplifiedChinese. If you like, contact me via email 2931394635@qq.com ( or any other way )
:D
Hello! I'm very honored by your offer. If you're still interested, all of the game files are here. Let me know if you have any questions, and thank you very much!
Hi! I've nearly finished the translation of the \data file, and found a suitable free Chinese font.
But I don't know where to translate the floating words in the stairwell like "second floor".
As for details, please email me or tell me how to contact you. Thank you again.<3
I want to know the meaning of the body at the beginning?
I don't think i understood all the meaning behind this game, but as someone who grew up in Russia - this game hits hard. Atmosphere is genuenly one of the best that I have ever seen. The ending is a little too abrupt, but otherwise it is a 10/10 game (though i didn't get a true ending, so this might be a reason why it felt that way). Looking forward to author's other works. This one is simply brilliant.
To get the True Ending, do the same thing up until the point where Nika asks if you're scared. Then instead of "No" select "Yes". After she says she's going to wait for you, *do not* go over to the ladder. Doing this will also trigger the Happy End. Instead was over to where she is. Doing this will trigger new dialogue that leads into the True End.
Atmosphere of "hrushovka v spalnom rayone" is really unexpected in english-speaking game))
im stuck I cant figure out what to do
I got the gasoline and I thought I could just leave through the ground floor but I dont know what im doing now
im stuck
Have you visited every floor, including the rooftop?
Where is the gasoline?
What sublime and loving meat. Thank you for the wonderful game - I love Nika so much!
ahhhhhhh, this game is soooooo good:D
holy crap that was a great game i got the happy end are there others??
there's also a true ending! it diverges in the final room (the one with the pit), so i wouldn't replay it just to get that ending because a lot is the same :,-)
oh ok i really enjoyed it tho!
game felt really genuine in its horror. thank you, it was fun!
genuinely enjoyed this game :) will definitely show my friends
i love
I was playing through the first time and noticed there was a save file named "Michael," is there anything behind that? I accidentally saved over it, so I can't check what it is.
That is very odd-- the save files are stored as browser cookies, so I assume that someone else's data was on your computer somehow. It's certainly not intended.
Ah, ok! I thought it could've been some game secret, but it didn't appear in my other browser, so I thought to ask. Thank you!
I love it so much! the setting, the atmosphere, the dialogues, everything! thanks for such an amazing game
Hi! I would like to ask permission to translate your game into portuguese. You can contact me, my discord is captainFelix#8123
Have a good day :)
My sincere apologies for my late response! I send a request on discord, mine is io#2305 :-)
I really like how you developed the argument, I've seen similar ideas in other media and I didn't expect the story to be so kind.
I mean, the way you take the horror premise and turn it into a nostalgic story about loneliness and friendship, wow.
I specially loved the idea of comfort in giving up.
Did you take inspiration in any preexisting works?
how many endings are there?
There are two endings, both diverging from the final room (with the pit)!
ok
i'm so sad.
I just finished playing and I'm wondering if there are any more endings. I got the happy ending btw, it was really nice but very sad and disturbing. It gave me some complicated feelings.
I'm happy that you enjoyed my game! There are two endings, and both diverge from the final room (the one with the pit). ^^
i just finished playing, and i have never been so wholesome and uncomfortable at the same time
for some reason the second time I get close to the body at the start it freezes
What device and browser are you using? It sounds like it's an issue with video playback. The videos are in .webm format, which may not be supported on all systems. Thank you for letting me know!
I'm using a Mac and safari browser so that's probably why. Thanks for replying! The game seems amazing so far
use google chrome then it should work
I'm really sorry about that-- I'll add a note to the itchio page because it does seem like some of the formats break in safari. I'll see if I can find a workaround. I'm happy that you liked it regardless!
Nice game! What about russian translation?
damn this game is good
Em. Not what I expected. It was. I don't know how I feel after. It's a complex. Lera went through all this incredibly strongly, but everything changed after the scene with the piano. It's hard for me to understand why she began to sympathize with the madness of the meat cult around. To be honest, I feel very sorry for Nika and I have never been scared because of her, but I was scared for her. Perhaps I will now break the romanticization of this post-soviet vibe, but when you go through growing up in an unhealthy and poor family, the devastation and poverty around, than this hyperphysical horror narrative does not look like a nightmare, but very real and close to you. As you grow older, when you realize all this, it seems as though your entire childhood was cursed. But while you are a child, you do not understand anything and continue to look for joy in everything. I see that Nika really has an dysfunctional family here that keeps her. She cannot run away, she cannot tell how bad she is feel, she cannot be a part of society. She just wants to be a normal child. All she did was listen to her family. I don't see surrealism and body horror. I see a victim of mental disorders and abuse or maybe even worse. I have no idea what kind of nightmares she went through as a child. This is not something Lera could help her with, but I am still very sorry that she could not save her. For some reason, I was completely sure that Lera would ask her to leave with her. Common sense here is just shouting to contact the police, child protection, whatever, just get her out of here. It seems to me that I am close to the state in which Lera was too. I felt similar in past. And the more you will hate is the same architecture of doom outside the window and everywhere. Everything around you will choke you and remind you of your illness and anxiety. When you want to run away from everything, but you cannot run away from yourself. There are tons of things that can make you yearn. But we see that Lera is deeply depressed. The confessions and memories that the characters share make me feel that even if they have different traumas, they share a very similar and deep hopelessness. It seems to me that this sympathy for each other and that they can't change anything is the greatest pain. This is the main reason why I feel so empty inside after playing. Well... I've released my emotions and can write a little about the game. Art is mesmerizing. Everything is conveyed in great detail. As if my strongest memories from Russia were stuck somewhere in a snowy yume nikki dream. The painfully familiar concrete building on the cover is exactly what made me click and go through all this. Everything breathes with the atmosphere of despondency of concrete buildings and dirty courtyards. Lera's design is amazing and realistic. The game pulled me over the whole night and I went through two endings. I entered it completely by accident and cannot believe that the release was so recent. It won't go away from my head for a long time. Good work and good game. ✨✌️🥺
Really Good, many spooky
Все ясно, автор в шапке-ушанке.
stunning work, from the writing to the visual
There should be an "Unflappable RPG Protag" reward for Lera. Jokes aside she seemed to handle the situation pretty believably. In general I liked how grounded the atmosphere was despite the surreal environment. Nika is quite likeable, a perfect representative for the creature to dole out their message. Hell, if I was in this situation I would have let her convince me of the hopelessness of the situation in a heartbeat.
I love/hate to eat up existential works like this, they really stick in my head. I am still struggling to find the words to describe how it makes me feel even now. Great work.
i completed the game in 14 minutes good game i got the happy ending