To Be With Him
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
To Be With Him is a short, non-interactive visual novel about overcoming loss and letting go after a break-up.
I have a lot of things I'd like to share and communicate with you.
I hope this story helps at least one person out there.
Thank you so much.
Details:
1 Ending
1 Love Interest
8K Words
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Lovely artstyle, belibable narration, but I was so mad trhough most of the story, not sure if for the bad thoughts that surrounded the protagonist or because she listened to them most of the time >:(
This game is wonderful! At first I was very interested by the screenshots and how text and art was set on the screen, but after playing a bit I was already drawn by the awesome storytelling.
The story shows a different point of view and deals with so many complicated feelings in such a beautiful way. It was so deep and meaningful.
I love your writing!!! The art is also cute and gives the story just the right amount of melancholic.
Beautiful work ❤️
This was hard for me to read because I relate so much to the negative self talk and it was a little triggering. I stopped reading after the break up. I guess it got a bit much for me and it was obvious this doesn't have a happy ending. I could be wrong though. I also couldn't really bring myself to care that much about the break up since I didn't know anything about the guy besides that he's a writer and polyamorous.
I liked the art of the girl in her little room. It gives me a bit of a The Sims vibe. It's cute and it's what made me want to play it tbh! And the little creatures(?) representing the negative thoughts were cute as well. I think you also did a great job writing them. The music was nice. I also really liked how the text box was set up on the side. It was interesting. :)
I'm sorry I didn't finish it but I wanted to share my thoughts anyway. I hope that's alright.
Beautiful game. 15/10
I... have no words to speak that could reflect my feelings towards this story.
The soft background music, the awe you get as you watch the love story play out, the faint hope that it goes well... somehow.
An incredible work, the art, the story and the music were just amazing.
The cute little things that float were really adorable, despite their reprehensible actions...
Ending so quickly... yet appropriately, such a story of love and doubt, with a bittersweet tone and an optimistic outlook.
The message was absolutely lovely as well! Though I still feel for our dear protagonist, being a victim of her mind's machinations...
Makes me a bit sad that she did those things when she didn't even want to...
Lovely story, thanks for making it, dear developer!
I'd honestly like to talk about more, but I dunno how to use spoiler tags
Okay!
First off, I adore the character designs like Louisa is just so cute in her neat white dress that changes to a dark color once she breaks up which is a neat detail that went over my head the moment it happened, I was too busy worrying about the entire breakup thing.
I had hope for their relationship at the start, watching her slight obsession with him, the bitter tone of her memory, the warm feelings that she had, it was so nice to watch the start of it and how it progressed, despite the many signs that it wasn't gonna be, and the ghosts that represented her many doubts and voices were super cute, even if they caused a
manymost of her problems like, she got distant to Ruben because she listened even if she really didn't want to do it, made her starve herself... Cute little voices of malice that harm her in numerous terrible ways...Seeing her suffer, enduring the pains of roaming the streets of Paris, starving and cold... was utterly heart breaking. AND RUBEN (somewhat justifiably) THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS FAKING IT-
Which kinda made me mad... she did a lot for him, though in ways that didn't really help if you look at it in a rational and sensible way, but it's the thought and emotion that counts for me and that has some merit to be considered. It's nice that she met those helpful strangers who helped her...
I think you, dear developer, have the unmatched skill of conveying the events and emotions within your story, which was just lovely, the burning passion of love, the despair, the self-doubt and criticism and the suffering of Louisa through her break-up journey.
And I absolutely love the ending, like Hope being represented as Louisa in a white dress, telling our dear protagonist to let it go, to move on, not berating her like the other voices, but listening and explaining to her, logically and rationally which I just find to be so sweet.
It's such a lovely game and I thank you for making it!
I'm sorry if I went on a bit of a rant (the post looks really long) I just found this game really nice...