Dicentra

For myself I waited until the full release came out to begin playing. I like to play a game from beginning to end without any demo or trailer.

This game is absolutely awesome. I admit, colorful and happy storys are more my type but I came here explicitly for some light horror. And I wasn't disappointed, quite the contrary! It's amazing.

There are three most things for me to mention:

1. The perspective of a little wolf cub is just perfect. It reflects relationships between scared dogs or wild wolfs and humans so well. Their trust, and empathy related to each other is captured lively the reader is teleported right into the scene. Not to mention the little distractions and instincts. Whoever has a dog knows what I mean.

2. It comes without heavy jumps cares, and I am really grateful for that. Typical horror games are usually nothing more than monsters popping out from anywhere or psychic elements meant to haunt for weeks. Neither I am the brave sould beering tons of them without having difficulty falling asleep after them not I am interested in those profane works. Your game instead provides much more variables feeding the atmosphere, like dark secrets within a family, disgusting inclinations, and reminders of how cruel reality can hit you. That stuff doesn't make reader hiding unter the blanket fot the duration of the movie but let them thinking about the plot all the more. It mirrors current social problems like child abusment, betrayal and selfishness.

3. The story, names, personalities, drawings and the voice were really good. Maybe sometimes the story or Basil's emotions felt a little bit repetitive but even that increases the feel of closeness. Speaking of the drawings, they are wonderful. Did you say, you draw them by hands? What an excellent art style!

Thanks for the great game you created - and for making it a free one of course!

I'm trying to get in the habit of writing reviews for the games I play but I often have trouble articulating the words I want to get across. All this to say, I played Dicentra right about when it came out and I adore the story! The subtlety and slow reveal of plot as Basil discovers it was so much fun. Not to mention I'm such a sucker for gothic horror. Not to mention the artwork is hauntingly beautiful, I would often find myself going to the cg page just to gawk in awe and wonder. The writing absolutely sucks you in; I felt like I was transported into this world every time I picked it up. Thank you so much for releasing this work of art, I look forward to the next game you release!

This game is one of my favourites!! it really deserve way more recognitionfrom people!! (And, tbh, it helped me a lot with my artblock, so double thanks, the other for making this amazing game!!<3)

A jaw-dropping, beautiful experience from start to finish. This was my first time ever going totally blind into something off the recommendation of a stranger, and I didn't regret it one bit. You should all be very proud of yourselves for what you've created here.

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Basil in the true ending though... :(

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SAFFEINE ILYSM AND I HATE YOU SO MUCH FOR *THAT* ENDING HHH- you dont know how much i'm tempted to put you into a box of tuperware and just SHAKE YOU OFF SO HARD!:LM<E><#@:M. i will simply refuse to believe that *THAT* ending exists and only the good one is canon in my head. 

dove and basil my babies,,,, they deserve lots of candies and everything sweet,,, i will kindly put them into a soft king size bed with AC and lots of plush and a 24 x 24 meter handmade quilt embroidered blanket.

YOU WILL NOT RUIN THAT FOR ME. NUH UH-

jokes aside, this is simply, a delicious, 10 course meal encased in a 2 hour playthrough! you got an enthralling storytelling abilities, it's feels like i'm pulled into the worldbuilding and characters that you've made. not to mention that the art perfectly encapsulates the feeling of the story. it's like watching the aftermath of a painting session. you could see each stroke of paint, each splotches of color easily captures your eyes. you cant just look away from it!

if i had to describe it, it's like staring at the soft void tendrils in the corner that make your whole bones shiver in uneasiness.

your skill is not to be underestimated. 5 michelin stars from me.

its an absolute delight to be able to experience this. i can't wait for more of this universe! <333

I love this game, the art and atmosphere are top notch.  Absolutely gutted but also pleased about the True Ending, it's only increased my appetite to know more about this world and Dove.  You threatened us with lore dumps on Twitter, saffeine.  Please don't be an empty threat I'm famished.

im always so glad to stumble upon hidden gems like this one on this site <3 everyone's already said it but the art is stunning, the color pallete is an excellent choice for the tone and really makes the important details stand out. Story was really impactful and while i was really sad that i had to leave Dove behind in the true end i know she has her own story to move onto and I'm glad she got out of there either way.

...on an...unrelated note...is Belphie...taken? 👀

I have started playing this game with a couple of friends, and we've been having such a blast voice acting it for fun! It was one of the earliest introductions I've had to this genre. The art is beautiful, the characters are beautifully drawn, and the art style is so captivating! The music is catchy as well, and it fits each and every scene. 

We have not completed it yet, but we are aiming to reach the good ending. I just wanted to say that this is game has positively haunted my mind and now I want to keep playing it all the way through to the end after work! But alas, I need to wait for my friends to all be ready for it as well, lol.

I won't be spoiling the experience for anyone who thought about giving this game a shot, but if you felt that the art style of the cover art caught your eye? Then definitely give this game a shot. It is one of the few games where the story of the game matches the art style in terms of quality. I absolutely adore it!!!

I am rather late to this party, but I hope my compliments were enough to make up for all that time I wished I could have been supporting this game from the beginning. Besides! It seems the full release came out not too long ago, I have a looot of catching up to do, and plenty of motivation and will to do it!!

I'm not much of an artist, but I want to draw fanart of this game eventually once I get the time. <3

Much love and support, and I look forward to any and all future updates/games you may release! I decided to donate $25, I hope that does something lol.

*SCREAMS ENDLESSLY* i am back. again. with a horrendously long ramble 😭 ill spoiler free gush first and then drop a lil warning

after accidentally tripping into the completed game a bit back (i dont know if im actually among the first people who found it but im telling myself i was bc i like feeling <3 special<3) i FINALLY managed to finish all the endings/routes.

the art remains just as gorgeous as ever, the music still slaps, the plot? the plot had me STRESSED at several points. it felt like the more i found out the more questions i had and even now i still feel like i have so many. every reveal and choice was intriguing, it was such an enjoyable and engaging ride going through the chapters.

the characterisation is also excellent. i love dove to absolute bits. her blushing/embarrassed expressions reminded me of how alive she is, which really hit since the art style enhances the eerie and ghostlike vibe of everyone. and yet her greed and curiosity for magic and finding out more felt frightening at times. but the feeling that she really is just a kid in an insane situation never left. all the other characters felt complex in their own right, i wanted to know more about them, i hated them and feared them and also felt for them in equal turn. it really did just slap!! 

[ok im spoilering now 😭 on the off chance anyone gets this far and hasnt played thru everything yet GO DO THAT]





i teared up SO MUCH when dove burnt babels remains. the detail about the flowers just got me so hard (also yay for title drop). slowly learning more about who the ghosts were was also very fascinating altho i still have SO many questions my god. also love the significance of dove and basil's names. (in the true ending when she started calling out for basil I WAS DYING). of the bad ends i found dove mercy killing basil one of the saddest and i did just have to sit there like :(( for a bit. and hypatia's resurrection definitely felt the most chilling by far. 

and finally. the true ending. screams!!!!!!!!!! with all the respect in the world, for the sake of my happiness, i am lwk going to ignore the fact its the true route 😭 or at least pretend the good ending is also a true one. 

the whole time i was on the edge of my seat and my jaw just kept dropping. during my play throughs several times i kept going "oh no no no absolutely not" and i RLLY felt this in the true route. i was practically shaking basil through my screen when he left, and the reveal of belphie had me reeling. in a way im very glad dove gets a form of power, hope, and freedom, in the place of being a sacrifice and victim of her fathers/the witchs grief. but there is such tragedy that she may simply become entangled in another cycle, traumatised and abandoned yet again by someone she really cared about. altho belphie seems like a very charming devil to make a deal w sksk, i will say i did have a moment where i paused my internal shock to go 'wow belphie can GET IT' but i digress. 

in conclusion, i had a blast playing dicentra and tbh i still want to know so much more about the universe (who exactly was the witch boy? what happened to hypatia?? whats up with the deal/etc between the belphie, mother reverend, and the witch??? and so forth). tysm to everyone involved for all the hard work and dedication into the game, its definitely going into my list of favourites!! now i am going to sprint back and relive the good ending to dry my stunned emotional tears<3

Adorei o jogo, muito obrigado por ter feito tal obra de arte. Consegui todos os finais, no final verdadeiro vi uma possível sequência, mas o meu preferido continua sendo o final bom :)