A Japanese-style, Western-developed slice-of-life visual novel about c̸͔̥͒ù̷̠̦̱̼t̶̫̪͔͝ͅe̸̟̊ ̶̨͙̭̻̓̕g̴̨͉͑͋ï̶̲͖̳͊͗ͅr̵̤̼̔̈l̴̨̺̮͑͜ş̵͓͂ ̷͚̍͆̑w̸͖͚͐̈́h̵͙̭̿͛̈̕o̷̩̖̮̾̈́ ̴̨̨̞̒̈́̓w̷͍̽r̴̗̘͇̀i̶̭̫̇t̵̟̿́e̷̯̒͛ͅ ̵̧̠̪̞̌p̴̡̬̌̽̍̋ọ̷͐̅e̴̻͎̻̟̒̐t̵̥̃͌̐͝r̶͓̱̿͊̈́̄ỷ̵͖͔̳͠ͅ.
Developer: Team Salvato
Publisher: Team Salvato
Available on: Windows PC/macOS (also available here)
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Doki Doki Literature Club: Cute Girls Write Poems - I normally don’t bother with spoiler warnings here on MoeGamer, since it should be fairly apparent that in the process of analysing certain works in depth, “spoilers” are something of a necessity. I will, however, make an exception in the case of Doki Doki Literature Club, a Japanese-style visual novel from independent Western developer Team Salvato. This … Continue reading Doki Doki Literature Club: Cute Girls Write Poems J̸̨̢̢̢̢̧̧̨̧̧̧̨̨̢̡̨̨̢̧̨̛͉͚̗̲̼̠͍̣͉̘̪̘̮͚̻̥͎̹̗̖̩͔̲̲̳͕̥͓̞̮͚͍͓̝̜̜̤̟̰̥̻͙̱̼͙͙̗̘͎̝͙͕̦̖̞̜͔̦͖̙̺͇̗̰̼̬͉̳̫̹̹͍͈̜̠̙̪̹̗̞͉̪̣̟̘͓͙̦̯̜̤͖̖̬̼̝̜̦̪̟̳̼̺̼̱̝̤͕̘̝̟̻͈͓̘̺̪̞͈̥͖̫̗̲͙̳͔͖͇̫̭͙̫̙̫̙̮͙̥̭̞͉̪̯̠͚̣̜̣̱̻̰̬͇̱̼̻̯̍̆̒̌̽́̅̃̑͌̀͆̍͆̓̎͋̑̄͌̃́̓̋̓̓̋̿̑̈́͆̄́̏̀̈́͊̇̌̐̈́̏́͂͛̉̅̂̀̆̃́͛̅͒͂͋̏̉͒̋̈͌̚̚̚͘͘͘͜͜͜͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅų̷̨̨̡̧̧̧̢̡̧̧̧̡̢̨̨̢̡̨̛̹̻̖̩̝̰͉̜̜̖̙͇͔̮͉͖̣͇̙̣̞̝̻̝͇̼̗̠̙͙̠̬̖̭̦͚̯̤̝͎͕̪̣̲̫͕̬͙͚̺̗̟̠̞̪̖͙̣̠̦̺̹͈̮̞̥̳̰͖̹͉̙̻͚̮͙̺̝̹̙̻̤͕͎̙̖͚̻̤̲͍̲͖̼̦̼̠̼͕̪͕̘̬͉͈̠͇̦͕̮͔̥̤̱̗̪͔̤̖̖̟̙̟̥̩̗͖̙̬͖̦̼̼͈̩̼̪͍̤̩̣̳̬̞̺̟̠͖̹̤̼̖̬̺̖͎̙͎̝͍̻̩̺͎͍̣̹͚̗͔̠͎̩͇͎̞̩͇̖̪̻̖̩̘͍̘̱̠͚̙̠̠͉͎̩̦͚͍̬̜̠̗͐̈́͂̉̈́̈́͒̀̔́̑͋͆̆͒̓̒̑̂̏̾̓̆̈́̈́̎̉̏̎̍̈́͒̎͌͐̇̒͆͒͐́̌̇̑̊̾̂̾̀͗̃̿́̆͋̂͑͂̈́͆́̈̊̔̍̋̓̍͌̈́̇̃̓̂̊̒̽̇̇̃̀̆̑̿̆̄́̒͆̕̕̕̚̕͘̚͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅs̶̢̧̨̨̢̡̡̡̨̛̛̫̠̗̝̗̖͇͙̦̼͕͈͍̥͍̠̦̖̳͈̙͕̦̤̹̱̖̳̤̲̮̱͈̬̠͙͇̱͚̟̼̞͇͚̖̰̮̥̹̱̠̹͎͔̥̝̙͍̯͕̰͇̻̞̣̼͉̭̻̼̹̦͎̙̲͙̺̩͎͎̬̗̞͖͖̖̥̦̭̰̰̜̣͍̘̫͔͍̙͓͖̭̙̜̞̦̯͎̲͓͍̞͚͖̱̬̮͖̯̮̱͇̺̝̹̱̱̣̜̱̪̈́̎̄̓͐́̈́̐̎̉͂̐̒̏͊̍̀̈́̅̅̄̄͒͛̾̋̆̈́̀̊̏̀̒̔̄͊͆͛̇̐͆̏͛̌̿̓̒̉͐͗͌̓͋̍̌̑͑̒̑͌̕͘̚͘̕̚̚͘̕̚͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅţ̷̧̡̢̧̨̨̢̧̢̧̨̢̨̢̨̢̢̨̢̢̢̛̛̬̝̹̩̳̰̞͙̥̦͕̟̤̥̳̭̟͔͇̙͎̜͎̞̺̯̪̣̘̮̼̳̼̬͇̥͕͖̭̩͙̞̻̦̺̟͍̹͕͕̜̺͇̩̦̪̯̹͎͉̠͈̫̯̻̯͈̰͇͇̻̺̟̞̙̯̪̩͉̹̣̣͖̦̫̥͖̻̹̭̝͖̠̗̯̹̥͎͉̤͈̭̬͓̯̟̼̤̣̮͖͍̟̘̱̟͙̳̳͓̟͉̳̮̲̫̹͈̘͚͚͉̥͎̘̻͓̳̭̲͎͔̹̝̰̰̬̹̤̖̼̙̪̬̬̦͓̱̠̤̩̞̲͇̻͓̗̞̦̱̗̮̜͔͖̖̹̻̣͎͔̦̗͉̬̳̣̣͔̘̟͖̠͓͚̥̱̘̭̼͉̜̟̮̗͖͈̤̘̦̯͍͚̤̩̱̳̥̱͎̥̟̩͇̝̣͙͈̠̼̭̱̘̫͇̙̭̦͎̬̙͖̍͐̒̓̅͊́̋͗̒̅͗̈̑̾͋̔̈́͌͆̉͆͗̔͛̔̽̾̈́̓́̎̽̅̆̓͐̀͑͗̎͐̆͆̊̃̒̀̓͆́̌̉̈͑́̐͗̈́͆̑͂̔̾̐̿͗͛͘̚͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͠͠͠͝ͅͅͅͅͅ ̴̧̧̧̨̢̨̧̧̧̨̡̡̨̡̢̨̡̧̡̢̡̧̢̧̢̧̨̛̣͔̘̘̘̭̪͙̭̝̗̫͎̣͈̻͓̜͉͇̪̰̝͓͔̣͍̬̖̬̗͈͇̟̫͖̹͍̭̺̟̝̗̪̱͖͉͔͎͍̦̪̬͔̙̣̼̮̘̩̲̯͈̺͙̮̯̤̘̜̥̩̬̝͍̯͕͓̳͖͔͕̬̦͖̝̜̳̙͉͖̗͓̺̰̰͎̤͚̫͇̼̤̜̪̲͈̞͕̞̗͎̳̙͓͕̟̻͓̻̮̣̫̦̺̫̠̘̙̤̤̳̯͓͕̰̭͖͙̥̣̮͖̖̗̥͖̩̯̯͔̠̭͖̭͚̺͍̖̩͖̥̙̘͍̥͙͚̤͍͖͕̳̥͇̟̼͕̭͍̼̲̞̼̥̮̻̺̪̩̲͚̟̭̱̟͈̥͕͔͕̟̤͕̝͓̝̱̯̦͈̗͚͔̼̽̈́̌̐͆̀̈́̄̀̇̾̉̈́̋̽̀́́̔̑̒̓̓̐̅̏͛̄̇͂̎͛̌͑͗͒͂́̿̌̿̒̓̐̆̀̔͆̒̓͘͘͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅͅM̸̢̨̧̢̢̨̧̢̢̛̛̛̱̬̝͍̱̦͉̠̫̗̦͈̞̤̪͙̤̭̺̱͓͇̝̬̲̗̟̪͉͎͍̘̰͖̣̻̹̟̣͈̯̙̦̺͉̟̦̭̣̼͇̯̜̻̰̳̘̹͔͕̯̬̖̠͖͙̜͇̤̯͇͉̮̱̳͈̼͇̲̘̞̹̙̞̙̟̣̯̱̱͕͈͙̣̣̹͙͓̗̲̘͉͓̲̞̫͎̘̮̽̈́̂̔̓́͂͌̈́̂̏̾́̑͌͊̏͛̄̋͗́͑̾̈̓́̐̌̆͆͑̆͑̓̒̿̔͛͑̌̋̽̿̇̐͋̆͑̐͋̑̉̀̄͛̀͋̆̇̓̈̅̒̍̆͆̃̓́̀̎̈̀͆̿̋͗̿͛̄̍̓̔̑̈͂̎̂̾͂̉̑͆̈́̿͗̓̄̄̊̓̌̾̑̐̾̂͗̀̇͑̒̈̇̾̐̇̎̓̂̈͊̍̎́̈́͊͗͒̊̈́̈̇̅̓͊̏́̒͐͊̍͌̋͌̔̍̔͋̀͛̄̈́͋̄̇̇̃̉̑͑̇̈́́͌̾̒̀͑̈̽̀͊̌͑̄́̿̕̚͘͘̚̚̚͘̕̕̕̕̕̚͘̕͜͜͜͝͝͠͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅǫ̵̡̧̨̛̛̛̛̠̦̣̟̩̼̮̖̝̙̦̖̮̣̰̣̞̜̫̲͓̼͕̻͚̫̝͕̻̺͚̞̹̹̼̞̻̖͓͙̲̦͚̱̟̤̭͉̥̙̹̲̝͋̑̔́̀͆͛̀̄̀̍͒̍̓̌̏̐̆̈́̈̂͌́́̏͐̓̊̎̂͛̾͌̒̀͂̐̈́̂̊̉̄̀̔̃̒́̒͗͋͌̉̔͐̃͌͂͋͌̆̈́̀̈́̔̌̃͒̒͌̏͌̏͐̋̆̈́̾̅̏̋̓̅̓̾̊̓̈̈́̏̈̆̀̓̅̅͊̅̔̈̓͑̋́̈́̈́̈́̀͗͌̀̔̈́̋̈́͑͒̈́͒̈́̀́̌̾͌̓̎͆̔̔̿̀̇̄̎̊̋̽̓̎̑͗̽̏̆̌̎̊̉̿̍̀̅̀͌̿͛̈̉̉̈̈́̅͒́̃́̐̐̏̌̾̄͛̊̃̓́̓̅͗͑̊́̐͌͆́̿̂̈́̍̑̔̔̚͘̚͘̚̕̕̕̚͘͘̕̕͘̕̕̚͜͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͠n̸̢̨̢̡̧̢̨̨̧̧̨̢̨̛̛͎̘͎̠͕̖̝͇̘͔̮̜̻̦̲̬͖̰̺̙̰̯̣̻̗͔̜̘͍̖̮̬̱͍̖͎̠̤̳͚̦̞̤̤̰͔͖̟̳̟͖͍͖͔̹̺̘͉̳͉̳̭̯̲̬̟̭̲̙͔͈͎̼͕͇̬͚͔͕̪̻̘̪̳͈̣̮͓̲͚̙͉͖̝͚̱̫̘͍̪̤̤̟̳̝̖͉̫̤̱͉͇̭̘͎̼̥͈̟̟͇̝̘͇͚̯̦̫̞̭͇̫͓̣̩̜̗͈̑̑̋̽͗̏͋͑̈́̊̃̑̍̿̋̍̈́̓̍̆͌̑̑͒́̓̽̐͐̇͒͂̊̏̑̈̽̐̇̉̄͆̒͌̑͌́͌̔̇̐̀͌̌̄̾͌̎̉͆͂̚͘͘̕̕͘̕̕͘͜͜͜͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅį̵̡̡̢̡̢̡̨̡̧̨̧̧̡̧̨̨̡̧̢̛̛̝̭̥̜̩̜̝̮̖͇͉̞̮̙̙̯̟̥̰̯͍̙̮̣̫̩̙̳͈͕̤̣̫̜̩̩̬͇̱̱̬͇͈͚͇̬̬͎̱̰̣̪͎͚̬̥̮͉͎̪͓̳͓̦̠̤̞̮̝̝̦͕̱̠̻̰͕̪̜̟͍̤̮̙̺͖̞͈̩͉̜̟̻͍̞͚͖̦͍̘͎̭̬̻̪̯̬͉͎̤̜͚͔͎̼͈̤̘̳̺̠̩͇͓̦̠̺̗̮͚͕̥̼̫͕̲̦̜͔̰̻͉̮͈̙͍̜̼̭̖̠͚͇̥͖̫͇̖̝̈̾́̂̏͒̋̎̈́͛̏͛̆͑͋̄̌̑̈̾͆̆̐̋͋́́͂̋̃̄̓̓̌̍̑́̅̈́̌̈̾͒̒͊̈́̓̓̏̄̏͊̆̍̄͂̾̍̿͌̏̉̄̿̊̀̊̋̍̂̓̈́̂̐͒͌̓̽̉͗̀̒͛̌̃́̅͑̍̽̓̈́͆̑̂̑̓̀̽̒̆̓̃̀̽͛̊̏̆̂͋́́̋̔̑̏̅̈́͆́̈́̑̃̒̍͑̽̽̾̽͌̊̾͐̏͒͂̓̈́̈̈́̈̈́̔̏́̾̎̔̈́͆̅͛̀̀̌͐̆͒̏̈͆́̈̈́̆̆̏̋̑̓̐́̒́̾̀̄́̂̿̒̃̎̈́̀͊̒̓̈́̒̌̈́͋̂͒͋̐̀͐̾̑̾͊̿̾͛̑͌̍̇̍̆̐̔̽̆͋̈́̃͗̍̒̏̍͊̍̒̿̈́͑̾̃́̽̒̓̾̀͋͋̐̓̀͌̅͘͘͘̕̚̚͘͘͘̕͘͘̚̚̚̚͜͜͜͜͠͝͠͝͝͝͠͠͝͠͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅk̷̢̧̢̧̧̨̧̧̨̡̨̡̨̨̧̧̡̛͎̹̼͍̱̬̙̤̻͎̙̣̝̥̦̪͉̗̰̪͙̯̹̺̝̝̘͈̤̬̜̘̠͚̺̭͉̯͈͇͙̤̬͍̘̮͕̭͓̙̗̥̬̩̩̱̰̬͔͍̥͈̟͕̖̰̩̦̭̳̜͕͖̙͇̟͚̺̺̖̥͈̳̝̞͇̞͓̞͙͙̮̫̮̯͙͚͔̠͚͈͎̻̟̻̘͕̗̹͓̬̦̠̞̝̠̼͖͍̞̙̩̺͖̜̫̹̺̞͈̖̈́̃̄͗̔͑́̀̓͂̈́͆̉̀̈́̐͋̀͗̇̂́̋̅̇̑͂̋̾͛̑̒͑̍̐͑͒̈́̓̈́͑̃̓̄́͆̄̓͌̿͗͗̐̆̓̕̚̚̚̕͜͜͠͝͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅa̴̧̡̡̧̨̨̺̯̪̫̟̰̻͎̲̬͖̣̠͎̯̞̞̯̲͚͉͎̬̩̪͉͙̰̗̗͓̦͔͚͕̟̯̘̩̲̱̟̜̙̣͍̞͚͔̻̲̳̺͕̩̥̹͙̬̭͓͆̀͗̈̔̅̉́͗̃̆̕͜͝ͅ
Tips and Tricks (mild spoilers, no details)
Sayori Ending
Unavoidable. Simply play the game.
Natsuki Ending
After Sayori’s ending, write two poems for Natsuki in the first two days of Act 2. Use “cute” words.
Yuri Ending
After Sayori’s ending, spend time with Yuri until she shows you her final poem. When spending the weekend with her, optionally take a peek at the backlog, then turn on text skip.
Monika’s Ending
After Yuri’s ending, open up the game folder while the game is running and when you appear to be in an endless loop, delete Monika’s .chr file, then return to the game. Attempt to start a new game.
Good Ending
If you previously reached any of the endings, either delete and reinstall the game or delete the file called “firstrun” in the game folder and choose “Yes” on starting the game again. Alternatively, you can go straight for this one from the beginning.
To achieve this ending, unlock all CGs. To do this, save at the first poem, then play through writing poems for Natsuki (“cute” words), then reload the save before Sayori’s ending (before choosing love or friendship). Then repeat the first Act, writing poems for Sayori (“adventurous” words).
After Sayori’s ending, write poems for Yuri (dark, bleak, emotional and complex words) and proceed to Monika’s ending. Wait until you see Monika’s CG, then delete her character file. Restart the game.
Quick Ending
Delete Monika or Sayori’s character file before starting a new game. Reopen the game after it closes and wait ten minutes.