This is an early version. The demo content is still available, but keep in mind that this will eventually be reintegrated fully in later updates.

Total time-to-read: (15000 words) approximately 190 minutes.

New content: (3000 words) approximately 35 minutes.


[NOT SUITABLE FOR VULNERABLE AUDIENCES]

CW: profanity, explicit violence, mental instability and self-harm.

StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
AuthorStuckWithMyself
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py
TagsAtmospheric, Dark Fantasy, Horror, weird
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish

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OutsidetheCabin-0.3.0-pc.zip 199 MB

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I thoroughly enjoyed this! The amount of visual assets was really impressive, as is the bold and self-confident art direction! So much pitch black and scribbly stuff, loved it

You writing style is what caught me as the most unique, it is very clinical and nonchalant, but consistently so, which makes this feel like the POV is set in the diary of someone who has lost their mind a few times. Good stuff!

(+2)

Played through the new update with Just Write again on Discord, was a blast to start seeing things tied together. The world building of this game is impeccable and I'm warmly looking forward to the next update.

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Played this with a friend in VC, caught my eye because of the strong screenshot compositions even in minimalist grayscale. We got so engrossed that we immediately 100%'d the entire game, and our playthrough took 4x the recommended length due to dissecting almost every single line of dialogue and narration.

The worldbuilding here is some of the best I have seen in an incredibly long time, and I am withholding a lot of specific praise out of fear of spoilers, but I am utterly fascinated and dying to learn more.

We audibly groaned at the end of each scene from desperately wanting more content and answers, then eagerly played through more branches. This is a serious achievement in minimalism, horror, dark fantasy, rich environmental storytelling, complex characterization, and this is only for an in-development demo. I hope to see some updates from the creator, this is a project well worth taking the time on and VERY well worth playing.

Recommending to every horror fan I know, 5/5, I hope to see more soon!! I want to know more!!!


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Thank you so much for this comment! I've had some irl things to keep me busy for a few months, but I hope to make a lot of progress this year. I'm really glad you were able to really enjoy this demo and even dig into a lot of the smaller details! This VN is so strange that I genuinely didn't know if anyone would like it, so I'm happy that it was able to engross you in this way!

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Strange and wonderful things are my favorite cup of tea. Looking forward to any progress you have to share, this year or anytime in the future!