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A quiet coming-of-age story about how photography changed the lives of three people in a rainy small town and the paths in life they took with it.
Diffraction
Steam
Being a photography-based influencer was the goal, but everyone called it a pipe dream - and they were right. A "failed" career, no job, no money, and a mountain of debt, April ends up moving back to her rainy small town. But even a small town has some doors for opportunity if these two boys can give April her last shot at her dreams. She can use them.

A quiet coming-of-age story about how photography changed the lives of three people in a rainy small town and the paths in life they took with it.

Meet the town's cast of characters, featuring our heroine April (Renameable), who you will play as during the game.

Also meet Faine and Hendric; the other two main characters and possible love interests in the game!


Besides April and her two love interests, there are plenty more characters for your to encounter throughout!

Diffraction, as a visual novel, features user decision and dialogue choices to influence game progression, alongside a variety of other features to enhance the storytelling:
Demo Features:
The Team: Mell - Project Lead, Writing , Coding Shikama - Art (Characters, CGs, BGs, Promo), Writing Renerie - GUI/Promo Assets, Coding CYKoibee - Music Composition, SFX Special Thanks To: puchidesign - Logo Art JunbugP - Trailer/Opening Song Composer Rae - Trailer Video/Animation CC SFX and BG Model Creators - Attributions included in game text file
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