
To Die Empty and True
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
"i'm laying myself bare, revealing myself in purest form, to die empty and true."
- ???
[Content Warning] - This game contains scenes which some people may find very upsetting, mainly revolving around the themes of mental health.
[Notice about Flashing Imagery] - This game has some flashing imagery. This game has a series of bright, mostly white illustrations and animations that may be harsh on the viewer's eyes, however the brightness / contrast of these can be turned down. At the start of the game, or in the midst of it by pressing S, you can access the settings and toggle the contrast to replace white pixels with grey pixels.
[Accessible Font] - This game has a stylised font made by myself. Knowing it could be hard to read for some players, an accessible font setting is available. At the start of the game, or in the midst of it by pressing S, you can access the settings and toggle the font.
Controls
Go to next dialogue - Left Click
Skip typing animation - Right Click
Open settings (mid-game) - S
When given a field to enter a name, click on the field, type the name using your keyboard. Press enter to submit the name, then Left Click anywhere to continue to the next dialogue.
Credits
Music: gravemere [soundcloud] [spotify] [instagram]. Songs used with artist's consent.
SFX: Made by me using jsfxr.
Everything else: By me :)
If you do play, I would love to hear your thoughts and see your comments about the story, the art, the music, and juuuust maaaaybe a little secret puzzle hidden in the files ;)
Published | 4 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | Kuba |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Tags | Creepy, Horror, Indie, LGBTQIA, Narrative, Pixel Art, Psychological Horror, Short |
Install instructions
unzip and run executable if on windows/linux with wine.
for macos, drag the game into your applications folder.
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Comments
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A dark, emotional visual novel about identity, rejection, and the cost of honesty.
The game hides secrets, offers a true ending, and delivers a deeply meaningful story.
An amazing experience — and maybe, if you’re open to it, something that can help you heal.
Thank you very much for playing and the review! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Hello, I love your game, I'm running a community on discord about VNs, where players can feature game and get rewarded for these ! I would love to feature it there, can we connect on discord at inkdrop for discuss about it ?
Hi,
I believe I just sent you a friend request! I’d love to discuss more :)
Oh sorry I just saw that Inkdrop is my handle, I'm actually using zerobarstudio as name (still discord newbie here ! 😅) can you try again ? Thanks ! I would love to ! 🙏
Absolutely no worries, just sent another request now! Discord did get a tad confusing since they moved away from the #1234 format so I can’t blame you ^^;