Present Perceptual Consciousness
A downloadable experiment for Windows and macOS
Present perceptual consciousness refers to the subjective experience of the current moment.
>A story of pygmalion and paper dolls.
>A story of a girl and her creator.
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>linear story
>20k words
>3 CGs
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contains:
>emotional abuse
>loss of autonomy
>depictions of violence
>sexual imagery
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made for the Toxic Yuri VN Jam. wittyfrenchies first time game devving out... any feedback or comments (or ratings) super appreciated!
credits:
art and ui design by witty
writing by frenchie
programming by frenchie and witty
font used:
VHS gothic by Spottie Leonard
music used:
Gravity is a Toxin by Ihsan & The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Heartbeat Drone by Daniel Birch
Human Resources by Miss Understood
Love plug by Graffiti Mechanism
Mantric Root Beat Mix by Mystified, cut
Mindful Choice by Sergey Cheremisinov
Outer Reaches by Silicon Transmitter, cut
Relic #12 by Silicon Transmitter, cut
Raven by 1000 Handz, cut and modified
Something Meaningful by Nihilore
Troubling Millennium by Blear Moon
game made in ren’py 8.3.7
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Development log
- FOR EVERY FIVE LILITH'S THERE'S A GEORGE (POST MORTEM)10 days ago
- patch for music18 days ago
Comments
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Horrifying,ending made me well up- uh very good.
Take care.
so glad to hear our game had a strong impact on you!
this is so so beautiful!! finished it in one go. the way words convey this story is beautiful, it feels unnerving and sad. especially from the ending.. to get a little glimpse of the acceptance that Lilith deserved and could have, just to instantly destroy everything, the bad past and the future. really sad. really really sad. great work depicting the 'robot' mind.
im a bit puzzled of what scenes with final testing means (kinda lost the track of what comes after what and whether it was even real), but its no biggie. just an opportunity to someday replay it and find a new meaning.
Hi!! This is really sweet, and thank you so much for commenting!! As for your thoughts on the 'final tests':
Earlier in act three, I had established the attraction/fascination Helena feels towards Lilith (with her rewatching the footage of their kiss and also slipping up by humanizing Lilith in her deleted journal entries). So I wanted to escalate Helena's feelings of attraction and also Lilith's feelings of hatred.
While the 'final test' portions are just narrative devices to show Lilith/Helena's feelings shift over a few weeks, I also wanted those scenes to serve as an 'end' to the experiment. Basically by the time Lilith receives affection from Helena, she feels nothing, as she understands this moment is nothing more than another way for Helena to extract data from her project. At the same time, Helena is able to understand that Lilith's feelings of love are truly unconditional. This proves an irrational line of thinking in Lilith, which makes her 'human' and 'real' by Helena's standards. But after this point Helena still continues to view Lilith as a project, which leads to the final confrontation scene. (Which is real!!)
Sorry for the super long response, but I just wanted to explain certain scenes and help them feel less confusing? Even though you said you'd replay the game to find new meaning out of it (that's so sweet by the way), I thought hearing more about my intention could help out...
Anyway, thank you so so much for playing!! So glad you liked it!!
ohh yeahh its clearer to me now! thank you so much!!
this is so awesome!!! getting to know lilith and her stream of consciousness Thoughts was such a beautifully horrific experience. i really loved the writing here; lilith's journey to build and then very quickly lose herSelf was an emotional toaster explosion. and i loved it!!!
Hiiii thank you so so much for playing!! While I was going for a slowburn that eventually spirals into something more horrific, I think referring to it as an emotional toaster explosion gets the job done better than I can. Gonna start saying toaster explosion when something makes me Feel. again tysm for playing and reviewing <3
RAHHH THIS WAS SOO INCREDIBLE sooo eerie and unsettling in the best way possible and I think playing it in a completely dark room was truly the best way to experience it I was genuinely a little freaked HAHA. The game itself is so gorgeous the art is amazing and every piece of the design is so solid and cohesive. You guys should be incredibly proud of this game. The time, effort, and care put into this is so obvious and I had such a great time playing it!!! I'm gonna think about this game forever, Lilith is truly the character of all time to me (please make more yuri vns I will play them all)
RIVERRRRR AHH THANK YOU SM FOR PLAYING!!! so glad you got invested.... we'll def keep you posted on future stuff 🫡
Funnily enough the slow buildup of Lilith made me think of the ps2 dororo game, but instead of utilizing it for hack-and-slash purposes it's now for terrifying-loss-of-control-of-self purposes!
Lilith's dialogue was beautiful and made me feel like the computer I sometimes wish I was.
tsym for the comment sooo glad you liked the game!!