Omg , I just finished playing this game and I didn't stop until I got all the endings, and I love it.
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I Love how through Huxley reading Dahila's diary we learn that she wasn't always the way she is now (unless I misinterpreted her story) She lived with another toy that mistreated her and caused her initial injuries. When she says " that (the owner) wouldn't have gotten rid of her unless she deserved it." She learns that violence isn't immediately punished, because when she was pushed off the house "we" didn't do anything to remedy the situation. So now that she's the favorite, she controls what she can through threats and manipulation, because she's seen that it works and isn't punished unless she does something that angers us directly. Like a victim becoming the abuser, a never-ending cycle of violence in an attempt to have control over her life and surroundings. Which is profound considering she fully believes that herself worth is attached to how much we love her. Any threat to the fragile hierarchy in the house is stopped immediately if she feels it threatens her position. Huxley only threatens her because he's distinctly more human looking, while Whiskers is treated like an animal. The cycle starts anew if you enable her and choose to save Huxley after he kills Dahila. Both are a product of the environment we put them in and the actions we choose to do or not do. Either way no one's happy.
I really love Huxley tho , I think he's my favorite and fanart is definitely on its way!! ^w^
loved this, it was such a unique concept, I loved Wisker and Huxley, unfortunately I might be in the minority lol, I loved Dahlia's design but hated her as a person lol, she was just so spoiled, would have loved to see more of them though, especially Huxley, who has definitely quickly became my favourite lol
Finally some body horror that actually focuses on how bodies impact the way we are perceived and can interact with the world, rather than just "John Bodyparts the big scary monster who forgot to grow skin"! The concept of such a basic part of agency being able to be taken away by a force for petty misbehavior is uniquely terrifying, and works extremely well in the scenes that use it!
By far one of my favourite games! I really love the art style, but I especially love the dynamic between Huxley and Dahlia, and enjoyed the different POVs from inside and outside the dollhouse. 10/10 would read again :D
It was really neat and I liked all of the characters a lot. It's also cool that you can get a completely different perspective on them both by playing both routes. Only problem was that when playing on android, a lot of the text in Dahlia's diary is cut off.
i wasn't expecting the story to turn the way it did in either playthrough route! i appreciate that both story lines are so individual and it's not just a few flavor text differences. playing both endings really gave a full scope of the situation, this was a treat! (:
A very, very wonderful game. I am excited for an upcoming game. I hope you continue to put these games. The ideas are very distinctive. What is your next game, anyway?
I loved it, played it and got all the endings, I LOVED Huxley for my reasons... But not gonna lie, I wish there was a version where you can also be a toy, like still their 'God' but in toy form. (Honestly I think I mean as a toy) But either way I loved the game, maybe too much but if anyone is searching through the comments to see whether they should play it or not, 10/10 you should definitely play it
Also, for some odd reason even though the players is technically gender neutral they (the player) makes me feel they're more masculine than they are ambiguous
(Not sure if that's the correct term, feel free to correct me)
Heartbreaking. Breathtaking. Really, really good. Huxley is so immediately lovable. Dahlia telling the heartless owner she loves them makes me wanna cry. The characters are given so much depth in such a short time, and the knife-twisty horror and tragedy is equal parts shocking and inevitable.
This is a deeply cruel game, both to the player and the characters. It's absolutely, elegantly merciless in the best way.
This game is just really well designed-- artistically, mechanically, and thematically. The visuals really pop and suit the story. They are also lovely to look at, even rending of the gruesome ending CGs. The POV used of being a cold being literally looking in on everything was really darn clever and interesting. I like how the tension builds starting with Dahlia's patchy memory and escalating from there. That each path has a mobility aid being violently destroyed works excellently with the intense but bloodless violence. Also Wisker is best toy.
Cool game, great artwork. Would be cool if you made a sequel to this game or expand on the world more. I am planning on modding the game to have a happy ending or more tragic endings. No way I can make the cut scenes like in the cannon game but I always wonder if their what a good ending would look like for this or a bad ending from a cruel toy maker.
I recently played Blood & Sherry and really enjoyed the art and story! So it was no surprise that this game was just as good :D
I really liked the interactions between all the characters. Very good drama~ I don't regret sticking with the silly clown voice 😂. Above all else, I just need Wisker to be happy 🥲
I'll be coming out with a part 2 exploring the other route :3
this game is so cool! It’s so incredibly artistic and so heartbreaking! Beautiful storytelling techniques, truly a terrifying psychological/body horror. The characters are so cute!!!! I do really hope they get a good ending soon, or at least one where they get along well. Ngl, before the argument and such, I kinda thought Dahlia and Huxley would make a cute couple!
I really hope we see a sequel from this someday, one of the endings getting canonised and picked up into a whole new chapter would be wonderful. There's definitely room for this to grow.
WHY?! I could make them get along if I tried hard enough as their owner. 😿
But NO!! Why would I do that?! I'm sure the owner sleeps at night with a clear conscience holding their children's broken bodies.
Real talk though while I was editing I started coming up with a theory that the owner is trapping the souls of the 30 people that crashed in the middle of nowhere into the dolls. Because I couldn't find the reason for that joke I'm fully convinced or I edited too much and am now going insane.
If so then Keep up the good work and stay safe!! 👍
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I am modding this for fun using Renpy. I suppose if I learn more about how to do this, then I could mode a happy ending. The language is way more simple then C++ or java. The only thing will be making new art work. Pretty cool story.
Actually, if you seperated the game into 3 pieces like "start over and over again" It would be better.
1st start: dollmaker exist but we cant control actions we only watch Dahlia's past into our time but at the end she hangs herself because of loneliness
2nd: Start: basically current game but with more options like at one of the ends we forgot to check the doll house for a long time.Dahlia cooperates with huxley and they try to kill us or escape from dollhouse
3rd: we start the story from the middle. And in a diffrent universe. Where Dahlia and Huxley were already friends and dont know who is the dollmaker.We play as the dollmaker to reach them
I adore this visual novel. I think it's a beautiful story combined with n absolutely gorgeous artstyle, forming a one-two punch that leads into the wonderful storytelling. Now, I'm an absolute sucker for clowns and dolls, so this game really stuck out to me when I saw it in the VN section. I just finished one of the endings about 15 minutes ago, so I want to give my fresh thoughts on it.
Like I mentioned before, the artstyle of this game is a knockout, yall nailed the toy look, not to mention the fashion design for both Huxley and Dahlia is mwah mwah, fantastic. You nailed the dialogue for Huxley, witty and charming, his jokes are funny in a way that inspires how I want to be a clown. Dahlia is trifling at times, but in a way that you can understand why and what led to these emotions. Her motivations are clear and well-written. I feel like there's a lot of history in Dahlia, and I hope to see more of it explored as I finish the rest of the endings. I can almost see Huxley's history written on his character, and it's phenomenal. You really crafted characters like an artisan toymaker. There was a lot of very well written dialogue throughout the story, especially in some of the monologues, and some of the scenes with Dahlia almost made me cry. It's a good thing I didn't play this game when I was younger, because with this and Toy Story, I think I would have been too scared to own any toys.
All in all, you nailed the dollhouse aesthetic perfectly, with great writing, great art, and lovely characters. I hope to see much more from you real soon!
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Omg , I just finished playing this game and I didn't stop until I got all the endings, and I love it.
!!!Spoilers!!!!
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.
.
I Love how through Huxley reading Dahila's diary we learn that she wasn't always the way she is now (unless I misinterpreted her story) She lived with another toy that mistreated her and caused her initial injuries. When she says " that (the owner) wouldn't have gotten rid of her unless she deserved it." She learns that violence isn't immediately punished, because when she was pushed off the house "we" didn't do anything to remedy the situation. So now that she's the favorite, she controls what she can through threats and manipulation, because she's seen that it works and isn't punished unless she does something that angers us directly. Like a victim becoming the abuser, a never-ending cycle of violence in an attempt to have control over her life and surroundings. Which is profound considering she fully believes that herself worth is attached to how much we love her. Any threat to the fragile hierarchy in the house is stopped immediately if she feels it threatens her position. Huxley only threatens her because he's distinctly more human looking, while Whiskers is treated like an animal. The cycle starts anew if you enable her and choose to save Huxley after he kills Dahila. Both are a product of the environment we put them in and the actions we choose to do or not do. Either way no one's happy.
I really love Huxley tho , I think he's my favorite and fanart is definitely on its way!! ^w^
loved this, it was such a unique concept, I loved Wisker and Huxley, unfortunately I might be in the minority lol, I loved Dahlia's design but hated her as a person lol, she was just so spoiled, would have loved to see more of them though, especially Huxley, who has definitely quickly became my favourite lol
Finally some body horror that actually focuses on how bodies impact the way we are perceived and can interact with the world, rather than just "John Bodyparts the big scary monster who forgot to grow skin"! The concept of such a basic part of agency being able to be taken away by a force for petty misbehavior is uniquely terrifying, and works extremely well in the scenes that use it!
love the way you worded exactly what was on my mind.
I commented on this game years ago but I'm back again because I still really do love it, it's definitely overdue for a replay.
Wonder what happened with Theodore
Dahlia remains my fav
By far one of my favourite games! I really love the art style, but I especially love the dynamic between Huxley and Dahlia, and enjoyed the different POVs from inside and outside the dollhouse. 10/10 would read again :D
i loved it!!
I love their leaning-back poses, what little drama queens.
I liked Huxley so much I made him a Spotify playlist 💖
(I'm not kidding though I wish I was 🥲 it's wip rn)
I'm planning on making one for Dahlia but that's gonna be after
WHAT IS IT CALLED??? GIMMIE THE LINK
It was really neat and I liked all of the characters a lot. It's also cool that you can get a completely different perspective on them both by playing both routes. Only problem was that when playing on android, a lot of the text in Dahlia's diary is cut off.
OMG this was so good!!!
also I only finished 2/4 of the endings and it was already dark 💀
but yeah this was a good visual novel!
I first watched ManlyBadassHero play this game and I decided to play it myself and I really enjoyed it.
Great Game! :)
BRO theres no happy ending
Yes, it's the one where Huxley is the new favorite :) in my opinion at least.
this is the first game I played on this website. I love this so much
One problem this opens when I played the game
THIS IS NOW MY FAVORITE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wasn't expecting the story to turn the way it did in either playthrough route! i appreciate that both story lines are so individual and it's not just a few flavor text differences. playing both endings really gave a full scope of the situation, this was a treat! (:
A very, very wonderful game. I am excited for an upcoming game. I hope you continue to put these games. The ideas are very distinctive. What is your next game, anyway?
I loved it, played it and got all the endings, I LOVED Huxley
for my reasons... But not gonna lie, I wish there was a version where you can also be a toy, like still their 'God' but in toy form. (Honestly I think I mean as a toy) But either way I loved the game, maybe too much but if anyone is searching through the comments to see whether they should play it or not, 10/10 you should definitely play itAlso, for some odd reason even though the players is technically gender neutral they (the player) makes me feel they're more masculine than they are ambiguous
(Not sure if that's the correct term, feel free to correct me)
God syndrom? :)
Possibly,wish I knew exactly what this meant but I've got the idea.
Heartbreaking. Breathtaking. Really, really good. Huxley is so immediately lovable. Dahlia telling the heartless owner she loves them makes me wanna cry. The characters are given so much depth in such a short time, and the knife-twisty horror and tragedy is equal parts shocking and inevitable.
This is a deeply cruel game, both to the player and the characters. It's absolutely, elegantly merciless in the best way.
Very, very good
It Is rare for me to invest money in a game, this one though, totally worth it
This game is just really well designed-- artistically, mechanically, and thematically. The visuals really pop and suit the story. They are also lovely to look at, even rending of the gruesome ending CGs. The POV used of being a cold being literally looking in on everything was really darn clever and interesting. I like how the tension builds starting with Dahlia's patchy memory and escalating from there. That each path has a mobility aid being violently destroyed works excellently with the intense but bloodless violence. Also Wisker is best toy.
It touches my Megalomania and God complex So right in the place, I am enjoying this game in Wrong way...
I think I agree...
Cool game, great artwork. Would be cool if you made a sequel to this game or expand on the world more. I am planning on modding the game to have a happy ending or more tragic endings. No way I can make the cut scenes like in the cannon game but I always wonder if their what a good ending would look like for this or a bad ending from a cruel toy maker.
I need French version
Me and a friend are actually working on one!
I recently played Blood & Sherry and really enjoyed the art and story! So it was no surprise that this game was just as good :D
I really liked the interactions between all the characters. Very good drama~ I don't regret sticking with the silly clown voice 😂. Above all else, I just need Wisker to be happy 🥲
I'll be coming out with a part 2 exploring the other route :3
Peen out for ******. I would love to see their stories expanded on.
I fell in love with this game immediately. I'd love to see maybe a prequel to this to explore Dahlia and Huxley's backstories :D
This game is so criminally underrated. I love this game so much. Huxley the beloved.
toy story gone wrong 💀
this game is so cool! It’s so incredibly artistic and so heartbreaking! Beautiful storytelling techniques, truly a terrifying psychological/body horror. The characters are so cute!!!! I do really hope they get a good ending soon, or at least one where they get along well. Ngl, before the argument and such, I kinda thought Dahlia and Huxley would make a cute couple!
Honestly one of the few VNs worth looking into.
I really hope we see a sequel from this someday, one of the endings getting canonised and picked up into a whole new chapter would be wonderful. There's definitely room for this to grow.
AGGHHH THIS IS SO GOOD! ITS SAD AND BEAUTIFUL
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WHY?! I could make them get along if I tried hard enough as their owner. 😿
But NO!! Why would I do that?! I'm sure the owner sleeps at night with a clear conscience holding their children's broken bodies.
Real talk though while I was editing I started coming up with a theory that the owner is trapping the souls of the 30 people that crashed in the middle of nowhere into the dolls. Because I couldn't find the reason for that joke I'm fully convinced or I edited too much and am now going insane.
If so then Keep up the good work and stay safe!! 👍
(Subscribe and Like) - This is optional, Thank you😁
I am modding this for fun using Renpy. I suppose if I learn more about how to do this, then I could mode a happy ending. The language is way more simple then C++ or java. The only thing will be making new art work. Pretty cool story.
Huh I got ending 26 first time playing, I hope there's a happy ending for Huxley, Wisker, and even Dalilah, good game so far
Got 2b! :D
Huh 1b is sure interesting
WHAT THE HELL NOO HUXLEY!!!! (1a ending)
Was I the ONLY one who noticed a file in this game labeled, "huxley route"?
wait.......W-WHAT?!
Ueah, the minute I opened the com.zip folder, there was a worded file labeled huxleyroute.
Great game 8/10 wish it was longer.
Actually, if you seperated the game into 3 pieces like "start over and over again" It would be better.
1st start: dollmaker exist but we cant control actions we only watch Dahlia's past into our time but at the end she hangs herself because of loneliness
2nd: Start: basically current game but with more options like at one of the ends we forgot to check the doll house for a long time.Dahlia cooperates with huxley and they try to kill us or escape from dollhouse
3rd: we start the story from the middle. And in a diffrent universe. Where Dahlia and Huxley were already friends and dont know who is the dollmaker.We play as the dollmaker to reach them
I. LOVE THIS.
Man, I hope these lil dudes get a happy ending!
I adore this visual novel. I think it's a beautiful story combined with n absolutely gorgeous artstyle, forming a one-two punch that leads into the wonderful storytelling. Now, I'm an absolute sucker for clowns and dolls, so this game really stuck out to me when I saw it in the VN section. I just finished one of the endings about 15 minutes ago, so I want to give my fresh thoughts on it.
Like I mentioned before, the artstyle of this game is a knockout, yall nailed the toy look, not to mention the fashion design for both Huxley and Dahlia is mwah mwah, fantastic. You nailed the dialogue for Huxley, witty and charming, his jokes are funny in a way that inspires how I want to be a clown. Dahlia is trifling at times, but in a way that you can understand why and what led to these emotions. Her motivations are clear and well-written. I feel like there's a lot of history in Dahlia, and I hope to see more of it explored as I finish the rest of the endings. I can almost see Huxley's history written on his character, and it's phenomenal. You really crafted characters like an artisan toymaker. There was a lot of very well written dialogue throughout the story, especially in some of the monologues, and some of the scenes with Dahlia almost made me cry. It's a good thing I didn't play this game when I was younger, because with this and Toy Story, I think I would have been too scared to own any toys.
All in all, you nailed the dollhouse aesthetic perfectly, with great writing, great art, and lovely characters. I hope to see much more from you real soon!