One night, a mother tells her daughter a story. It's a story about a mermaid who came to land for the sake of love. She found her human, but finding happiness won't be so simple...

The Mother of Pearls is a short kinetic visual novel, with about 1,300 words.

Content Warning: This visual novel contains depictions of an abusive relationship.

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StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
AuthorMidge
GenreVisual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Made withRen'Py
TagsFairy Tale, Fantasy, Female Protagonist, Kinetic Novel, Magic, Narrative, Ren'Py, Story Rich, Text based
Code licenseMIT License
Asset licenseCreative Commons Attribution v4.0 International
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilityBlind friendly

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The Mother of Pearls - Windows/Linux 37 MB
Version 1.3 May 16, 2023
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The Mother of Pearls - Mac 32 MB
Version 1.3 May 16, 2023

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Lossy100 days ago(+1)

I gotta say that this game had more of an impact than Back When in my personal opinion. Perhaps the fact that I love mermaids has something to do with it but honestly, I truly wish it was longer, there's not many games about mermaids out there and this one could have a longer story for sure, even tho I think the way it ended is great, it's not hard to figure out what's going on while reading it but I didn't expect the daughter to be aware as well, so the question she made at the end was a great twist. May I ask how did you come up with this VN? Did you have any particular inspirations? I'm genuinely curious about your creative process.

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