The following content contains topics and scenes that may be disturbing to some players: Death, Violence, Screen Shaking, Loud Noises, Flashing Images, Suicide Ideation, and Grief


You have one hour to convince him not to kill you.

It's a particularly cold day as you visit the cemetery alone to grieve, but against all expectations, there is something there with you.  His command is simple. He gives you an hour; you give him a reason you deserve to live.

Backed into a corner, you can only think of one story to tell him— Yichen. The person you came to the cemetery for.


  • 5 Endings (3 Premature Endings, 2 Final Endings)
  • Multiple choices
  • 4.8K Words (20-25 minutes)


  • Writing & Art: Astays
  • GUI & Coding: xiumoon
  • SFX, Music, Backgrounds: Pixabay, Dova Syndrome

Updated 1 day ago
Published 3 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
AuthorsAStaysDev, xiumoon
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py, Clip Studio Paint
TagsAmare, ambiguous-relationship, Ghosts, Multiple Endings, platonic, Romance, Short, supernatural, tragedy
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
ContentNo generative AI was used

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Beautiful. This was a lovely little story that hurt just right. The music is haunting and fits very nicely.

Excellent work.

hey oh my god this broke me. im a mess. actually crying over here. fucking amazing. 

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Thank you so much for this amazing game <3 I love the art and the story even if it's short. I thought this would scare me it made me cry instead ಥ_ಥ

edit: omg you made afterlight stays <3 I love that game too.

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Short and sad sweet amazing 🍓❤️❤️❤️❤️

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The true ending destroyed me; I hope they meet again and can be reborn in a future where they can be together (╥_╥)

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! yes hopefully ;-;

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This game broke my heart in 3 places TT^TT beautiful.

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Ending 4 got bucket of tears out of me

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very nice, great job!

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Well just call me a baby, cause Ending 4 got me. I love him so muchhhh!!

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Omg this game was actually so peak, props to u twin, never let ppl stop u from making more masterpiecesJarvis More Meme - Jarvis More Alcohol - Discover & Share GIFs

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ive cried so bad, i loved this, amazing job <3

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Precious.

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I absolutely adore this, I got the fourth ending on my first playthrough, this entire novel knows how to make people emotional.

It's rare to see a close representation of how grief can affect someone, it's even rarer to see somebody address how scary it can be for a person to know how long they have left.

The background, character design and the music is what drew me in the most! Not to also forget how good the writing is, you can tell every word and sentence had a thought behind it. :D

I have always admired stories with grief <3 I'm glad the entire game captured your heart!

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THIS WAS SO GOOOODDODODO >w<

GLAD YOU LIKE ITTTTT ⸜(。˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

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I LOVE IT *SOBS*

Glad you like it! 💕💕

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I love it

Thank you!

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Whaaa this mini visual novel was great! Interacting with the ghost was quite fun and yet melancholic after explaining MC's and Yichen's story (their bonding moment was sweet <3). You both did amazing on this collab! x-]

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We're glad that the narrative touched your heart in all the right ways! ❤️

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Ahhh this was such a beautiful little story!! I really love the character design and how our ghostly boy changed colors depending on his mood!! 

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Thank you I’m glad you liked it! It was Xiu with the genius idea to have him change color

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We're really glad you had a positive experience with our game!
The colors was a sudden idea that came up to me. Since our lil ghostly boy only has eyes, I thought that why not play with color theory since different colors = different moods ❤️

We call him our lil ghostly mood ring 💍

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WE UP!!! this looks so cool ^_^

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Thank you! Hope you enjoy what we made, happy almost Spooktober! 🎉🎉

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Thank you, mira! Happy Spooktober 👻