Liminal
Liminal is a short, hand-painted, and partially-voiced visual novel about two young adults who accidentally run into each other a few months after their breakup.
- a short conversation 💬
- stylized, hand-painted 2D art with an analog feel 🖌️
- intuitive, point-and-click mouse controls ✅
- Mouse: Left-click to interact and advance text
- F: Enter or leave fullscreen mode
- ESC: Bring up the preferences menu
- Scroll wheel / page up and page down keys: Roll back to prior dialogue
- All art, programming, and writing done solo by Jaylus (@roman_hyacinths) for Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 — an interactive fiction jam where you have to keep your total word count to under 500 words. You can view more of her games at www.romanhyacinths.com and follow her across the web here.
- Jack was voiced by Brennen Blotner. Music & SFX are from Epidemic Sound.
- Quote is from Shauna Barbosa's poem "GPS."
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I've been having dreams and nightmares about my ex and this is really comforting. Thank you for making this. Art, music, and voice acting are all gorgeous.
I'm so glad Liminal was comforting to you — thank you for leaving this comment! 💗
I really loved this! The reveal and other talk about her past dreams is such a cool way to explore what getting over someone can mean
Thanks so much — I really appreciate the kind words :)
This was so good! Everything fits together in such a precise way.
Thanks so much — that's great to hear! :)
The visuals are beautiful, and the music really helped draw me into what was happening. The voice acting for Jack was a great touch as well!
Thanks so much; I really appreciate the kind words!
wow beautiful art, writing and voice acting! it really feels dreamlike
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed :)
Such gorgeous art! Upon reaching the point where the twist was revealed, I assumed it was far more tragic than just a breakup (that Jack was gone-gone if you get my drift), which made Ellie's grief even deeper. The background ambience was so nice in making it feel like I was both there and in a dream, like a slice of a real place out of place. And the voice acting too, I think really captured the nature of the dialogue & this Jack's distance with Ellie :)
Oh, that's an interesting perspective! Thanks so much for sharing, and for the kind words :)
The voice acting is exactly the icing on the cake! I love this sm
Thank you!!
This was so touching, and I absolutely loved the art, the colours you chose complemented the dreamscape beautifully and the music really pulled everything together. Beautiful game!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
The voice acting was honestly super good. It was comforting but at the same time, you could feel a distance in his voice. One from caring but also not knowing how to do it except the awkwardness doesn't just show up in voice, as if he has tried hard to make sure it doesn't come off that way (or is just like that because he's a memory).
I love the texture of the art too. Something about there being no eyes but just a mouth, just a silhouette of a man you once loved. I look forward to more projects!
Edit: I also wanted to commend you for choosing all the right things for this, it felt really nice.
Also wanted to add that I couldn't access that poem so that's a shame. [It wouldn't load, which was uploaded in just 1 site]
Thanks so much for the kind words and detailed comment — I appreciate it a lot! And I'm glad you enjoyed playing through :)
Re: the poem, that's so unfortunate — I own a copy of Cape Verdean Blues, which is where I pulled this from. I hope you get to read it at some point!
Gorgeous game! the voice acting is also very well-done, it adds a lot to it
Thanks so much! And agreed on voice acting; Brennen did a great job :)
I love the art style! It's so pretty. The texture is really impressive. It looks like you could hold it like a book in your hands.
Thanks so much for the kind words! :)
Wow! This came out excellently, really beautiful little narrative! Amazing work!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it :)