the ""bad"" ending would be my good ending LMAO. i love ronin so much you don't understand, i picked like every flirty option toward him. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT IS REAL /j
ronin is just the perfect asshole what can i say fr!! thank u for loving the game :3
also, if u loved the game we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page if you haven’t already! <33 thank u for playing hehe
How come certain names are crossed out when you decide who to pursue? I am playing through the game currently and after doing V's route I decided to try for Misaki, but I remembered that their name is crossed out. What triggers that?
You have to gain enough favor with someone to romance them -- it's not enough for you to like them, they have to like you too!
Tip: be sure to choose the LI who's route you want to do on the screen where you select who you want to learn more about, and you may be able to get bonus points by choosing roles similar to theirs (for example, if you want Misaki, select the "guns" role in the beginning)!
Only played the Ronin routes so far but GODDD did they make me feel for these characters! Speaking of, ALL of the characters are consistent, enjoyable and brimming with personality, even the non-romanceables (which many games like this tend to neglect).
The narrative is so well constructed and the art is simply breath-taking, ESPECIALLY the ending CG!
This game is ABSOLUTELY worth playing, especially since you can play it for free (but throw a little love the creator's way if you can)! That's all I have for now, off I go to play 10-ish more hours of this game!!!
Might come back later to update this review after playing all routes!
hii thank you for such a sweet review and for loving the game :3 i hope you enjoy the rest of your 10hr playthrough hehe and can’t wait for more of your thoughts!!
btw we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page if you have the time to! <33 thank u for playing hehe
Oh my god I was playing this last night and ended up getting the """bad""" Ronin ending on my first attempt?? 😭 Never kissed a man so fast in my life. Now time to get a better V ending that DOESN'T end with him getting arrested 🙏 Gotta save both my babies
Overall, awesome game! Glad it was recommended to me by chance!!
ronin just has such a kissable mug what can i say fr!! thank u for loving the game :3 and i’m wishing u the best of luck on your V run!!
also, if u loved the game we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page if you have the time to! <33 thank u for playing hehe
Scared of how fast I fell in love with Ronin... BUT that aside this game is so fun, so well thought, with incredible VAs, and creepy (and cute? sometimes.) stories. I had such a good time, and I'll play more to test and try all the different answers ehe
Um, a really interesting concept with a well-done and unique UI..I had high hopes but it kind of all fell a bit flat when later on in my first playthrough every quote unquote choice was just a singular option. Why even include it if there isn't really a choice involved, lol? Also, there was a bit of inconsistency in V's route that kind of killed it for me..Oh well! Maybe if the developer had more time/resources, but not bad for a free game :3
I discovered this game by sheer luck and had played from 9 pm to 4 am non stop and I'm going to probably play all the other routes and I also had shared the game with a lot of friends. The customization in the beginning and the way that you can customize your profile simply catched my heart, it was an unique way to feel included, and then there was the fact that during the first month in the game I was freaking out thinking that I could get a game over if I said the wrong thing, I was on the edge, but as the game passed and I started to get to know more about the other I relaxed and really got into the found family vibes, maybe the real treasure were the serial killer friends we made in the way lol. And about the romance I just tried the V route (but I'm going to try the Ronin too) and I loved how the relationship had slowly happened, as a sucker for slow burn, but I have to admit that I already had plans earlier of making him fall in love with me so he could stop get suspicious of my character and it just turned out almost like a enemies to lovers roleplay, where my oc was the sunshine and he was the grumpy one (and his VA was chef kiss), I had at least four saves to save this man in the end and got a good ending, it was the kind of distraction I need it from UNI and I'm still getting hold of the fact that this game is full free, it's obvious the care that the devs had put into it, 100/10 for me, it was perfect, would love to see u guys make other games like this. Love from Brazil xoxo
hiii this review is just so kind omfg thank you so so much! i hope you weren’t too sleepy after that 9am to 4am playthrough aaa. i hope you have fun with the ronin romance just as you did with v’s, i’m glad you got to play out the enemies-to-lovers with him!
thank u for loving the game :D one of our devs is brazillian so ill be sure to forward your review to them!
btw, if u loved the game we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page too if you have the time to! <33 thank u for playing hehe
Came for Misaki, stayed for Misaki AND V. All of the characters have my heart, though. This was such a fun game <3 Misaki and I will be running away together. Also, someone else already mentioned it, so I would like to second them: a plus sized option would be greatly appreciated if you ever decide to make a similar style of game!! The VA's did so well too, very immersive, and I didn't cringe the way I usually do when a game is voice acted. In my opinion, the voice actors all suit the characters they play to a T. ok enough rambling lol, thank you everyone who worked on this!! it's truly a wonderful game!
thank you so much for all your kind words!! :3 i hope you enjoy your happily ever after with misaki! we’ve noted your comments down and its something we’ll keep in mind for the future!
GORGEOUS game, thank you so much for this, sincerely.
i've tried a lot of VNs, and especially a lot of dating sims. the concept appeals very much, but i always find the specifics either offputting or unintineresting and invariably give up on the idea of VNs for a few months until one looks compelling enough to make me relent and give it a try and, yep, still don't like it. including other serial killer dating sim VNs!
i'd come to think that there's a certain type of game, a certain genre or something, that i could enjoy if only i could find it, but in trying to describe that genre i always find myself describing dating sims, so what am i missing?
apparently, i was missing this specific dating sim. i wouldn't call it perfect but i enjoyed it very much despite its flaws. and i don't mean "i begrugingly played it to the end and enjoyed some parts but found other parts a slog", i mean i ENJOYED it despite its flaws, every bit of it. in fact, i think i even enjoyed some parts of it that others might call flaws. there's no accounting for taste.
speaking of subjective, the voice-acting is the best i've ever heard in a vn, i'd go so far as to say it might be the best voice-acting i've ever heard in any game, at all. not merely "acceptable", or "sometimes good and sometimes bad" like a lot of game voice-acting is, especially in VNs, absolutely FLAWLESS performances all around. i loved it.
i normally mute voices in most games i play, especially VNs. i will mute my whole computer if it's the only way to not hear voice-acting in a VN. i hate it. i find it annoying and distracting. i think, shut up and let me read.
not here, ohh this is the first VN i've ever played where i was actually disappointed whenever the voice-acted portions came to an end.
the characters feel like people. they talk like people. okay, goreboy may be the biggest drama queen on the planet but he still feels completely believable, ESPECIALLY with that voice-actor. i respect his commitment to the bit, anything less would have been too little. (by which the voice actor, and the writer, and goreboy the character)
i think the presentation helped a lot with immersion. this is something i've always struggled with in VNs, besides generally finding the romanceable characters boring (often the supporting cast is far more interesting, why did VN writers all agree to not let us date the interesting characters?)
i found it incredibly easy to forget i was playing a game, to such a point that i consider it to only have one major flaw: a lot of my dialogue options felt deeply lacking, often trapping me between choices i would never want to pick. this has always been my biggest issue with VNs, but i always accepted it as a natural limitation of playing a game. here, though, i felt it as a significant frustration, especially during certain scenes.
i accept that every possible option can never be accounted for, but it often felt like the most obviously desirable responses were deliberately ommitted, and i can't figure out if that's a lack of imagination on the writer's part, or deliberate railroading due to not wanting to write certain conversation trees.
normally, when i play a VN (or any choices-matter game) i don't actually decide on a particular desired outcome, at least not on a first playthrough. this sometimes results in messy or nonsensical outcomes, due to romance being an invisible points-based system, or else if the writer was smart being stuck in a disappointing (but understandable, given my choices) neutral non-ending.
i just play naturally and pick the responses that feel real, or closest to what "i" (that is, the character i am playing as) would really do.
i could mostly do that here, which was great, and as i said the lacking options was frustrating in places, but i suprised myself (and was surprised by the game, in fact). i expected to end up pursuing goreboy because he was quite immediately attractive, and i can see from the other comments that he's understandably popular.
but then V introduced himself and i understood by our second conversation that i was Going to date him. it wasn't a conscious decision, it just felt like a fact.
i do have one other complaint (and i'm kinda hoping it's actually a bug
report): quite a few times, the killers talked about their kills and the
resultant conversation implied that they'd posted an image or
something, but there was nothing. i was beginning to think i had run
into a bug and that however you got renpy to handle image messages just
wasn't working, but then the sunset photos and christmas dinner appeared, so, was that artwork just not completed?
SPOILERS below this line for V's route, and for the game's overall story.
he fought me all the way, too. i believed, more than once, that i had irrevocably fucked up, or that i had never held his interest at all. i felt certain on more than one occasion that he hated me, but decided (as i ALWAYS do on first playthroughs of games) to stick to my choices no matter what. maybe i'd get to see his bad ending?
he did literally say he didn't like me, it's not like i was guessing based on ambiguous dialogue. yet somehow i remained charmed anyway. in fact, he was remarkably forthcoming, and i was charmed by the truth.
but wow! turns out he's just really good at self-denial, hiding his feelings, and displaying unfathomable apathy regardless of how he really feels! i'm pretty sure the apathy was mostly not an act, he is pretty clear later on that he doesn't even understand his own emotions.
my greatest frustration was in a lengthy railroaded conversation in which i had no other option but to talk V out of killing goreboy. i would have happily taken several other routes in that conversation, but that specific approach was the one thing i knew i didn't want to do.
i was relieved when he finally believed i was telling him the truth.
while i was playing, i couldn't figure out what i was about V that i found so compelling. he's not exactly the kind of character one plays a killer dating sim for.
it hit me when he named the bird. dishonest about his own feelings, even to himself, views himself as the embodiment of justice, waits until the very last possible opportunity to act...
turns out i just have a very specific type.
this is a love letter to V i guess, but indirectly (or more directly) to the writer, and his voice actor (incredible, seriously).
when i genuinely enjoy a story, however it's presented, when it comes to an end i usually find myself with a deep and intense hollowness. a yawning chasm that the story had hitherto filled. i generally consider this Intense Nothing a compliment to the author of the story. their story was so great, and real, and full, that it actually had to carve out space for itself. and so, lacking the story, the enormity of that space is felt for the first time. (and i'll be honest, i ENJOY that incredible depth of emptiness at the end of a good story).
i didn't get that here. i was instead left with a remarkable lightness, the same lightness V described, alien and unexpected but very pleasant. i still feel it and i spent like an hour writing this. i think that's better, actually. i don't feel like i've finished a story, i feel like i've met someone.
so again, thank you for killer chat. i don't know if i'll ever find another dating sim this good.
such a good game if only i wasn't so talented at ending up in toxic relationships </3 only played 1.5 routes so far but the customisability and everything is insane !!! bad (good?) endings please come to me you're so sexyyy the blood lust is saur insane. <3 out of curiosity, do you think you'll ever consider making walkthroughs? either way full stars no notes the only thing if you have to have to make me complain is the fact the game is slightly laggy lol during character customisation, but the sheer variety makes up for it! much love <3
this lowk reminds me of blooming panic?? ronin being xyx, quest being angel, nightowl being misaki, then V as naked toaster- anyone else see it? Then with Vince and salo lmao with old retired married men
ok i played this over the course of 2 days and ive learned that im pretty good at dating serial killers. bc I got everyone's "bad" ending first try except for V. erm. didn't know this was a talent that I had but ig i will take it.
also this is so fire, I honestly did NOT expect the voice acting during voice and video calls, and honestly the way it autoplays the messages genuinely made it feel like i was actually in a real discord server talking to real people. like im being serious this was the most immersed I've ever been in a VN. this format is so fresh and unique and the writing was AWESOME too.
I loved EVERY single LI and their routes were super unique. like in Misaki's route we video-called about 200 different times like her VA was putting in the work fr, but Angel's was far and few in between, but the interview thing was very unique to her.
Went for V first because I love weird distant and cold men who are secret romantics especially with a british accent 😍 he was hard as hell to romance tho bro did not fw me that hard 😔 but i looooved angel and misaki as well, especially angel because she seemed so put together up until her epilogue and it was hot scary. "you taste blood. it's not hers" PEAK. PEAK FICTION. Misaki's assassination storyline was so different but so GOOD, like omg i was never bored with any LI bc they were all so unique.
and that's not mentioning the side characters, which were almost my fave part?? like i loved feli and luca sm and i thought it was so cute that there's a side quest to get them together. and sunset slasher is kinda my fave character icl....
you also really got that "this is a bad idea but i cant help myself" vibe down pat, bc even during the happy relationship epilogues i was sitting there like "damn. this is so toxic. this is real bad for MC here. fuck it we ball"
my only criticism is after being there for all the love interests i now feel bad when doing Misaki's route because i know angel is suffering under her manager and i wanna help her too 🙁 like can i romance all of them please. ofc that's on me tho not you <3
I LOVEEE the game so far!!!! the only gripe I have is that the character customization was so laggy i could just barely use it (its probably just a device issue on my end though) :,)
when you save, make sure it says 'sarcastic'! I did it like that both times I played his route, you're more likely to get his 'good' end by being defiant/challenging him!! Hope this helped!! xx
Now that I've done a first playthrough and gotten Misaki's "bad" ending, I can say I love it, it's so sweet.
Since I'm not going to risk getting it, is the "good" ending something involving the Big Job going differently?
Since I'm gathering that the "Bad" endings are actually the Good Endings in terms of, like, ending happily? Since I can't really imagine the Misaki one ending any better than that... which is pretty damn good.
I really loved it, everything was so well-polished. Admittedly I was an actual ball of stress during the lead up to the job because damn if Misaki wasn't throwing up an army of death flags there...
yes, the "good" ending for Misaki happens when you call her during... the "Thing." It goes wrong. I've only gotten two "good" endings so far (V and Misaki) and all I'll say is that Misaki's one is fuckign crazy. i dont know how to spoiler text or else i would be more explicit but yeahhh you were right to be stressed about the army...
so insanely in love with ronin like why am i not cringing at all i feel like i should be? all the others are great too i just had a very obvious goal in mind hehe <3
This game is such a cool and very interactive visual novel! I'm so glad I came across it. I got the Angel """"bad"""" ending and I enjoyed it so much. Amazing work! :>
I highly recommend this game omg it's amazing!! The writing is absolutely beautiful and amazing in all ways T-T Every character has a different way of talking, which is amazing omg I'm just in love with the writing and voice acting
Also, THE ART OMG AHHHH I LOVE IT IM JUST GOING CRAZY OVER IT
Ok, overall 10/10 highly recommend pretty please play this AND PLEASE IM BEGGING ALL ARTISTS TO MAKE FANART IM IN NEED OF RONIN ART TOT
Please y'all, play this game it is literally so wonderful I don't have any words, this deserves so much attention
ronin is more likely to romance if you make it very clear you aren’t afraid of him, and fully capable of killing him. i made myself less obidient and much more defiant, whilst also not being shy about liking him. when i played my character was ‘sarcastic’, so it doesn’t really matter what personality state your mc is :)
Thank you for creating this game, it was so much fun ! But I'm wondering, why is there a "yandere" tag ? I don't get either yandere vibes from the 4 (but I only played Misaki and Ronin last night and the rest tonight).
i think its mainly because well, they are serial killers and in ronin's "good" end SPOILER kinda: (angel said she would kill the mc for killing ronin.) so i would assume they would all kill for the mc, at least if they asked and they were in a relationship. and i think its fair to say that that leans more on yandere territory, also ronin is honestly a bit (a lot) crazy so im surprised you didn't get yandere vibes from him. especially when he said he wanted the mc to 'prove themself by killing someone for him' (the part i want to really highlight is the 'for him') but ig you could just say that he said that to prove them wrong but when i said i would, he blushed and really seemed like he enjoyed hearing that. also, if you played to get ronin's """bad""" end, im even more surprised because it gives major yandere vibes. because again. he is crazy.
loved it woah. i thought some of the voice acting was over the top and funny but that's part of it's charm. Luca and Feli's VAs especially. Ronin was my choice but that's because his whole "broody guy" thing was absolutely hilarious.
EDIT: I will say, I am disappointed that the MC can't be plus sized.
We are so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your feedback, it is extremely important to our team that people feel represented. We’ve unfortunately had limited resources to implement all the things we would like to (Killer Chat was made in a month by volunteers!) but we are looking through everyone’s suggestions and will consider them when developing future builds.
Based on the description alone, this is my dream game. A chatsim with sexy murderers? SIGN ME THE HELL UP! I'll drop an update once I've actually played lol
RAHHH! I just heard of and downloaded this game today, but I'm already obsessed!! I could tell the amount of care put into the game with so many events and dialogue options for the routes and even with the non-romancible characters!! Each route has been gone through at least twice to try to get all the dialogue options lol- (Love Ronin our little emo and Misaki our gremlin)
Though I am having trouble getting Angel's "good" end?? If anyone could help me that'd be awesome! (not for her ofc-😭)
hii thank you for ur really sweet comment :3 and aaa if u loved the game we’d appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page! <33 thank u for playing hehe
for angel’s “good” end u have to make sure to discourage her from doing a certain murder… i hope that helps!
firstly- i LOVE THIS GAME SM!!!!! Angel my wifey <33 also plz someone help me get ronin's route!! PLZ! ive gotten everyone else's but for the life of me every time i try, his option is still crossed out :(
I loved this game so much! all the characters felt so alive and I really loved how it looked and felt like a discord server while also being distinct and fun! the customization was great and also very unintrusive to the flow of the game. Finally all the romance options were great although I loved Misaki in particular! Overall this game was just so fun and its worth trying out every route because they're all so unique and endearing!
omg this game was saur good like ... everything abt it was amazing ! loved the writing, bgm n art sm <3 n i loved the voice acting here esp v's n absolutely adored his ''bad'' route x
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the ""bad"" ending would be my good ending LMAO. i love ronin so much you don't understand, i picked like every flirty option toward him. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT IS REAL /j
REAL
ronin is just the perfect asshole what can i say fr!! thank u for loving the game :3
also, if u loved the game we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page if you haven’t already! <33 thank u for playing hehe
How come certain names are crossed out when you decide who to pursue? I am playing through the game currently and after doing V's route I decided to try for Misaki, but I remembered that their name is crossed out. What triggers that?
You have to gain enough favor with someone to romance them -- it's not enough for you to like them, they have to like you too!
Tip: be sure to choose the LI who's route you want to do on the screen where you select who you want to learn more about, and you may be able to get bonus points by choosing roles similar to theirs (for example, if you want Misaki, select the "guns" role in the beginning)!
Only played the Ronin routes so far but GODDD did they make me feel for these characters!
Speaking of, ALL of the characters are consistent, enjoyable and brimming with personality, even the non-romanceables (which many games like this tend to neglect).
The narrative is so well constructed and the art is simply breath-taking, ESPECIALLY the ending CG!
This game is ABSOLUTELY worth playing, especially since you can play it for free (but throw a little love the creator's way if you can)!
That's all I have for now, off I go to play 10-ish more hours of this game!!!
Might come back later to update this review after playing all routes!
hii thank you for such a sweet review and for loving the game :3 i hope you enjoy the rest of your 10hr playthrough hehe and can’t wait for more of your thoughts!!
btw we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page if you have the time to! <33 thank u for playing hehe
Oh my god I was playing this last night and ended up getting the """bad""" Ronin ending on my first attempt?? 😭 Never kissed a man so fast in my life. Now time to get a better V ending that DOESN'T end with him
getting arrested🙏 Gotta save both my babiesOverall, awesome game! Glad it was recommended to me by chance!!
ronin just has such a kissable mug what can i say fr!! thank u for loving the game :3 and i’m wishing u the best of luck on your V run!!
also, if u loved the game we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page if you have the time to! <33 thank u for playing hehe
UPDATE!! I FINALLY DID IT FOR V!! ONLY TOOK.. 50 ATTEMPTS? AND 2 DAYS.. BUT YKNOW WHAT, ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL!!!
Scared of how fast I fell in love with Ronin... BUT that aside this game is so fun, so well thought, with incredible VAs, and creepy (and cute? sometimes.) stories. I had such a good time, and I'll play more to test and try all the different answers ehe
Thank you so much for this game !!
One of the only dating games I've fallen for every character in, which is crazy cos' i usually just pick one or two i like. The VAs killed it ;)
Um, a really interesting concept with a well-done and unique UI..I had high hopes but it kind of all fell a bit flat when later on in my first playthrough every quote unquote choice was just a singular option. Why even include it if there isn't really a choice involved, lol? Also, there was a bit of inconsistency in V's route that kind of killed it for me..Oh well! Maybe if the developer had more time/resources, but not bad for a free game :3
I discovered this game by sheer luck and had played from 9 pm to 4 am non stop and I'm going to probably play all the other routes and I also had shared the game with a lot of friends. The customization in the beginning and the way that you can customize your profile simply catched my heart, it was an unique way to feel included, and then there was the fact that during the first month in the game I was freaking out thinking that I could get a game over if I said the wrong thing, I was on the edge, but as the game passed and I started to get to know more about the other I relaxed and really got into the found family vibes, maybe the real treasure were the serial killer friends we made in the way lol. And about the romance I just tried the V route (but I'm going to try the Ronin too) and I loved how the relationship had slowly happened, as a sucker for slow burn, but I have to admit that I already had plans earlier of making him fall in love with me so he could stop get suspicious of my character and it just turned out almost like a enemies to lovers roleplay, where my oc was the sunshine and he was the grumpy one (and his VA was chef kiss), I had at least four saves to save this man in the end and got a good ending, it was the kind of distraction I need it from UNI and I'm still getting hold of the fact that this game is full free, it's obvious the care that the devs had put into it, 100/10 for me, it was perfect, would love to see u guys make other games like this. Love from Brazil xoxo
hiii this review is just so kind omfg thank you so so much! i hope you weren’t too sleepy after that 9am to 4am playthrough aaa. i hope you have fun with the ronin romance just as you did with v’s, i’m glad you got to play out the enemies-to-lovers with him!
thank u for loving the game :D one of our devs is brazillian so ill be sure to forward your review to them!
btw, if u loved the game we’d rlly appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page too if you have the time to! <33 thank u for playing hehe
Came for Misaki, stayed for Misaki AND V. All of the characters have my heart, though. This was such a fun game <3 Misaki and I will be running away together. Also, someone else already mentioned it, so I would like to second them: a plus sized option would be greatly appreciated if you ever decide to make a similar style of game!! The VA's did so well too, very immersive, and I didn't cringe the way I usually do when a game is voice acted. In my opinion, the voice actors all suit the characters they play to a T. ok enough rambling lol, thank you everyone who worked on this!! it's truly a wonderful game!
Misaki fans rise!!!
thank you so much for all your kind words!! :3 i hope you enjoy your happily ever after with misaki! we’ve noted your comments down and its something we’ll keep in mind for the future!
GORGEOUS game, thank you so much for this, sincerely.
i've tried a lot of VNs, and especially a lot of dating sims. the concept appeals very much, but i always find the specifics either offputting or unintineresting and invariably give up on the idea of VNs for a few months until one looks compelling enough to make me relent and give it a try and, yep, still don't like it. including other serial killer dating sim VNs!
i'd come to think that there's a certain type of game, a certain genre or something, that i could enjoy if only i could find it, but in trying to describe that genre i always find myself describing dating sims, so what am i missing?
apparently, i was missing this specific dating sim. i wouldn't call it perfect but i enjoyed it very much despite its flaws. and i don't mean "i begrugingly played it to the end and enjoyed some parts but found other parts a slog", i mean i ENJOYED it despite its flaws, every bit of it. in fact, i think i even enjoyed some parts of it that others might call flaws. there's no accounting for taste.
speaking of subjective, the voice-acting is the best i've ever heard in a vn, i'd go so far as to say it might be the best voice-acting i've ever heard in any game, at all. not merely "acceptable", or "sometimes good and sometimes bad" like a lot of game voice-acting is, especially in VNs, absolutely FLAWLESS performances all around. i loved it.
i normally mute voices in most games i play, especially VNs. i will mute my whole computer if it's the only way to not hear voice-acting in a VN. i hate it. i find it annoying and distracting. i think, shut up and let me read.
not here, ohh this is the first VN i've ever played where i was actually disappointed whenever the voice-acted portions came to an end.
the characters feel like people. they talk like people. okay, goreboy may be the biggest drama queen on the planet but he still feels completely believable, ESPECIALLY with that voice-actor. i respect his commitment to the bit, anything less would have been too little. (by which the voice actor, and the writer, and goreboy the character)
i think the presentation helped a lot with immersion. this is something i've always struggled with in VNs, besides generally finding the romanceable characters boring (often the supporting cast is far more interesting, why did VN writers all agree to not let us date the interesting characters?)
i found it incredibly easy to forget i was playing a game, to such a point that i consider it to only have one major flaw: a lot of my dialogue options felt deeply lacking, often trapping me between choices i would never want to pick. this has always been my biggest issue with VNs, but i always accepted it as a natural limitation of playing a game. here, though, i felt it as a significant frustration, especially during certain scenes.
i accept that every possible option can never be accounted for, but it often felt like the most obviously desirable responses were deliberately ommitted, and i can't figure out if that's a lack of imagination on the writer's part, or deliberate railroading due to not wanting to write certain conversation trees.
normally, when i play a VN (or any choices-matter game) i don't actually decide on a particular desired outcome, at least not on a first playthrough. this sometimes results in messy or nonsensical outcomes, due to romance being an invisible points-based system, or else if the writer was smart being stuck in a disappointing (but understandable, given my choices) neutral non-ending.
i just play naturally and pick the responses that feel real, or closest to what "i" (that is, the character i am playing as) would really do.
i could mostly do that here, which was great, and as i said the lacking options was frustrating in places, but i suprised myself (and was surprised by the game, in fact). i expected to end up pursuing goreboy because he was quite immediately attractive, and i can see from the other comments that he's understandably popular.
but then V introduced himself and i understood by our second conversation that i was Going to date him. it wasn't a conscious decision, it just felt like a fact.
i do have one other complaint (and i'm kinda hoping it's actually a bug report): quite a few times, the killers talked about their kills and the resultant conversation implied that they'd posted an image or something, but there was nothing. i was beginning to think i had run into a bug and that however you got renpy to handle image messages just wasn't working, but then the sunset photos and christmas dinner appeared, so, was that artwork just not completed?
SPOILERS below this line for V's route, and for the game's overall story.
he fought me all the way, too. i believed, more than once, that i had irrevocably fucked up, or that i had never held his interest at all. i felt certain on more than one occasion that he hated me, but decided (as i ALWAYS do on first playthroughs of games) to stick to my choices no matter what. maybe i'd get to see his bad ending?
he did literally say he didn't like me, it's not like i was guessing based on ambiguous dialogue. yet somehow i remained charmed anyway. in fact, he was remarkably forthcoming, and i was charmed by the truth.
but wow! turns out he's just really good at self-denial, hiding his feelings, and displaying unfathomable apathy regardless of how he really feels! i'm pretty sure the apathy was mostly not an act, he is pretty clear later on that he doesn't even understand his own emotions.
my greatest frustration was in a lengthy railroaded conversation in which i had no other option but to talk V out of killing goreboy. i would have happily taken several other routes in that conversation, but that specific approach was the one thing i knew i didn't want to do.
i was relieved when he finally believed i was telling him the truth.
while i was playing, i couldn't figure out what i was about V that i found so compelling. he's not exactly the kind of character one plays a killer dating sim for.
it hit me when he named the bird. dishonest about his own feelings, even to himself, views himself as the embodiment of justice, waits until the very last possible opportunity to act...
turns out i just have a very specific type.
this is a love letter to V i guess, but indirectly (or more directly) to the writer, and his voice actor (incredible, seriously).
when i genuinely enjoy a story, however it's presented, when it comes to an end i usually find myself with a deep and intense hollowness. a yawning chasm that the story had hitherto filled. i generally consider this Intense Nothing a compliment to the author of the story. their story was so great, and real, and full, that it actually had to carve out space for itself. and so, lacking the story, the enormity of that space is felt for the first time. (and i'll be honest, i ENJOY that incredible depth of emptiness at the end of a good story).
i didn't get that here. i was instead left with a remarkable lightness, the same lightness V described, alien and unexpected but very pleasant. i still feel it and i spent like an hour writing this. i think that's better, actually. i don't feel like i've finished a story, i feel like i've met someone.
so again, thank you for killer chat. i don't know if i'll ever find another dating sim this good.
such a good game if only i wasn't so talented at ending up in toxic relationships </3 only played 1.5 routes so far but the customisability and everything is insane !!! bad (good?) endings please come to me you're so sexyyy the blood lust is saur insane. <3 out of curiosity, do you think you'll ever consider making walkthroughs? either way full stars no notes the only thing if you have to have to make me complain is the fact the game is slightly laggy lol during character customisation, but the sheer variety makes up for it! much love <3
this lowk reminds me of blooming panic?? ronin being xyx, quest being angel, nightowl being misaki, then V as naked toaster- anyone else see it? Then with Vince and salo lmao with old retired married men
ok i played this over the course of 2 days and ive learned that im pretty good at dating serial killers. bc I got everyone's "bad" ending first try except for V. erm. didn't know this was a talent that I had but ig i will take it.
also this is so fire, I honestly did NOT expect the voice acting during voice and video calls, and honestly the way it autoplays the messages genuinely made it feel like i was actually in a real discord server talking to real people. like im being serious this was the most immersed I've ever been in a VN. this format is so fresh and unique and the writing was AWESOME too.
I loved EVERY single LI and their routes were super unique. like in Misaki's route we video-called about 200 different times like her VA was putting in the work fr, but Angel's was far and few in between, but the interview thing was very unique to her.
Went for V first because I love weird distant and cold men who are secret romantics especially with a british accent 😍 he was hard as hell to romance tho bro did not fw me that hard 😔 but i looooved angel and misaki as well, especially angel because she seemed so put together up until her epilogue and it was
hotscary. "you taste blood. it's not hers" PEAK. PEAK FICTION. Misaki's assassination storyline was so different but so GOOD, like omg i was never bored with any LI bc they were all so unique.and that's not mentioning the side characters, which were almost my fave part?? like i loved feli and luca sm and i thought it was so cute that there's a side quest to get them together. and sunset slasher is kinda my fave character icl....
you also really got that "this is a bad idea but i cant help myself" vibe down pat, bc even during the happy relationship epilogues i was sitting there like "damn. this is so toxic. this is real bad for MC here. fuck it we ball"
my only criticism is after being there for all the love interests i now feel bad when doing Misaki's route because i know angel is suffering under her manager and i wanna help her too 🙁 like can i romance all of them please. ofc that's on me tho not you <3
I LOVEEE the game so far!!!! the only gripe I have is that the character customization was so laggy i could just barely use it (its probably just a device issue on my end though) :,)
ronin good end come to me PLEASEEEEE
when you save, make sure it says 'sarcastic'! I did it like that both times I played his route, you're more likely to get his 'good' end by being defiant/challenging him!! Hope this helped!! xx
OMG THANK YOUUU
ofc!! good luck!! his route is my fav :3 (also his full name is Ronin Beaufort, you'll need it lol)
OMG THANK YOU
To whoever reading this that knows how to draw/edit/anything: I NEED FANART, EDITS, WIKI, WHATEVER YOU CAN MAKE, PLEASE
IT'S SUCH A GOOD GAME, I NEED THEM PLEASE!!! FEED ME AND MY (new) HYPERFIXATION PLEASE
YESSSSS, NEED THE CONTENTTTT !!
ur so real for the nightowl pfp
Now that I've done a first playthrough and gotten Misaki's "bad" ending, I can say I love it, it's so sweet.
Since I'm not going to risk getting it, is the "good" ending something involving the Big Job going differently?
Since I'm gathering that the "Bad" endings are actually the Good Endings in terms of, like, ending happily? Since I can't really imagine the Misaki one ending any better than that... which is pretty damn good.
I really loved it, everything was so well-polished. Admittedly I was an actual ball of stress during the lead up to the job because damn if Misaki wasn't throwing up an army of death flags there...
yes, the "good" ending for Misaki happens when you call her during... the "Thing." It goes wrong. I've only gotten two "good" endings so far (V and Misaki) and all I'll say is that Misaki's one is fuckign crazy. i dont know how to spoiler text or else i would be more explicit but yeahhh you were right to be stressed about the army...
so insanely in love with ronin like why am i not cringing at all i feel like i should be? all the others are great too i just had a very obvious goal in mind hehe <3
im in love with this game, does anyone knows games similar to this????
Have you tried Blooming Panic? It’s like this, but without the murdering.
I would say in gameplay thing a similar one is date with a grimm reaper give it a try ^^
fire. i'm definitely gonna have a good time.. ere er.ere.re.r.er.e.. w game.
this game is absolutely amazing, it's so adorableee eeekk
great game. really great game. give us more misaki
MY MAN
gaaah she is my latest obsession the last cg is my computer background i desperately need more art of heerrrrrr
ANGEL MY BELOVEDDDDDD
we love angellll <3 hehe if u loved the game we’d appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page! <33 thank u for playing hehe
This game is such a cool and very interactive visual novel! I'm so glad I came across it. I got the Angel """"bad"""" ending and I enjoyed it so much. Amazing work! :>
Everyone that worked on this game did such an amazing job holy. Kudos to the team!!!
Ronin has my heart <3 amazing game!
we love ronin so !! :3 and aaa if u loved the game we’d appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page! <33 thank u for playing hehe
I highly recommend this game omg it's amazing!! The writing is absolutely beautiful and amazing in all ways T-T Every character has a different way of talking, which is amazing omg I'm just in love with the writing and voice acting
Also, THE ART OMG AHHHH I LOVE IT IM JUST GOING CRAZY OVER IT
Ok, overall 10/10 highly recommend pretty please play this AND PLEASE IM BEGGING ALL ARTISTS TO MAKE FANART IM IN NEED OF RONIN ART TOT
Please y'all, play this game it is literally so wonderful I don't have any words, this deserves so much attention
We're so happy you enjoyed it! <3 all the fanart we've been seeing!! If you haven't yet, please consider rating our game! Thank you for playing!
how do i get the option to like...not kill ronin...like what can i say for the other option to not be unavailable
Keep flirting and make sure you have the new version
ronin is more likely to romance if you make it very clear you aren’t afraid of him, and fully capable of killing him. i made myself less obidient and much more defiant, whilst also not being shy about liking him. when i played my character was ‘sarcastic’, so it doesn’t really matter what personality state your mc is :)
(i got help from another player loololol).
Thank you for creating this game, it was so much fun ! But I'm wondering, why is there a "yandere" tag ? I don't get either yandere vibes from the 4 (but I only played Misaki and Ronin last night and the rest tonight).
i think its mainly because well, they are serial killers and in ronin's "good" end SPOILER kinda:
(angel said she would kill the mc for killing ronin.)so i would assume they would all kill for the mc, at least if they asked and they were in a relationship. and i think its fair to say that that leans more on yandere territory, also ronin is honestly a bit(a lot)crazy so im surprised you didn't get yandere vibes from him. especially when he said he wanted the mc to 'prove themself by killing someone for him' (the part i want to really highlight is the 'for him') but ig you could just say that he said that to prove them wrong but when i said i would, he blushed and really seemed like he enjoyed hearing that. also, if you played to get ronin's """bad""" end, im even more surprised because it gives major yandere vibes. because again. he is crazy.is there a play through document?
this game has been soo cool, anybody know other games that are based around chatting online??
blooming panic, seekL, error143, a date with death, wake me up if you need me, infinite blue
thank you! do you know any that are horror games?
unfortunately no :') this is what makes killer chat so special ^^ but i have some yandere vns if that count ? (not rlly chatbased)
"Emberfate" by WindChimes Studio (they are one of the lead programmers for Killer Chat too!) is phenomenal! It's on Itch and also Steam :p
hii thanks for playing :3 if u loved the game we’d appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page! <33
loved it woah. i thought some of the voice acting was over the top and funny but that's part of it's charm. Luca and Feli's VAs especially. Ronin was my choice but that's because his whole "broody guy" thing was absolutely hilarious.
EDIT: I will say, I am disappointed that the MC can't be plus sized.
We are so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your feedback, it is extremely important to our team that people feel represented. We’ve unfortunately had limited resources to implement all the things we would like to (Killer Chat was made in a month by volunteers!) but we are looking through everyone’s suggestions and will consider them when developing future builds.
Yeah! I knew the decision wasn't malicious. I'm wishing all the best on future updates!
Based on the description alone, this is my dream game. A chatsim with sexy murderers? SIGN ME THE HELL UP! I'll drop an update once I've actually played lol
RAHHH! I just heard of and downloaded this game today, but I'm already obsessed!! I could tell the amount of care put into the game with so many events and dialogue options for the routes and even with the non-romancible characters!! Each route has been gone through at least twice to try to get all the dialogue options lol- (Love Ronin our little emo and Misaki our gremlin)
Though I am having trouble getting Angel's "good" end?? If anyone could help me that'd be awesome! (not for her ofc-😭)
hii thank you for ur really sweet comment :3 and aaa if u loved the game we’d appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page! <33 thank u for playing hehe
for angel’s “good” end u have to make sure to discourage her from doing a certain murder… i hope that helps!
firstly- i LOVE THIS GAME SM!!!!! Angel my wifey <33 also plz someone help me get ronin's route!! PLZ! ive gotten everyone else's but for the life of me every time i try, his option is still crossed out :(
thank uuu :3 and aaa if u loved the game we’d appreciate it if u could rate our game on the official itch page! <33 thank u for playing hehe
for unlocking ronin’s route, make sure u focus on him, flirt with him, and the weapons he likes ;)
I loved this game so much! all the characters felt so alive and I really loved how it looked and felt like a discord server while also being distinct and fun! the customization was great and also very unintrusive to the flow of the game. Finally all the romance options were great although I loved Misaki in particular! Overall this game was just so fun and its worth trying out every route because they're all so unique and endearing!
omg this game was saur good like ... everything abt it was amazing ! loved the writing, bgm n art sm <3 n i loved the voice acting here esp v's n absolutely adored his ''bad'' route x
Just got both good and bad endings for V. I love this game and all the choices are very interesting.
GOOD ENDING???
how does one get the good ending im suffering