At the Poison's Edge

This game is built around a pretty tight set of constraints, with limited words, graphics, choices, and music. But it manages to do some nice worldbuilding and scene setting in that time.

You play as a character who has been poisoned by their lover, a dashing rogue of a man. You have tracked him down, and have one choice to try to secure the antidote from him.

Due to the constraints, there is only one choice, one background image, one character image, etc. but what it comes up with is pretty memorable. It's not in any way a complete story, feeling more like a vignette from a larger work.

This short VN starts with a bang… or more accurately, poison. Realising what your lover may have done, you go onto confront him, and maybe get the antidote to avoid your demise.

You have multiple options to confront the man, some with violence, some pleading with his heart, and one asking Why. The truth lies in the lies, and life sometimes lies in death. Your survival is never really into question, but your feelings are another deal…

I wasn’t left completely satisfied with this entry. With the limited amount of words, it is hard to have a concise story pulling punches. In my case, it didn’t. Maybe because the outcome change little, or maybe because most is left unexplained. But maybe you’re not supposed to feel satisfied. Life usually isn’t…

The visuals however were lovely, and so was the addition of sound.