VivaCity
A downloadable Visual Novel for Windows and macOS
A contempory-fantasy, romance visual novel set in an alternate, dystopian universe!
You're sad. Really, really sad. For reasons that are unknown to those around you, and possibly even yourself, you're a ghost living in the remnants of a body that wishes to thrive, but with a mind that yearns for its own self-destruction. Such a mindset is what drew you to VivaCity in the first place: a metropolitan area of crime, corruption, and a crumbling society. In and out, day after day of mindless work, you have only your friend and colleague grounding you admist a constant state of anxiety and panic, and you live your life...dare you call it 'living'.
And then, well, strange things start to happen.
An explosion. A hooded, shady-looking stranger. A night which you cannot for the life of you remember. And then...you wake up, in what seems like another world with only a dysfunctional team of rebels to help you survive. And apparently, they need you. How clichΓ©, right?
- Choose your name and pronouns. The MC will not be featured in any art scenes, because the MC will be who you make them to be.
- Four romanceable characters currently available to play. Note: Yohan's and Anika's routes will not be available until after the whole game is released.
- The demo is 20,000-25,000 words, with each chapter that will follow roughly the same length.
- Play until the end of the demo and each chapter for a special art scene.
The MC that you will be playing suffers with a heavy dose of anxiety and depression. Other romanceable/side characters also suffer with certain other mental illnesses, because let's face it, more of us have mental health problems than we'd like to admit.
You'll get to see frequent sneak-peaks into the development on Instagram, and there will be future posts of speedpaints of art scenes on my Youtube channel as well as my TikTok! (@rusicaria)
I hope you enjoy playing VivaCity!
Purchase
In order to download this Visual Novel you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of Β£4.99 GBP. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- August 25th-26th: Claim VivaCity for Free!Aug 15, 2023
- Chapter 1 & 2 Now Released on Itch.io!May 31, 2023
- Demo 1.7!May 29, 2023
- Price Disclaimer!May 09, 2023
- Announcement!Apr 23, 2023
Comments
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I've played the first 2 chapters and they're so amazing! Is this game still being worked on?
Thank you for your comment! Currently development on this game is on hold, however I plan to resume development this summer :) Make sure to add this game to your collection and/or follow me so that you receive updates in the future! Thank you so much for playing!
This was fun!!! I loved the cgs and the new backgrounds, and am I going crazy or did you add some more choice options in some parts of the prologue? I like it!
It was so fun getting to know more of the characters in chapter 1 and 2, and meeting the new ones too!
I love the dynamic difference between routes and even how the characters change their behavior around you throughout the chapters. (Like Elior's and Thiel's, super cool!)
[Tiny character spoilers]
I really like how you can feel the depth of the characters and they're not flat, like Thiel is not just The Cocky man™, Jayla is not The Brute woman™ and etc. Jayla is the one who impressed me the most! I was honestly scared of her, I thought she was going to be mean, but turns out she just needed to get used to us and I really love her now ππππ. (ALSO THAT VISION THING WITH YOHAN----WTH WAS THAT)
Anyway! This got long, sorry, the chapters were really good and I'll gladly wait for more for how long it takes! Congrats again on releasing!! <3
Thank you so much for your comment, and I'm so glad that you enjoyed playing! Your support is appreciated immensely! :)
Hey Rusicaria, hum, do you think its possible to add the possibility to pay with credit card directly on itch.io? My paypal is not working with me T-T It's okay if you can't tho! I need to force my paypal to work anyway lol
Yes, you should be able to pay directly via credit/debit card now! I hope this helps! If there are any other problems then please let me know via email!
It worked! I just bought it! Thank you!!
Hi, great that you've got this finished now! Going through the demo and, without wanting to give anything away, I'm enjoying how strange and mysterious things have become, and am looking forward to seeing what's going to happen next. It's a real slow burner which might put some people off, but it does become engrossing after quite a heavy and bleak start. I like how the audio in particular does a lot to help with the vivacity (sorry) of the story.
I've just checked and, this is more or less what I wrote two years ago but... good to see this again anyway XD
Hi! Thank you for coming back, it's great to hear from you again and to hear your thoughts on the game! I hope you're well! (Love the pun hehe)
It's been 2 years since I first played this game, and I still love revisiting it.
Thank you for an amazing Demo!
You're gonna make me cry ;-;
Thank you for playing it! It really means so much to me!
hi! i made a fanart of one of my ocs from vivacity and i tagged you on instagram, but i believe you didnt saw it, my @ is heyshir0xx
just thought to say something in case you wanna see it! :)
Thank you so much for letting me know! I love it so much! <3
I really like it and can't wait for more. :3
Thank you for commenting! If you check the development log 'Future Plans For Release' there will be more info about future chapter updates! Thank you for playing the Demo and I hope you have a wonderful day :)
just a couple words: this shit is good. im lovin it.
Best couple words I could've asked for. Thank you :)
I downloaded it for android but there doesn't seem to be an apk file for it. Just the mac version.
Thank you for commenting! Unfortunately the Demo is only available on PC and not available to download on android as of yet. I realise I must have miss-clicked and displayed the game as android playable, I'm very sorry about this. I am currently working on releasing the Demo for android as well as releasing following chapters, so if you could stick around a little longer I'd really appreciate it :)
I made an account so I could comment on your game! I want more already so much, I'm so obsessed with getting to know Jayla I love how tough she is!! And so gorgeous, I'm curious to know if you wrote and did the art for the game as well! I can't wait for more to come out! So impatient already!
Thank you for going out of your way to comment! And I'm so happy that you've already got a favourite ;) And yes, I did write the script and did the art myself, although you can dm me if you want to know the details.
That's amazing!!! I'm waiting for the next update!
it was just wow .. the begining was so depressing but I can understand those feelings really well you just did a great job describing it with the alarm sound and the black screen .. as for the story it was so good and all the characters are interesting and harsh except Yohan and Cris , the doctor too π Eliot i think this was his name? he was kinda like me I was like yeah I understand you man but I'm not really that rude believe me π... and I really liked the music when we were in the other dimension π
I'm waiting for the full game
Thank you for commenting! I'm so glad that you found it interesting! The characters are harsh because of their origins, and because of how they've had to adapt and overcome to be where they are now. They're all not mean at heart, I swear, including Elior XD When the rest of the game comes out, you'll see then! I'm happy that you could relate to him!
Ok, I don't think it's too much of a spoiler to say that I've got up to the bit where things get a bit weird and off-kilter, but I'm enjoying it so far even if the start is a bit depressing (that alarm sound!). It's very well written with good use of sound and vision effects. It's a pity I can't see Stevie and Warren but am wondering if this is a visual metaphor?? Can't wait to see more- sounds like it's going to get very interesting!
Your comment especially means a lot, considering we go back and I also love your game!! xD Unfortunately as I've stated before, it's gonna be depressing at times because the MC is depressed, so it really depends on the player if they want to go through the motions or not. I'll let you ponder about the metaphors because I don't want to spoil anything myself, I hope you enjoy the rest of the Demo :)
hey i really wanna play this game it seems so cool and the comments are positive but there is a problem with the mac version i tried downloading it from the itchio app but no matter what i do only the disclaimir is downloaded and then i tried again from firefox again it's not working please help me i really wanna play your game the art looks really good
Thank you for commenting! Please try again, it should work this time. If not, let me know and I can change it to brower playable while I fix it.
I can't speak for others but I have similiar emotions with the MC...I don't know how many times I can type in (I can relate with this)..I was so into this this VN that the rest of the real world shut out...Man I give you props for making this...And now left with a cliffhanger...I really want to see how this plays out!!! I rate this 100/10 stars...
I'm definitely thrilled that I managed to hook you in long enough for you to play the whole demo! 100/10 stars is too much, I'm so glad you liked it! I'm working on the rest of the game, so please stay around long enough for when the next chapters are released!
I felt I had to stop at some points for myself since it was getting too relatable haha, I have both depression and an anxiety disorder so I could really relate to the attacks and all of the feelings being described, and I have to say Ive never seen some of the things portrayed in here in actual media the dissociation into other alt realities, incredible, it was really nice in a way to see them being described as well when I myself am horrible at trying to tell people or my loved ones what I go through every single day . This is a beautiful game, thank you for shedding some light onto mental health and creating such an interesting world.
I also suffer with a depression and anxiety disorder, so I understand very well. I'm so touched to hear your opinion, and I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the game when it's out! Take care of yourself :)
as someone with depression, i definitely found this game relatable. I can't believe you left the demo on that note, I just want to play more already ;-;
I hope you're doing well. I mean it from the bottom of my heart. And I also hope that you'll stick around long enough for when the next chapters are released!
Oh my... I just want to give the MC a big hug. I found this game really exciting although I feel so bad for the MC