Get Up

This game was created for the O2A2 VN Game Jam 2026, a micro Visual Novel jam with strict asset limitations and a 1000 word limit.

Synopsis:

Wake up. It’s time to… wait, what are you doing? Why are you putting your sleep mask back on? There’s a dog out there counting on you to walk her. There’s no time to dissociate. Stop that. You don’t have time to have a meltdown, you have to leave in an hour for work.

Features:

•       1 Transgender protagonist (with player-selected chosen and dead names)
•        Write-in pronouns (but will your mom use them???)
•         Existential dread and executive dysfunction
•        1 background with cute cats and an evil poster
•        1 sprite
•        1 sound effect
•        1 musical track
•        1000 words
•         1 ending (you MUST get up)
•        Dissociation, depression, anxiety, and creeping despair
•         The real horror, capitalism, looming over you

Credits

Production Team: 

•        Man of Too Many Hats (The Hat Man) : Zane Hopkins
•        Lead Artist and Local Clown : Caldwell Telesco
•        Music Magician : Double Cleff

   Zane Hopkins' Hats:

•        Lead Writer
•        Dysfunctional Designer
•        Code Gremlin Extraordinaire
•        Director of Making Stuff Do Things
•        Artist of Non Outta The Box Graphics & UI
•        Flea Logo Coloring Assistant

      Caldwell Telesco: 

•        Head Illustrator
•        Comic Relief Squad Captain
•        Self-Care Enforcement Team Director
•        Logo Designer & Foolish Flea Artist
•        Writing Assistant

   Double Cleff's Magical Music: 

•        ''Dysfunction''

   Elijah Swort:  

•        Emotional Support Colorist
•        Evil Poster Designer

   Font: 

•        OpenDyslexic by Abelardo Gonzalez

   Outta The Box Graphics: 

•        Ren'Py for We Are Basic Bitches

      Alarm Sound Effect: 

•        freesound_community via Pixabay

      Playtesters:

•        sammydammy
•        Kali

   Special Thanks: 

•        Soup The Bestest Twin Sister In The World <3
•        EmberQuill Partner in Executive Dysfunction
•        Octor Devil Stellar Lucky Charm
•        The patient people of the Ren'Py discord server
•        ConfusedPossum
•        Eatham
•        Elijah Swort
•        Mark Byram II & the rest of the Duonix Studio development team
•        You for getting up in the morning!

      Copyrighted by Duonix Studios & Used With Permission: 

•        Lenird Cranax and the Resolute Retributes
•        Unispace in Space Space (The Great Cosmic Conjunction)

   In Loving Memory: 

•        Scotty
•        Sophie