Spooktober Visual Novel Jam!

About

Spooktober Visual Novel Jam! is a choice-driven visual novel where you steer four quirky digital mascots through a chaotic Halloween-themed competition. Lime, the stressed but capable organizer, teams up with her unpredictable sister Lemon and friends Cherry and Plum to create outlandish stories. Your decisions determine if their projects become masterpieces or disasters. Expect absurd scenarios, dry humor, and a script filled with meta references to visual novel tropes. The gameplay loops between character-specific arcs, letting you mess with their creative processes through dialogue and item choices. The game shines in its over-the-top character dynamics and multiple endings that range from wholesome to catastrophic. With a runtime of around 4-6 hours and branching paths that genuinely alter outcomes, it offers replayability for fans of lighthearted interactive fiction. Released on PC in September 2024, it’s a bite-sized experiment in chaotic creativity from Remort Studios. Early playtests note its best moments come from embracing the intentional silliness rather than taking the premise seriously.

Storyline

Hello, dear Reader! It's me, your informative narrator and guide to Northbridge! The spookiest time of the year is upon us once again, and our favorite digital mascots are up to something new! They'll be participating in the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam, the Halloween themed visual novel competition! Meet Lime, the organized (and maybe just a tiny bit stressed) mastermind behind the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam! While Lime keeps the competitive chaos in check, her morally dubious sister, Lemon and their friends Cherry and Plum are diving headfirst into the fun (and maybe a little frustration) of creating the spookiest, kookiest visual novels ever. But they can’t do it alone, Reader—they need your help! Will you guide Cherry’s passion, Plum’s creativity, and Lemon’s… uh, let’s call them unique ideas, toward greatness? Or will you choose violence and doom them at every opportunity? Every decision you make shapes their stories, so choose wisely—or not! After all, some of the best jams are the messiest ones. With multiple possible endings, the fate of this spooky jam is in your hands. Will it be a haunting success or a frightful flop? Get ready to laugh, learn, and maybe even scream with Lime, Cherry, Plum, and Lemon in The Spooktober Visual Novel Jam!.. The Visual Novel!