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PAIC: Moon Rider Story

Ride a motorcycle along a seaside coast at sunset, rendered in pixel art. A short visual novel game. Read through the story, survive the death game, and make it home safely!

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March 31, 2026
124 days ago
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About the Game

Maniera rides his motorcycle toward the home where his wife and child are waiting.

But along the way, Pike, the ghost of a pregnant woman, appears before him.

"If you slow down, I'll kill you."

Can Maniera survive this mysterious death game?

There is only one mini-game.

Find the password that matches your criteria!

About 1 hour. But it's intense!

A complete 8-color game with no transparent pixels.

A high-purity pixel art style in which no colors other than the eight-color palette are rendered anywhere in the application. No transparency is used.

The game screen resolution is 256 × 144 px, even smaller than the original Game Boy.

*Only the text UI is rendered at double size to ensure readability.

Emotional, a little sexy, and perfect for killing time.

A light visual novel for people who want to enjoy a short story after a long day of work.

You’ll probably leave a review like this:

"When I ordered a small black coffee, I got a medium café au lait. What?"

*The English and Simplified Chinese texts are machine translations.

*This game shares the same universe as "Shoestrings Story", but it is designed so that it can be fully understood even if you have not played that title.

*This game may be freely streamed or posted as recorded content.