Abiogenesis
A downloadable game
Daria is a late twenties recent graduate with her first proper job.
Aconia is her polar opposite, successful, smart and all around better, at least in Daria's eyes.
Still they find themselves attracted to each other but as their relationship develops Daria starts to struggle with her girlfriends unorthodox interests.
Abiogenesis was made for the Toxic Yuri VN jam 2 and is about how sometimes relationships require change to work. Whether you want it or not.
33.7k word linear visual novel
This VN is for adult audiences ONLY and includes topics and content some may find offputting or disturbing, please read the content warnings with care.
Content Warnings: intense self loathing, gore, violence, various flavors of manipulation and gaslighting, self harm, altered states of mind, non consensual organ fondling of a sexual nature, body horror, workplace power imbalance, medical abuse, intoxication (voluntary and invountary), sex while intoxicated, emotional abuse, physical abuse, non consensual violations of bodily autonomy, fleeting description of harm to animals (rats), suicidal ideation, vomiting, blood.
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Damn this one was so cool, I'm surprised that it hasn't gotten more attention yet ! (vague spoilers from now on)
The art style is lovely, both Daria and Aconia are absolutely gorgeous sdjijifdjdj, there are a lot of 'simple' but very creative CG's. I fucking love the parallel between the CG of their sex scene and that one other scene, such a nice and disturbing touch !!
I'm not the biggest fan of body horror, especially very detailed and realistic depictions. But, while still disturbing, I think Abiogenesis is just graphic enough to be uncomfortable without being genuinely distressing to read (for me at least). Glad we didn't see that poor rat tho TwT.
If I have one small complaint it's that the beginning did feel a bit long, which is unfortunate because as soon as the conflict gets started I was hooked. On the other hand though, I'm aware that having to convey the progression of a relationship like this one with a short VN is a nightmarish task, so it'd make sense to want to spend a big enough fraction of the game seeing their relationship evolve before the 'Toxic yuri' truly starts. Seeing that short period of peace and joy that Daria finally found, be taken away from her so quickly was really tragic.
Such a great entry overall and everything I wanted to see from a game for the TYVNjam !
Thank you for leaving such a long and thoughtful comment! It makes me really happy to see people got what I was putting down with the parallels hehe. Also really glad you enjoyed your time with the VN!
the genuine vulnerable thoughts from daria made me cry. so rare to see in vns. great plant theme. its a big game but it doesn't feel as long as it is because the writing is so good. hours fly by satisfyingly. it was tasteful too. spicy scenes felt classy, refined. unexpected twists and sadness. creative viscera. lots of paintings. a really good read.
That genuinely makes me so happy to hear! Thank you so much for your kind words.