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Dead End Junction is a visual novel (no don't close the tab yet! noo!) by 773, the person behind the Cherry Tree High Comedy Club games (which I have not played but have heard they are p okay). Or I guess technically it's a kinetic novel but who even knows what means? apparently it means a vn with no choices/branching story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Ulel-HZO4 It's about Josette Jowston and The art and soundtrack are good too, I'm a sucker for Civil War era music. The setting is also p neat, it's kind of an American Wild West thing with some fairly limited fantasy elements for spice. Uh, now have some images but also more words:     Josette (aka Jo) is a smartmouthed cowgirl with a decent shootin' arm who wants nothing more than to get out of the her little backwater hometown and see the world. That, and I guess also to figure out where her lovely dad disappeared off to, and maybe beat him up. The story is really about her growth as a character, and the narrative is largely driven by choices she makes in pursuit of her own goals, rather than just "oh we gotta follow the save-the-world plot points".    Flannel is Jo's bff, and local rich girl. Also Jo's     Uncle Jobs is Jo's...uncle. He's a lot like your cool-but-maybe-you-could-lay-off-the-booze-a-little-maybe? uncle, execpt if he raised you because your dad was a deadbeat who ditched town. Also a snark machine; he and Jo (good-naturedly) bash on each other constantly.  https://a.pomf.cat/ibwyup.mp4 Inaho is a warrior/shaman/botanist/guide/all-around talented cool person. She's Jo's first real exposure to someone who has a significantly different worldview from her own, and often serves a foil. Very dry sense of humor. You may also have noted the cat/dog ears; while potentially adorable, the whole "the Native American stand-ins are animal people" is one of the strikes against DEJ. Their treatment in the story is pretty good, but it can still feel a little uncomfortable if that's the kind of thing that bothers you.  https://a.pomf.cat/utvjwu.mp4 Bizkit (who doesn't love these names) is a little poo poo. Drives Jo up the goddamn wall every time, and it never gets old.  https://a.pomf.cat/lzrlpt.mp4 McBain is the obligatory badass gunslinger dude. He gets more character development than this archetype usually gets though, so that's neat. Cool purple hat. Anyway, it's a neat little story divided into 4 parts, each about the length of a short novel. It's certainly not without flaws: the aforementioned animal people thing, the fact that Part 4 goes off the rails a little (heh), the occasional typo (though the translation as a whole is very good), but overall I'd say it's worth a look if it seems at all interesting to you. Anyway plz read it and then post about it so I can hear other people's opinions on it and aren't just posting into a void, tia. There's a demo available here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/728993422/1469555380 Steam store page here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/518280
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Sep 30, 2016 15:55
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This looks cool, and I think I'm gonna buy it. Also, it's only $9 on steam, but you can get it for $7.64 if you buy it in the next 2 hours! What a bargin!
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Sep 30, 2016 16:10
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I bought it now to never getting around to playing it
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Sep 30, 2016 16:21
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Sakurazuka posted:I bought it now to never getting around to playing it I hope you one day get around to playing it, and then you come post your impressions of it here so that I may read them.
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Sep 30, 2016 16:24
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I like the aesthetic. I might take a look, although my backlog is pretty fat right now.
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Sep 30, 2016 16:25
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I bought it, the aesthetic and characters have been cool so far. Looking forward to cat girls as a metaphor for racism
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Oct 1, 2016 17:23
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Looks cute and added to my WL.
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