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Melancholy Lake - Camocipher12 Shorts

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.

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Camocipher12
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Camocipher12
Release
June 30, 2026
33 days ago
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About the 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)

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