Direct Line
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
You bought an old-fashioned phone from a yard sale, thinking it would look cool in your room...until it rings in the middle of the night. You answer, only to hear a mysterious voice that claims you called them. Wait... then why did the phone ring?
CREDITS
- nbmk - Project Lead + Concept + Story + Writer + Audio
- Charibdys - Concept + Writer
- Nekamix - Art Lead + Character Design + Background Art + Coloring + GUI
- Elissa Campbell - Programmer + Audio
- Rex Rosario - Voice Acting (as Rosario)
If you liked Rex's performance, please consider leaving him a tip!
FEATURES
📞1 Route
📞1 Ending
📞925 Words
📞Voice Acted
📞5 ~ 10 Minutes
*CLICK* for CONTENT WARNING (includes SPOILERS):
- Swearing + Strong Language
- Death
This game was made for the O2A2 VN Jam 2024, a micro Visual Novel jam with strict asset limitations and a 1000-word limit.
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I had a lot of fun with this. Good story, Great art!
That was creepy my gosh, I was so focued on the half open closet that I totally didn't expect that panning to the left. The VA did such a great job making it sounds like an everyday conversation with that funny youthful accent. I do think that at the ending it would be nice to hear more strangling noises as the camera panned to poor Roach but aside from that I found it really captivating!
I like how the MC subtly kept fishing for information, I wonder if that information was taken from Roach and as Rosario kept talking to MC the transferance of information from his soul just came to MC. I wonder if it'll extend as some sort of telephone game with each victim because that would be terrifying and more psychological horror than the usual thriller slasher horror you can see decorating Roach's room.
Amazing job with this one!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We’re so happy you saw our intentions and we appreciate that you enjoyed Rex’s performance.
We’ll def try to work in your suggestion, because we agree it would be a nice touch.
We’re currently working on some other games at the moment, but we hope to revisit Direct Line during a future game jam!
Thank you so much DigitalWaveMedia. We appreciate your enjoyment! The team is currently in a game jam for Spooktober & Monstrous Desires with another offering we hope you’ll enjoy!
Dope little horror piece, the voice acting felt really real, and the picture reveal at the end was perfectly silently chilling!
We apologize for not answering soon. Thank you so much for your sweet comment. Our lead made sure to pass it along to our VA Rex! Everyone is currently working on our next game for the Spooktober & Monstrous Desires game jams. We hope to see you soon with a new frightful offering!
Voyia, thank you so, so, so much for your amazing Let’s Play. The whole team super appreciated it and we all found your voice to be amazing! Please know we’ll deffo reach out to you with our next offering, Our next game is currently planned to release for the Spooktober (and Monstrous Desires) game jams.
Talk soon… promise!
omg thank you!! I really can't wait
WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER ANSWER UNKNOWN NUMBERS | great twist. I was thinking the wrong thing 😂😅
ABSOLUTELY NEVER ANSWER! Unless…
But really, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your check of Rosario and your incredible commentary throughout the whole game.
What a terrifying experience you had!
It was truly an honor to play a game crafted by such TALENTED individuals. I can't wait to see what amazing creations you all come up with next! And remember, you guys are the ones who deserve the thanks; you created the art; I just enjoyed it. So, a BIG, THANK YOU to all of you! 🫶🏽
You’ve left us all utterly speechless, thank you! We truly hope you’ll enjoy our next work!
I loved this and i cant believe there was only 1000 words!!
Thank you so much for your kind comment… and (AHHHHHH!!!) sharing your delightful playthrough, we genuinely LOVE your commentary.
And yes, it’s 1000 words max for the story, we came in at 925 words.
of course!! Keep me posted if you release anything new I’m loving this style! I would eat up something with a few different endings and more VA!
Thank you, we will deffo reach with our next release. We are currently signed up for the Spooktober & Monstrous Desires game jams. Our next game will include branches, multiple endings and hopefully more amazing voice actors. Our training wheels are officially off!
I would be more than happy to record some gameplay for that game as soon as it drops! Looking foreword to it