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Butterfly Girl

A puzzle-adventure game blended with visual novel storytelling. A mysterious girl and butterflies appear each time you solve a puzzle inside the room. Who are they? What do they want? Unravel each puzzle one by one — and the truth draws ever closer.

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klai, Pelkia
Publisher
klai
Release
April 16, 2026
108 days ago
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About the Game

About This Game

This game was created as an attempt to gamify the 'Public Key Cryptography Algorithm.'

You wake up in a room filled with cauldrons of colorful paint. By mixing and matching the right colors, you'll solve a series of puzzles — and with each one you complete, a new clue surfaces, slowly pulling back the curtain on a mysterious story.

Who is the girl that appears alongside the butterflies? What does she want from you?

As you clear each puzzle, the game gently shifts from puzzle-solving into a visual novel experience. The ending you reach — the background imagery, the words on the screen — changes depending on the choices and solutions you arrived at along the way.

Key Features

  • Color-mixing puzzle mechanics across multiple stages

  • A story revealed piece by piece as you progress

  • Transitions into a visual novel ending shaped by your results

  • An instrumental soundtrack with a nostalgic, emotional tone

  • Estimated playtime: 15–45 minutes 

References:

  • Yanderella by Charon

  • Ushijima the Loan Shark by Manabe Shohei

  • Doki Doki Literature Club! by Team Salvato

  • 9 Algorithms That Changed the Future by John MacCormick

AI Usage:
I got help from AI for English translation of texts in this game.

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