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Kevin(1997-2077)

87% positive of 31 Steam reviews

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Released
2024
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by Kevin Du.

About the game

Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why.他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。 A language-deciphering game.

Tagged by players

  • Faith
  • Philosophical
  • LGBTQ+
  • Nonlinear
  • Text-Based
  • Difficult
  • Life Sim
  • Visual Novel
  • Exploration
  • Hand-drawn
  • Emotional
  • Puzzle

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Honestly reminds me of psx lain, by that I mean it's fun to go back to it once in a while instead of banging your head over what one symbol means. Keep taking notes and imagine yourself deciphering a language without any help - I am holding back the urge of just asking the dev for a dictionary.

    19 min played when written. 20 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I went into this expecting a wee bit more, I'm afraid to say. I fear I might be something of an outlier to the target audience (I assume?). I didn't notice or take to heart what the dev wrote in the very description at the top of the Steam page - namely, that one Chinese sentence he put in there. I speak Chinese myself and as soon as I started translating the symbols you see in the game to Chinese (because there…

    1.4 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    It has the qualities of a rather unusual mystery, but the game is just very poorly optimized. Very simple things like a zoom function to see more area and determine what to do are not even available in a core component of the game. Scrolling is slow and methodical leading to intense frustration just trying to get back to a riddle you've already contemplated or connected. It's an unfinished school project; with a…

    51 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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