Using words like “depression”, which I thought would be Yuri’s cup of tea, impressed Sayori. When I played the game for the first time, I was kind of confused by some of the words. This does give you the option to pursue the romantic interest you want to, while testing your knowledge of the girls’ personalities. In this part of the game, you get to choose words you think will impress the character you like. This is really the first moment of gameplay we get from DDLC (before it was just clicking with the occasional dialogue option – typical visual novel stuff). After the first day, you are presented with a challenge to write your first poem. These characters do their best to get you to like them. In the literature club, you meet three other girls, Natsuki, Yuri, and of course, Monika. It does do a great job of setting up the characters, making you care about them, and giving you the opportunity to get to know them better.
I personally like the first half of the game, despite the fact that it’s very slow and very different from the rest of the game. The school day passes quickly, and Sayori meets up with you to invite you to the club she is in – the literature club. You play as the main character, who waits outside his house to walk to high school with his long-time friend Sayori, who overslept. The first half of Doki Doki Literature Club starts pretty normally. If you haven’t played it, do so, it’s free on Steam or itch.io, and only takes up about 4 hours. Of course, it goes without saying, this article will spoil the entirety of DDLC. However, I would like to look at DDLC from a game design perspective, as well as analyze a bit the phenomenal writing of the game. I think the game itself, its story, its secrets, and hidden puzzles, were examined enough, so I won’t do into detail there. Back then, it was fairly viral, amassing a cult following. DDLC touches, among others, upon: depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, self-harm, suicide, extreme isolation, obsession.ĭDLC is a game made by Team Salvato and released in 2017. If you have trouble dealing with that sort of stuff, please don’t play the game and don’t read this article.
It deals with several very intense topics. Please, do not take them lightly.ĭoki Doki Literature Club is a dark game.
Let’s look at why you should (and shouldn’t) play it, while analyzing its game design.īefore we dive into the case study itself, I need to give you a few disclaimers. Doki Doki Literature Club is a cutesy psychological horror game and one of the most unique games you might ever play.
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