An 8-min Visual Novel With A Little RPG Elements

Father’s Toenails is the first episode of the visual novel My Bizarre Childhood Stories. Based on a true but ridiculously odd story involving a giant legendary toenail, a strict mum, a quirky dad and an ignorantly obedient me.

Game Features

• A short and odd story
• Lots of monologues and dialogues
• Some quests to complete and items to pick up
• Relaxing music

Game Control

The game can be played with a controller or keyboard.

• Keyboard: A,D – Move / Space – Interact, Next / Shift – Run /  I – Inventory / Q – Pause
• XBox Controller: Left stick – Move / Y – Interact / A – Next /  X – Run / Back – Inventory / Start – Pause
• PS4 Controller: Left stick – Move / △ – Interact / □ – Run / X – Next / Share – Inventory / Options – Pause
• Switch Pro Controller: Left stick – Move / X – Interact / Y – Run / B – Next / -ve – Inventory / +ve – Pause

Why Did I Make This Game?

Currently, Walking-Dreams (another co-owner of DDmeow) is writing up stories for our future games; I (Sinister Lamb) have to come up with content to practise my gamedev skills. Having experienced so many weird incidents, I decided why not just make them into games?

How Accurate Is This Story?

It would have been called a memoir instead of a novel if I could remember every single detail of the incident. But no, I couldn’t. I had to fill in the memory voids with logic and imagination, and now it’s become slightly fictional.

The part where mum teleports to the kitchen is undoubtedly fabricated (due to technical reasons). The dialogues are not exact in words but more or less the same. I am not sure dad did it only three times. It could be more. 

It’s a good thing it is partly fictional. “Visual novel” sounds much more exciting than a memoir or non-fiction. The best part is that I won’t be blamed for any inaccuracy. Defamation wouldn’t be a thing I need to worry about.

And mum said after playing, “You made me look like an angry mum.” I said, “yes.”