"There's no better place to  learn about the school than here!"

Read through school newspaper-clippings together with Teddy to discover more about his new school!

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ZAG is a short visual novel made for the Nanoreno 2024! 

It's about Teddy,  a new (half-demonic) student who's supposed to get a school tour. 
(Instead, he somehow ended up at the newspaper club - reading through newspaper clippings with the other members.)

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This game features:

  • One ending (with two after-ending scenes)
  • 5 newspaper-clippings
  • ~3000 words / ~ 15 minutes of playtime

Warnings:

  • shaking screen
  • swear words
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Credits:

Characters and Story: Kathinka.png & Celeptipus

Art: Kathinka.png

Music and Soundeffects: Raine Eera

Plugin:  Non Combat Menu by mjshi


Updated 23 days ago
Published 29 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
AuthorKathinka
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRPG Maker
Tags2D, Anime, Atmospheric, Comedy, Cozy, Cute, Fantasy, LGBT, RPG Maker, Short

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ZAG-win.zip 166 MB
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ZAG-mac.zip 302 MB

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i really love the art!

guys wake up, new kathinka game

Really cute game.

Cute game; I loved the interactions between the characters. The Food delivery ending is definitely my favourite, I would love to see what Mickey was reacting to, to cause the kitchen fire. 

Good job on the NaNoRenO game! 

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I LOVE IT, so cute :3

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OMFGGGG I LOVEEE ITT!! QwQ

Character designs as always BEAUTIFUL~! (wish I had sm talent as you)

(Me and my sister have voiceovered this lol)

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Super cute and cozy, this makes me want to join a newspaper club/group of silly little guys like this!! Even though the gameplay is short (and sweet) the characters are lovable and once again, I yearn for the warmth I felt with the little stories and interactions in this game !  :3 

Also the little twist (?) in the endings with the casual, less fantastical nature of this game are yay yayyy yippee!! For some reason I imagined this set in a similar/same universe as Heartburn when the cafe was mentioned lol (GO PLAY HEARTBURN BY KATHINKA MY FAV KATHINKA GAME!!!!)

Anyways 110 out of 10 wonderful as always!!

Abbie, thank you smmm?!?! What a sweet review hehe

I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed the charas and story... Me and my friend put a lot of love into them <33

I can totally see why you'd think this is set in the same world as Heartburn (casual, fluffy fantasy world), but it's actually not x'D I just loooove writing similiar things lmao

(Tho agreed, i also think that other ppl should go play heartburn. and totally not only because i made that game lol)

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Wow, it's been a while I've played your games. This a very fun short vn I've played! I like the characters, and they are also colorful! Writing is very cute! Overall, I enjoy it with every bit in it! I also made a commentary, but might be cursed a bit.

Ohh, thank you for playing!! It's so nice to hear that you enjoyed this game!! Thank you for playing hehe <3

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OOH AMAZING FUN NICE BITE SIZED STORY i always love to see ur work soooo awesome >_< very happy about the mickey appearances hehehe the fav Super cool good jobbb yay <3 Also im impressed at how fast you seemed to pull this off seeing ur development process last month a little bit bwaha

Thank you sm, Charlieee!!!! I'm really happy you enjoyed this short story!!! Ofc I had to include Mickey (I love her sm) UvU

Also yeah, I thankfully had my friend co-write the script with me, so all I had to do after that was to channel my inner 15-year old and go ham lol (I looove finishing games in under a week, yippie)

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short but cute, your games never miss honestly!!<3


kano: too bad magic doesnt exist right??

alex: yea lol

nati: yea lol

teddy: (₍•᷄ ࡇ •᷅₎)

That's so sweet to hear, thank youu!! x33

If only they knew UvU

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Its cuteeee! I hope there's a plan for android. If possible tho

Thank youu!! Sadly not, but you can play this game on your phone if you play it on the web! : D

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Cute little story :3 Your art is as gorgeous as everrr it's literal eye candyyy TwT

Interesting to see a less-fantasy and more mundane story of yours so throughout it I was just like Teddy thinking like ooohhh these kids know nothing... he's like that meme where people are dancing in a party and he's just in the corner saying "they don't know I'm a half-demon and have a talking cat" lol  

Ahh, thank you sm!! I feel so honored to hear that you enjoyed this game >v<

I'm also not very used to write slice-of-life stuff, but I was able to pull this off thanks to my co-writer hehe x3

Also also, this only happened because of you lmao:


YIPPERRSSS THANKS FOR MAKING THE MEME I FEEL SO HONORED 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥