A Question Of Normalcy
A downloadable game
"In an ever spinning world, I am standing still
That is what people see, you have to will yourself into going at my pace"
Shakya isn't like other people. She knows this, and other people seem to know as well just from the way she acts.
This is a simple story of how Shakya visits a certain cafe downtown and how things may change - or stay exactly, the same.
A Question Of Normalcy is a contemporary, slice of life VN with slight comedic and slight romantic undertones (If you choose so).
It is a project for NaNoRenO 2017, and this version contains one of the two paths. The other path will be released in the future.
The team:
Sprites and CG's: Johhans
Logo: BáiYù (@baiyu_dev on twitter)
Backgrounds: Photo's taken by me and from royalty free sources
GUI: Me and help from friends
Script: Me
Coding: Me
Ideas: Me and help from friends
Music: Mostly from purple planet music
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Man I remember playing this game around late 2017 - early 2018 and it really stuck with me. So after all these years I finally replayed, and it was charming as I remembered! All the characters are so lovable, especially Arvin :) wish I got to see more of them, there's something about this story that really draws me in. Also to note, sfx was done well, subtle yet effective.
All the best for your future endeavours!
oh my, thank you so much for replaying it after all these years! This game remains to date my favorite of the ones I created! The characters and story still has a very special place in my heart and if I ever return to making games proper, I'll definitely be revisiting the universe I created this game and my other game Magari in. Again thank you for commenting it truly brings me joy to see something I made be enjoyed🌱🌱❤️ hope you have a wonderful day!
//Nanna
This was so beautiful, I think that Shakya may be autistic and unfortunately struggles with fitting in as a result. The story is so cute and romantic at times and the scenery and music sets the tone very well. Although Shakya has unique struggles, I still related a lot with her in her experiences. And I love that plot twist in the end with his name! It was so unique and funny, totally unexpected. All in all, I came in this without knowing how much I would end up loving this game! It was so deep, soft and fulfilling :)
I'm curious, what gave you the inspiration to write this?
Hello, thank you so much for playing the game! It has been a while since it was made, but looking back it still holds a very special place in my heart, being the first game I truly felt proud of. Shakya is indeed autistic, though I decided to not mention it. I wanted the game to be relatable to everyone diagnosis or not, and since Shakya didn't know, I didn't see reason for the player to.
The game is very much inspired from myself and my own life experiences, being autistic myself and dealing with the depression and anxiety that can follow it. It was going to have a much darker tone, but a good friend of mine helped me work on the characters and storyline, and with her touch the vibe of the game became more humorous and whimsical which is something I decided to keep in my future work.
Thank you so much again for playing and commenting, it has truly made my day ❤️🌱
A Question of Normalcy, as the title suggest, is a wonderful narrative about obstacles in reforming self from youth to adulthood (responsibility, social judgement, being yourself vs society's assertion/ the norm of "normal", and so on); with great choice of BGM and fitting style of arts,too!
It's such a bliss that I am that it comes to Recomendation list in my account and how vn with this theme gives me hope to confront some same problems in real life :')
Oh my, I only saw this comment now; thank you so much for playing the game and writing this super sweet comment!! The fact that the game helped in a way is all I could ever hope for when I made it.
Cute story. I very much enjoyed it. :)
Thank you very much for playing and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!:
Hello! How long is full story?
Took me about two hours, maybe? My reading speed is about average. Possibly a little bit lower.
Hi, this visual novel looks great and I wanted to play it, but the download for the pc (windows version) keeps on failing for me. I have really bad internet connection, and I usually prefer to download games through the itch.io app (because they're resumable), unlike through a browser. Although for some reason, this particular game is not downloadable through the app, it just says "Not Available on Windows"... :/ Your other games don't seem to have this problem, how strange... Having a mirror link (like on MEGA or something) could work to combat this problem, too.
Just thought I'd let you know! Perhaps you could look into this? (:
Hello there! Thanks for commenting on the issue^^ I added another file that might work for downloading. I sure hope it does. I think my computer's been acting a little funny since I updated renpy, so it might be that acting up:) Thanks for bringing this to my attention:D