SUNNY: Virtual Companion

Please note the web version may lag with loading images/audio! Also for web version note that scrolling up will backtrack your progress (this is default Ren'Py behaviour, will look into it again when the jam ends!) If this is giving you problems you can download the executable version also. 

In an attempt to quench your loneliness, you enrol yourself in an innovative AI-driven program designed to mimic human interaction. 

But how real could an AI really seem?

SUNNY: Virtual Companion is a short visual novel game. Can you find out the truth? 

There are a total of 8 endings (4 main arcs) to the story depending on your choices.

We have also linked a YouTube video of the general story arcs/playthroughs with time stamps if you are curious about the different endings :) (of course we recommend you play through it first and see what you get, but we understand that repeating the game for different endings can get tedious.) 

The last chapter in the video reveals the true ending. There is also an explanation in the comments that sums up all of the endings.

Created in a week for Brackeys' Game Jam 2022.1 for theme: 'It Is Not Real'.

Credits:

heidiii: Story, code, music/sound

jen10: Art

jezzadawg: Character art

Software used: 

- Ren'Py 

- Photoshop 

- Procreate

- Freesound.org 

- Audacity 

- FL Studio