I love your Games So Much! And I find the Click Place to Walk In "its not me its my basement" So Much Easier to Walk Sense my Down Arrow Key is Broken Off , And Your Art Style is Wonderful! , Keep Making Wonderful Games!.
Hi So, I Found You Through Bijuu Mike's Video Playing "It's No Me, It's My Basement" And Then I Just Recently Saw His Other Video Playing "CrowScare", Both Games Seem Really Cool, So I Have Downloaded Them To Play! Then I Saw Cemetery Mary And Just By Looking At The Cover I Knew I Had To Play It; Because Your Art-Style Is So Pretty!
Anyways That's Basically It! I Just Wanted To Say This! ^u^
So, I created an account on itchio just to be able to comment on this game, I had found your works a few months ago when being introduced to It's Not Me It's My Basement where Dr. D and Embry captured my heart. And it wasn't until recently I re-found you through Crowscare. I have downloaded and played all of your games except for Here for Sweethearts which I just haven't gotten around to yet.
But I'm not here to discuss how I found you, but rather, how much I love your work and how much you inspire me. I found Cemetery Mary through playing Tricks n Treats and decided to play it to understand the characters in that better, and I have no regrets.
This game is probably the most intriguing game I've found in quite a while, after every ending I wanted to know more and can't stop replaying it, even after I finished all endings and all variants of the True Ending. It also has probably some of the most powerful emotions I've felt in a game for a long time. Crowven's route always found a way to get me crying, Twyla's bad ending (and the True Ending for that matter) had made me feel so betrayed, Reginald's endings had both just left me in shock. I can't express just how much I loved this game, it's story is just so insane, but in a way that just makes me want to continue playing more.
And don't get me started on the art- when I had first found INMIMB the artstyle was what had reeled me in at first. I just adore everything you draw in general and everyone's designs are absolutely adorable. I love how cute Mary's hair is, her eyes just always make her look so interested in life and her outfit- it just looks so comfortable! Reginald's design holds such a nice color palette, and his work attire looks just perfect on him. Crowven's outfit is so cute and I just love how his hairstyle is. And I don't even know where to start with Twyla's design, I love every aspect given to her; and those spectacular eyebrows--
Anyways, sorry for the rambling, I just love this game so much and talk about it to the point where it's annoying my family and friends-
Oh my goodness, I don't even know where to start with this comment! It means so much to me. Receiving comments like this makes all the hard work and effort I put into Cemetery Mary feel worth it. I can't thank you enough!! This is surely going to be one of those comments I keep coming back to whenever I feel stuck or unmotivated.
I hope you'll be pleased to know that Cemetery Mary will be getting an update soon! I plan to release it to Steam soon, so I figured it would be good to update it accordingly. Nothing about the story or writing will change, but there is going to be some new pieces of art in places that were previously black screens, and characters will have blips when talking now!(Comes with a volume slider). I'm hoping to have it out sometime by the end of December, I'm thinking around Christmas time give or take a few days? So I hope you'll stick around and enjoy that, too!<3
Thank you so much again for the lovely comment. This really means the world to me and I can't thank you enough!
Ah, I'm glad you liked my rambling- and you should feel like your work towards this game was worth it, because it really is an amazing game! I'd honestly donate if I weren't so broke right now.
And I'm looking forward to the steam release! All of the new things sound exciting and I can't wait to be able to experience them! The cutscenes are probably some of the things that had stuck with me the most throughout your games, since they add so much more emotion than sprites can (and I just get to see more of your art)! And I'll definitely stick around for the update and any other future games you release!
OMG IT WAS SO AWESOME! I mean, at first I was a little bored since it was just reading and choices but something told me to keep going and I don't regret it one bit. Plus the description did say it was a visual novel so after a point I just saw it as an interactive book. Mary is so fricking adorable though. I don't know how she could ever be seen as creepy or scary. But there are still some things that confuse me like, who were all those people Mary met in her dream at the lake in Twyla's bad ending??? Did Crowven kill them?? And I wanna know more about Reginald's obsession with Mary! Like, how long he's been stalking her and such. And he also seemed to know about those weird inscriptions and stuff you'd see during his route and I recall him saying something like how he didn't want Mary to have to deal with the same things he does. Ahhh so many questions about him. But I will say is route was my favorite. Both the good and bad endings for it. I'm totally gonna look into more stuff you have. 100000/10!
This game genuinely took me by surprise - I didn't go in with any particular expectations, but by the time I completed the three routes I was absolutely blown away. There's so much variety in the three routes' moods, the characters are all well-rounded and distinct, the story-telling and pacing was superb and the sombre moments were delivered perfectly - the three routes alone would make this a fantastic game anyway, and the true ending just puts the cherry on top.
Thanks! Actualy i've already played almost all of them in wrong order, so appearance of Mary, Sunny and... "Unicorn guy" in "tricks and treats" was quite a spoiler:)) But now i won't let other people(whom i recommend your wonderful games) make the same mistake(n_n)
I loved this game so much in all aspects. You did a great job here, thank you so much! The characters were unique and well done, and the way emotions and certain topics were showed and discussed was so beautiful, it was surely a great experience to play it.
this game is amazing. although i havent gotten the true ending or any other endings other than crow's and reg's good ending, it was enough to satisfy my little heart's needs🥺
yo this story is SO good and emotional, I'm crying
this is so unfair, all this emotion and I got a bad end?! I tried to listen but then it just happened.... I gotta find out how to get the good end omfg but I played all evening so I hope it won't be long
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WHERE DO I EVEN START, I AM INLOVE WITH ALL OF THE CHARCTERS HERE WAA I JUST, LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!!! GOD I CANT WAIT FOR MORE GAMES FROM YOU AND GAMES RELATING TO THIS ONE!! ITS JUST<33 IM SO HAPPY I PLAYED IT!! THE STORY WAS SO NICE AND THE TRUE END WAS SO SO SUPERSING AND I LOVED IT!! DEF GONNA MAKE MY FRIENDS PLAY IT:) I HOPE MORE PEOPLE DISCOVER THIS GEM DSUHBSJNKML <33 HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE DAY DEV!!
AAH!! THIS COMMENT IS SO HIGH ENERGY IT MAKES ME SO EXCITED AND HAPPY!! I LOVE IT!! THANK YOU!! I'm overjoyed that you loved the game so much it drove you to the point of caps lock!! This game means a lot to me so I'm so happy to hear it mean a lot to you! :'D Thank you so much for this comment, I'll treasure it! <3
I don’t even know where to begin on complimenting this game; the writing was stellar as you’ve been told, the graphics are charming, and the game was a fun experience. But my favorite part was the emotion it invigorated within me. It made me feel things, which not many even PAID games can deliver. So, I thank you. May I ask; can I make a discord server for this game? It deserves more love.
Thank you so much!! This comment is so sweet <3 You're absolutely more than welcome to make a discord for it, I'm very flattered that you want to! :'D Thank you so much again!!
My lord, scrolling through itchio and taking a look at random games that seemed interesting, I had no idea that I would come across a VN with as much impact as this. The writing was stellar (only a couple of errors, I think concentrated in Crowven's route), and accompanied by absolutely fantastic pacing, storytelling, and intrigue. Mary is a likeable, and an immediately sympathetic protagonist. Her relationship with Crowven really hit hard for me, as a sibling, and the dynamic between the pair was probably my favorite aspect of the game. The artstyle is incredibly charming, and the character designs were memorable (not to mention the little references to a connection between owls and Twyla, that I hope I wasn't imagining).
The path towards the true ending completely blindsided me, but going back to play the game again, there were certainly hints peppered all throughout. The bad endings were appropriately heartbreaking, and although Twyla didn't come off as a likeable character for me (which is honestly in character) Reginald was sadistically charming and Crowven, as was aforementioned, is best boy. Their stories all ended with questions, which is so difficult on the one hand, but on the other, I am now absolutely playing every other project to figure out all the missing details.
Also, I know I already said the art was gorgeous, but the display of emotions was so well-done (and also the hairstyles, no clue how, but they all look perfect), I think I have like fifty screenshots from my favorite moments of the game. Which, aargh, was difficult to collect, because every moment is so near to being my favorite.
Anyways, this game was extraordinarily lovely, and I cannot wait to get into the other related projects!! The journey is one I wouldn't have missed for the world.
Oh my goodness, this comment means the absolute world to me! I had to like, take a step back from my computer after reading it--I felt so flattered! Thank you so very much for playing and enjoying the game. Your thoughts mean so much to me and they made me so happy to read through.
I don't know what else to say, but I know this is definitely one of those comments I'm going to come back to read if I'm ever feeling discouraged or glum. Thank you so much again for your support, for playing and sharing your thoughts with me! It means so much more to me then you could ever know <3
EDIT: OH! Yes!! Twyla is an owl, hehe! Very perceptive! <3 And I'm glad the true ending made you feel that way! It was what I was intending--something that feels shocking but when you think back on it, starts to make a little more sense. I can't wait to explore some of the unanswered questions through future projects of mine and I hope you'll be there for the ride! Thank you so much again! <3
Aw, it's always a joy when something I say helps somebody else out! There's a special sort of game that's always tough to leave behind once it's finished, and leaving a comment just talking about everything great therein, especially when it's a hidden gem like Cemetery Mary, is always a good way to process a story that's ended, I feel. Another thing I forgot to mention was the voices- each character's style of speech is so unique, and it was really fun trying to discern who owned the mystery number by speech patterns. Up until Ovidius (and I absolutely adored his character) popped up, that is.
And, just as a finishing note, thank you for developing and putting out this game in the first place. It's these sorts of stories that are just so inspiring that they make you want to go out and write a VN of your own. I'm so glad I played Cemetery Mary, and I'm even more glad the comment I left was able to bring a smile!!
Oh hey, I discovered this game thanks to INMIMB (an Amazing game!) and wow, I think i just found one of my fav visual novels so far, Im just enjoying everything so much, the story, the characters, the art (Mary uwu), thats even more amazing that you made it all by yourself aaa tysm for releasing this masterpiece (I still have to get the true ending somehow though -w-) Also I Saw on your Twitter that you were going to make a New game with some of CM's characters, is it going to be a sequel to CM ? + Do you have any discord server related to you/your games ?
Anyways keep going youre doing really great with your games good Luck in making them :)))
Oh my goodness, thank you so much!! :'D Comments like this mean the absolute world to me, I'm so glad to see you're enjoying it! (I've also got walkthroughs in the dev logs if you ever need them ;) ) Thank YOU so much for playing!! It's like a hug to my heart! <3
Yes, I am making a game with some of the characters! I like to describe the two games as being "separate but connected", if that suffices for an answer. :') Not necessarily a sequel but definitely connected!
I also do not have a Discord server as I wouldn't want to be responsible for handling/moderating it. However, I'm fine if others want to make Discords to discuss my games or anything like that!
Thank you so much for this comment, I'll be thinking of it all day! I hope I can continue making games that you'll enjoy, thank you so much! <3
Oh you're welcome, you desserve these compliments a 100 times, I just completed the whole game 100% and yeah that was an amazing trip :)) I cant wait for the next game, and I'm sure it'll be as great as the others, thank you very much for everything, wish you well in the future but most importantly have a great day ! :)))
Cemetery Mary's music and sounds are all free-to-use assets that come from various places around the web and are credited after the true ending! So unfortunately, there is no "soundtrack" to find. Apologies!
ok thank you, and I am really enjoying your game and am on my way to find the true ending. I can't wait to see what other game you release in the future
I loved this game!!!! My first route was crowven and i immediately went to play the other routes after!! I do have a question about Reginald though. His route ended up giving more questions then answers in my opinion (not in a bad way i think it made him even more mysterious) and especially after the true ending i have to ask if we are going to be left in a cliffhanger for him or are there going to be continuation games that answer these questions in the future? Will Cemetery Mary be a series??
I'm so happy you like the game so much! <3 Yes haha, Reginald will return in future projects and the mysteries in his route are planned to be explained/explored through these future projects :-) They may not be *direct* sequels to Cemetery Mary but connections and a continuation of these sorts of mysteries is planned !
Bro this game was just straight up amazing. Everything, from the characters to the choices to the plot itself. It all just blew me away by how... awesome it was. To think one person made this (from what I've seen) is just... wow. 12/10
I finished it yesterday and wow. The true ending got me theorizing like crazy. Oh I love Crowven so so much!! And Reginald is so interesting! I can't wait to see what's next
I'm trying to boot the application up but it just added a "log" text file, I'm not sure if this is either me or my computer doing something wrong (I opened the zip file to a drive and clicked on the application) or if it's something to do with the file itself (I'm on windows if that helps), thanks in advance!
Hi! I don't think I've ever heard of this error before? Could it be because you opened the zip file to a drive? Maybe it needs to be properly extracted somewhere? I'll look into this issue more if you're still having trouble, but I've never encountered this issue before!
I just got my first ending and it's a bad ending. I want to straight up watch the ending in YouTube, but if I do that I won't understand the secret behind each of these characters! That's what makes me love this game. Almost every game will multiple ending, I just google them. But this game, I need to find the ending myself. This what makes this game my fav for 2021.
btw, the reason I play this game is because a youtuber named Bijuu Mike playing a game called "its not me its my basement". So, I try to see what other games you created. So, I really looking forward what games you'll be making next <3
Hi, i am interested in the game, i just want to ask a kind of a weird question, What is the age rating for the game ?, idk just wonder, i haven’t played the game yet, but i can tell this is such a master peace
I am not sure to be honest! If I had to rate it anything maybe R-15 because of some of the content featured on the warning page? Even then, it's pretty tame in the stuff listed for warning!
Umm, I finished the game (left an epic review) through the true ending. I'm still veryy confused on all the Reginald stuff. Has it been revealed or is it still a secret?
Still a secret! Reginald is a character I have big plans for and I plan for him to return in future projects to tie into more of his secrets. Thank you so much for enjoying the game! <3
I watched Manlybadasshero play through your other game last week and liked it so much I picked up this game to play for myself. I was super into it and played through all of the routes! I actually teared up a few times during Crowven's route and I'm very interested in figuring out some of the mysteries left (there's clearly a lot going with Reginald). Love your art style, too. The characters are adorable.
I've taken the time to try and decode the "inscriptions" found in Reginald's route. I thought it looked like pigpen, but it didn't seem to be and I didn't find a cypher that matched all of the symbols, did you make it up yourself? Is it alright of I post here what I think is written?
Yes, I did make up the language myself! And I'd love to see your decipherings of it! Maybe just put a potential spoiler warning at the beginning of the comment? :0 But I would love to see!
So I think there are four images in total that contain these messages. It's certainly possible I missed some though! Anyway, I believe the mystery grave says something like: "Rest in pain, forever missing" (I was expecting there to be a name on the grave, it's kind of interesting that Mary calls this person a "they" and Reginald calls them a "him", though, is that intentional?).
After the argument with Twyla, when Mary hides behind a trashcan in an alley. I think the graffiti says something like: "Silly girl".
When Mary runs away from Reginald in his apartment complex, I believe the tags on the doors say "Run".
And lastly, I dont really know what the word in the creepy manga is supposed to be. My closest guess would probably be "Wised", but I'm not so sure. Maybe it's a name?
Wow, you translated them pretty well I'd say! I'm impressed! :D Except for the manga one--just a bit off! But you're close, I think!
And as for the grave...hehe. Maybe it's a bit intentional! ;-) I do intend for some of these characters to reappear in future projects, though! So maybe the puzzle will begin to reveal itself more and more as that happens.
I feel so flattered you enjoyed the game enough to want to decipher the codes! Thank you so much for playing, I hope you'll stick around for future projects too!<3
I'm sorry if this sounds weird but can I have their ages? I write fanfiction and well the characters are just too cute and the plot is just too amazing! I won't if you don't want me to tho! I'm can't wait to cosplay them!
Omg, I'm so happy you like them so much! :D I don't really have canon ages for them, but I can say that all the main characters are at least young adult age or older! So it's like, semi-up-to-interpretation? I think I'd only be uncomfortable with fic if it was NSFW, thank you for asking if it was okay to write fic! :-) And I hope you'll share your cosplay somewhere too, I'd love to see!<3
Thanks! I don't write NSFW. I tried looking everywhere I could and no one cosplayed them?!?! there so fricken cute! I just started today and I'm already obsessed. anyways thank you again!
I found this game randomly and decided to give it a try. Honestly this game was just amazing! I loved it so much!!! Wayyy too underrated :D I would even like to donate but i can't :( but ty for making this game, it was really fun and interesting! <3 And the fact that this is free is really nice!
I can't believe how much content there is, especially with it being free; I loved replaying to get all the different routes and that true ending was not what I expected at all. All of the characters were written so well, Mary in particular was such an adorable and endearing protagonist. I really admire her perspective on cemetaries and I felt bad for all the things that happened to her; just wanted to give her a big hug and tell her everything was going to be all right. Crowven's route was probably my favourite, the bond between him and Mary was so sweet and it was great seeing them work through their issues. Reginald's route was definitely the creepiest (still left me with some questions) and Twyla's route had such an intriguing sense of mystery (as well as those spectacular eyebrows). Still in love with you artstyle, and I've never seen a visual novel use so many animations; they really add to the emotional weight of the scenes.
Playing Cemetary Mary was such a wonderful experience, I'm utterly in love with it.
Oh gosh, thank you so much! :D I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed it! I put so much work into this project, so to read comments like these sends me over the moon! Thank you so very much! <3
This game is great and definitely worth at least $5-10 even though it's free! I love the high amount of choices, the mystery, the writing and the art! But I don't have a job so instead I spent like half the day trying to make this game a VNDB page so maybe 1 of the 500 active users will see it and be inspired to play. But I think the popularity will really explode once Manly Badass Hero plays it!
Oh my goodness, seeing the page you made actually made me jump in the air for joy! I'm so happy to see you liked it so much! :D Thank you so much, this made my whole day and put a big smile on my face!!
Such a great, cute, profound gem of a game. I still have to do more of the routes to get the full picture but the first playthrough had quite the impact on me already (even made me tear up). The art and character style has so much personality to it! (just looking at it I can tell: "yep, that's an arcadekitten game!")
Wish there was a Mary doll or plush with optional grave and tombstone haha (might have to do that myself!).
Thank YOU so much for this comment! Seriously, comments like these mean the absolute world to me and I read them over and over and over again...I'm so glad you're enjoying the game so much, and hearing you had such an emotional response makes me so happy! :D I don't know if the game will ever be popular enough for a Mary plush, but who knows! Maybe one day in the future I can find a way to make that happen!<3 Thank you so much again!
I played this game in August last and it's STILL on my mind, I wanted to say this is just one of those pieces of media you don't forget easily. Thank you for making this, I absolutely love it to pieces and hope more people find it eventually. :)
This was bloody amazing. Likeable characters, amazing plot- the story is told beautifully from what I've seen. I've only done Crowven's route (good ending and true ending) and it was absolutely amazing. I'm already recommending this to all of my friends. Brilliant. Just a brilliant game. I can't wait to explore every ending
Oh my goodness, this comment could make me cry! I'm so happy to hear you've enjoyed it--it makes all the work I put into it feel worth it! Thank you for sharing this with me, I hope you enjoy the other routes just as much, thank you!<3
I love the game and I'm having so much fun I even uploaded the first episode on my yt channel and for anyone reading the comments to see if the game is any good I HIGHLY reccomend it.
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I love your Games So Much! And I find the Click Place to Walk In "its not me its my basement" So Much Easier to Walk Sense my Down Arrow Key is Broken Off , And Your Art Style is Wonderful! , Keep Making Wonderful Games!.
Hi So, I Found You Through Bijuu Mike's Video Playing "It's No Me, It's My Basement" And Then I Just Recently Saw His Other Video Playing "CrowScare", Both Games Seem Really Cool, So I Have Downloaded Them To Play! Then I Saw Cemetery Mary And Just By Looking At The Cover I Knew I Had To Play It; Because Your Art-Style Is So Pretty!
Anyways That's Basically It! I Just Wanted To Say This! ^u^
Have A Great Day! Bye!
So, I created an account on itchio just to be able to comment on this game, I had found your works a few months ago when being introduced to It's Not Me It's My Basement where Dr. D and Embry captured my heart. And it wasn't until recently I re-found you through Crowscare. I have downloaded and played all of your games except for Here for Sweethearts which I just haven't gotten around to yet.
But I'm not here to discuss how I found you, but rather, how much I love your work and how much you inspire me. I found Cemetery Mary through playing Tricks n Treats and decided to play it to understand the characters in that better, and I have no regrets.
This game is probably the most intriguing game I've found in quite a while, after every ending I wanted to know more and can't stop replaying it, even after I finished all endings and all variants of the True Ending. It also has probably some of the most powerful emotions I've felt in a game for a long time. Crowven's route always found a way to get me crying, Twyla's bad ending (and the True Ending for that matter) had made me feel so betrayed, Reginald's endings had both just left me in shock. I can't express just how much I loved this game, it's story is just so insane, but in a way that just makes me want to continue playing more.
And don't get me started on the art- when I had first found INMIMB the artstyle was what had reeled me in at first. I just adore everything you draw in general and everyone's designs are absolutely adorable. I love how cute Mary's hair is, her eyes just always make her look so interested in life and her outfit- it just looks so comfortable! Reginald's design holds such a nice color palette, and his work attire looks just perfect on him. Crowven's outfit is so cute and I just love how his hairstyle is. And I don't even know where to start with Twyla's design, I love every aspect given to her; and those spectacular eyebrows--
Anyways, sorry for the rambling, I just love this game so much and talk about it to the point where it's annoying my family and friends-
Oh my goodness, I don't even know where to start with this comment! It means so much to me. Receiving comments like this makes all the hard work and effort I put into Cemetery Mary feel worth it. I can't thank you enough!! This is surely going to be one of those comments I keep coming back to whenever I feel stuck or unmotivated.
I hope you'll be pleased to know that Cemetery Mary will be getting an update soon! I plan to release it to Steam soon, so I figured it would be good to update it accordingly. Nothing about the story or writing will change, but there is going to be some new pieces of art in places that were previously black screens, and characters will have blips when talking now!(Comes with a volume slider). I'm hoping to have it out sometime by the end of December, I'm thinking around Christmas time give or take a few days? So I hope you'll stick around and enjoy that, too!<3
Thank you so much again for the lovely comment. This really means the world to me and I can't thank you enough!
Ah, I'm glad you liked my rambling- and you should feel like your work towards this game was worth it, because it really is an amazing game! I'd honestly donate if I weren't so broke right now.
And I'm looking forward to the steam release! All of the new things sound exciting and I can't wait to be able to experience them! The cutscenes are probably some of the things that had stuck with me the most throughout your games, since they add so much more emotion than sprites can (and I just get to see more of your art)! And I'll definitely stick around for the update and any other future games you release!
OMG IT WAS SO AWESOME! I mean, at first I was a little bored since it was just reading and choices but something told me to keep going and I don't regret it one bit. Plus the description did say it was a visual novel so after a point I just saw it as an interactive book. Mary is so fricking adorable though. I don't know how she could ever be seen as creepy or scary. But there are still some things that confuse me like, who were all those people Mary met in her dream at the lake in Twyla's bad ending??? Did Crowven kill them?? And I wanna know more about Reginald's obsession with Mary! Like, how long he's been stalking her and such. And he also seemed to know about those weird inscriptions and stuff you'd see during his route and I recall him saying something like how he didn't want Mary to have to deal with the same things he does. Ahhh so many questions about him. But I will say is route was my favorite. Both the good and bad endings for it. I'm totally gonna look into more stuff you have. 100000/10!
This game genuinely took me by surprise - I didn't go in with any particular expectations, but by the time I completed the three routes I was absolutely blown away. There's so much variety in the three routes' moods, the characters are all well-rounded and distinct, the story-telling and pacing was superb and the sombre moments were delivered perfectly - the three routes alone would make this a fantastic game anyway, and the true ending just puts the cherry on top.
Definitely recommend it!
is it most recent game? In what order should one play them?
Cemetery Mary was my first game! <3 Order doesn't matter for most of them, but the order I made them in was:
Cemetery Mary
Tricks N Treats
Holiday Shopping
It's Not Me, It's My Basement
Here For Sweethearts(Continuously updating)
Crowscare
Thanks! Actualy i've already played almost all of them in wrong order, so appearance of Mary, Sunny and... "Unicorn guy" in "tricks and treats" was quite a spoiler:)) But now i won't let other people(whom i recommend your wonderful games) make the same mistake(n_n)
I loved this game so much in all aspects. You did a great job here, thank you so much! The characters were unique and well done, and the way emotions and certain topics were showed and discussed was so beautiful, it was surely a great experience to play it.
this game is amazing. although i havent gotten the true ending or any other endings other than crow's and reg's good ending, it was enough to satisfy my little heart's needs🥺
yo this story is SO good and emotional, I'm crying
this is so unfair, all this emotion and I got a bad end?!
I tried to listen but then it just happened.... I gotta find out how to get the good end omfg but I played all evening so I hope it won't be long
tip for everyone: don't forget to save like I did
have fun!
I'm so glad you like it!! <3 There's good end guides in the devlogs if you ever get stuck, too! :')
thank you! I'll use them indeed (:
holy shit- this is amazing. this is a good game.
With permission from arcadekitten, I've made a discord server for all fans of their work!
Come check it out!
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OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WHERE DO I EVEN START, I AM INLOVE WITH ALL OF THE CHARCTERS HERE WAA I JUST, LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!!! GOD I CANT WAIT FOR MORE GAMES FROM YOU AND GAMES RELATING TO THIS ONE!! ITS JUST<33 IM SO HAPPY I PLAYED IT!! THE STORY WAS SO NICE AND THE TRUE END WAS SO SO SUPERSING AND I LOVED IT!! DEF GONNA MAKE MY FRIENDS PLAY IT:) I HOPE MORE PEOPLE DISCOVER THIS GEM DSUHBSJNKML <33 HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE DAY DEV!!
AAH!! THIS COMMENT IS SO HIGH ENERGY IT MAKES ME SO EXCITED AND HAPPY!! I LOVE IT!! THANK YOU!! I'm overjoyed that you loved the game so much it drove you to the point of caps lock!! This game means a lot to me so I'm so happy to hear it mean a lot to you! :'D Thank you so much for this comment, I'll treasure it! <3
I'm so happy it made you happy!!! REALLY MAKES MY DAY!!!! I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO RESPONSE BUT hHVRFUONCDBINFYKKND LOVE<3333
You, arcardekitten.
You’ve made a masterpiece.
I don’t even know where to begin on complimenting this game; the writing was stellar as you’ve been told, the graphics are charming, and the game was a fun experience. But my favorite part was the emotion it invigorated within me. It made me feel things, which not many even PAID games can deliver. So, I thank you. May I ask; can I make a discord server for this game? It deserves more love.
Have an amazing day you legend.
Thank you so much!! This comment is so sweet <3 You're absolutely more than welcome to make a discord for it, I'm very flattered that you want to! :'D Thank you so much again!!
Tysm!! And I really appreciate you putting this into the public <3
It is done! https://discord.gg/AWgqrKYU
great game!
My lord, scrolling through itchio and taking a look at random games that seemed interesting, I had no idea that I would come across a VN with as much impact as this. The writing was stellar (only a couple of errors, I think concentrated in Crowven's route), and accompanied by absolutely fantastic pacing, storytelling, and intrigue. Mary is a likeable, and an immediately sympathetic protagonist. Her relationship with Crowven really hit hard for me, as a sibling, and the dynamic between the pair was probably my favorite aspect of the game. The artstyle is incredibly charming, and the character designs were memorable (not to mention the little references to a connection between owls and Twyla, that I hope I wasn't imagining).
The path towards the true ending completely blindsided me, but going back to play the game again, there were certainly hints peppered all throughout. The bad endings were appropriately heartbreaking, and although Twyla didn't come off as a likeable character for me (which is honestly in character) Reginald was sadistically charming and Crowven, as was aforementioned, is best boy. Their stories all ended with questions, which is so difficult on the one hand, but on the other, I am now absolutely playing every other project to figure out all the missing details.
Also, I know I already said the art was gorgeous, but the display of emotions was so well-done (and also the hairstyles, no clue how, but they all look perfect), I think I have like fifty screenshots from my favorite moments of the game. Which, aargh, was difficult to collect, because every moment is so near to being my favorite.
Anyways, this game was extraordinarily lovely, and I cannot wait to get into the other related projects!! The journey is one I wouldn't have missed for the world.
Oh my goodness, this comment means the absolute world to me! I had to like, take a step back from my computer after reading it--I felt so flattered! Thank you so very much for playing and enjoying the game. Your thoughts mean so much to me and they made me so happy to read through.
I don't know what else to say, but I know this is definitely one of those comments I'm going to come back to read if I'm ever feeling discouraged or glum. Thank you so much again for your support, for playing and sharing your thoughts with me! It means so much more to me then you could ever know <3
EDIT: OH! Yes!! Twyla is an owl, hehe! Very perceptive! <3 And I'm glad the true ending made you feel that way! It was what I was intending--something that feels shocking but when you think back on it, starts to make a little more sense. I can't wait to explore some of the unanswered questions through future projects of mine and I hope you'll be there for the ride! Thank you so much again! <3
Aw, it's always a joy when something I say helps somebody else out! There's a special sort of game that's always tough to leave behind once it's finished, and leaving a comment just talking about everything great therein, especially when it's a hidden gem like Cemetery Mary, is always a good way to process a story that's ended, I feel. Another thing I forgot to mention was the voices- each character's style of speech is so unique, and it was really fun trying to discern who owned the mystery number by speech patterns. Up until Ovidius (and I absolutely adored his character) popped up, that is.
And, just as a finishing note, thank you for developing and putting out this game in the first place. It's these sorts of stories that are just so inspiring that they make you want to go out and write a VN of your own. I'm so glad I played Cemetery Mary, and I'm even more glad the comment I left was able to bring a smile!!
Oh hey, I discovered this game thanks to INMIMB (an Amazing game!) and wow, I think i just found one of my fav visual novels so far, Im just enjoying everything so much, the story, the characters, the art (Mary uwu), thats even more amazing that you made it all by yourself aaa tysm for releasing this masterpiece (I still have to get the true ending somehow though -w-) Also I Saw on your Twitter that you were going to make a New game with some of CM's characters, is it going to be a sequel to CM ? + Do you have any discord server related to you/your games ?
Anyways keep going youre doing really great with your games good Luck in making them :)))
Oh my goodness, thank you so much!! :'D Comments like this mean the absolute world to me, I'm so glad to see you're enjoying it! (I've also got walkthroughs in the dev logs if you ever need them ;) ) Thank YOU so much for playing!! It's like a hug to my heart! <3
Yes, I am making a game with some of the characters! I like to describe the two games as being "separate but connected", if that suffices for an answer. :') Not necessarily a sequel but definitely connected!
I also do not have a Discord server as I wouldn't want to be responsible for handling/moderating it. However, I'm fine if others want to make Discords to discuss my games or anything like that!
Thank you so much for this comment, I'll be thinking of it all day! I hope I can continue making games that you'll enjoy, thank you so much! <3
Oh you're welcome, you desserve these compliments a 100 times, I just completed the whole game 100% and yeah that was an amazing trip :)) I cant wait for the next game, and I'm sure it'll be as great as the others, thank you very much for everything, wish you well in the future but most importantly have a great day ! :)))
is there somewhere I could find the whole soundtrack
Cemetery Mary's music and sounds are all free-to-use assets that come from various places around the web and are credited after the true ending! So unfortunately, there is no "soundtrack" to find. Apologies!
ok thank you, and I am really enjoying your game and am on my way to find the true ending. I can't wait to see what other game you release in the future
Thank you so much! :D
I loved this game!!!! My first route was crowven and i immediately went to play the other routes after!! I do have a question about Reginald though. His route ended up giving more questions then answers in my opinion (not in a bad way i think it made him even more mysterious) and especially after the true ending i have to ask if we are going to be left in a cliffhanger for him or are there going to be continuation games that answer these questions in the future? Will Cemetery Mary be a series??
I'm so happy you like the game so much! <3 Yes haha, Reginald will return in future projects and the mysteries in his route are planned to be explained/explored through these future projects :-) They may not be *direct* sequels to Cemetery Mary but connections and a continuation of these sorts of mysteries is planned !
how old are the characters espesically theo
The main characters are all at least young adult age in this game! :-)
okey thank you
what a relief
Bro this game was just straight up amazing. Everything, from the characters to the choices to the plot itself. It all just blew me away by how... awesome it was. To think one person made this (from what I've seen) is just... wow. 12/10
Thank you so much!! :'D I am the solo dev, so to hear you enjoyed the game so much is so SO wonderful to hear! Thank you, it means the world to me! <3
Screwy says:
"Eat more screws!"
I played through the game and I enjoyed the story. You did a good job with making a suspenseful story with many twist and turns.
I finished it yesterday and wow. The true ending got me theorizing like crazy. Oh I love Crowven so so much!! And Reginald is so interesting! I can't wait to see what's next
the bad end is pretty sad
I'm trying to boot the application up but it just added a "log" text file, I'm not sure if this is either me or my computer doing something wrong (I opened the zip file to a drive and clicked on the application) or if it's something to do with the file itself (I'm on windows if that helps), thanks in advance!
Hi! I don't think I've ever heard of this error before? Could it be because you opened the zip file to a drive? Maybe it needs to be properly extracted somewhere? I'll look into this issue more if you're still having trouble, but I've never encountered this issue before!
got it! I'm currently cleaning up my other drive and i'll report what happens when i'm done
Unfortunatly nothing has changed even when I moved drives
I just got my first ending and it's a bad ending. I want to straight up watch the ending in YouTube, but if I do that I won't understand the secret behind each of these characters! That's what makes me love this game. Almost every game will multiple ending, I just google them. But this game, I need to find the ending myself. This what makes this game my fav for 2021.
btw, the reason I play this game is because a youtuber named Bijuu Mike playing a game called "its not me its my basement". So, I try to see what other games you created. So, I really looking forward what games you'll be making next <3
Hi, i am interested in the game, i just want to ask a kind of a weird question, What is the age rating for the game ?, idk just wonder, i haven’t played the game yet, but i can tell this is such a master peace
I am not sure to be honest! If I had to rate it anything maybe R-15 because of some of the content featured on the warning page? Even then, it's pretty tame in the stuff listed for warning!
Okay, Thanks
Umm, I finished the game (left an epic review) through the true ending. I'm still veryy confused on all the Reginald stuff. Has it been revealed or is it still a secret?
Still a secret! Reginald is a character I have big plans for and I plan for him to return in future projects to tie into more of his secrets. Thank you so much for enjoying the game! <3
I watched Manlybadasshero play through your other game last week and liked it so much I picked up this game to play for myself. I was super into it and played through all of the routes! I actually teared up a few times during Crowven's route and I'm very interested in figuring out some of the mysteries left (there's clearly a lot going with Reginald). Love your art style, too. The characters are adorable.
I've taken the time to try and decode the "inscriptions" found in Reginald's route. I thought it looked like pigpen, but it didn't seem to be and I didn't find a cypher that matched all of the symbols, did you make it up yourself? Is it alright of I post here what I think is written?
I'm so glad you like it so much, oh my gosh! :D
Yes, I did make up the language myself! And I'd love to see your decipherings of it! Maybe just put a potential spoiler warning at the beginning of the comment? :0 But I would love to see!
[SPOILER WARNING]
Alrighty then!
So I think there are four images in total that contain these messages. It's certainly possible I missed some though! Anyway, I believe the mystery grave says something like: "Rest in pain, forever missing" (I was expecting there to be a name on the grave, it's kind of interesting that Mary calls this person a "they" and Reginald calls them a "him", though, is that intentional?).
After the argument with Twyla, when Mary hides behind a trashcan in an alley. I think the graffiti says something like: "Silly girl".
When Mary runs away from Reginald in his apartment complex, I believe the tags on the doors say "Run".
And lastly, I dont really know what the word in the creepy manga is supposed to be. My closest guess would probably be "Wised", but I'm not so sure. Maybe it's a name?
Wow, you translated them pretty well I'd say! I'm impressed! :D Except for the manga one--just a bit off! But you're close, I think!
And as for the grave...hehe. Maybe it's a bit intentional! ;-) I do intend for some of these characters to reappear in future projects, though! So maybe the puzzle will begin to reveal itself more and more as that happens.
I feel so flattered you enjoyed the game enough to want to decipher the codes! Thank you so much for playing, I hope you'll stick around for future projects too!<3
I'm sorry if this sounds weird but can I have their ages? I write fanfiction and well the characters are just too cute and the plot is just too amazing! I won't if you don't want me to tho! I'm can't wait to cosplay them!
Omg, I'm so happy you like them so much! :D I don't really have canon ages for them, but I can say that all the main characters are at least young adult age or older! So it's like, semi-up-to-interpretation? I think I'd only be uncomfortable with fic if it was NSFW, thank you for asking if it was okay to write fic! :-) And I hope you'll share your cosplay somewhere too, I'd love to see!<3
Thanks! I don't write NSFW. I tried looking everywhere I could and no one cosplayed them?!?! there so fricken cute! I just started today and I'm already obsessed. anyways thank you again!
I haven’t played this quite yet, but it looks so cute! imma download it sometimes today C:
I found this game randomly and decided to give it a try. Honestly this game was just amazing! I loved it so much!!! Wayyy too underrated :D I would even like to donate but i can't :( but ty for making this game, it was really fun and interesting! <3 And the fact that this is free is really nice!
This story is so good!
I can't believe how much content there is, especially with it being free; I loved replaying to get all the different routes and that true ending was not what I expected at all. All of the characters were written so well, Mary in particular was such an adorable and endearing protagonist. I really admire her perspective on cemetaries and I felt bad for all the things that happened to her; just wanted to give her a big hug and tell her everything was going to be all right. Crowven's route was probably my favourite, the bond between him and Mary was so sweet and it was great seeing them work through their issues. Reginald's route was definitely the creepiest (still left me with some questions) and Twyla's route had such an intriguing sense of mystery (as well as those spectacular eyebrows). Still in love with you artstyle, and I've never seen a visual novel use so many animations; they really add to the emotional weight of the scenes.
Playing Cemetary Mary was such a wonderful experience, I'm utterly in love with it.
Oh gosh, thank you so much! :D I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed it! I put so much work into this project, so to read comments like these sends me over the moon! Thank you so very much! <3
This game is great and definitely worth at least $5-10 even though it's free! I love the high amount of choices, the mystery, the writing and the art! But I don't have a job so instead I spent like half the day trying to make this game a VNDB page so maybe 1 of the 500 active users will see it and be inspired to play. But I think the popularity will really explode once Manly Badass Hero plays it!
Oh my goodness, seeing the page you made actually made me jump in the air for joy! I'm so happy to see you liked it so much! :D Thank you so much, this made my whole day and put a big smile on my face!!
Such a great, cute, profound gem of a game. I still have to do more of the routes to get the full picture but the first playthrough had quite the impact on me already (even made me tear up). The art and character style has so much personality to it! (just looking at it I can tell: "yep, that's an arcadekitten game!")
Wish there was a Mary doll or plush with optional grave and tombstone haha (might have to do that myself!).
Thank you for the game!
Thank YOU so much for this comment! Seriously, comments like these mean the absolute world to me and I read them over and over and over again...I'm so glad you're enjoying the game so much, and hearing you had such an emotional response makes me so happy! :D I don't know if the game will ever be popular enough for a Mary plush, but who knows! Maybe one day in the future I can find a way to make that happen!<3 Thank you so much again!
I played this game in August last and it's STILL on my mind, I wanted to say this is just one of those pieces of media you don't forget easily. Thank you for making this, I absolutely love it to pieces and hope more people find it eventually. :)
Oh gosh, thank you so much!! This comment just made my whole night, this is so sweet of you--thank you!! :'D
This was bloody amazing. Likeable characters, amazing plot- the story is told beautifully from what I've seen. I've only done Crowven's route (good ending and true ending) and it was absolutely amazing. I'm already recommending this to all of my friends. Brilliant. Just a brilliant game. I can't wait to explore every ending
Oh my goodness, this comment could make me cry! I'm so happy to hear you've enjoyed it--it makes all the work I put into it feel worth it! Thank you for sharing this with me, I hope you enjoy the other routes just as much, thank you!<3
I love the game and I'm having so much fun I even uploaded the first episode on my yt channel and for anyone reading the comments to see if the game is any good I HIGHLY reccomend it.
YT link