Kyarn
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
THIS STORY CONTAINS CONTENT THAT SOME MAY FIND DISTURBING, SUCH AS DEATH, SUICIDE, BODY HORROR, FATES WORSE THAN DEATH, ABUSE, AND TORTURE. DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Fort Payne, Alabama, 2019...
This vacation was a bad idea.
A couple from New York went on vacation to DeKalb county, Alabama to see the sights, and were staying in the small city of Fort Payne. 3 days after they arrived, all hell broke loose. Will they make it, or will they become one of the many bodies roaming the streets?
No sexual scenes, just letting y'all know in advance. There will be romantic scenes, but nothing explicit; this is marked NSFW for blood and gore.
GUI: "Simple Grunge UI" by Hadara Madrak, edited to fit the apocalyptic vibe better.
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Install instructions
Same way any other vn is installed! Extract the zip file, and open the app.
Development log
- I'm not dead lol62 days ago
- Build 6: Bury Me Not on The Lone PrairieDec 13, 2024
- Another mini update, slightly bigger thoOct 09, 2024
- a lil patchSep 14, 2024
- Build 5.5- On The Road AgainSep 01, 2024
- UI update idea, lookin' for feedbackAug 12, 2024
- Build 5: One Mile East of Hazel GreenJul 09, 2024
- The test build for Build 5 is out!Jul 03, 2024
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Hey, hello, I had a question. So far, I’m loving the story from A to Z, even if most of the characters die in it. I imagine that’s part of the script. Up until now, I’ve really enjoyed the apocalyptic setting — it’s rare to see a horror and zombie visual novel. Of course, I had another question: I’m not sure if it was just me not having sound in my headphones, but there seemed to be a few missing sound effects. And my other question is simple — do the choices actually change something in the story, or do they just lead to game overs?
Glad you’re enjoying it!
I am planning on adding more sounds, it’s probably some spots I missed.
So far, all the choices are just game overs; I may work on actual branching paths at some point, but for now I’m working on one main story.
Serious question, what’s the next update?
I work very slowly, but I’m still working on the next update. Just trying to find a good spot to stop writing and start polishing everything.
Aside from some bugs, this was really good.
Thanks! If you don’t mind, can you tell me a couple of the bugs you experienced?
When the bell rang the first time, I think it was chapter 2 or 3, I'm not too sure, the audio for the bell would continue into the scene at Gurley with Oscar and Kevin at the gun store until the zombie noise. It stopped when I scrolled back and would not come back unless you reload before the scene. Also in that scene the images of Brandon Finn and Nev appeared in the top right before fading into where they are supposed to go. There is also a rollback error I encountered, here is what it said:
“game/script.rpy” line 1879, in script
scene huntsvillealley with fade (0.1)
Typeerror: Fade() missing 2 required positional arguments: ‘hold_time’ and ‘in_time’
That's about all the bugs I remember encountering.
Yeah, the sprite issue is most likely from the simulated lighting thing I’m trying to add in. Whenever I put dissolve it does that sometimes, gonna try and fix it next update.
Haven't started reading this yet, praying this is a FVN which gives me major character death :D
Hi uh just a question, the download button doesn't seem to be on your Itch Page, may I ask when it'll be back?
might be a bug from me trying to post an update, just a sec lol
Yep, problem solved!
It has an interesting story although I saw a few bugs in the character sprites but it's not that bad.
I might suggest that you change the background of the page here to match the color I usually see on your FVN, which I think is cream.
Good luck and I look forward to the next story update :]
I decided to try changing the color to cream, how’s it look?
It looks more remarkable.
So it's okay for now 👍
Honestly gotta agree with you guys its a shame that this VN has gone under the radar. I'm loving to so far and cant wait to see what else is brought to the table
It's good for the new chapter it left me his voice there was a lot of action honestly nothing to say just a bit of a shame that there's a bit of a lack of community on this VN 😦
Thanks! I thought the zombies weren’t playing enough of a role, so for build 5 I decided to add a few more scenes involving them lol
LOL
Nice third part of the update, I hope there will be a 4th part to come :)
It was kinda a joke since I have 3 updates labeled “tiny update.”
Build 4 is shorter than the others, but it didn’t take a year lol
lol :)
It's not that bad, I really liked part 3 with the mechanics. The time to act to avoid losing the game
Thanks!