La Vie en Rose

This game took me by the hand, took me for a nice stroll around town, and then threw me straight into oncoming traffic. I've gotten 4 of the endings so far, and my best friend has gotten countless videos on Snapchat of me screaming at this game. The way the heavy subject matter is portrayed is so real and raw, and the visual changes as you progress through the game are so cool! I stumbled upon this game by chance and figured, "Why not give it a shot?" and I love and hate (mostly love) that I did. 10/10

HOLY F(CK(N SH(T...

ILL BE HONEST. Im a person who skips trigger warnings and based on everything I thought it was gonna be a cute game....

spoiler warnings ahead

yall.

YALL FOOLED ME

YALL TRICKED ME.

I WAS LIKE "Oh well the writing is a little corny but its a visual novel so ig it fine" 

AS IT PROGRESSED I WAS LIKE???? TF GOING ON. READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS AND SAID FUCKKKKKKKKKK

BRAVOOOO.

I got praying mantis end first and i will be trying for the rest. but holy shit great game!!!!

Talk about an absolute emotional rollercoaster and the way the backgrounds/gui (including the game title and even taskbar icon) change had is SO cool. I can tell a lot of thought and care was put into this game so huge kudos to the team, I have so many feelings that idek how to articulate but seriously great work!!

this game really knew how to string along my emotions...

i got the four branch routes at the bottom, but no matter what I did, I couldn't find any way to achieve the top branches... i checked out the reddit thread in the comments below, but I couldn't find those choices in the game... would appreciate some help here :d

Woah, this was a very deep game... I'd also advise new players to not take any of the game's warnings lightly!

This game involved some very serious and real topics, but I appreciated all of the serenity given to it. Amazing artwork, music, and storytelling. When I got the ending where Isaac escapes and is free after a few plays, it felt all the more personal and earned. The first game that made me bite back tears, it was a true emotional rollercoaster of a game. Well done, team!

This game had me mesmerized from beginning to end. Every detail was so well thought out, from the GUI and general color palette changing according to the route to the soundtrack mimicking exactly how I felt. The art was incredible and cohesive. The writing was realistic yet stylistic as well. I don't know how you did it but this game had everything figured out. I am not ashamed to say I played through every single ending in one sitting. I was hooked, I wanted to fix things, to make things better. And despite not getting what I wanted so many times, no route was unsatisfying. Nothing was really left hanging. There was simply such an air of completion and it was extremely satisfying. I am in awe and in disbelief that this is free. I would pay to experience that emotional roller-coaster again.

This is an amazing game. I was so shook. I was so enthralled. I loved the story and when I went back through for more of the endings I was again amazed at finding the different branch and the outcomes for it. For real real, absolutely wonderful game.

I like the bgm. the game is good too. I had a question tho. how many ending is available?

Love this, I'm very into the variable UI. I can't see how to get all endings though.

So my review for this game would be as close as I'm feeling after finishing 8 routes.

Spoiler alert! Like really spoiler!

 At the beginning I was having red flags all over because of the development of their relationship, fast, intense, passionate, but childish and two broken people with issues that needed healing. Very possessive from both sides.

I ended up on the victim route first and I have to say it hit me hard, but there was hope that at some point Isaac could get away from it, Hopes for a happy ending but then again, that wouldn't be realistic given how the relationship started.

It broke my heart basically, then on the abuser side of the routes.

I couldn't bear myself to be like that, which i ended up skipping a lot of it on repetitive paths because it felt wrong, which is amazing because the fact that both scenarios could make me feel different things so opposite to each other was a shock.

Every ending was a constant twist and turn but made it through.

My favorite ending is definitely the special one, the only one where we get to see la vie en rose, get to see the first step that both characters should take to have a healthy relationship in the maybe, in the future, mature and ready to support each other, not caging each other.

If I could describe this game would be "art" 

Because it makes you feel, wonder about situations and relationships in general.

I wouldn't say I wanna play it again because it is a one time feeling to actually savour what was intended to show.

It leaves me with a bittersweet feeling and I couldn't ask for more, amazing writing and execution.

Thank you for providing a sensory overload! 

I must say...this is a masterpiece. It is shocking, even when I haven't finished one single route yet...(probably because I read some spoilers). This game is so different than everything I played before,definitely not just a simple love story. I love the idea and how it's expressed in the game, like *MAYBE SPOILER* how the title turns from "La vie en rose" to "La vie sans rose" and the door of the cage was locked, not to mention the colour change.

But well, it's different from what I was looking for, a simple love story I mentioned above, to reduce stress from a busy life. I'm always one who's easily affected, and the content is certainly worth reading but a bit depressing...so I can't play this game for now, or stop after getting one ending. I'll come back when I have enough time to throughly digest it though (hopefully when I have vacation) ! Goodbye for now!

Wow that was not what I expected at all but so, so well done.  The sudden transition/"reveal" in the second part was jaw-dropping to me but also an extraordinarily accurate representation, definitely did not see it coming (true to life).  At that point it was interesting how my perspective of the earlier scenes changed and I also realised the library/philosophy scene actually subtly foreshadowed what was to come in a few different ways.  Fortunately I managed to get the very bottom ending which is a relief (kind of afraid of what the others might be tbh).  Thank you for making this, it was an important experience.

I loved the game! It's about a difficult topic but was explored very well, and the fact that we could experience two different sides of a similar complex conundrum was intriguing while at the same time being heartbreaking. I also loved the fact that there was so many various outcomes. The story was very well done, but the art, as well as the user interface and the small animations deserve praise as well :D A lot of love and care seems to have been put into it! Thank you so much for your work, I look forward to any future projects! <3

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I couldn't get 2 of the endings no matter how hard I try :( . the ending next to -praying mantis- and the ending between -change of heart- and -behind bars-. If anyone knows how to get them please help me lolol I'm desperate.

If you don't mind me asking, what software did you use to make it?

How many different endings are there? So far I've only seen 3. 

So, I'm not really sure if I can put this here, but it's worth a shot. I really like this game and I've almost gotten all the endings, but I'm stuck on one. It's the one below the revival ending on the route page. I can't seem to find it no matter what I do, so any help would be appreciated. Thank you

I've never actually written a review on a game before, but this one moved me so much I just had to express how this game made me feel.

SPOILERS

I played the demo a few months back and was shocked at the realism that La Vie en Rose offered. Fortunately, I've never had to experience a toxic relationship, but based on all the PSAs and things that school guidance counselors talked about time and time again, the abuse in this game is super freaking realistic. And that wowed me.

This game dared to talk about subjects that are so often ignored by society, as if abusive relationships are a taboo that are never to be mentioned. We only ever talk about happily ever afters. This game, however, showed just how scary an unhappy relationship can be.

I think one of the best aspects of this game is being able to play as the abused or the abuser. In trying to get every possible ending, it emotionally pained me to make the abusive choices. I was getting upset over fictional characters, worrying about hurting them.

The full game has just been released and I'm super glad I had the opportunity to see how all the choices I had made in the demo would play out. I've got to say, my favorite ending is when Issac recognizes he's a toxic person and he and Elijah both get help. It proves that people, no matter what they've done, can change their heart and mindset if they are willing to acknowledge their bad sides.

I'm super glad I got to experience this game. I found myself gritting my teeth and feeling the pain that the characters felt in the moment. I felt like I was there. I love this game, not because it's necessarily fun, but because it's important. There are thousands of visual novels out there, but very few have actually gotten me this invested.

So thank you, Abyss Team. You've created nothing short of a masterpiece. Sorry for the entire essay of a review, but you guys deserve it.

Wow, I gotta say. (In my opinion...) here I go...

SPOILER ALERT:

This is one the best games you guys made. The story, the programming such as timing the statics onto each BGs, changing the textbox's color, and so much more!

I love how you put your own mascot on the game and it works so well to be Issac's therapist? (Tell me if I'm wrong DX)

Even the part when Issac and his friends were having dinner. Elijah just criticize him for no reason. In my head, it was screaming "This isn't right!!!! This isn't right at all!"

The suspense! Ahhhh!! Can't wait for the full game!

I want to ask, are there more routes aside from the two in this demo? (SPOILERS)

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• Isaac becomes the abuser
• Elijah becomes the abuser

I did a second playthrough and noticed the path change, and I'm wondering if there is more to this demo!

I just want to say that the demo has gotten me hooked! I wanna know what happens when the full version is out!

Hi, you should probably know that the v0.6 build is unfortunately unplayable--I just get this error where the title screen is supposed to be.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
  File "game/code/ScreenTitleLogo.rpy", line 20, in <module>
  File "game/code/ScreenTitleLogo.rpy", line 5, in setProperTitleLogoForWindow
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'isRosePhase'
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
  File "code/ScreenTitleLogo.rpyc", line 1, in script
  File "C:\Users\Natasha\Downloads\LVER-0.6_Public-pc\LVER-0.6_Public-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 896, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "C:\Users\Natasha\Downloads\LVER-0.6_Public-pc\LVER-0.6_Public-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1929, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec bytecode in globals, locals
  File "game/code/ScreenTitleLogo.rpy", line 20, in <module>
  File "game/code/ScreenTitleLogo.rpy", line 5, in setProperTitleLogoForWindow
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'isRosePhase'
Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.2.1.457
La Vie en Rose 0.6_Public
Thu Sep 17 16:03:29 2020