CANIDAE
The moonlight illuminates the animal that lies within everyone. Will you embrace it; or fight back?
On Halloween, a gang of teenagers in animal masks head out to set off fireworks and drink with their friends. Unfortunately, nothing ever goes right for you. As the night grows darker and pranks turn to violence, your friends start to change. Will you?
Received an honourable mention in the Spooktober 2024 Game Jam Judging!
- 7.5k Words (30~ mins of playtime)
- Two Endings
- Pixelated Sprites and Backgrounds
- Fourteen CGs
- Animal Abuse
- Body Horror
- Blood and Gore
- Physical Violence
Created by Ozone Interactive(Megan Lewis)
Music Credits:
- Harmful or Fatal - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
- Lone Harvest - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
- Controlled Chaos - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ - Springtime is Here - Patricia Taxxon
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- Deconstruct - Patricia Taxxon
- Silverdrivel - Patricia Taxxon
- Hellrhythm - Patricia Taxxon
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Fonts:
- Absender by Nick Polifroni (Remedy667)
- Monofonto by Typodermic Fonts
This game was developed in a month for the Spooktober 2024 Visual Novel Jam. Written in British English.
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Development log
- Indiepocalypse + Future Projects43 days ago
- Thanks for playing!! (+ Web Build, Android Build)Oct 07, 2024
Comments
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This game was so engaging! I'm honestly hooked on these characters; I want to see more of them!
I don't know if it was on purpose, but Blue torturing animals that are typical of a fox's diet? Incredible! Insects, to mice, to rabbits.
FUCKIN COOL
This game was incredible, blending the amazing music with an intense plot. It truly was an experience. 10/10
I would love to see more options put in, besides just the one… Maybe a number of endings, too?
So to the dev (and who ever else reads this):
PROS
This was gripping right from the start and I'm not talking about how red was white knuckling that bat, but you did get having something interesting going on right from the start. I felt myself getting into the characters pretty immediately.
This story itself until about the last 15 mins was compelling. The way you wrote blue, I was guessing so many things that could have been in that box. But to later find out what was in there was messed up but I was like yea ok. Then to be hit with the connection to red that was crazy.
These characters felt real and we were just following a point of the night through some kid named Green's perspective. To have them change and in the way that they did (I'm trying to avoid spoilers the best I can) was expected but it was still so "satisfying" the way it all played out (like the pay off was worth the build up).
CONS
No cons enough said...
This is just me being a ahh but at a certain part after the transformation it felt like the story could have been concluded but instead it went on. I was disappointed by that because I found myself losing interest after the point. I mean I guess the ending fit... As I'm typing this it came to me that there is 2 endings, earlier I thought that maybe the other ending was some quick ending where you just die... but that if it kept the momentum as the previous part... ummm idk. Let me know if I should go through the other part?
All in All. This was well written. Good shnit.
ps. I typed alot I'm not going through this and proof reading it so good luck understanding it.
i know that like. its a game on itch.io where you just have shitty friends and you all turn into canines. but like. i was brought to tears multiple times.
thanks so much!!
this was pretty interesting, i'll be looking out for your future projects!
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agreed
thank you! i hope you enjoy my next one as well
wahhhhh
IM GETTING BETTER FRIENDS RIGHT NOW!
Amazing. Gives you just the right amount of information to come to your own conclusions.
I need a life action of this
nice
In total, I gotta love the brief writing style. Though one ending might be kind of unclear for me, I'm still fond of the strange relationship the characters kept.
And it's surprising that Patricia Taxxon's sharp and destructive music was put into the game and it did improve the horror atmosphere. I love Patricia's music.
Gotta love when people recommend stuff, this would have gone unnoticed had it been not for that.
Great horror and really loved the style
this visual novel just oozes style, hope it gets the attention it deserves! i was left wanting more from the world and characters, which is a telltale sign of a well-crafted experience
thank you!! it’s honestly already gotten much more attention than i expected
I really enjoyed the game, but just verifying that I didn't miss anything. There are just 2 endings right?
yep, thanks for playing!!
Thanks for the answer!
Kind of sad that there isn't more, but still, thanks for the effort making the game, it was really entertaining and well written, I got quite invested in the characters even if I just saw them for a short while.
/Srs
this was great! i really enjoyed playing it
thanks !!
that was a real assault on the senses, nice work!
thanks!! patricia taxxon’s music definitely carries it in that department.