They Once Had Names
Long ago we called them "kaiju."
Now they’re just meat.
They Once Had Names is a short toxic yuri VN about being used and having sex in stomach acid.
18+ / 2k words. / Over 80 CGs.
Long ago we called them "kaiju."
Now they’re just meat.
They Once Had Names is a short toxic yuri VN about being used and having sex in stomach acid.
18+ / 2k words. / Over 80 CGs.
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Awesome! I love how the worldbuilding blends with the erotica, great work
this was hot as fuck
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Cute and short. The setting is cool and I loved the art! The small scope of the story leaves a good amount up to the imagination. Makes me want to see more of these two.
the art is extremely good really evocative, the contrast of dry city and wet beast. the writing, the relationship was amazing. i find it difficult to put into words but it made me feel. great work!!
This one is like. Oh it's fucking a beautiful bite, the SOUNDSCAPE it creates like. fuck!!! Visual audio delight that deploys every single one of its relatively small for this jam wordcount with perfect weight and precision. Blown out and staticy and wet. Bleeding out over decades because it's your job and that's basically the same as your life kind of vibe, filling holes carved out before you were born in each others guts. Love the setting and the colors and shapes used to present it. BIG fucking fan especially on the focus on scent and smell and how the meat itself has utterly no bearing on it, like its so thoroughly just a resource that it can't even have identity or presence in death...the way that what the digestive fluid IS and what it means for it to be that way...it gives you so much to think about and chew on..... It's the fuckin VIBE!!! A+ stuff
Oh wow!! Thank you for such a beautifully written response! It’s like I got to experience the world again through your wonderful descriptions! I’m so glad that it had such an impact!
one of my favorite sounding games if you can believe it, absolutely impeccable sound choices and usage. loved the striking visuals and i adored the world at hand. great work!
Oh thank you so much! I feel I should mention, most of what you hear is just the music by the amazingly skilled Wangleline! Her compositions are utterly fantastic so I’d recommend checking her work out if that’s your jam. (I listen often while working)
Fantastic Short and Sweet Visual novel, just enough information and a setting so simple but so unique I both know everything I want to and desperately want to know more.
I'll be thinking about the sounds of the Offal District and dreaming of what it's like to operate and maintain the great coil-gun for *months*
Thank you so much! I’m so happy that it had such an impact! T^T
Great little slice of fucked up girls in a fucked up world!
Beautiful visuals, and hot in a compellingly grungy way!!
Hot and grungy, I like that! Thank you so much for playing! I’m very excited to check out your submission, just waiting for a nice chunk of time to dedicate to it!
This is the first VN from the jam I meant to read and I'm glad I finally did! The world building, the mood, everything was amazing and the fact that I want more is a testament to how gripping this was!
Thank you! I wish I was able to do more but life was hectic. I’m glad that it was able to grip you in though! <3
I love the CGs and how incredibly well it ties with the storytelling of the vn. Doing naughty things in a bubble of acid was my favorite part of the vn.
It was really fun to work on the CGs and I’m really happy that it helped tell the story! The acid scene is my favorite too lol
Oh my gosh that was such a rich experience for the playtime. Truly lovely, the entire atmosphere was just.. ugh I love that so much. Thank you~!
Thank you for playing / commenting! It means so much to me that you had a nice experience! T^T
Really sick world building in such a short amount of words. Loved the atmosphere of the game and the way that the acid continued to eat away at them made me incredibly nervous and on-edge.
Oh my, thank you so much Porksbun! I’m so glad that you enjoyed it!! The Lonely Dog Yearns for Love was so so good.
This was soooo so good. I loved the world building, how quickly and efficiently you created this setting with minimal explanation, just dropping us in and bringing us along for the ride. The characters were both great, I loved their dynamic, how desperate Jules is for Gwen. The parallels between Jules and the kaiju- being used for their bodies, just being 'meat'. The concept of the two fucking in the stomach of a dead kaiju is just so. Chef's kiss. The interplay of sex and danger, so well balanced. This was a fantastic read.
Omg thank you! That means so much!! Im glad that the danger / sexiness was well balanced!
WOW, this was so so SO good!! love how short and to the point it is- really sets this specific tone of being used to, well. being used. absolutely GORGEOUS art, cool as fuck setting, and a hot as fuck dynamic. also, i'm not much of a music person, but i like how the music felt very.. part of the setting, if that makes sense? it felt like i could hear that coilgun in the music, and that's such a cool little touch
Yay! Thank you so much! I also think it’s really hot lol! It took me a while to find the right music tracks and I bounced around a lot but I’m glad that it worked for you! WangleLine is an amazing composer!
Beautiful story, music, and especially artwork!
I’m glad you liked it!!!
please please check this vn out, dfhjdj i really really loved the art direction for this and how expressive both the characters and scenery were !! i am very shy to comment but i just wanted to say, i have such an appreciation for art that is curious and explorative in such a short amount of words. the art was visceral and really enhanced the reading experience. the setting is deeply intoxicating, and the chemistry between the two is woahhh!!! awesome awesome piece you've got here, really love it !!:D
Oh thank you so much for commenting, it really means a lot to me! The short length was mostly due to me not having a lot of time to put towards the jam, (and I honestly am scared to write bigger things lol) I’m excited to play your game when I get a chance, it looks awesome! <3
So amazing. So everything. I don't even know if I can put into words, but I'll try my best.
The presentation is fantastic: from the music to the art to the world itself (hell yeah for making this in Godot by the way). The writing of the two leads is good and very familiar. I REALLY ADORE IT.
The orifice is really good. I love them squeezing through it and how disgusting and hot it is at the same time- to be doing something like this in this kind of place. AAAAAAAAAAAAA
I liked the ending I breathed a sigh of relief and was surprised to see that this appears to be a common thing people in this world due, bathe in these juices. Just fantastic.
Looking forward to everything you make!!!
Oh mala you are TOO SWEET!!! Hehe I’m glad you liked the orifice, wasn’t sure if anyone was gonna vibe with me on that lol. I’m looking forward to your future works as well (I’m also excited to check out your backlog!!!)
THIS WAS SO FUCKING GOOD
I cannot begin to describe how viscerally hard I fuck with They Once Had Names. This was fucking intoxicating to read, the concept of great kaiju being just reduced to (horny) fuel is excellent, and the writing was delightful. All of the character dynamics felt fun and playful and meaningful, the sex and its buildup felt lovely. I want and want to be Jules and her depersoned plaything and dfjhgbhjdfg this is awesome. Excellent work, especially for such a short entry!
Ok, gay fucking rambling concluded, I will now indulge in tech talk fhbfghdfg
It's nice to see another godot entry hehe. So many CGs, such a cute and unique visual style... This paired with your previous work already exudes character.
As a bit of feedback on the tech side; Implementing a custom UI theme takes maybe a few hours of devtime if you're really thorough but can help make the thing feel more cohesive. I also personally like using the meta click events of RichTextLabels in credits, so that people can click on stuff directly! Also fyi, the main menu music doesn't loop dfhgfd
But yk, small things.
Fuck this was good.
After Counterpoint and They Once Had Names, I am so fucking excited to see more of your future work.
Thank you so much!! T^T You’re so sweeet! <<<3
Oo this feedback is really appreciated, I tried to tweak the UI theme a little bit but I got too flustered and backed off lol, I’ll try to make it a priority next time! I’ll look into the meta click events thing too that sounds useful! Thank you so much again!
This was really good, the ending line drawing it all back in was really poignant. I'd love to learn more about this world, the snippets we do get are really neat. The art is great and really fits the aesthetic!
Thank you for playing Spider Lily! I really liked the world-building in your game too!
Really neat short little game! I loved the parallels drawn between the kaiju and the protagonist, both reduced to nameless meat to be used. Really interesting snippets of worldbuilding getting interwoven in ways that serve the narrative of "women having emotionally and literally unhealthy sex", which I'm always a fan of!
Thank you for your kind words! It means a lot! <3
Love the worldbuilding and the atmosphere of the game! This is the kind of thing that makes me want to write in other people's settings ;p
Was excited for a more messed up ending but I like how it turned out anyway. Gj!
Wow thank you! I never thought people would ever want to write in a setting I’ve made, that’s really flattering lol. If you do make something, I’d love to see what you do with it!
Yeah, I’m still a bit of a softie in some ways lol, sorry to disappoint in that regard.
whoaaa i super enjoyed the amount of world-building and atmosphere in such a small amount of time. really fun read!! :)
Thank you so much for playing! <3
Very short but it was really cool, I'm particularly in love with the setting.
It kinda reminds me of a book about exploring a giant human body that I had when I was a kid.
Thank you! Yeah it was fun to try and make it both sexy and gross at the same time lol
This game is amazing!!! The characters are really wonderful, and the world is utterly fascinating. I think it's good that not everything is explained, but we get just enough details that the rest is left up to imagination.
The scenes inside the kaiju also reminded me a lot of Mystery Flesh Pit with the aphrodisiac pools and working as a meat cutter.
Keep up the good work! This is the first submission from the jam I've played, and it's left a hell of an impression.
OMG yeah Mystery Flesh Pit (and the first episode of Kaiju No. 8) were the biggest inspirations for the setting for sure!! I actually had more exposition planned like how the kaiju meat is only eaten by the lower class because it turns your off-spring into half-beasts, but I couldn’t find an easy way to add it in without it feeling forced.
All of the jam submissions that I’ve played are so amazing, you’re in for a wild ride lol
what if we held hands in the sauce JUST KIDDING........unless
this was so good. I've just been sitting here listening to the bgm and thinking about being meat and what I'd be willing to give up so a hot girl can consume me...
Thank you so much for playing!
WangleLine’s music is so special to me, it fills my brain up and quiets the noises that echo around in there lol
The epiphany I had as it all came to a close with that final sentence. Superb.
I’m so happy that the ending worked for you! <3
so so so so so good... the short length left me wanting more but what's here is great. all of the shots of the world are so evocative and mysterious, and Jules is so cute. loved it
Thank you so much starbage! T^T
At first I thought maybe they accidentally get trapped or eaten by a monster, and they fell in love with each other but eventually they'll die. But after I played this, to be honest, this is really a masterpiece. I really like your story, and thank you so much for a game that neither of these two died. Seriously, I've played a lot of games like this, but only yours get me sign up for an account on itch.io and write my very first comment. In short, I love it.
I’m so touched T^T I’m so glad that you liked it so much!!!
I enjoyed this a lot
Thank you for playing! <3
Really impressive use of colors and composition. Based meat enjoyers rise up
Thank you! I struggled so hard with the colors lol. I’m so glad you liked it!
Almost thought they'd fuck until they both dissolved in the acid and died, or at least until Jules did.
Cute, pretty fucked up, love it.
Hah! Yeah I guess I’m not that cruel of a writer yet lol
Thanks for playing!
yet - threatening me with a good time are you?