Swing and Miss
Summary:
You have taken some time off work to travel a bit. It's been a rough trip with multiple long bus rides, but you run into someone unlikely at your last stop.
"Swing and Miss" is a micro visual novel created for the 02A2 2023 Visual Novel Game Jam with strict asset limitations and word count. It was made using Ren'Py, roughly 1000 words long, and made over the span of a week.
Content & Trigger Warnings:
- Depictions of violence
Credits:
- Art and story by Sudachys
- Sound effects and background noise from Pixabay
- Title and thumbnail font is "Lofi Cottage Font" by craftsupplyco
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Development log
- Postmortem + New VN AnnouncementNov 21, 2023
Comments
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Thanks for playing!
OMG thanks for playing, we really enjoyed your commentary! And yes, we plan to bring Jason back in future stories, so you’ll definitely get to know him better!
Woah I really like how the misdirection worked! Not only did you fully complete a story with 1000 words but you managed to quickly flip the perception of what we immediately thought into something!
I must say, I'm curious about Jason, he's quite fearless to be doing something like this but I'm also curious if we'll see more of MC and Jason, or maybe one of each.
I just really love the twist with MC, I wonder if you didn't have a limit we could have seen more twists to the plot of how MC narrates themselves (because of how much of an unreliable narrator they are). This really took me back to Danganronpa V3 with Kaede and Shuichi, amazing work!
Thank you so much for the sweet and thoughtful words! I'm glad you enjoyed it :D Yes, honestly we would have loved to go over the word limit to fit more lore/make the pacing more seamless, I think the concept could be worth revisitng in the future. If you haven't read our devlog yet you're free to check it out, (we go into our thought process a little regarding Jason). But again, thank you for the lovely comment and I hope you have an amazing day!
Just checked out the devlog! So curious about how the alternatiev scenarios happen and god, do I relate to you guys for expanding the plot and making it super convuleted. Either way, just like what I said in my comment, good luck to your new project! Looking forward to what comes next~!
a short but quite good game, I really liked the plotwist and the aesthetics of the game 10/10 (⌒‿⌒)
Sorry for the bad English or if something is misunderstood (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞
Thank you so much! And don’t worry your English is good👍
I really liked it looking forward for other games you make
Heres my Playthrough
Yayy! We’re so glad you liked it♥️
short, but i say i really enjoyed the game. i look forward to more content of jason and swing and miss. good job!
Thank youuu! Oh, and this certainly isn't the last you'll see of Jason :)
VERY, very nicely done. A perfect little complete arc with clues and reveals in just 1000 words. The art looks great and the sound effects are effectively used. I'm impressed!
Thank you so much! We were worried about how well we'd be able to ease the reveals in with the word limit, so we're really glad you enjoyed it <3
What a twist! And the clues leading up to it were brilliant! The art is really pretty and you guys nailed the atmosphere. Great job!
Aw man thanks so much!! Really glad you liked it :D
Interesting story and I liked the use of sprite positioning/zoom to convey movement! The art, background, and overall atmosphere is also very nice.
Thank you so much Arbit :) Glad you enjoyed it! It’s our first VN so I was playing around with the effects to get a feel for it hahah. I appreciate it 🫶
I really liked the twist, and the sound ambience was also pretty good. I really felt like I was on a hot summer night waiting on a bus stop.
Thanks!! We spent forever trying to find the perfect nighttime background noise, so we're glad the immersive aspect really came through.
That was a very nice twist carefully delivered through the story, despite the brevity. Very nice!
Thank you! Working with the word limit was a bit difficult, but we're glad you liked the result!
short but it was a nice read - i love the art !!
thank you so much!! :D