Hi ❤️!
I’m working on Shop Crush, a hybrid Visual Novel that blends shop management with a dark story about a sense of doubt and reality check.
About:
You run a thrift shop, but the cozy vibes are just a facade. Customers visit you, and you have to learn their personalities and shopping behaviors to keep your business. In time, you slowly realise that every customer has a dark secret, and your moral choices influence the story and how the world perceives you.
It's a Novel about slowly realising what this whole world is about, confirming your darkest suspicions. The game uses the trope of an unreliable narrator. In horror vibes, it is a bit close to Doki Doki Literature Club.
Illusions:
The game uses "Literal Illusions" – surreal puzzles where you uncover the truth about every customer (illusions are made with the help of Think Diffusion, but we finally found an artist who will replace them with handcrafted work.)
I’d love to know:
– Does the idea of an unreliable narrator appeal to you in a shop sim VN?
– Do you like management mechanics in your stories, or do they get in the way?
– Which novels do you recommend me to play to improve mine? What anime to watch about the shopkeeper?
by hollowlimb
MAG.MOE - The MAG, The MOE.