Doki Doki Liturature Club is a Psychological Horror Romance Slice of life VN where you write poems with 4 1 girls named Sayori Yuri Natsuki and

J̡̛͡ù̷̧s͞t͞҉̕͘ ̕͟M̸͟͝o̸̢̧n̛͜͢i̸͞͡k̛͢a҉ ҉҉J̨̕͞u̵̧̡s̶͘̕t́͝ ͟M͏͘͠o̢҉̴ņ͘͟į͏̕k̀̕͞à̕ ̶͟J̸̕͝ư͟͡s͟͟͢t̷̨ ͘͠M҉̸̴͠o̷͏n̡͠͠i̧̨͘k͏̵̵a̷̡͜ ̡̕J̴͟u̴͢ş͏͞t̵̸͜ ̴̧̕Ḿ̴o͢n̶̡i̢͝͠k͞a̛͞͏ ̢̧͠J҉҉͘u͏s͏͟t͘͟͝ ͏́͡M̵̸͘ǫ́̕n̢̢͟i҉̵̸̨k̶͝a̵͜͞ ͘͟͜J̶̛͜u͜͟͠ş̛̀t͢͜͡ ̷̵͞M̢͟҉͟ò̶͝ņ̶̷i̴͘͟k͜á̶͟ ̴̛̛J̵̸͢u͏s̸̵t̨̀ ̧̨̀M̸͡ǫ́͠ń̴͟i҉̵́k̸͟à͞͡ ̛͡J̵̢u̷̶s̨̛͡t҉͏̴͡ ̴́M҉͢o̸̵͟҉̛n̴̡̨҉i͏͠͏k̵̶͟a̸̷͠ ҉̕̕͠J̢̛͝ù͜͢ś̡͡t͟ ͢͏M̸̛ó̡͢n͏̧̧i̴̢k͏a͡ ̴͠J̷̢́ú͞͠s̴̀͡҉̷t̴̴̕ ̧͢͢M̨͡ò́͏ņ̵͝į̧̡k͠҉á̷͜ ̸͜͜J̵̵̢u̢̢͠s͏̷̧t̸͏͘ ́͢͠M̶̛͘ǫ̕͜n̵͜͠į̵̶k̸͢͝a̕͢͝ ͞J̷̵͏u҉́͘s̡͠t̡̡͟ ͢M͏̶o̴͢͡ņ̛͢i̸͡k̨̢͞҉a̸ ̸̢͞J̷̡u̶̧͏s͜͢͏t҉͘ ҉̸̵͝Ḿ͝ó̕͘n̷̕͘į̶k̶a̸͘͞ ̵̨͟J͘͡͠u̢̢͢s̸̛͝t̷͢͏ ̶̶̕M̨͢͡o͟n̵̛i̛͘͠k̵̀͢a̸̴͜ ̡͏J̨̛͡ư͢͢s̨̕͞t̷͟͡ ̷̢́M̴̡͜o̵̢͡n̸͏į̛k̶͠͠a̕͠͝ ̛̕J̧̕͟u͜҉̀ś̢͢t̨͢͠ ҉̸͝M͏҉͏͏͜ơ̧n̢͜i̧͜k͢͠a̶̵̴ ̸̛͝J̨ų̵̢s̷͝͝t͡͞ ̸́́Ḿ̕̕o̵̢͞n̢͢͠i̷̷̕k̴̨͞a̴̴͠҉ ̵̵͝J͞ừ̵ş҉̛̛͢t̴̛͜ ̸͝Ḿ͟o̢͜͟n҉̡͏̢i̵̷̛k҉̨ą͏͠ ́͘͡J҉̛̕͟u̸̡̕s͘͘͡ţ̛ ͞͏͜M̷͢o͢͏͞n̨̕͠i̸k̢͜á͢͞ ̸̷͠J̸̧u̷͜͝s̴̀͞t̕̕͝ ̡͠͡M̵͏̷o͞͞n̕҉̕i͜k̨͝͝a̸͘͟҉ ̡̡͡J̕͢ų̡͢s̷͢͏ţ͘͘ ̡̡̛M̶̢̨o̢҉̵͝n̛͝i̢͘k̴͘͠a̶̡͟ ̵͢҉J̶̵͝҉u̧͠҉̧̛ś̕t́͞͠ ̀͠҉M̶̷̢o̸̕n̵̛͢i̡͡͠k̸҉̷a̷̸ ̨͏̴J̴u̕͢͝s͘̕͘t̸́͠ ҉M̸͘͜o҉̷ņ̧̛i̴̢̛k͢͟͠a̷̷̛ ҉̀͜͠J͏̛̕ù̴̵s͟͏̕t͏ ̷̡͢M̸̢ó̧n̸̸̛i̷͘͞ḱ̨̀a̴͜ ̧J̴͜͢u̷̷͜s҉̡t̶̀͘ ̵̷͟Ḿ͝ò̵̧ņ̀i̧̢k̵̢͡a҉̵̶ ̸̧͜J̡̨̧u͠҉̢͝ś̵̛t̢̢͘ ͏̡M̴͟͡o͟͢͞n̵̶͟í̸͝k̴̛a̡̛͝ ̸̵͝J̧҉̢̧͘u̵͏͠҉̛s̨͝͠t̶́ ̶̛͝M͏͡͡o̸͝͝n̕͢͢i̛k̛͡͏a͏̷̢ ̸̡J̵̷̛u̶̧͟ś҉̸̀ţ͞ ́͘M̷ò͞ǹ̷i̶̡k̢͏̸a̶҉̕͞ ̶̨͜J̷́́u̡͞s҉̸̀͟t̶ ̶̸͞M̛͏́o͝n̸̢͠i̧͝k̴̕͘á̀͡ ͏J̀͟͡u̢҉͡ş̶͢t͠҉͘͢ ͝͏͝M̸͟ó̸̶ń́í͡͡k̷͡͝ą̛ ̢̛J͠͡u̶͢s̛͡t͏̕ ͟͞҉́͜M̴̧̛o̸҉͘͝͝ņ͢͞i̷k͏͏̸a̧̢͡ ̵̢͟J̸́͟u͡҉̸̡̕s̶̷̴t͏̷͠ ҉̴M̧̕͜o̢͜͞n̢̕͘i̶͟͜k҉̷à̛͞ ̢̕J̴́͡u҉ś͜t̷̀͞ ̀M҉̀o̕͟͡ǹ̵͜i̷҉k̢̕͞a̷͡͠ ̢͘͜J̨̧͠u̵͟͢s͏̡͜t̷͡ ̶̸̡M̶͝͠o̵̶͟ǹ̨͘i̧͝k҉̡à̛͞ ̵́͞҉͠J̵̧̨u̵͠҉s̶̡͝t̴̛͝ ͞҉̵́͝M̵̧̛ǫn̢í̶̢ķ̛͜a̸̢͟ ̷̶́J́҉̡̕u̸̷͘s̷̢͜t̸̴ ̡͟M̵͘͟ò̕͢n̕͜͠i̶̛͟k͏̶a͝ ̷̸̧J̢͡u̴̵̕s̀̕͢t͞͏҉̕ ̷̕͘M̧̢͜҉ơ̵͟n̶̕͡҉i̡̨k̡̛͡a̸͡ ̶͟͟J̀u̵s͟͞҉ţ̶̡ ̛M̴̸͟ǫ̷͜n͟͡͠i͢͏͜ķ̛͜a͏̡͏ ̕͘͟J̸̧͢ư͘s̨͢t̛͢ ̶̨̀Ḿ̢́ó̕͞n͘i̧͝͠k͠͏҉ą̀͘ ͝҉̡́J̶̛҉̀͝ư̶̡s̶̀͟t̴̨͞ ́͢͡M̀̀̕ǫ͜͡n̢͜͡ì͜k̨͜͠á͡͡ ͏̧J҉̵̢́u̴͡s̷͜͟t̸͡ ̡̢̢M̛ó̢̕ń͘i̵͡͝k͜҉a͢͠͞ ́̕͠J҉̷͠ų̕͜s̢̢͝t̶̵̕ ̴͜͝҉̷M̡͢o̕n͏͘̕i҉̸̶͞k̵͘a̡̕͝ ̕͝J̶̶͢ųs̴͜t͘͢͠ ̴̷͞Ḿ̸̕o̕҉̵n͘҉͏í̧͢k̛͢͢à̸͢ ́͢J̛͜u͘͟s҉̀̕t̸͘ ̸̢M̛̕͜ǫ̸͘n͏͝į̧̛ḱ́a̸͢͡ ̨̛͠J̵̡̛u̷͜͡s̛̕͟t̷̵͝ ̧̢͝Ḿ̛͠ơ̵͠ņ͜i҉̷k̢̀͜a̸͡ ̸̢҉̧J̵̶́u̴̸͘s̨͟͟t̴̶͡ ̵̡͘M̶̸͜o̶͞҉͘n̸̶í̀͞k̢̕̕a̸̷͡ ̸̨͞J̡̛͡ù̷̧s͞t͞҉̕͘ ̕͟M̸͟͝o̸̢̧n̛͜͢i̸͞͡k̛͢a҉ ҉҉J̨̕͞u̵̧̡s̶͘̕t́͝ ͟M͏͘͠o̢҉̴ņ͘͟į͏̕k̀̕͞à̕ ̶͟J̸̕͝ư͟͡s͟͟͢t̷̨ ͘͠M҉̸̴͠o̷͏n̡͠͠i̧̨͘k͏̵̵a̷̡͜ ̡̕J̴͟u̴͢ş͏͞t̵̸͜ ̴̧̕Ḿ̴o͢n̶̡i̢͝͠k͞a̛͞͏ ̢̧͠J҉҉͘u͏s͏͟t͘͟͝ ͏́͡M̵̸͘ǫ́̕n̢̢͟i҉̵̸̨k̶͝a̵͜͞ ͘͟͜J̶̛͜u͜͟͠ş̛̀t͢͜͡ ̷̵͞M̢͟҉͟ò̶͝ņ̶̷i̴͘͟k͜á̶͟ ̴̛̛J̵̸͢u͏s̸̵t̨̀ ̧̨̀M̸͡ǫ́͠ń̴͟i҉̵́k̸͟à͞͡ ̛͡J̵̢u̷̶s̨̛͡t҉͏̴͡ ̴́M҉͢o̸̵͟҉̛n̴̡̨҉i͏͠͏k̵̶͟a̸̷͠ ҉̕̕͠J̢̛͝ù͜͢ś̡͡t͟ ͢͏M̸̛ó̡͢n͏̧̧i̴̢k͏a͡ ̴͠J̷̢́ú͞͠s̴̀͡҉̷t̴̴̕ ̧͢͢M̨͡ò́͏ņ̵͝į̧̡k͠҉á̷͜ ̸͜͜J̵̵̢u̢̢͠s͏̷̧t̸͏͘ ́͢͠M̶̛͘ǫ̕͜n̵͜͠į̵̶k̸͢͝a̕͢͝ ͞J̷̵͏u҉́͘s̡͠t̡̡͟ ͢M͏̶o̴͢͡ņ̛͢i̸͡k̨̢͞҉a̸ ̸̢͞J̷̡u̶̧͏s͜͢͏t҉͘ ҉̸̵͝Ḿ͝ó̕͘n̷̕͘į̶k̶a̸͘͞ ̵̨͟J͘͡͠u̢̢͢s̸̛͝t̷͢͏ ̶̶̕M̨͢͡o͟n̵̛i̛͘͠k̵̀͢a̸̴͜ ̡͏J̨̛͡ư͢͢s̨̕͞t̷͟͡ ̷̢́M̴̡͜o̵̢͡n̸͏į̛k̶͠͠a̕͠͝ ̛̕J̧̕͟u͜҉̀ś̢͢t̨͢͠ ҉̸͝M͏҉͏͏͜ơ̧n̢͜i̧͜k͢͠a̶̵̴ ̸̛͝J̨ų̵̢s̷͝͝t͡͞ ̸́́Ḿ̕̕o̵̢͞n̢͢͠i̷̷̕k̴̨͞a̴̴͠҉ ̵̵͝J͞ừ̵ş҉̛̛͢t̴̛͜ ̸͝Ḿ͟o̢͜͟n҉̡͏̢i̵̷̛k҉̨ą͏͠ ́͘͡J҉̛̕͟u̸̡̕s͘͘͡ţ̛ ͞͏͜M̷͢o͢͏͞n̨̕͠i̸k̢͜á͢͞ ̸̷͠J̸̧u̷͜͝s̴̀͞t̕̕͝ ̡͠͡M̵͏̷o͞͞n̕҉̕i͜k̨͝͝a̸͘͟҉ ̡̡͡J̕͢ų̡͢s̷͢͏ţ͘͘ ̡̡̛M̶̢̨o̢҉̵͝n̛͝i̢͘k̴͘͠a̶̡͟ ̵͢҉J̶̵͝҉u̧͠҉̧̛ś̕t́͞͠ ̀͠҉M̶̷̢o̸̕n̵̛͢i̡͡͠k̸҉̷a̷̸ ̨͏̴J̴u̕͢͝s͘̕͘t̸́͠ ҉M̸͘͜o҉̷ņ̧̛i̴̢̛k͢͟͠a̷̷̛ ҉̀͜͠J͏̛̕ù̴̵s͟͏̕t͏ ̷̡͢M̸̢ó̧n̸̸̛i̷͘͞ḱ̨̀a̴͜ ̧J̴͜͢u̷̷͜s҉̡t̶̀͘ ̵̷͟Ḿ͝ò̵̧ņ̀i̧̢k̵̢͡a҉̵̶ ̸̧͜J̡̨̧u͠҉̢͝ś̵̛t̢̢͘ ͏̡M̴͟͡o͟͢͞n̵̶͟í̸͝k̴̛a̡̛͝ ̸̵͝J̧҉̢̧͘u̵͏͠҉̛s̨͝͠t̶́ ̶̛͝M͏͡͡o̸͝͝n̕͢͢i̛k̛͡͏a͏̷̢ ̸̡J̵̷̛u̶̧͟ś҉̸̀ţ͞ ́͘M̷ò͞ǹ̷i̶̡k̢͏̸a̶҉̕͞ ̶̨͜J̷́́u̡͞s҉̸̀͟t̶ ̶̸͞M̛͏́o͝n̸̢͠i̧͝k̴̕͘á̀͡ ͏J̀͟͡u̢҉͡ş̶͢t͠҉͘͢ ͝͏͝M̸͟ó̸̶ń́í͡͡k̷͡͝ą̛ ̢̛J͠͡u̶͢s̛͡t͏̕ ͟͞҉́͜M̴̧̛o̸҉͘͝͝ņ͢͞i̷k͏͏̸a̧̢͡ ̵̢͟J̸́͟u͡҉̸̡̕s̶̷̴t͏̷͠ ҉̴M̧̕͜o̢͜͞n̢̕͘i̶͟͜k҉̷à̛͞ ̢̕J̴́͡u҉ś͜t̷̀͞ ̀M҉̀o̕͟͡ǹ̵͜i̷҉k̢̕͞a̷͡͠ ̢͘͜J̨̧͠u̵͟͢s͏̡͜t̷͡ ̶̸̡M̶͝͠o̵̶͟ǹ̨͘i̧͝k҉̡à̛͞ ̵́͞҉͠J̵̧̨u̵͠҉s̶̡͝t̴̛͝ ͞҉̵́͝M̵̧̛ǫn̢í̶̢ķ̛͜a̸̢͟ ̷̶́J́҉̡̕u̸̷͘s̷̢͜t̸̴ ̡͟M̵͘͟ò̕͢n̕͜͠i̶̛͟k͏̶a͝ ̷̸̧J̢͡u̴̵̕s̀̕͢t͞͏҉̕ ̷̕͘M̧̢͜҉ơ̵͟n̶̕͡҉i̡̨k̡̛͡a̸͡ ̶͟͟J̀u̵s͟͞҉ţ̶̡ ̛M̴̸͟ǫ̷͜n͟͡͠i͢͏͜ķ̛͜a͏̡͏ ̕͘͟J̸̧͢ư͘s̨͢t̛͢ ̶̨̀Ḿ̢́ó̕͞n͘i̧͝͠k͠͏҉ą̀͘ ͝҉̡́J̶̛҉̀͝ư̶̡s̶̀͟t̴̨͞ ́͢͡M̀̀̕ǫ͜͡n̢͜͡ì͜k̨͜͠á͡͡ ͏̧J҉̵̢́u̴͡s̷͜͟t̸͡ ̡̢̢M̛ó̢̕ń͘i̵͡͝k͜҉a͢͠͞ ́̕͠J҉̷͠ų̕͜s̢̢͝t̶̵̕ ̴͜͝҉̷M̡͢o̕n͏͘̕i҉̸̶͞k̵͘a̡̕͝ ̕͝J̶̶͢ųs̴͜t͘͢͠ ̴̷͞Ḿ̸̕o̕҉̵n͘҉͏í̧͢k̛͢͢à̸͢ ́͢J̛͜u͘͟s҉̀̕t̸͘ ̸̢M̛̕͜ǫ̸͘n͏͝į̧̛ḱ́a̸͢͡ ̨̛͠J̵̡̛u̷͜͡s̛̕͟t̷̵͝ ̧̢͝Ḿ̛͠ơ̵͠ņ͜i҉̷k̢̀͜a̸͡ ̸̢҉̧J̵̶́u̴̸͘s̨͟͟t̴̶͡ ̵̡͘M̶̸͜o̶͞҉͘n̸̶í̀͞k̢̕̕a̸̷͡ ̸̨͞J̡̛͡ù̷̧s͞t͞҉̕͘ ̕͟M̸͟͝o̸̢̧n̛͜͢i̸͞͡k̛͢a҉ ҉҉J̨̕͞u̵̧̡s̶͘̕t́͝ ͟M͏͘͠o̢҉̴ņ͘͟į͏̕k̀̕͞à̕ ̶͟J̸̕͝ư͟͡s͟͟͢t̷̨ ͘͠M҉̸̴͠o̷͏n̡͠͠i̧̨͘k͏̵̵a̷̡͜ ̡̕J̴͟u̴͢ş͏͞t̵̸͜ ̴̧̕Ḿ̴o͢n̶̡i̢͝͠k͞a̛͞͏ ̢̧͠J҉҉͘u͏s͏͟t͘͟͝ ͏́͡M̵̸͘ǫ́̕n̢̢͟i҉̵̸̨k̶͝a̵͜͞ ͘͟͜J̶̛͜u͜͟͠ş̛̀t͢͜͡ ̷̵͞M̢͟҉͟ò̶͝ņ̶̷i̴͘͟k͜á̶͟ ̴̛̛J̵̸͢u͏s̸̵t̨̀ ̧̨̀M̸͡ǫ́͠ń̴͟i҉̵́k̸͟à͞͡ ̛͡J̵̢u̷̶s̨̛͡t҉͏̴͡ ̴́M҉͢o̸̵͟҉̛n̴̡̨҉i͏͠͏k̵̶͟a̸̷͠ ҉̕̕͠J̢̛͝ù͜͢ś̡͡t͟ ͢͏M̸̛ó̡͢n͏̧̧i̴̢k͏a͡ ̴͠J̷̢́ú͞͠s̴̀͡҉̷t̴̴̕ ̧͢͢M̨͡ò́͏ņ̵͝į̧̡k͠҉á̷͜ ̸͜͜J̵̵̢u̢̢͠s͏̷̧t̸͏͘ ́͢͠M̶̛͘ǫ̕͜n̵͜͠į̵̶k̸͢͝a̕͢͝ ͞J̷̵͏u҉́͘s̡͠t̡̡͟ ͢M͏̶o̴͢͡ņ̛͢i̸͡k̨̢͞҉a̸ ̸̢͞J̷̡u̶̧͏s͜͢͏t҉͘ ҉̸̵͝Ḿ͝ó̕͘n̷̕͘į̶k̶a̸͘͞ ̵̨͟J͘͡͠u̢̢͢s̸̛͝t̷͢͏ ̶̶̕M̨͢͡o͟n̵̛i̛͘͠k̵̀͢a̸̴͜ ̡͏J̨̛͡ư͢͢s̨̕͞t̷͟͡ ̷̢́M̴̡͜o̵̢͡n̸͏į̛k̶͠͠a̕͠͝ ̛̕J̧̕͟u͜҉̀ś̢͢t̨͢͠ ҉̸͝M͏҉͏͏͜ơ̧n̢͜i̧͜k͢͠a̶̵̴ ̸̛͝J̨ų̵̢s̷͝͝t͡͞ ̸́́Ḿ̕̕o̵̢͞n̢͢͠i̷̷̕k̴̨͞a̴̴͠҉ ̵̵͝J͞ừ̵ş҉̛̛͢t̴̛͜ ̸͝Ḿ͟o̢͜͟n҉̡͏̢i̵̷̛k҉̨ą͏͠ ́͘͡J҉̛̕͟u̸̡̕s͘͘͡ţ̛ ͞͏͜M̷͢o͢͏͞n̨̕͠i̸k̢͜á͢͞ ̸̷͠J̸̧u̷͜͝s̴̀͞t̕̕͝ ̡͠͡M̵͏̷o͞͞n̕҉̕i͜k̨͝͝a̸͘͟҉ ̡̡͡J̕͢ų̡͢s̷͢͏ţ͘͘ ̡̡̛M̶̢̨o̢҉̵͝n̛͝i̢͘k̴͘͠a̶̡͟ ̵͢҉J̶̵͝҉u̧͠҉̧̛ś̕t́͞͠ ̀͠҉M̶̷̢o̸̕n̵̛͢i̡͡͠k̸҉̷a̷̸ ̨͏̴J̴u̕͢͝s͘̕͘t̸́͠ ҉M̸͘͜o҉̷ņ̧̛i̴̢̛k͢͟͠a̷̷̛ ҉̀͜͠J͏̛̕ù̴̵s͟͏̕t͏ ̷̡͢M̸̢ó̧n̸̸̛i̷͘͞ḱ̨̀a̴͜ ̧J̴͜͢u̷̷͜s҉̡t̶̀͘ ̵̷͟Ḿ͝ò̵̧ņ̀i̧̢k̵̢͡a҉̵̶ ̸̧͜J̡̨̧u͠҉̢͝ś̵̛t̢̢͘ ͏̡M̴͟͡o͟͢͞n̵̶͟í̸͝k̴̛a̡̛͝ ̸̵͝J̧҉̢̧͘u̵͏͠҉̛s̨͝͠t̶́ ̶̛͝M͏͡͡o̸͝͝n̕͢͢i̛k̛͡͏a͏̷̢ ̸̡J̵̷̛u̶̧͟ś҉̸̀ţ͞ ́͘M̷ò͞ǹ̷i̶̡k̢͏̸a̶҉̕͞ ̶̨͜J̷́́u̡͞s҉̸̀͟t̶ ̶̸͞M̛͏́o͝n̸̢͠i̧͝k̴̕͘á̀͡ ͏J̀͟͡u̢҉͡ş̶͢t͠҉͘͢ ͝͏͝M̸͟ó̸̶ń́í͡͡k̷͡͝ą̛ ̢̛J͠͡u̶͢s̛͡t͏̕ ͟͞҉́͜M̴̧̛o̸҉͘͝͝ņ͢͞i̷k͏͏̸a̧̢͡ ̵̢͟J̸́͟u͡҉̸̡̕s̶̷̴t͏̷͠ ҉̴M̧̕͜o̢͜͞n̢̕͘i̶͟͜k҉̷à̛͞ ̢̕J̴́͡u҉ś͜t̷̀͞ ̀M҉̀o̕͟͡ǹ̵͜i̷҉k̢̕͞a̷͡͠ ̢͘͜J̨̧͠u̵͟͢s͏̡͜t̷͡ ̶̸̡M̶͝͠o̵̶͟ǹ̨͘i̧͝k҉̡à̛͞ ̵́͞҉͠J̵̧̨u̵͠҉s̶̡͝t̴̛͝ ͞҉̵́͝M̵̧̛ǫn̢í̶̢ķ̛͜a̸̢͟ ̷̶́J́҉̡̕u̸̷͘s̷̢͜t̸̴ ̡͟M̵͘͟ò̕͢n̕͜͠i̶̛͟k͏̶a͝ ̷̸̧J̢͡u̴̵̕s̀̕͢t͞͏҉̕ ̷̕͘M̧̢͜҉ơ̵͟n̶̕͡҉i̡̨k̡̛͡a̸͡ ̶͟͟J̀u̵s͟͞҉ţ̶̡ ̛M̴̸͟ǫ̷͜n͟͡͠i͢͏͜ķ̛͜a͏̡͏ ̕͘͟J̸̧͢ư͘s̨͢t̛͢ ̶̨̀Ḿ̢́ó̕͞n͘i̧͝͠k͠͏҉ą̀͘ ͝҉̡́J̶̛҉̀͝ư̶̡s̶̀͟t̴̨͞ ́͢͡M̀̀̕ǫ͜͡n̢͜͡ì͜k̨͜͠á͡͡ ͏̧J҉̵̢́u̴͡s̷͜͟t̸͡ ̡̢̢M̛ó̢̕ń͘i̵͡͝k͜҉a͢͠͞ ́̕͠J҉̷͠ų̕͜s̢̢͝t̶̵̕ ̴͜͝҉̷M̡͢o̕n͏͘̕i҉̸̶͞k̵͘a̡̕͝ ̕͝J̶̶͢ųs̴͜t͘͢͠ ̴̷͞Ḿ̸̕o̕҉̵n͘҉͏í̧͢k̛͢͢à̸͢ ́͢J̛͜u͘͟s҉̀̕t̸͘ ̸̢M̛̕͜ǫ̸͘n͏͝į̧̛ḱ́a̸͢͡ ̨̛͠J̵̡̛u̷͜͡s̛̕͟t̷̵͝ ̧̢͝Ḿ̛͠ơ̵͠ņ͜i҉̷k̢̀͜a̸͡ ̸̢҉̧J̵̶́u̴̸͘s̨͟͟t̴̶͡ ̵̡͘M̶̸͜o̶͞҉͘n̸̶í̀͞k̢̕̕a̸̷͡ ̸̨͞J̡̛͡ù̷̧s͞t͞҉̕͘ ̕͟M̸͟͝o̸̢̧n̛͜͢i̸͞͡k̛͢a҉ ҉҉J̨̕͞u̵̧̡s̶͘̕t́͝ ͟M͏͘͠o̢҉̴ņ͘͟į͏̕k̀̕͞à̕ ̶͟J̸̕͝ư͟͡s͟͟͢t̷̨ ͘͠M҉̸̴͠o̷͏n̡͠͠i̧̨͘k͏̵̵a̷̡͜ ̡̕J̴͟u̴͢ş͏͞t̵̸͜ ̴̧̕Ḿ̴o͢n̶̡i̢͝͠k͞a̛͞͏ ̢̧͠J҉҉͘u͏s͏͟t͘͟͝ ͏́͡M̵̸͘ǫ́̕n̢̢͟i҉̵̸̨k̶͝a̵͜͞ ͘͟͜J̶̛͜u͜͟͠ş̛̀t͢͜͡ ̷̵͞M̢͟҉͟ò̶͝ņ̶̷i̴͘͟k͜á̶͟ ̴̛̛J̵̸͢u͏s̸̵t̨̀ ̧̨̀M̸͡ǫ́͠ń̴͟i҉̵́k̸͟à͞͡ ̛͡J̵̢u̷̶s̨̛͡t҉͏̴͡ ̴́M҉͢o̸̵͟҉̛n̴̡̨҉i͏͠͏k̵̶͟a̸̷͠ ҉̕̕͠J̢̛͝ù͜͢ś̡͡t͟ ͢͏M̸̛ó̡͢n͏̧̧i̴̢k͏a͡ ̴͠J̷̢́ú͞͠s̴̀͡҉̷t̴̴̕ ̧͢͢M̨͡ò́͏ņ̵͝į̧̡k͠҉á̷͜ ̸͜͜J̵̵̢u̢̢͠s͏̷̧t̸͏͘ ́͢͠M̶̛͘ǫ̕͜n̵͜͠į̵̶k̸͢͝a̕͢͝ ͞J̷̵͏u҉́͘s̡͠t̡̡͟ ͢M͏̶o̴͢͡ņ̛͢i̸͡k̨̢͞҉a̸ ̸̢͞J̷̡u̶̧͏s͜͢͏t҉͘ ҉̸̵͝Ḿ͝ó̕͘n̷̕͘į̶k̶a̸͘͞ ̵̨͟J͘͡͠u̢̢͢s̸̛͝t̷͢͏ ̶̶̕M̨͢͡o͟n̵̛i̛͘͠k̵̀͢a̸̴͜ ̡͏J̨̛͡ư͢͢s̨̕͞t̷͟͡ ̷̢́M̴̡͜o̵̢͡n̸͏į̛k̶͠͠a̕͠͝ ̛̕J̧̕͟u͜҉̀ś̢͢t̨͢͠ ҉̸͝M͏҉͏͏͜ơ̧n̢͜i̧͜k͢͠a̶̵̴ ̸̛͝J̨ų̵̢s̷͝͝t͡͞ ̸́́Ḿ̕̕o̵̢͞n̢͢͠i̷̷̕k̴̨͞a̴̴͠҉ ̵̵͝J͞ừ̵ş҉̛̛͢t̴̛͜ ̸͝Ḿ͟o̢͜͟n҉̡͏̢i̵̷̛k҉̨ą͏͠ ́͘͡J҉̛̕͟u̸̡̕s͘͘͡ţ̛ ͞͏͜M̷͢o͢͏͞n̨̕͠i̸k̢͜á͢͞ ̸̷͠J̸̧u̷͜͝s̴̀͞t̕̕͝ ̡͠͡M̵͏̷o͞͞n̕҉̕i͜k̨͝͝a̸͘͟҉ ̡̡͡J̕͢ų̡͢s̷͢͏ţ͘͘ ̡̡̛M̶̢̨o̢҉̵͝n̛͝i̢͘k̴͘͠a̶̡͟ ̵͢҉J̶̵͝҉u̧͠҉̧̛ś̕t́͞͠ ̀͠҉M̶̷̢o̸̕n̵̛͢i̡͡͠k̸҉̷a̷̸ ̨͏̴J̴u̕͢͝s͘̕͘t̸́͠ ҉M̸͘͜o҉̷ņ̧̛i̴̢̛k͢͟͠a̷̷̛ ҉̀͜͠J͏̛̕ù̴̵s͟͏̕t͏ ̷̡͢M̸̢ó̧n̸̸̛i̷͘͞ḱ̨̀a̴͜ ̧J̴͜͢u̷̷͜s҉̡t̶̀͘ ̵̷͟Ḿ͝ò̵̧ņ̀i̧̢k̵̢͡a҉̵̶ ̸̧͜J̡̨̧u͠҉̢͝ś̵̛t̢̢͘ ͏̡M̴͟͡o͟͢͞n̵̶͟í̸͝k̴̛a̡̛͝ ̸̵͝J̧҉̢̧͘u̵͏͠҉̛s̨͝͠t̶́ ̶̛͝M͏͡͡o̸͝͝n̕͢͢i̛k̛͡͏a͏̷̢ ̸̡J̵̷̛u̶̧͟ś҉̸̀ţ͞ ́͘M̷ò͞ǹ̷i̶̡k̢͏̸a̶҉̕͞ ̶̨͜J̷́́u̡͞s҉̸̀͟t̶ ̶̸͞M̛͏́o͝n̸̢͠i̧͝k̴̕͘á̀͡ ͏J̀͟͡u̢҉͡ş̶͢t͠҉͘͢ ͝͏͝M̸͟ó̸̶ń́í͡͡k̷͡͝ą̛ ̢̛J͠͡u̶͢s̛͡t͏̕ ͟͞҉́͜M̴̧̛o̸҉͘͝͝ņ͢͞i̷k͏͏̸a̧̢͡ ̵̢͟J̸́͟u͡҉̸̡̕s̶̷̴t͏̷͠ ҉̴M̧̕͜o̢͜͞n̢̕͘i̶͟͜k҉̷à̛͞ ̢̕J̴́͡u҉ś͜t̷̀͞ ̀M҉̀o̕͟͡ǹ̵͜i̷҉k̢̕͞a̷͡͠ ̢͘͜J̨̧͠u̵͟͢s͏̡͜t̷͡ ̶̸̡M̶͝͠o̵̶͟ǹ̨͘i̧͝k҉̡à̛͞ ̵́͞҉͠J̵̧̨u̵͠҉s̶̡͝t̴̛͝ ͞҉̵́͝M̵̧̛ǫn̢í̶̢ķ̛͜a̸̢͟ ̷̶́J́҉̡̕u̸̷͘s̷̢͜t̸̴ ̡͟M̵͘͟ò̕͢n̕͜͠i̶̛͟k͏̶a͝ ̷̸̧J̢͡u̴̵̕s̀̕͢t͞͏҉̕ ̷̕͘M̧̢͜҉ơ̵͟n̶̕͡҉i̡̨k̡̛͡a̸͡ ̶͟͟J̀u̵s͟͞҉ţ̶̡ ̛M̴̸͟ǫ̷͜n͟͡͠i͢͏͜ķ̛͜a͏̡͏ ̕͘͟J̸̧͢ư͘s̨͢t̛͢ ̶̨̀Ḿ̢́ó̕͞n͘i̧͝͠k͠͏҉ą̀͘ ͝҉̡́J̶̛҉̀͝ư̶̡s̶̀͟t̴̨͞ ́͢͡M̀̀̕ǫ͜͡n̢͜͡ì͜k̨͜͠á͡͡ ͏̧J҉̵̢́u̴͡s̷͜͟t̸͡ ̡̢̢M̛ó̢̕ń͘i̵͡͝k͜҉a͢͠͞ ́̕͠J҉̷͠ų̕͜s̢̢͝t̶̵̕ ̴͜͝҉̷M̡͢o̕n͏͘̕i҉̸̶͞k̵͘a̡̕͝ ̕͝J̶̶͢ųs̴͜t͘͢͠ ̴̷͞Ḿ̸̕o̕҉̵n͘҉͏í̧͢k̛͢͢à̸͢ ́͢J̛͜u͘͟s҉̀̕t̸͘ ̸̢M̛̕͜ǫ̸͘n͏͝į̧̛ḱ́a̸͢͡ ̨̛͠J̵̡̛u̷͜͡s̛̕͟t̷̵͝ ̧̢͝Ḿ̛͠ơ̵͠ņ͜i҉̷k̢̀͜a̸͡ ̸̢҉̧J̵̶́u̴̸͘s̨͟͟t̴̶͡ ̵̡͘M̶̸͜o̶͞҉͘n̸̶í̀͞k̢̕̕a̸̷͡ ̸̨͞J̡̛͡ù̷̧s͞t͞҉̕͘ ̕͟M̸͟͝o̸̢̧n̛͜͢i̸͞͡k̛͢a҉ ҉҉J̨̕͞u̵̧̡s̶͘̕t́͝ ͟M͏͘͠o̢҉̴ņ͘͟į͏̕k̀̕͞à̕ ̶͟J̸̕͝ư͟͡s͟͟͢t̷̨ ͘͠M҉̸̴͠o̷͏n̡͠͠i̧̨͘k͏̵̵a̷̡͜ ̡̕J̴͟u̴͢ş͏͞t̵̸͜ ̴̧̕Ḿ̴o͢n̶̡i̢͝͠k͞a̛͞͏ ̢̧͠J҉҉͘u͏s͏͟t͘͟͝ ͏́͡M̵̸͘ǫ́̕n̢̢͟i҉̵̸̨k̶͝a̵͜͞ ͘͟͜J̶̛͜u͜͟͠ş̛̀t͢͜͡ ̷̵͞M̢͟҉͟ò̶͝ņ̶̷i̴͘͟k͜á̶͟ ̴̛̛J̵̸͢u͏s̸̵t̨̀ ̧̨̀M̸͡ǫ́͠ń̴͟i҉̵́k̸͟à͞͡ ̛͡J̵̢u̷̶s̨̛͡t҉͏̴͡ ̴́M҉͢o̸̵͟҉̛n̴̡̨҉i͏͠͏k̵̶͟a̸̷͠ ҉̕̕͠J̢̛͝ù͜͢ś̡͡t͟ ͢͏M̸̛ó̡͢n͏̧̧i̴̢k͏a͡ ̴͠J̷̢́ú͞͠s̴̀͡҉̷t̴̴̕ ̧͢͢M̨͡ò́͏ņ̵͝į̧̡k͠҉á̷͜ ̸͜͜J̵̵̢u̢̢͠s͏̷̧t̸͏͘ ́͢͠M̶̛͘ǫ̕͜n̵͜͠į̵̶k̸͢͝a̕͢͝ ͞J̷̵͏u҉́͘s̡͠t̡̡͟ ͢M͏̶o̴͢͡ņ̛͢i̸͡k̨̢͞҉a̸ ̸̢͞J̷̡u̶̧͏s͜͢͏t҉͘ ҉̸̵͝Ḿ͝ó̕͘n̷̕͘į̶k̶a̸͘͞ ̵̨͟J͘͡͠u̢̢͢s̸̛͝t̷͢͏ ̶̶̕M̨͢͡o͟n̵̛i̛͘͠k̵̀͢a̸̴͜ ̡͏J̨̛͡ư͢͢s̨̕͞t̷͟͡ ̷̢́M̴̡͜o̵̢͡n̸͏į̛k̶͠͠a̕͠͝ ̛̕J̧̕͟u͜҉̀ś̢͢t̨͢͠ ҉̸͝M͏҉͏͏͜ơ̧n̢͜i̧͜k͢͠a̶̵̴ ̸̛͝J̨ų̵̢s̷͝͝t͡͞ ̸́́Ḿ̕̕o̵̢͞n̢͢͠i̷̷̕k̴̨͞a̴̴͠҉ ̵̵͝J͞ừ̵ş҉̛̛͢t̴̛͜ ̸͝Ḿ͟o̢͜͟n҉̡͏̢i̵̷̛k҉̨ą͏͠ ́͘͡J҉̛̕͟u̸̡̕s͘͘͡ţ̛ ͞͏͜M̷͢o͢͏͞n̨̕͠i̸k̢͜á͢͞ ̸̷͠J̸̧u̷͜͝s̴̀͞t̕̕͝ ̡͠͡M̵͏̷o͞͞n̕҉̕i͜k̨͝͝a̸͘͟҉ ̡̡͡J̕͢ų̡͢s̷͢͏ţ͘͘ ̡̡̛M̶̢̨o̢҉̵͝n̛͝i̢͘k̴͘͠a̶̡͟ ̵͢҉J̶̵͝҉u̧͠҉̧̛ś̕t́͞͠ ̀͠҉M̶̷̢o̸̕n̵̛͢i̡͡͠k̸҉̷a̷̸ ̨͏̴J̴u̕͢͝s͘̕͘t̸́͠ ҉M̸͘͜o҉̷ņ̧̛i̴̢̛k͢͟͠a̷̷̛ ҉̀͜͠J͏̛̕ù̴̵s͟͏̕t͏ ̷̡͢M̸̢ó̧n̸̸̛i̷͘͞ḱ̨̀a̴͜ ̧J̴͜͢u̷̷͜s҉̡t̶̀͘ ̵̷͟Ḿ͝ò̵̧ņ̀i̧̢k̵̢͡a҉̵̶ ̸̧͜J̡̨̧u͠҉̢͝ś̵̛t̢̢͘ ͏̡M̴͟͡o͟͢͞n̵̶͟í̸͝k̴̛a̡̛͝ ̸̵͝J̧҉̢̧͘u̵͏͠҉̛s̨͝͠t̶́ ̶̛͝M͏͡͡o̸͝͝n̕͢͢i̛k̛͡͏a͏̷̢ ̸̡J̵̷̛u̶̧͟ś҉̸̀ţ͞ ́͘M̷ò͞ǹ̷i̶̡k̢͏̸a̶҉̕͞ ̶̨͜J̷́́u̡͞s҉̸̀͟t̶ ̶̸͞M̛͏́o͝n̸̢͠i̧͝k̴̕͘á̀͡ ͏J̀͟͡u̢҉͡ş̶͢t͠҉͘͢ ͝͏͝M̸͟ó̸̶ń́í͡͡k̷͡͝ą̛ ̢̛J͠͡u̶͢s̛͡t͏̕ ͟͞҉́͜M̴̧̛o̸҉͘͝͝ņ͢͞i̷k͏͏̸a̧̢͡ ̵̢͟J̸́͟u͡҉̸̡̕s̶̷̴t͏̷͠ ҉̴M̧̕͜o̢͜͞n̢̕͘i̶͟͜k҉̷à̛͞ ̢̕J̴́͡u҉ś͜t̷̀͞ ̀M҉̀o̕͟͡ǹ̵͜i̷҉k̢̕͞a̷͡͠ ̢͘͜J̨̧͠u̵͟͢s͏̡͜t̷͡ ̶̸̡M̶͝͠o̵̶͟ǹ̨͘i̧͝k҉̡à̛͞ ̵́͞҉͠J̵̧̨u̵͠҉s̶̡͝t̴̛͝ ͞҉̵́͝M̵̧̛ǫn̢í̶̢ķ̛͜a̸̢͟ ̷̶́J́҉̡̕u̸̷͘s̷̢͜t̸̴ ̡͟M̵͘͟ò̕͢n̕͜͠i̶̛͟k͏̶a͝ ̷̸̧J̢͡u̴̵̕s̀̕͢t͞͏҉̕ ̷̕͘M̧̢͜҉ơ̵͟n̶̕͡҉i̡̨k̡̛͡a̸͡ ̶͟͟J̀u̵s͟͞҉ţ̶̡ ̛M̴̸͟ǫ̷͜n͟͡͠i͢͏͜ķ̛͜a͏̡͏ ̕͘͟J̸̧͢ư͘s̨͢t̛͢ ̶̨̀Ḿ̢́ó̕͞n͘i̧͝͠k͠͏҉ą̀͘ ͝҉̡́J̶̛҉̀͝ư̶̡s̶̀͟t̴̨͞ ́͢͡M̀̀̕ǫ͜͡n̢͜͡ì͜k̨͜͠á͡͡ ͏̧J҉̵̢́u̴͡s̷͜͟t̸͡ ̡̢̢M̛ó̢̕ń͘i̵͡͝k͜҉a͢͠͞ ́̕͠J҉̷͠ų̕͜s̢̢͝t̶̵̕ ̴͜͝҉̷M̡͢o̕n͏͘̕i҉̸̶͞k̵͘a̡̕͝ ̕͝J̶̶͢ųs̴͜t͘͢͠ ̴̷͞Ḿ̸̕o̕҉̵n͘҉͏í̧͢k̛͢͢à̸͢ ́͢J̛͜u͘͟s҉̀̕t̸͘ ̸̢M̛̕͜ǫ̸͘n͏͝į̧̛ḱ́a̸͢͡ ̨̛͠J̵̡̛u̷͜͡s̛̕͟t̷̵͝ ̧̢͝Ḿ̛͠ơ̵͠ņ͜i҉̷k̢̀͜a̸͡ ̸̢҉̧J̵̶́u̴̸͘s̨͟͟t̴̶͡ ̵̡͘M̶̸͜o̶͞҉͘n̸̶í̀͞k̢̕̕a̸̷͡ ̸̨͞

... In all seriousness this game is a lot of fun for what basically amounts to a free ad. If you have some time give it a look!

(x-posted from my blog)

In one article covering the release of Doki Doki Literature Club, there’s a quote from the game’s creator, Dan Salvato, where he states that the inspiration came from his “love/hate relationship with anime”. This is a somewhat common phrase that people use when they love genre works and their themes but cannot allow themselves to openly admit it to maintain a pretense of maturity/intelligence/discretion/all the above. In this view, you are only permitted to appreciate genre if you maintain. I have been unable to find any further context for this quote and by all rights I cannot speculate that Salvato approaches anime and video games in this manner, but I can say that this is absolutely how DDLC approaches its originating material.

The first quarter of game plays out in strict adherence to what a non-visual novel player thinks a moe visual novel is like. Each girl conforms strictly to type — The Childhood Friend, The Shy Waif, The Tsundere — and are never allowed to be anything more. The result is an extremely dry read, a high school love comedy as if it was written by someone who neither went to high school or has experienced human affection.

Then, the game eventually gets to its true beginning. The Childhood Friend suddenly withdraws, and you go to her room to check on her, where she confesses to you about her battle with depression. It’s a very bizarre scene, because it’s the first sincere moment in the game and reads very much like the account of a person with depression, but also because she talks as if she’s rambling off an explanatory article instead of opening up to a good friend. But no matter, you assure her that you’ll be there for her. In the next scene you find her dead by hanging in her room, in a scene so thoroughly contrived I laughed out loud at it. The scene where you discover her corpse hits all the notes of the body discovery scenes in the Danganronpa games, where distorted filters, jumping scene snippets, and simple eerie music are combined not just invoke tension, but to stylize and amplify it into borderline camp and reinforce just how tasteless and grotesque the whole killing game situation is. Here, in Doki Doki Literature Club, it’s supposed to be serious and scary. What?

From there the game pace mercifully ramps up but continues piles on the contrivances and phoniness. There’s a lot of filters, screen jumps, and garbled text that are intended to give the player the creeping sense that the call is coming from inside the game, but all these effects are clearly impossible to generate in-game and are deliberately added in development, pushing the player even further away from the game. (The exception to this is the broken text encoding and missing image layers, which are definitely possible in a game that’s glitching out and which I felt were genuinely creepy.) While the big twist is conceptually clever, it fails because it’s supposed to be the most intimate moment and yet the game has absolutely done its damnedest to completely distance you from it.

I was not sure on how harsh I should be with this game, because this is Salvato’s first game (his prior work is all in modding) and the failures here all come from novice incompetence. Going back to that article I linked earlier, though, Salvato mentions how he likes games which are disturbing through atmosphere, inviting comparison by name dropping Yume Nikki and Eversion, and not “[shoving] scary-looking things in your face”. It’s ironic that Doki Doki Literature Club ended up being the opposite of what he likes. In order, it is trying to be a creepypasta game, a parody of dating sim visual novels, and a look on disturbed people, and it completely fails at all of these. You have to be willing to truly love (whether this is loving anime, or loving genre, or loving character types) before you can exploit and explore that love.

I guess I shouldn't have to explain why this game falls under the p̢̡̧̨͔̩̼͔̞̞s̴̛̝̗͉̣̞̰̟̹̲͟y̶̡̰̖͍͍̳̹̖̕c̵̠̬̣̭h̷͓̺̯̹͟o̵̙̩̹͈̝̩̬̻̠͟l̥̳̙͙̜̖̟͖͉̕͜ơ̢̙̮̗̜̬̘g̡͎͓͈̹̩͞͞i̘͖̝͔͍̩̕͘͢ç͚̣̬͈͍̹̻a̬̳̦̼͔͝l̷̖̠̼̹̤̠̠ ̧̗̤̮̞ḥ̛̥̘̙͈͟o͎̙̻̳͙̹͖͠r̷̨̪̗͓͉r̸̢̟̪̜̰͇̹͉̤o̷̖̯̲̤̭̯r̴̢̯͉̗̤͉̖̹ genre, assuming there are no preconditions for such a classification. This twist is what makes the game truly intriguing.

Discussing the quality of sprites or the background music would be pointless, as the game isn't about those elements. Although horror isn't my preferred genre, this game is a small masterpiece, and it can be completed in about 4 hours.

Rather than creating a typical dating simulator, Team Salvato (the game's creators) chose to take a different path and blow players' minds with Monika (I can't disclose more due to spoilers).

The most captivating aspect of this game is that you're not merely playing it; the game plays with you. The unique experiences you encounter in this game are unparalleled, and I can't think of any other game that has attempted to replicate such phenomena (I remember when I used to play on Windows, even my antivirus warned me about this game at the start, and believe me, there was a reason for it).

The story itself may not be particularly interesting and could be explained in just a few minutes, but it's the incredible manner in which the story is conveyed that makes it stand out. There were moments when I was frightened to continue playing, yet I couldn't resist the urge to discover what would happen next. I even had to use my Bluetooth mouse and play from a distance of 1 meter (no joke).

Despite being a horror game, I highly recommend it to everyone (excluding those with health issues).

This game is a free-to-play visual novel that starts as a cheerful dating simulator but gradually evolves into a deeply unsettling psychological horror experience, it subverts traditional visual novel tropes, delivering a story that is both innovative and disturbing. I confess that this is the first and only VN that I've ever played, this genre never sparkled any interest in me, and I only played this one because of the hype surrounding it, a rare occasion, and I quite enjoyed it though I don't see myself playing any other VN in the future.

The game follows a high school student who joins a literature club at the encouragement of his childhood friend, Sayori. As he interacts with the club members, Sayori, Yuri, Natsuki, and Monika. The player engages in writing poems and building relationships, beneath the surface, however, the game introduces fourth-wall-breaking elements and explores themes of mental health and existential dread, creating a narrative that is as thought-provoking as it is eerie. I can safely say that, for the proposal of the story, using the VN format was absolutely the perfect fit for this title, I can even dare to say that it wouldn't work on any other format.

This game has a bold storytelling and its ability to transform a familiar genre into a medium for psychological horror, in my opinion it rivals titles such as Silent Hill, despite it's "exotic" format. Its unexpected twists and meta-narrative have left a lasting impression on the gaming community. For people seeking a unique narrative experience that combines charm with genuine horror, this title offers an unforgettable journey that lingers long after the game ends. I highly recommend this for fans VNs in general, which I doubt they never heard of, but I especially recommend this for people who are not fans of the genre, since it can even make you fall in love with it, or at the very least, experience one of the best and most unique indie titles in gaming history.

The graphics aren't amazing or anything, but perfectly fine for a visual novel. Character designs are cute, backgrounds are serviceable, and the little details are cool (such as Monika having black socks while the other three have white).

There's a decent range of personalities for a four-character group. I liked Sayori fast, but Natsuki ended up kind of creeping up on me as an underdog favourite due to being the most 'normal' of the cast (and thus the least scary). I thought I'd like Yuri more based on her personality archetype at the beginning and her design, but MAN did she end up creeping me out more than I thought she would. Monika is iconic, obviously. The protagonist is pretty much a non-entity, but it turns out that's kind of the point.

There's not much to say about gameplay; it's a visual novel. Lots of reading, lots of clicking, some dialogue options and plot choices as well as different 'paths' for the girls. If you don't like visual novels, you probably won't like the gameplay of this, but I do, so I didn't mind it.

I went into this knowing it was a psychological horror and that Monika wasn't what she seemed, so I have no idea how much harder it could've hit me if I'd been entirely spoiler-free, but even with that, holy SHIT. I didn't know just how sudden it got - that first moment walking into Sayori's room and finding her hanging with the jumpscare and the distorted music had me YELLING.

I don't have too much to say about this game, partially because I think it's best experienced if you don't know too much about it so I'd rather not spoil too much that hasn't gotten out simply from the game's reputation. Given there is some intense subject matter, I wouldn't really recommend going in with no prior knowledge or expectations, so I think some general "spoilers" indicating that this isn't the cutesy dating sim visual novel it presents as and instead will include disturbing content are kind of important. But beyond that, I'd rather not say too much about the plot or events themselves primarily because I think my biggest issue with the game was that I probably would've appreciated it more if I didn't find so much of it predictable based on the many things I'd already heard about the game.

The good of it is I appreciate that this story was trying to do something pretty different. That concept has been done to varying degrees in other games since, but there is something to be said for the originality of this game coming out as it did in 2017. I feel like within those later instantiations I can definitely see some influence from this cult classic and it deserves some cred in that regard. There are also some really interesting and unique mechanics later into the story that I found really clever. Even aside from those clever moments, I think that if I'd gone into this game knowing basically nothing about it, it would've been a lot more effective as some of the ideas are implemented fairly well, to an extent.

And that "to an extent" is where I still ended up not crazy about the game. While it's not very long (Steam says it took me 4.8 hrs but I let it idle while making lunch and such a couple sessions so probably more like 3.5), the story employs a great deal of setup that is frankly super boring to me. You can expect a thoroughly cliche dating sim to start with involving an array of anime girl archetypes, all weirdly interested in your attention. I was warned of this ahead of time, but while I heard it was a struggle for the first hour, I'd say even after some of the initial twists kick in, the dull parts continue, in a new light or not, through a good 2/3 of the story and it really dragged. While the twists that eventually come were interesting conceptually, a lot of it starts to come off as melodramatic creepypasta. This wasn't helped by the fact that after all these years, I've heard this game hyped up so many times, it just couldn't really live up to what I was expecting.

All in all, I like what Doki Doki is going for and appreciated some aspects of that implementation. However, by the end I was fairly unimpressed and felt like the game has far more monotony than it needs. I am not someone who enjoys the cheesy dating sims this is deconstructing and perhaps I would've appreciated the first parts more if I were, but I still think the game could've been cut in half with very little lost. I can at least say I think this game will remain an interesting bit of indie game history and as much as I didn't enjoy it much, I can see how some of the ideas it plays with earned its cult classic status.

"Um mundo mais fácil no qual se perder É aquele onde tudo pode ser encontrado"

Comecei a análise com esse profundo verso de um poema contido no jogo, e o coloquei no início pois casa muito bem com a atmosfera da experiência que é proposta: uma poesia harmônica, real, e inspiradora. Enquanto jogava, depois de uma determinada parte eu só pensava que entraria mais uma obra no meu encaixe de obras que "não tenho certeza se recomendaria" (exemplos: Re:Zero e Life Is Strange). Isso porque é algo cujo em si só é EXCELENTE mas, eu não recomendaria por pura empatia, já que sei que as pessoas podem realmente se impactar com o jogo (minha depressão basicamente surgiu com Life Is Strange). Porém, ao terminar o jogo (E MEU DEUS QUE FINAL INCRÍVEL; pelo menos o que eu fiz), definitivamente recomendo. Sério, o melhor que você pode fazer é ir jogar sem saber de absolutamente NADA e se surpreender assim como eu. Doki Doki é um jogo feito com tanto carinho (mesmo que não pareça) que me fez ter uma certa paixão por ele. Praticamente é tudo que eu gosto, mas mesclado. E também quebra a quarta parede como se fosse nada (é um dos elementos mais interessantes do jogo), que é algo que eu amo em qualquer coisa. Joguem o jogo. Apenas. É extremamente bom e mostra uma realidade muito próxima de você, que provavelmente ainda não percebeu de fato. Analise os poemas do jogo (pelo menos os primeiros), eles são muito bons se você conseguir perceber as metáforas contidas nos mesmos. Ao iniciar o game, você vai perceber que ele diz ser não recomendado para pessoas com ansiedade, depressão ou que se deixam impactar muito fácil com algo, mas eu discordo totalmente. O jogo PRECISA desse tipo de público, que TODO mundo sofra desse impacto. Ele retrata certas coisas muito estereotipadas por muita gente, e elas precisam mudar de opinião. Te deixa um impacto que é bom, saca? Realmente muda o seu jeito de pensar e agir. Agora eu termino a análise, juro. Só quero dizer algumas coisas:

1. O jogo em si começa a ficar bastante interessante lá por umas 3 horas de jogo (pelo menos pra mim que presto muita atenção em tudo), então tenha paciência. Você não vai se arrepender.

2. Certifique-se de que realmente é fluente, pois os diálogos do jogo são o principal elemento. Se você não entende muito bem inglês, existe uma tradução em PT-BR completa do jogo para instalar.

3. Em algum momento da obra, você vai precisar alterar alguns arquivos do jogo (eu sei, você deve ter ficado tipo WTF?, mas é verdade), então vou deixar aqui como fazer isso. 3.1 Abra a pasta "Arquivos de Programas x86". 3.2 Entre na pasta da Steam. 3.3 Vá na pasta "steamapps". 3.4 Entre na pasta "common". 3.5 Entre na pasta do jogo. 3.6 Pronto, dado isso você vai saber em qual pasta entrar e o que fazer.

4. Em algumas partes parece que o jogo acabou, mas ele SÓ termina quando sobe os créditos. Lembre-se disso.

5. Agora a última anotação que eu PRECISO dizer: JUST MONIKA, meu parceiro.