The Valley
A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Plants have been your friends since you could remember; they speak to you in ways you can’t explain to others. Your family thinks your talent is useless, until now—you’ve just been accepted by an acclaimed biotech company as the newest assistant botanist for their incredibly secretive R&D department. They promise you will be taking care of a unique plant species; you weren't allowed to know more than that.
It doesn't matter to you, though. All that matters is that you'll be making a new friend soon.
Headphones recommended.
cw: potentially disturbing or upsetting imagery and sounds, brief depiction of transphobia
This is Part 1 of The Valley made for NaNoReNo2023. Part 2 will be added to the downloadable build at a later date, still within 2023.
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Very intrigued to see where this goes. It's incredibly stylish! Great work so far!
Its really good! i really love the characters design (esp mc) and the atmosphere overall is soo good for a horror game :0
It was unepectedly good. Just as a magnificent horror should be, amusing and hypnotizing, making player feel kinda numb. I can't wait for another chapter.
I loved this top-tier story. I'm hyped for chapter 2.
Very Very Cool game, can't wait for part 2
looks so good!! How long is it? And does it have more than one ending??
this game looks awesome, but it would be nice if devs would specify if there's any strong or mild language in their games. especially if the download page does not include photos of cussing in any form of text.
It's fine.
thx! sorry i didn't see this sooner.
I had so many theories and ideas about what was going on, but they kept changing as I looked into the clues of Part 1! Such an interesting, mysterious story, and I can't wait to play Part 2!
Wonderful job xed and elien!
This VN was absolutely captivating. The art, the story, I'm so intrigued to see what happens in Part 2!!!
This visual novel was exquisitely presented. I loved the quiet, yet unsettling atmosphere you created.
Reading The Valley reminded me of traveling through the isolated worlds of Yume Nikki... so I'm very excited to see where this story will go next! I adore eldritch horror...
I did a readthrough of the first part on my channel, if you're interested. (It starts at 49:36.) Thank you for letting me play your game!
Every part of this game is simply stunning. The art style, the creeping atmosphere, the designs all come together into an incredible experience. I'm on the edge of my seat already; VERY eager to see where this is going!
do you mind if i make a youtube vedio
I love the art, the atmosphere, everything about it. The dialogues are really poetic, which I love. <3 And omg, this ending! I can't wait for part 2.
I represent the collective Quokka Lokalize. We are professional translators specialized in EN to FR video game translation!
I would love to talk with you about the French translation so that more and more people could appreciate The Valley. Would you be interested in getting it translated into French? :)
thank you so much! please reach out to us at xedelien (at) gmail (dot) com so we can discuss it more!
Gave it a Let's Play, Amazing art! Getting some Jujutsu Kaisen vibes weirdly from MC? Is it just me? Curious to see where this will go.
I really love this game, and honestly seeing the mc be poc for once really brought a smile to my face thank you. I love the story so far and the main character is quite relatable lol kinda hit close to home in some parts. Overall tho the music and art all of it just goes so well together and I can't wait for the next part. :)
I really like this game so far. Most of the dialogue that was about the plants was written like it was poetry.
Gotta echo everyone’s comments about the fantastic art style and atmosphere. Feels like the art is straight out of a horror comic. Really intriguing story too, looking forward to seeing how things turn out in the next part!
this was deiiferent but i loved it... Amazing art style
Good game
thanks for playing!
The atmospheric ヾ(*’Ｏ’*)/ it's amazing. I'll wait for the next part
thank you!!
I just started playing but the art, the format, the music, just everything is so well made! I can't believe this doesn't have more attention yet, it looks really really good
I finished the game and I can only reconfirm that the quality is so good! I can't wait for part two :))
thank you so much!! hopefully part 2 will be out in the next few months!
The game was lit and kept me entertained, I could really feel these characters and understand them in a way that most lads wouldn't so I am surprised with that development and I have no negative feedback, I would love to play pt.2
thank you for playing!