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A stressed 15-year-old faces exams and family strain as recurring nightmares and fixation on a lookalike unsettle her reality.
Released 13 Jul 2018
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Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world: being a teenager.
Developed by ebi-hime · Published by ebi-hime
Fifteen-year-old Lynn is dreading her upcoming GCSE exams and the possibility of disappointing her family. At home, her parents argue and her older sister is pregnant, adding to the pressure Lynn already feels.
Lynn’s recurring, unsettling dreams feature Lynne, a girl from school who looks remarkably like her. As Lynn becomes increasingly fixated on Lynne, the story blends everyday worries with disturbing dream scenes and growing uncertainty about what is real.
This is a short, linear kinetic visual novel: players read through a fixed narrative without choices or branching paths. The roughly 20,000-word story takes about one to two hours, with an original soundtrack and a stress indicator that rises as events unfold.
Players who connect with the story often praise its portrayal of teenage anxiety, exam pressure, family tension, and insecurity, as well as its unsettling atmosphere and soundtrack. Some find the short, fixed narrative memorable and emotionally affecting; others criticize its pacing, confusing moments, or lack of closure.
Fifteen-year-old Lynn has never had the easiest life, but things have become even worse thanks to her upcoming GCSEs. Her parents are always arguing, her big sister is pregnant, and Lynn is terrified that, come exam time, she’ll fail everything and disappoint her entire family.
To make matters worse, Lynn’s been suffering from recurring bad dreams that are cryptic, unsettling, and often violent. Curiously enough, these dreams often revolve around a girl from her school called Lynne, who looks so similar to Lynn it’s almost unsettling.
As Lynn’s interest in Lynne begins to border on obsession, Lynn’s grasp on reality begins to grow more and more tenuous.
Will Lynn be able to pass her exams – or will her own fears and anxieties consume her?
Around 20,000 words of text
1-2 hours of reading
A kinetic story, with no choices/branches
800x600 display
An original soundtrack
Suffering!
Note: If you're interested in this story and these characters, you should check out nothing and nowhere, as it is related to Lynne.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 1 |
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| Controller required | No |
