妄想発想 Paranoia Hyponoia
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
"No one else could ever be admitted here, since this gate was made only for you. I am now going to shut it." — The Trial, Franz Kafka
"I've never felt this way about anyone else before… So, so…"
"Shut up!"
She grabs me by the throat, hands wrapped around the collar I wore that day. I can't bear to look her in the eyes.
"I am so sick of you, Aiko!"
Her hands tighten around my neck and I black out.
… Except, I wake up in my room, drenched in sweat. My bedroom ceiling looks down on me.
"Haha… another one of these dreams…"
I close my eyes again.
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Old-style 2000s era inspired kinetic novel. Yuri. 18+.
Greatly inspired by a certain French philosopher.
Art / Writing / Programming / GUI: kirinkoumori (麒麟蝙蝠)
CG Art : kuruma (車)
Music : uma unko (馬うんこ) , Royalty Free Music
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Recommended prerequisite reading list:
- No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre
- The Stranger, Albert Camus
- No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai
- The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus
- You and Me and Her: A Love Story, Nitroplus
(All but the Nitroplus game are included as PDFs within the Linux, Mac, and Windows download distribution).
Content Warnings (SPOILERS):
- Depictions of self harm
- Depictions of substance abuse
- Depictions of cheating (heterosexual sex)
- Depictions of violence
- Depictions of dubious consent
- Depictions of murder
- Mentions of suicide
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Still in development & may get further updates.
Current known minor bugs for Version 1.3:
- Sprites have some issues during transitioning expressions
- Not all the music has been added
- Main menu to game menu music has issues
- Not all sprites have been added
[UPDATE as of 15/07/2025]
Version 1.3.1 has new sprites at the end as well as a Mac and Linux release.
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oh my god this is so good. The vibes are immaculate and channel the retro feel really well while also highlighting the alternating the cheery and offputting moods.
At the moment I'm only familiar with some of the 'required reading', but I can very well see and appreciate the influences at play here. (There was only one way this story could end.) There's definitely something insightful to 'you see people on their phones reacting to an instagram post but not what the post is' being analagous to 'you see a man reacting to a conversation on a payphone, but you cannot hear him because you are outside the booth' in absurdity.
As a small technical aside, the linux build isn't set up properly, but can run with a little elbow grease-- the .sh file in the root directory and the ones in /lib/py3-linux-x86_64/*.sh need to be given execute permissions (`chmod +x`) <- this is primarily for any other linux user who comes across this
Ohhh this was a painful read. I loved the art, and the presentation reminded me a lot of older classic vns. I also really liked the little splash pages in between both chapters and just scene changes, it added a nice finesse to the whole game. God, having paranoia like that and having it be confirmed is devastating, I feel like the ending was inevitable. Poor Aiko.
thank you so much for the kind words!!! aiko's delusions are hard to differentiate from reality, and we tried our best to convey this as much as we could :3 we love her very much but this story wouldnt of ended any other way lol
This is why you should never date someone who’s into literature because if they know you’re into it too, they’ll be really attached to you. Good stuff.
thank you! very true lol
This is really intense and keeps that pace throughout, getting that finish at the end gave me the jubilation a triathlon runner feels breaking the tape of the finish line. The art is super cute and gives it a really nostalgic feeling, like i could have found this being talked about in a forum a decade ago. READ IT!
^_^ such high praise! thank you so much! the artists were very happy to hear about achieving that effect!! thank you again!!! ^^/
i thought the art and presentation was really nice, especially the cgs. overall the visual elements definitely gave it the retro vibe you were going for :3 i also liked the writing at times where the scenes were more explicit about the love triangle situation. will be planning a funeral for gen-kun tho /halfjoking.
thank u so much !! we're glad u liked the game :D everyone who worked on it also thanks u for the compliments! (gen will make a return in the future... who knows... lol)