Melancholy Lake - Camocipher12 Shorts

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Description

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.

Single-player

Released

June 30, 2026

Price

$1.49

Platforms

Windows

Developer

Camocipher12

Publisher

Camocipher12

Last sync

September 26, 2026

Indie Simulation Atmospheric Cartoon Comedy Conspiracy Dark Comedy Dark Humor Destruction Female Protagonist Horror Immersive Sim

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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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