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Save the Last Dance
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A single dance. But the outcome has yet to be determined. Will you do what must be done to escape with your life? Or wind up dead on the floor when the curtain falls? Control your tongue and you might live to see another day. Don't and this may truly be your...
...final dance.
A short multiple-ending visual novel (with dancing!) created in seven days for the Only One of Any Asset (O2A2) Jam 2023!
As per the jam rules, this game contains:
- <1,000 words (996 to be exact!)
- 1 sprite + 1 BG
- 1 music track
- 1 sound effect
As per my own rules, this game contains:
- Copious amounts of angsty feels, caustic comments, and oozy rebuttals
- Lots of fancy text effects because I thought that might be Cool™ and I wanted to try them out for the first time
- Camera trickery so you can truly feel like you're dancing with Orlam or something I don't know I thought people might like that
(probably the closest I'll ever get to making a dating sim tbh) - Two characters that are wrong for each other in every single way but gosh darn it do they break my heart sometimes
- Three different life-or-death endings depending on your... conversational prowess??? (or lack thereof...)
The two characters are from my main game, Our Wonderland, but this game can be enjoyed standalone as a little bite-sized dance of death with everyone's favorite king of the rabbits. (Though if you like him, I hope you might try out the main game! He definitely doesn't eat anyone in it!!!!1!1!!!11!*)
*possibly inaccurate
Full alt-text descriptions added for accessibility in-game. Turn on self-voicing via the v key after booting up the game to access!
This game is generally recommended for mature audiences. There's nothing graphic in it, but it does depict a pretty unhealthy relationship and touches on various dark themes such as killing, torture, and forced captivity. The events in the game may also feel more intense due to the POV style.
The full list of content warnings is as follows:
- Depiction of an unhealthy/toxic relationship
- Blood; two endings also involve character death/killing
- Manipulation and coercion
- Suggestive dialogue, innuendo, and adult language
- Mentions of implied off-screen torture and cannibalism
- Swaying camera movements (to simulate dancing)
- Writing, art, scripting, and GUI: Carrot
- Music: half-dim
- Sound effect: 1bob
- Additional code: Kinetic Text Tags by Wattson, Snowfall GUI by tofurocks
- Testing: key
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Install instructions
Downloads available for both 64-bit and 32-bit systems. I recommend the 64-bit unless your computer can't run it (the code for one of the effects I use runs better on 64-bit).
Also available for Android!
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Also song name?
How many endings are there
i really wanted to play our cinderella first, but then i looked at this game and saw the screenshots and kinda just. blacked out. and now i am here.
the atmosphere is so bittersweet and heavy and so so good. and there are a lot of tiny visual things that i like. the start screen animations (the way there is no music anymore and just bloodied genzo standing there after you get ending 2?????) and the approach to showing the textbox, the dancing, the text animation, Orlam's sprites, also Orlam's sprites, also did I mention Orlam's sprites? also the AHHHHHHH when he has a breakdown in first ending. The second ending is particularly heartbreaking, and also feels like the "true" one (Genzou crying while stabbing Orlam to death... i am going to suffocate....)
Really effective work around the strict limitations of the original jam! Also did I mention I very much like Orlam sprites? I very much like Orlam's sprites. God do I love Orlam's sprites. Only a normal amount though, please trust me.
this game is great! loved getting to see what exactly happened to orlam in act 2
the pov and simulated dancing does such a good job at building atmosphere and giving me at least some idea of how uncomfortable genzou must've felt
as someone who is completely normal about orlam it was so fun seeing him crash out in ending 1 lmaoaooa
also i really appreciate that in this game (as well as t2a2g and probably your other games i haven't played them all yet) getting each ending is very straightfoward. often when playing visual novels i get kinda stressed trying to figure out which options i need to pick to get the ending i want and which options even affect the ending, so having these straightforward dialogue options made it really easy to get all the endings which is nice ^^
Loved seeing the events that played out between these two, no matter how heart breaking it was....
That was interesting
The general dancing imagery still makes me uncomfortable after ark 4, but I do appreciate getting to see how this scene actually played out.
The entire time I was torn between trying to reconcile for what Genzou did, and trying to stop Orlam from killing Iggy
Either way, it fun, and doesn't overstay its welcome
Great job!
Not a fan of the mc in this one.
I prefer the whitehaired guy.
But I DO love Orlam. ^_^
(Even if his name is impossible to remember and I have to look it up to see how it's spelled no matter how many times I read it. lol)
Very short and sweet. Even if it wasn't my favorite pairing.
This game actually made me cry. It's been a few weeks since I first played it, and I already got all the endings, but I can't stop coming back to it? What sorcery is this, Carrot?
As a standalone game this is a bit weird,
But that's what makes it interesting.
I like the ending I got and I feel like it goes against the spirit of the game to fish for other endings.
So I'll have to find someone else to play this.
Wow, I dont know any of these people but I was so invested lol 🤩 I may play the OG game to learn more about them.
OHH MY GODD I MADE AN ACCOUNT TO COMMENT SPECOFICALLY FOR THIS WHAT RHE HELLLLL THIS HITS THE SPOT OMG LIKE THE WAY HES OBSESSED WITH HIM BUT LIKE IS CLEARLY TRYING NOT TO BE AND TRYING TO APPEAR UNFLAPPABLE BUT HES SUPER QUICK TO ANGER IDK MAN THERES JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GUY!!!!!!!! Ive fallen in love.... omg... i canr....
if so you should try the main game Our Wonderland(OG game). There's...more plots(?) you may wanna see. Really recommend playing at night, alone, high volume. Best experience of me.
wtf are you me because. I exclusively completed this game when pulling all-nighters.../not negative
I WAS SHOOK BY THIS GAME I LOVE IT LIKE USALLY SHORT GAMES FEEL OVER FILLED BUT THIS IS LIKE THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF LORE TO GAME TIME AND AAAAA THE SONG IS SO GOOD I LOVE THIS
I don’t know why I’ve always gotten the ending three after playing for a long time, and there’s no tutorial and I don’t know what the other endings look like, which makes me very distressed😞
Try doing one with all the agreeable answers, one with all the defiant answers, and one with a combination of them.
It was cool how I got to dance with him and how the environment moved with him. Cool game!
FINALLY HAD THE OPPROTUNITY TO PLAY THE GAME
WISH I PLAYED IT BEFORE IT'S SO FRICKIN AMAZING LOOOOOOOORD
It took me like 15 minutes to play the whole game BUT I WAS ASCENDING TO HEAVEN DURING THOSE WHOLE FIFTEEN MINUTES
But before I open my mouth and let the words flow like a frickin WATERFALL spoiler warning for both this game and the main game (Our Wonderland) if you who read this comment haven't played yet :3
SO I HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY
Firstly THE MUSIC ????? SO GOOD ???? OH MY GOD ????? Like it's really the first thing I heard and I opened and I was already like : "wow. another masterpiece awating me huh." AND HOW YOU MANAGE IT TOO ? Like when it stops when it's an important moment or when Orlam starts to get annoyed, loved this as well !
Secondly THE EFFECTS WERE AMAZING IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. And how the main menu changes after each ending ????? SO SO NICE. Also really loved how the colour of the petal changes when you get ending 3 and they become WHITE. IGGY MY POOR GUY ToT
And thirdly the story and endings in general were very very nice ! Especially when you know how it is in the main game- Their relationship is so toxic BUT ALSO SO WELL WRITTEN... And then Arc 5 comes and BOOM THEY'RE MORE OR LESS "OKAY" AGAIN AND MY TEARS OF SADNESS AND PAIN BECOME TAERS OF JOY AND EMOTION.
And I love each ending ! Ending one is the "bad" one, but at least we continue to defend Iggy... (even though it results in him very probably dying afterwards but oh well...) HOWEVER THOSE MEAN WORDS AT THE END HURT. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS CARROT. THIS IS SO MEAN (do I really have anything to say about this considering how I treat my own OCs well NO but that's something else let's forget about it...). Especially as I mentioned before when you know how it ends, with Genzou apologizing AND THAT GODDAMN EMOTINAL CINEMATIC THAT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS...
Ending two is the canon one, where Orlam sadly dies... So can we consider the conversation Orlam and Genzou have in this ending canon as well ? Also I have mixed feelings about this ending... I mean yeah cool Iggy and Genzou are more or less out of danger but 1. Orlam is dead 2. Killed by Genzou which means more trauma for him 3. There are still A LOT of unpacked issues to be resolved BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT TIME LOOP I GUESS
And then ending three... I mean no one dies (yet) and Orlam doesn't seem too pissed off but... I MEAN... CAN WE REALLY HOPE... Also if you consider that you can achieve that ending by pissing Orlam off a bit but then retracting... I HAVE VERY LITTLE HOPE TO SAY THE LEAST... ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE THOSE BLOODY WHITE PETALS ON THE MAIN MENU SCREEN... But it's cool that you can achieve this ending in several different ways !
SO YEAH... I REALLY LOVED THE GAME AND ALL THE NICE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT IT...
Also taking the opportunity to ask... Would you be interested in having your games translated in French ? By me ? And completely for free ? I mean, I have very little to no experience in programming games, but I could translate the text ! I really think your games are great and I think it could be nice to have them accessible to more people ! Of course this is just a simple proposition, I would totally understand if you don't want to !
So overall very cool and nice game (as always) I love what it adds to the main story !!!
IKR OMLLLLL CARROT DESERVES MORE REGCONITION
SOB HOW DID I MISS THIS COMMENT????? I feel like I haven't been able to stay on top of itch stuff lately LKDJFALSD I only just saw this while clicking back into this game to check for something hELP
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING THO??? Ahhhhh ASCENDING TO HEAVEN???? HELPPPPPP openly weeping
Thank you for all these kind words ahhhh I am overcome. I'm glad you liked the song!! It's the same artist that I also use in some of Orlam's scenes in Arc 5, so I felt it would mesh super well and kind of act like a consistent motif 🤭 And thank you for the lovely words about the effects. I tried a whole bunch of different stuff for this game despite it being so small alkdfjads (I just like to go all out or something who can say)
Lol yes ending 2 is the "canon" one, as in that's what actually happens in the version of arc 2 we see in the game. Though I do feel personally that all of these endings probably happened in various loops at some point... it's kind of my general idea that there are 100s of other loops that happen outside of the main 5 actually shown. There are already all of the optional times Iggy dies for instance, which all start new loops. And I like to think that even beyond that there are like, 100s of possible variations, some of them similar to the current loops and some of them branching off even more. It's more that these 5 are the "main foundation" that move Iggy forward, but there are still many other possibilities (and also leading to all of them dying so many more times than is shown, too aslkdjfaSD). So in my head, probably all of the endings in this game could also be possible variations that just aren't shown in the main game.
Ahhhh... I'm unsure about the translation lakdjfads only because I know what a gigantic task it is and just how many words these games are LOL (the main game is like 250k + words which is like 3 novels' worth 💦) So I would never want anyone to spend all that time working on something that I would never be able to compensate for (I also really feel strongly in general about translators not being paid enough for the work they do -- I went to school for translation lakdjfalkds). That and I always feel uneasy because I can't understand the translated text so I feel a bit nervous about not knowing how parts of the text might be interpreted but I can't tell... 😵💫 So I might need to think about it lkadjfad
Sob sob at any rate, I'm really happy that you enjoyed this little game!! O2A2 always gives me an opportunity to create something fun and new and think about storytelling in different ways, so I really love it for that! And that I was able to make something like this that could give different insight back into the main game. Thank you so much for all the lovely words and for all your support ahhhhh it really means so much!!!!!! 😭💕
No problem about the translation thingie ! It was just an idea that popped like that into my head because I really love languages and find translating fun (even though I thought about the length and was like "Mel. You might want to think about that a bit more at least for the main game.") but I understand your feelings and why you want to think about it !
As you see... I'm sending 3 comments on 4 of your games... No regrets. Fuck sleep cause this shit is my priority now. Wishing myself luck!
Edit 1: I CAN'T GET MY DAMN ENDING 2 EHUIWBOIJSUF
Edit 2: I STILL CANNOT GET ENDING 2??
Edit 3: It's been 10 minutes... I STILL CANONOT GET ENDING 2?
Edit 4: I GOT IT, I GOT IT IUHFEBEEUP
HAHAHAHAHAHA HELP THIS IS SO MANY GAMES SO QUICKLY LMAO I hope you were able to get some sleep after this??? My god... I can't even imagine going back to back between these lkadjfasd
I'm glad you finally got all the endings!!! 🤣 Indeed, I do think that Ending 2 is the hardest to get. I think because it requires the most "right" answers out of all of them, like you can't really choose outside of the set order except for maybe like 1 or 2 specific times. I DIDN'T WANNA MAKE IT TOO EASY Y'KNOW??? /hj
I digress though, thank you so much for playing this (and all the others, too!). It really means so much that you enjoy the chars so much HHHHH. And I hope that despite the frustration with Ending 2 you still enjoyed this one!! 💦
Thank you so much for all your love and support!! 🥺💕
I FORGOT TO SAY. I LOVE, LVEE LOVEEEEEEE THE SONG OMLLL
finally found the time to play this and wow the animation was really impressive. this was a really good way to discover more about orlam and genzou's relationship, which i always found intriguing in the main game. i kinda had trouble understanding genzou before because he simply would not stop bullying orlam for no reason but this game (especially the tears moment) show really well that it's a loooot more complex than just "guy bullies another guy and feels no remorse", as it seemed sometimes (to me at least) in the main game. i may be biased because orlam is probably my favorite character in the game but this was a really cool experience, almost like i was dancing with him myself (and we both kinda killed each other afterwards but that's not the point). pretty much the only issue is that the screaming acrossed the screen really slowed down my browser lol but i have a habit of playing games on itchio instead of downloading them like a normal person so that's kinda on me. great job as always, loved the art as always <3
SORRY FOR THE DELAYED REPLY I've been working to catch up on everything after coming back from a trip lol
But thank you so much for playing?? Ahhhhh and for all the lovely words!! I'm really happy you enjoyed it!! I have a lot of fun trying out new things and teaching myself how to do a variety of different new things in Ren'Py whenever these O2A2 jams come around, and with this one in particular I had a blast with the animation and expressions (and also the new speech bubble feature which I found to be incREDIBly useful alkdjf) so I'm glad you like how it all turned out despite its shortness!
AND INDEED. I think a big part of my initial inspiration to do something in this regard was to have one more small little peak into the ridiculously convoluted thing these two have going on before building everything up to its big bang in the main game with Arc 5 Part 1 1/2 (i did this game only a few weeks before releasing that). It just felt very relevant and good timing lkadjfa
"(and we both kinda killed each other afterwards but that's not the point)." --> LOLOLOL REAL
And ahhhhhhhh yes actually the text lags for me too HAHAHA. Which was kinda the effect I was going for -- to laden the screen up with so much text that it can barely even handle it, I guess in a way to make tangible Orlam's guttural emotions in that moment. That they're so intense they literally lag the game 🤣 (though I have noticed the effect tends to be a bit even more pronounced when playing the browser version as it's even less optimized... I'm not sure what to do about it though GUH).
AT ANY RATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PLAYING. GLAD YOU COULD ENJOY. GLAD YOU COULD GET A LITTLE EXTRA GLIMPSE AT THE CHAOTIC MESS THESE TWO HAVE GOING ON. And thank you so much for your kind and lovely words!! 🥺💕
Computer: "Please i have like 2kb and a rusty paper clip left to my name, acknowledge this"
Me: "mm, carot gaem"
SOBBING???? Please do not let your computer die or something worse just to play my games I shall WEEP????
I-I am very touched that you like my games so much though... 😭💦💕
I LOVE THIS GAME THE SONG IS AHHHHHH I LOVE THIS GAME!!!
KDJFALKDSJFALKDS HELPPPPPPPP
I'M VERY HAPPY YOU ENJOY IT????? Thank you so much for playing lakdfja 🥺💕
Hey! i've never commented on a itch.io game before, but before i say what i was wondering, i wanted to say: THIS GAME IS FRICKING AMAZING, i love the art and plot!! I have mixed feelings about Orlam but his design is so fun to look at, I'd love to play the game these characters are mainly from but when you said in the bio of the other game that there were slight sexual themes what type do you mean? I'm just kinda sensitive to NSFW so i wanna know if i can handle it or not! but all that aside, this is a great game and the characters have awesome designs! :D also i'm editing this because i forgot the main reason i was commenting- How many endings are there? I might have missed where it said it but i've gotten 3 endings are i wanted to know if there were more :0
AHHHHHHHHH I FEEL VERY HONORED???? Thank you so much for going through all the trouble of leaving a comment (and for playing the game to begin with lakdjfads). I'm really touched that you liked it so much!! 🥺💕
Re: the main game:
There isn't anything that I would describe as actually NSFW in the game (there's no on-screen nudity, no on-screen sex/NSFW scenes, etc.). However, there are scenes where things like that almost occur, and they can indeed be rather uncomfortable particularly because the advances are usually unwanted. The main char of the game is ace but still figuring himself out, but there's another char in the game who really really thinks they want to be with him........ more or less. So this general theme and situation comes up a few times throughout the game (most strongly in Arc 4, which I would say is the most intense arc of the game, particularly in this matter).
While on the game page of the main game, if you scroll down to these detailed content warnings and expand them, you can see descriptions of all the various content warnings in the game, including descriptions of anything of a sexual nature that occurs, organized by the type of content (violence, sexual, etc.):
These may be able to help you figure out if you think it would be something you'd be able to handle? If there's anything specific written there that you'd like more info on, I'm also happy to share further details!
Re: the endings for StLD:
There are just three endings, so you've gotten them all!! There's the Variation, Promenade, and Fall Away endings. Though the Fall Away one has a few different variations (there are multiple ways you can reach this ending, so some of the dialogue is different, but it still leads to the same ending).
Thank you so much again for playing and I'm really happy you liked the game and char so much!! 💕 And if you have any questions or concerns about the main game, please feel free to ask!!
IM GLAD I MADE YOU FEEL HONORED!! :D NO PROBLEM THOUGH! WHEN I SEE A GREAT GAME I CAN'T HELP BUT LET THE CREATOR KNOW HOW FRICKING MUCH I LOVE IT, MOSTLY THANK YOU THOUGH FOR GOING THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF MAKING IT, I've been trying to make a game for a while but i keep giving up, WHICH IS WHY IM SO IMPRESSED THAT YOU MADE THIS MASTERPIECE, ah, i see though, I can handle themes of sexual stuff so i'll play the main game! I only worry about Nudity, Mostly male Nudity, i don't mind seeing female parts seeing as i'm biologically a female (I don't identify as one though, just a non binary xD) So i know what all the parts look like - I'm glad to know i got all the endings though! If there were any more i would probably spend hours trying to figure out how to get the others, I got so confused when i thought there were more endings though and Orlam kept making the guards take me away T_T No problem though!!! Just a quick question about STLD, What's the background music playing while the main character is dancing with Orlam? It's really addicting to listen too!!! :]
AHHHHH THAT IS VERY KIND OF YOU TO SAY 🥺💕 Thank you very much again 😭
GOD REAL THO. I started trying to create the main game at least 3-4 different separate times but kept giving up a short ways into it, mostly because I wasn't super happy with how it was turning out, and also because I kept frontloading so much of the work so it just felt like mountains of time and energy before I could even see any kind of results or the game starting to form lakdfa It wasn't until I started it as a visual novel in its current form that I finally got hooked/motivated enough that it kept me going to actually start getting stuff finished. And thanks to the experience of that, it's made getting these smaller O2A2-style games done a lot easier as now I know exactly what I'm doing so a ton of that beginning prep and guesswork is cut down and I don't feel so overwhelmed lol.
But yeah! There's no nudity or anything revealing like that in the main game (there are a few CGs that are suggestive, but they don't actually ever show anything/any parts, etc. -- I also don't like to draw stuff like that either as it makes me a bit uncomfortable too dlkasdfa). So I hope that will help! But of course please don't ever push yourself if anything is making you uncomfortable, I never want anyone to feel like that when playing one of my games 💦
Ah! The background song for StLD is called "DayAfterDay" by the artist half-dim: https://audiostock.jp/audio/1415002 I really enjoy this artist's work and use a number of their songs in the main game, as well! A lot of their stuff feels like it fits Orlam very well LOL
NO PROBLEMMM, YOU DESERVE IT <333
HAHA, I do that all the time when I try to make a game, The worst part about me trying to make a game is I'm making it on Ren'Py, WHICH IS A REALLY EASY VISUAL NOVEL MAKER AND I STILL CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO MAKE IT
Good job though for completing it! I can imagine the frustration you felt when you were trying to make it, I'm so excited to play it though!
I'm glad about that! I understand that it would make you uncomfortable, I'm the same way XD
Thank you for your concern though! You're actually so sweet😭
THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THE SONG AHDFAE, I LOVE HOW IT SOUNDS, I'M LISTENING TO IT WHILE WRITING THIS NGL, The DayAfterDay song 100% fits Orlam though XDD
I didn't understand a thing cuz' i never played the other games, but just this visual novel alone got me so curious to learn more about this character. Very short but amazing dialogues and art
LKDJFALSKDJFAD I'M SORRY ABOUT THE PARTS YOU COULDN'T UNDERSTAND??? But I'm super touched that you enjoyed it enough that you would like the character and also still enjoy it, ahhhhhh 🥺💕 Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a lovely comment!! It was really sweet, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!!