Love in Lockdown - ELLA version

Cheers for checking it out :3 Even if I wasn't satisfied with how it turned out in the end, it still makes me happy if anyone can get some enjoyment of some kind out of it :D

And sure! Now, cos it's been a long time since I wrote this, I can't remember 100% exactly what I was thinking with that ending, but I'm 99.9% sure I meant it as the MC being turned into literal fertiliser x3

Just one of those crazy sorts of dystopian things where those in charge want to ensure everyone in society is contributing in some way, so if they deem that a person is no longer useful alive, they will have them melted down to use them as human mulch/fertiliser for crops that will eventually feed the rest of the population >.<

Soooo, yeah, that's quite grim I guess x3 I feel like maybe I should've written 2 different fertilisation endings though where 1 was as I just listed above, and then another where MC is used in a more sexual way to contribute to society xD

Thanks again for playing! :3

Ahh, that’s so cool ^-^ I hope you have fun with them!! Although, admittedly, the two Love in Lockdown ones are probably my worst games out of everything I’ve made so far x3 They just really didn’t come out how I hoped and were quite rushed, so they’re pretty rough >.<

Thanks for checking out some of my other stuff :3

Thanks for checking out the game! I’m glad you still got some enjoyment from it even if the yandere stuff isn’t your cup of tea x3

Almost all of my projects have a yandere of some sort in, even if it’s a platonic yandere rather than a romantic one, haha. One of the main reasons I got into game dev in the first place was to add more male yandere characters to the world cos I noticed there were loads of females ones around, but as a player, I was struggling to find male yandere content after playing everything available at the time, so decided to just start making stuff!

I only ended up making female yandere characters as well because I wanted to give players more options to choose x3 haha.

This is probably the worst game I’ve ever released, unfortunately >.< I had only just switched to Naninovel, so I was still learning how to use it, which means there are a number of bugs in the game :( and it was made in a big rush too for a jam deadline, so it didn’t really turn out how I hoped x3 I almost deleted all the project files cos I felt like it wasn’t worth releasing >.<

But a few people have played it and said they had fun, so I guess it was worth releasing it in the end :3 One day, I will get around to updating it to add better voice acting and fix the little bugs!

Thanks for playing! Hope you’re having a good month so far :3

Hey hey! Unfortunately, I made this game back before I knew how to make original music tracks myself, so the entire soundtrack for this game is one that I put together using assets that I own/have purchased as part of asset packs. And that means I'm not allowed to post the tracks outside of the game because the terms and conditions of use for the assets state they can only be used within a project and strictly not uploaded individually >.<

Thanks so much for playing :3 I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Haha, I totally agree with you that it's the weakest one of all my projects :P It didn't turn out how I'd hoped at all x3 like I've said before, I even wondered if I should just can it rather than release it I was that unhappy with it xD but that seemed like too much of a waste, so I thought, screw it, I'll still put it out there but I'll just make sure to mention that I'm not too pleased with it, haha.

The VA just turned out kinda disastrously cos some friends who've helped me out in the past said they wanted me to give it a go instead xD So that kinda killed a lot of the motivation I had for the project anyways since getting to work with voice actors and hearing them bring characters to life is one of my favourite parts of making games. And then I don't really have the right equipment to record. I have no dedicated space for it. Combine that with my anxiety and the fact that I didn't want anyone to hear me, and you have the problem of, there was only like 1 opportunity during the jam for me to record when the house was empty x3 Cos my brother is at home all day every day. So I had to get what I could done while he was at an appointment. That wasn't enough time, so to finish the rest, I had to take my crappy laptop downstairs while he was sleeping in the morning, drape a blanket over my head, and try to do it quietly to finish it off >.<” The fact that I recorded in 2 different rooms I feel was really noticeable. And then yeah, I'm not even a voice actor, sooo xD

I'm glad you didn't think it was too terrible though, haha. And if anyone has fun playing through the game still despite all my personal gripes with it, then at least it was worth releasing it anyways :3

Thanks for taking the time to go through it all ^-^

Glad you're having fun with it :3 It's still my most hated game xD I even thought about taking it off my page for a while because I'm that annoyed with how it turned out, haha. But it is what it is I guess, and if anyone can enjoy it still despite my personal feelings on it, that makes me happy :3

Thanks for checking it out and I'm happy you enjoyed it in the end :3 

Hmm, that's weird >.< I wonder if it's where the loading point is. It's been a loooong time since I saw the code, but I think there's probably a load around that point where it switches scripts, and that would cause a freeze, but technically the game should continue once it's actually loaded rather than completely stop working. I didn't know how to make proper loading screens back when I made this x3 And even though I know how to do it now, I still don't know how to reduce some load of the load times in my games. In Limbo Line, there's one that's so long it makes almost everyone think the game has crashed on the loading screen, but it hasn't, it just takes a hell of a long time to load >.< I guess maybe I just need to add them more often so there are fewer assets to unpack or something? I dunno, I'm not a very techy person so these things always just confuse me x3

Cheers for letting me know anyhow, and I'm glad you managed to find a workaround cos it's always frustrating if I come across any game-breaking stuff in my games, haha. Thanks again for playing ^-^

Sorry about that >.< haha. It was actually an option that I was genuinely planning to include within the game! To have the ability to play through in like new game+ or something and choose ELLA's clothing (or lack thereof), haha. Sadly, I just ran out of time during the jam and so instead of becoming an option as originally intended, it wound up being more like a joke feature x3

That's great to hear! I'm happy you enjoyed it :3 Thanks for taking the time to play and comment + I hope ya have a lovely weekend ahead!

Thanks for taking the time to play + comment :3 Much appreciated and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Hey! Well, it is technically possible, yeah :3 The engine I'm using has the ability to export for android... buuuut, the last time I tried to do that as a test with the old engine I was using, I couldn't get it to work >.< Android Studio just seems so complicated to me, and even when reading guides, I still have no idea what I'm doing :( With this being such a short game though, I guess I could look into it and see if it's any easier to do with the new engine! I'm not sure when I'll have the time to experiment, but if I manage to do it, I'll upload it here and drop you a comment to let ya know!

It is, yeah :D I was lucky enough to manage to get it in a 75% off sale! There's no way I could afford it at full price. It was still kinda dear with the discount >.< but I much prefer it to Tyrano :3

Aww, thank you so much :3 I have a terrible feeling you could be disappointed with this one >.< haha. It's nowhere near the standard I'd like it to be, sadly. It's possible I'll come back to it at some point to try and make improvements, but my priority at the moment is getting it to a playable state asap before too much time passes since I've already missed the jam submission deadline.

Thanks for the support! It's much appreciated :D

Nope! I've left MC's gender unspecified in case players want to self-insert :3 MC is just referred to as 'you' by ELLA. I had planned to release 2 versions. The ELLA version features a female synthetic companion. With any luck, the version with a male synthetic won't be too far behind, but it's likely to come without voice acting, whereas the ELLA version is voiced.