GRAND.

"It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels."

 

What you are about to witness is the Solo Debut by one of the leading writers who brought you the Award-winning Visual Novel Pirates of Gensokyo. (First Place in Narrative, Touhou Jam 4.)

 

After five years of wandering alone, Thomas Hartwell seems to have finally met the Love of His Life. The stars seem to favour them, but something lurks in the background, threatening to sabotage their fateful rendezvous. Will Thomas give in to the pressure of absurd forces, including the contempt of his new flame, writing off his relationship as a mere miscommunication? Or will he stand his ground for love, knowing that by leaving less to chance he may threaten his chances? Lin Ji's debut interactive novel explores themes of power, entitlement, virtue, loss and redemption in this cunning, labyrinthine fiction.

 

This work is Mature, owing to the following factors:

 

-       Drug references.

-       Profanity.

-       Sexual themes.

-       Mental Health Issues.

-       Long monologues.

-       Intersexual Communication. (the scariest of them all.)

 

H!GHL!GHTS:

 

MULTIPLE ENDINGS; DECISIONS MATTER.

 

TWO LEVELS of DIFFICULTY, offering DIFFERENT PR!ZES.

 

TEXT is DRAMATIC and abounds in CONTEXT.

 

15 CHARACTERS, E!GHT of whom are PLAYABLE.

 

REWARD for unlocking all ACHIEVEMENTS.

 

CRYPTIC SYSTEM.

 

CAPTIVATING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING STORY.

 

COMPLEX PLOT, warranting multiple play-throughs.

 

OVER 9000 lines of SOURCE CODE.

 

If you get a Pop-Up Window barring access at the end of any scene, simply select “Ignore”.

 

All you need is Love and a Keyboard.

 

DON't BE AFRA!D to download the Game!! If your Malware Finder gets weird about it, it's only because the program is written in a very classic code, as happens unfortunately to be a fair deal of known Malware. While such archaic code may still be used by hackers since it's closer to the heart of a machine, (less abstract than most,) my own code is harmless, and I will stake my whole career upon this Promise.

 

Enjoy.

 

[({L.J.)}]

About the Author: 

Lin Ji has been writing for over two decades, publishing under a variety of pseudonyms. He has published over a thousand poems, over a thousand weblog entries, a full-length play, two novels, and two interactive fictions. His work has been characterized as “emotional”, with a “breathtaking solemnity”. He currently resides in San Diego, California with his family, where he studies Musical Composition, Computer Science, and Sound Design.