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Loved every moment of it!! :--) Especially the atmosphere, the dark and gloom really ARE a comfort

I don't think words can express how much it means to me there are still people out there waiting for this project despite the time it has taken me ;;

I'm at the final stretch of trying to graduate, and my plan is that once my master's thesis is done finishing Sinfonia will be my highest priority :--)

I'm so happy to hear that!! And very excited to eventually release the final game; it's honestly been "finished" in terms of the actual story text since 2018 already so there is no way I'm giving up on it now haha !

Thank you, your comment means me a lot ;_; < 3 

One of my favourite games to this day. I originally played it back in 2014, and it was such a huge inspiration for me that eventually made me start my own projects! Highly recommended, I'm sure the story will resonate with many!

Thank you, and thank you for giving the demo a go!! 

In terms of history/circumstances both in-game and meta level, I have both the tumblr blog and this sort of outdated weebly site going deeper in both lore and how the whole thing was born, though I haven't advertised a lot mainly because I haven't had the concentration to sit down and edit the site in a while haha.  My plan is to make it proper once the release happens though! 

I don't have a release date mainly because of my often unpredictable health issues, but I'm already halfway through in terms of progress & working hard whenever I can! 

EDIT: I GOOFED UP WITH THE LINK it led to an entirely wrong thing but it's fixed now

Sinfonia

HELLO I'm Caine and I'm an artist/writer working as a one man team on a visual novel called Sinfonia! I'm working with a Tyranobuilder and trying to learn it as I go, but thankfully I'm not going to do anything overly complicated. I also have some prior experience with renpy but decided to stick with tyrano because I found it quicker for this project in particular, even if it sometimes manages to create me unexpected obstacles haha. 

I'm from Finland and major in literature in a Finnish university, and my other interests include history, folklore, vintage manga (especially 70s), theater, urban exploring, classical literature & music and medical history. Outside of Sinfonia I'm also working on a bunch of oneshots and novellas with the hopes of completing at least some of them this year - I just tend to procrastinate on the illustrations. 

>>DOWNLOAD THE DEMO  <<
Type: Visual novel
Genre: Drama, school life, psychological, mystery + some elements of romance (not a dating sim)
Recommended age: 15+ 
Content warnings can be read from the download page

On a chilly autumn morning, Jonathan Linden arrives to the gates of his new school. Transferring in the middle of the semester without giving anyone any explanation, Jonathan fast attracts the attention of the other boys and makes new friends easily. However, he soon learns a boy has disappeared only a little while ago, and now Jonathan is being put in the very same room where that boy used to sleep in! However, it seems the ominous dreams he sees while sleeping there are the least of his worries: there is something odd about his mysterious roommate, Claude, who wants Jonathan to help him with investigation of the disappearance. And when everyone but Claude suddenly turns their backs on Jonathan, he finds himself in the middle of a detective game he might rather have never been a part of…

[This demo contains days 1-7 and takes around an hour to complete, depending on your reading speed! The first demo covered only day 1. Since this is still a demo, some parts may be missing, incomplete or not working correctly. As such, make sure to read the text file called README.TXT]