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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Melancholy Lake - Camocipher12 Shorts
Camocipher12 · Published by Camocipher12
Content notice: Some blood occurs on the characters' faces and is occasionally implied. Additionally, one character discusses suicidal ideation.
2 user reviews — 100% positive (2 reviews)
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A surreal, abstract kinetic visual novel in which two girls go on a date in the middle of a broken world, using down-to-earth intimacy to survive the deteriorating nature and reality surrounding them.
£1.08
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Price history
Indie, Simulation · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
Story
Two girls go on a date in the middle of a violent, collapsing world. Despite their contrasting temperaments, Holly and Isabel carve out a fragile pocket of tenderness, using each other as refuge from everything around them.
This is the first entry in Camocipher12 Shorts, a series of low-cost visual novels featuring self-contained stories designed to deliver a dense emotional experience in a compact runtime.
Features
A 15–30 minute melancholic, surreal, and intimate narrative
12 CGs + gallery with extra sketches and art (bonus sketches and art will be implemented during visibility rounds)
Music Player with bonus tracks
Achievements
2 Bonus Short Stories (A Farmer's Wish and Good Morning Suicide)
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 or later
- Processor: 1.2 GHz Dual-Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- VR Support: Not Supported
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 or later
- Processor: 1.2 GHz Dual-Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- VR Support: Not Supported
