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You aren't entirely sure how it ended up this way...

Sat in a dark room, tied to a chair, with a person you've never met-  who claims to be the love of your life.

Can you escape their den?

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This is a short little visual novel experience (15k words), with 8 total endings! I do hope you will spend lots of time with this wonderful little man, he will surely appreciate it! It's a fun project I decided to work on for October and November. I hope you enjoy it <3

CW: blood, knife/sharp object, screen shaking, flashing colours/images, harsh language/mild swearing, gaslighting


I have plans for Cadmus to be voiced so stay tuned~

Credits:

Director/Programmer/Writer - Nat

Sprite/BG Artist - CutieBeep

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorTriangular Games
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py
TagsCreepy, Mystery, Psychological Horror, Romance
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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OurborosConstrictingDevotion-1.1-pc.zip 57 MB
OurborosConstrictingDevotion-1.1-mac.zip 52 MB

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I had decided to play this game on a bit of a whim, it seemed like it was going to be a short visual novel experience, so I gave it a shot and almost 2 whole hours in, I love this game. 

You have clearly put in a lot of time and effort into this, and it shows, as even with the incredibly limited backgrounds, the story and Cadmus make up for it. 


I really thought it was going to be a talk-your-way-out kind of situation. But using the guide and with my own thirst to see the endings, I got all of the good ones and then replayed the chaos ending after each one to see what he would say about the last variant that was played. 

The Care Ending is my favorite, because seeing him happy makes me happy. 

And the fact we can't save ourselves or him from this hellish situation- nor remember any further variants than the one previous- breaks my heart. (I know it would be incredibly difficult to program, and I'm definitely not asking for it, it just kind of adds to the bitterness that even when you do remember, it is only so limited, and only he is cursed to truly remember everything, even as timelines stretch so far that he remarks it's really hard to keep track.) 

Cadmus himself is the perfect blend of madness and care. 

Because he /does/ care about the MC, and that's kind of what hurts because they don't believe him on that, and it hurts his feelings every time they say so. 

It looks like he's marginally possessed considering... you know... everything, but after a few playthroughs it really goes to show. 

This might be just a headcanon, but it feels like when he starts acknowledging what happened in past timelines- so after Chaos opens- that he puts on the more crazier and obsessed look as something that both entertains the entity, and to kind of dissuade the MC from asking questions to someone who acts normally/really worried about them.

He probably tried that a few times and got hard reset /so fast/. 

Honestly the continually looping ending is so bitter in a sense. 

Cadmus loves the MC and the MC in most timelines reciprocates his feelings, but the fact that they are perpetually placed into the grinder together seems to be wearing down his spirit so much, with the MC's cheering him on being the only thing that truly seems to be powering him through with all this- aside from the fact they can't die. 

I hope they find happiness eventually, even if it isn't in the cards for them truly. 

I will still be keeping a close eye on the content update, the thought of our boy getting a voice actor seems so incredibly fun, take care of yourself!

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omg <3 your comment warms my heart thank you so much for playing! Even through the bitterness he still wants nothing more than your happiness~

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Such a great game! I can't wait to see the new update <33

Thank you so much for playing <3 Happy you enjoyed it :D

this game was so fun!! i loved the whole concept of this game, ive gotten most of the endings i think, but this was so flipping fun playing!! <3

I'm so happy to hear!! Thank you so much for playing <3

o my god! it was so interesting, i loved the experience but i am so confused due to my dumbness. is there a walkthrough? thank you so much!

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thank you so much for playing!


I do plan on making a post for a walkthrough for all the routes sometime soon. Wanted to give people the chance to go through on their own c: