Doki Doki Literature Club!

Doki Doki Literature Club! - the school literary club looks harmless: girls write poetry, argue about books and invite a new member. Acquaintance follows the usual rules of the genre - dialogues, choice of lines, neat illustrations. The poems that the girls write gradually turn into clues to what is happening to the hero. Over time, it turns out that behind the sweet smiles are hidden worries that are more serious than school problems. One of the club friends is not what she seems, and her affection for the hero turns into something frightening. In addition to the main line, there are branches for each member of the club, and each reveals its own side of the story. The interface and files in the game folder also serve as part of the design, and attentive players will find important things there. Some scenes look awkward on purpose, and this is also a technique. The game knows how to surprise technically: it breaks its own rules, changes the interface and makes you doubt that the screen shows the truth. It was these techniques that made the project famous far beyond the genre. The atmosphere of the classroom and corridors also changes as the story progresses, and you don’t notice it right away. The passage takes several hours, and the ending depends on how attentively the player paid attention to the little details in the dialogues. It’s worth going through the story a second time, if only to notice what was missed. There are several endings, including a separate episode with the club after the main events. It's worth going through the story a second time, if only because familiar lines read differently. For those who are ready for a novella that pretends to be an ordinary school story.