Why does the sea cry so much?
Note on the sound
Due to certain issues, the game will be without some of the music for a brief period, but we are currently working to have this solved as soon as possible.
Thank you for your understanding.
"That's a long story, young one, and not a happy one. Do you truly wish to know?"
Story
The story follows Rosa, a young teen spending time in her family's beach house. One night, she sees a mysterious lady in the sea. After approaching her to see if she was alright, she discovers the lady is a spirit that comes back to this beach from time to time. The spirit offers to tell her an old tale, and Rosa will discover this tale is more connected to her than she imagined.
This story was actually inspired by an old Brazilian fairy tale called "Porque o mar tanto chora" that translates to "Why does the sea cry so much?". I maintained the original tale very similar, but I added my own twist to it.
This Visual Novel is also quite short so you can finish it in one sitting!
About Inktober
This visual novel was done during Inktober. Inktober is an event that happens every year during October, in which artists challenge themselves to make one drawing in ink every day for the entire month. The challenge became more popular and many people started doing Inktober digitally. I decided I would create one piece of art for this visual novel every day during October instead of a traditional Inktober. Since Inktober started with ink and most art was black and white, I decided to keep most of the art in this game black and white. The entire process was documented in my YouTube Channel and my Tiktok in the form of short videos, so please check them out if you're interested in seeing the whole process!
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Agora quem tá chorando não é o mar, sou eu!! história linda demais!! Eu vi a mesa de vocês na CAF, não deu tempo de ter jogado o RPG lá porque eu acabei voltando pra jogar muito tarde, mas resolvi dar uma olhada no site do cartãozinho e tô amando os jogos!! Trabalho lindo de vocês!!
Muito obrigada! <3
~JustDorathy
THIS WAS A REALLY NICE STORY... The writing itself is, a bit enthralling, kept going and going without a pause to be found, enjoying it the whole way. Certainly feel at least a bit of emotional resonance here and there as an aro, though I suppose I should be hoping for, y'know, romance ultimately!!! It's a bit of sad tale, but I do really love the ending. AND I ALSO REALLY FRICKING LOVE THE ART HERE. The backgrounds are all delightful to look at, the characters are all wonderfully sculpted through inksmanship, the animations were excellent as hell, and the music is wonderfully calm and slightly playful, IT'S PERFECT!!!
Thank you for making this!!!
OMG Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the story, your comment is so sweet!
~Dorathy
The art is very pretty and the story very interesting.
The only downside I had was that the pictures were blurred when they appeared and it completely ruined one animation, maybe there’s a setting to change in renpy or something ?
Awesome game anyway <3
Thank you so much for playing our game and for the feedback! The blurred pictures are something I've been trying to figure out how to fix, it seems to be an issue with the web version so far, but thank you for telling me, I didn't know it was happening to the animation segment as well.
Thank you again for playing, I really appreciate it!
~JustDorathy
Eu estive acompanhando o desenvolvimento desse jogo no TikTok, e SUPER valeu a pena!!!!
Muito obrigada por acompanhar o processo de criação do jogo! Fico feliz que você gostou!
~JustDorathy