— T.S. Elliot,
"The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Sweetwater is a visual novel demo made for the International Love Ultimatum 2, aka #ilujam, and the Fairytale Jam concurrently! The jam build contains the first section of a story I'd love continue in the future, although I'm currently working on another full-length VN.

UPDATE: Thank you so much for the interest in this project! As of November 2016, I do plan to continue this VN! It will most likely be developed and released in episodic vignettes. Stay tuned! I'll be discussing further updates on twitter.

I had a blast working on this demo throughout June (despite fighting with writer's block all month)! I learned a lot about creating imagemaps and GUI assets, and a lot about Ren'py in general! I'm also just thrilled that I got to make a game about a mermaid, honestly. Local horror writer decides to chill for once and try to write something sweet.

NOTE: If you'd rather not give the player character a custom name, leave the field blank and press enter! There's a default; I just wanted to learn how to implement the feature.

{ For FGJ: The "fairytale" theme is based on the common genre hallmark in which two strangers of different species meet by chance and fall in love. It demonstrates the necessity of kindness and charity while acknowledging the fact that trust is precious, and placing trust in a stranger can be a gamble. The story also touches on themes of ostracization within a fantastical context, and how removing oneself from an unhealthy environment can lead to positive change. I would rate this game as anywhere from "Kid" to "Teen" friendly. }