Poetry in Purgatory
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Isobel Salvie seems to have everything; youth, beauty, wealth... unfortunately, none of that matters much when you're dead, poisoned by an unknown person for equally unknown reasons. Arriving in Heaven, Isobel is greeted by God herself. All seems well, because as it turns out, Paradise is wonderful.
However, the pleasures of the afterlife don't come for free...
Poetry in Purgatory is a unique, ever-evolving story about what it means to live, love and make peace with things you can't run away from... even when you may desperately want to.
Note: This game is a standalone sequel to Pitstop in Purgatory, so you do not need to play that first! Buuut if you like this game you might want to check out that one too. :)
Enter a truly memorable story currently consisting of almost 100k words, with the option of playing as a good-natured Paragon or an ill-willed Renegade.
Explore the interactive world of Purgatory through a day-night cycle with four segments per day... lots of stuff to click on (or not, if you don't want to).
Commit fully to the story or partake in as many character routes and/or side stories as you desire, and watch as their outcomes change the narrative in meaningful ways.
Twist your mind as you uncover a myriad of plot threads, all carried by an afterlife setting as rich in lore as it is in pure, unadulterated fun.
Stay connected to the Dwellers and Denizens of the afterlife via the PurgaPhone! Send and receive messages, with many of them unique to the choices you make.
Marvel at sprites, backgrounds, special scenes and inventory items all drawn in a beautiful and unique style.
Unlock 50+ hidden items, including database entries, gallery images, music tracks and achievements.
Bop your head to a dynamic soundtrack composed by popular YouTube artist Endigo.
We're very excited about making Poetry in Purgatory as special as it can possibly be! Click here to read more about what the full game will offer, as well as what you can expect from the next update.
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Writing and programming: Tymedust
Artwork and visual design: Alcinus
GUI and user interface: Skolaztika
Music: Endigo
Sound effects: ZapSplat
Updated | 10 days ago |
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (98 total ratings) |
Author | Tymedust Games |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Made with | Ren'Py |
Tags | Amare, josei, Meaningful Choices, Mystery, Otome, Point & Click, Romance, Singleplayer, Story Rich |
Average session | About an hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | Subtitles |
Links | Steam |
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Development log
- Purgatoryverse Digest - Issue #310 days ago
- Want to help us tell our story? Review the (Steam) demo of Poetry in Purgatory!65 days ago
- Purgatoryverse Digest - Issue #278 days ago
- All Purgatoryverse games are now available on Android!79 days ago
- We need your help, Dwellers! Purgatory Player Survey84 days ago
- "Inversed", a brand new Purgatoryverse game centering on Sheol, out this Sunday!92 days ago
- Purgatoryverse Digest - Issue #1Jun 30, 2024
- Release: Poetry in Purgatory (v. 0.2.1)May 05, 2024
Comments
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I need volumnius route!
Coming in the future! :) <3
i am consumed with thoughts of sheol ......
ME TOO!! <3
I love this game sm!! :3 was a very fun and interesting game and i kinda felt bad for pursuing 2 relationships with both apechs and bliss but the end of act 1 shocked me!! Great game would recommend :3
Aww thank you so much! Glad you had fun with it :) <3
MC is pretty annoying (sry i hate ppl like her) and i almost feel sorry for Bliss for going through his route with such girl as MC but the game itself is very very good 'n interesting! thank u for ur hard work guys u r doing a great job w/ it.
Thank you so much! :) Very happy that you like the game <3!!
Omg this game is sooo good!The story is so interesting so far and I m in love Biss and Voice^^
Thank you so much!! I'm glad that you're having a good time with the game. :) <3
hi!
i’m sorry if there r mistakes in the text, i don’t speak english very good >__<
i luv your game. really! It seems to me that you can study this novel forever and still not reach the end ehehe. i accidentally found this novel and read it all in one gulp on the first of June. it was a very cool experience! I'll be looking forward to updates. the Guide is so mystical that I want to understand him a little bit (n find out how the Voice can stand him. that bro is unbearable /j). this sisterly dynamic between Isobel and the Voice just destroyed me. it's so charming, so sweet, I can'ttttt
thank you!!!!!!
(wishing u a belated happy birthday, lil Bliss)
Hi there! :) Don't worry, your English is good! <3
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I'm happy you like the game, and yes you will find out more about The Guide in the future! :D
Hi! I've only just started playing (I've only made it past the prologue), but I'm really enjoying it so far. I think the story is really interesting, and Isobel, Volumnius, and Remm are pretty cool characters. As someone who enjoys making visual novels, I think I could learn a lot from this game.
Hey there! Thanks a lot, happy that you're having fun with the game and I hope you'll keep enjoying it. And I'm honored to hear that you feel like you could learn from it, too! Wishing you all the best in your own game development career. :) <3
luv the game so far plus am begging to eventually see a steamy romance route with the guide!! >_<
Happy you're enjoying the game! :D And yes that Guide route is definitely coming in the future! <3
Played Guidelicious and Pitstop in Purgatory on Steam and had to go play the sequel! Poetry does feel above Pitstop in about every category including UI, quality of life and writing so huge congrats :) I was wondering if there is a trilogy planned or if Poetry will conclude all the plot threads and character arcs started in the first game?
And as an aside I'm a particularly huge fan of the ambiguous relationship between the Guide and Astrid so here is to seeing more of that in the future 👀
Hi there! :) That's great to hear that you've been trying out all the games! We also feel like Poetry is the culmination of what we've learned so far as developers so to speak. <3
A trilogy isn't impossible but at the moment we're definitely aiming for Poetry to be extensive enough to close the book on the threads that are currently out there, especially since there's still so much left to tell in this game. We'll all have to wait and see I guess? lol :D
Thank you so much for playing and for leaving a comment, we really appreciate it! <3
I absolutely adored playing this! The art style is so good and the vibe really reminds me of Sally Face and Fran bow, which are my fav games. The story is very interesting and the twist at the end was really unexpected, I can't wait for the full version to be out! <3
Thank you so much!! I'm very happy you enjoyed the game, much more to come! :D (also a huge fan of Fran Bow btw so that comparison made me really happy lol)
Hi, I ust wanted to say that I love the game so far ! I laughed so bad at Sheol's skill with the Purgaphone at the start, and all the designs are awesome ! Remm and Sheol are my personal favorite but they're all amazing, I can't wiat for more
Hiii!! Thank you so much for your comment, very happy that you're enjoying the game, it means the world to me! :D LOL yeah I had so much fun writing her phone interactions (and I suspect going forward she'll remain a comedy favorite in that regard lmao). Thanks for the support and stay tuned for much more to come! <3
THE PLOT TWIST??? Oh my GOD. (Hah. God.). I genuinely don't think I've reacted so STRONGLY to something like that in a game in a long, long time, I love this game with all my heart and I'm so excited to find out what happens next!!!!
As a writer I can't overstate how happy I am to hear that the twist had its intended effect LOL!! Thank you so much for sharing that with me <3
Also thank you so much for playing, I'm very glad you're enjoying the game! Much more to come :)
Is Guide romancable? 👀 If so do you know which update? If it’s not too much asking 😭✋
Hi! :D He will be romanceable in a future update, though it will still be some time until it happens and I'm not sure which update yet unfortunately. <3 But it's definitely coming! :)
thanks for answering :)
Also i love your game!
Of course! Thanks for playing <3
this game blowed my mind. the PLOT TWIST at the end of act I? wow
the art is stunning and so is the story <3 can't wait for more, nor for sheol's rute, btw
Thank you so much!! I'm happy you're enjoying the game. :) <3 Really appreciate the comment!
Hey I'm here to say I really appreciate your game. I'm looking forward to the next update in android. Love ya! and your work.
Hi! Thank you for dropping by to say that, it really means a lot! :) <3 Happy you're having fun with the game (and we love ya too for playing)!!
Honesty I must say this, **I LOVE THIS GAME** , period. I really like the characters with their personality and the shadows too. The storylines are interesting more. I want to really want full games but I have to wait when it is full games later... The act 1 end story gave me blow my mind out and I did read the stories over all again few time. (I already rate this game too for five stars too.)
Do not give up on this game, Creators and the Team! I hope it would be complete games for next few year or so..
.( Just for think for myself)but please take your time to get rest and stuff else when the game would work on! Always first is your heathy.Aww thank you so much!! We're very happy to hear that you like the game so much. :) And thank you also for the 5 stars! <3 Don't worry, we definitely intend to finish this game no matter how long it takes. :)
First off, the UI (I think that's what it's called but I'm not super well versed in game design) is gorgeous! Also, I am so invested in all the characters (even the side ones)! The fact that I knew something was off about someone and still fell so hard for them anyway is haunting me. They're like exactly my type, I couldn't help it. That said, I can't wait to see what's next :)
Hi! It is indeed called UI and thank you very much! :D Awesome to hear that the game has managed to hook you (
sorry about a certain someone hehe)!! Much more to come soon and I'm happy you're along for the ride! <3when's the sheol route gonna be released? I WANT MY GOTHIC BAE ROUTE
LOL <3 Well you're not alone in wanting that, and I can't wait to start working on it!! If I were to guess it will probably make it in for version 0.4 (so not the next one but the next after that), so hopefully sometime late this year. :)
wait so who's the next?
That's a secret... for now. Heh heh~ :D
THIS IS SO AMAZING OH MY GOD,, IM KIND OF ASHAMED TO COME FROM GUIDELICIOUS BECAUSE THE GUIDE IS JUST SO URGH. SO SMACKABLE BUT I BADLY WANT TO ROMANCE THE HELL OUTTA HIM
so excited for future/upcoming updates :3
HI! :D So happy to hear that you're enjoying our games! And OH NO LOL don't feel ashamed, it's great to hear that you followed Guide's trail all the way here!! <3
Much more cool stuff coming in the future for sure! :)
Discovering the game and seeing how interesting it is. I've already noticed that the art is exceptional. PART 1 HERE:
That’s great to hear! :) Thank you for playing and hope you’ll continue to have fun with it!
lil smiles my little child ... my sweet baby ... i want to hug them and give them pizza and take them to the park
Lil' Smiles would LOVE that!! :D <3
ARGRGHRHRG THE GUIDE IS SO ASGSAHGHSGAJSGH
LMAO well put tbh <3 <3 <3
im begging to romance him ill do anythiAGSHGSHSH ALSO A QUESTION did something happen to his and remm's eyes (since its kinda like this white-ish blue-ish color, and often people put those if there was injury or damage to a character's eyes),, or is it just randomly like that (or is it part of the whole remm being god and the guide being ruler of purgatory thing) im genuinely interested ALSO im sorry if this made no sense i suck at explaining <//3
ALSO why is he the shortest male char ingame....... like no offense i love short dudes like cmere my gnome
All I can say is that it's definitely related to them being Deities (i.e. rulers of Heaven or Purgatory). The rest of it will be revealed in the future, hehe... :D <3
what's the font used for the title and character names? i've seen it before in a restaurant and wondered what it was
Hi! The font is called Belladona. :)
thankyou! ^_^
AIUHFU*BHYAHUIYFFJKNA MOREEEEEE
More is coming *very* soon! :D
I feel like one of those women in ancient greek myth who find out their boyfriend is actually Zeus or something. 10/10 didn't expect that loser I spent the night with to be evil Jesus
LMAO this is such a funny comment and honestly a pretty spot-on analogy too! XD
Thank you so much for playing! <3
Hey! I LOVE! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE! THE GAME! Probably my new favorite game yet, or maybe EVER!
I have heard that you can romance the characters, but is it possible to romance The Guide? (I am on my KNEES for guide!)
Hi! :D Omg that makes me so happy to hear!! Thank you for playing it and for liking it so much, that really makes my day!! <3 <3 <3
And yes, The Guide will be romanceable in a future update! :)
welp time to make an oc for this thing
OH awesome!! Feel free to share it with the community if you want, would love to see it! :D <3
i am barely halfway through but i know for a fact at least once in this game bliss will play wonderwall.
update: he has yet to play wonderwall but i need a plushie of him ??
LOL maybe he will and maybe he won't... who knows :D
And AHH that's such a nice idea... I'd love one too tbh lol!
Thanks for playing <3
GRRRR this game scratches my brain so good, I absolutely adore it. The plot is completely captivating and some of the characters are just so despiseable that they're loveable (hehe, the guide). I haven't even finished yet and I'm already begging for more LOL. It is SERIOUSLY impressive for a wip, I'm honestly baffled. I'm absolutely elated i found this gem, MUCH support to you man!
P.S, the nod to I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream was the cherry on top of the proverbial cake. Love to see it!
AWWW THANK YOU!! :D <3 This made my day to read!! I'm very happy that you like it that much and ahhhh yes we've worked so hard on it even though it's still WIP, so that means a lot to read!! :)
Much more to come (including a major update with new content and an added phone app) very soon! :)
ACK it makes me so happy that someone caught the reference!! I tend to put little nods like that to stuff I like in my games and it feels like most of it goes unnoticed so I kinda just do it for myself LOL but it's awesome to hear that you got it (such a brilliant book btw, a huge influence on my taste in writing). :D
Is there romance? I dont remember if ive asked before
Hi! :) Yes, there is! There are nine characters in total you can romance in some way or another, although just one in the current version. A second will be added in the next update (should be out before the year ends). :) You can do routes with these characters while doing the main story and then you can decide if you want to be friends or romance them (you can also romance multiple characters or just ignore romance entirely if you want).
yay!!
Your idea to use different color theme for each time-period is kinda genius! I really like it
Thank you very much! Glad you liked that little touch. :) <3
Please please please tell me that Astrid and Vol will have a happy ending together in at least one of the endings in the completed version of the game!! I fell in love with them and their relationship in Pitstop and now I honestly wouldn't even have minded if this second game had a route that was just the player character getting them together again!!!
Hi! I'm very happy to hear that their relationship resonates with you, and believe me when I say that it's very important to me, too! :D <3
However, I don't want to give out spoilers for the future so I'm afraid I'll just have to say "wait and see"... ;_; heh heh <3
Thank you so much for playing and for commenting! :) <3
I realized I never commented and we all love writing and reading comments, so, here we go.
Once again, we find ourselves young and tragically dead (certified storytelling classic!). Great news! We go straight to Heaven. Bad news! Heaven is something you have to work hard for. So, we get temporarily demoted to Purgatory in order to find out what's wrong there. And what's wrong? Only God knows! Except, she doesn't. Oh no! Disaster!
I first experienced this game while being on massive amount of caffeine and inappropriate amount of sleep. I should've been drowsy and uninterested for all the hours I spent playing, but the story just... sucked me in. How could I be sleepy when all of this is happening? I am a Purgatoryverse enjoyer and I knew, somewhat vaguely, the quality I could expect from this game, but all of my expectations were not only met, but also exceeded, and by a lot. I won't spoiler anything, but gods know I was gasping when the big plot twist came at the end of act 1, and there were more moments (and characters!) which grabbed my little soul and didn't want to let go. Part of me was scared, irrationally, that we'll just get a reskin of Pitstop in Purgatory, but this certainly isn't the case. We're served a whole new meal here, and I will be rating it 5* in the app.
Thank you so much Naarel!! For playing, for commenting and for always being so supportive and a fantastic, positive source of joy in the Discord. Your dedication to my games really means more than you probably know, and helps me work harder and better to keep expanding The Purgatoryverse. <3 <3 <3
Alright I played Pitstop in Purgatory and I enjoyed it, but this, this was FANTASTIC! The art got even better since the first instalment and I loved the interactivity with the day/night cycle. I'm invested on so many levels, I really want Vol and Astrid to be happy together....... It pains me that I have no influence on it and I can only hope that things will turn out for the better in the end but to be honest I have little hope (then again I love me some tragedy, so I am along for the ride regardless)
I played as uh, "unpleasant" Isobel and I enjoyed being a rude little shit very much haha. And how could I not mention the TWIST at the end, holy shit, I did not see it coming but it was so good!!!! I liked the characters better this time around as well, they seem to have more going for them and are more likable in their complexity. My favourite so far is Sheol! I'm torn between going back to see what changes when I pick a different alignment or waiting for new content and trying that out with a different alignment. But I think I've already decided that mean Isobel is "canon" for me haha, so maybe replaying it is...
Awwww thank you so much for the lovely comment! Super happy that you enjoyed the game and that you felt like it even improved on PiP, that's what we were hoping to do. :) <3
Also, I've got to say that it's great fun to hear from a Renegade Isobel because the vast majority of people go Paragon (especially on their first run) so the added perspective was great to read about LOL
Thank you so much for playing, and there's much more to look forward to! <3
really incredible stuff! i havent played pitstop in purgatory, but when i have the money i will definitely get it! i just adore what you have going on and im so excited for the full release!
Aww! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed it so much! :) <3 And yes, much more to come!
Keep an eye out for PiP sales, they happen quite often heh heh! :D
This was so GOOD!! I love how your Purgatoryverse stories are connected, not only because they take place in the same universe, but also because of the characters who appear in them and all the easter eggs you leave which reference things that happened before and/or characters that left an impact on other characters.
The art is, as always, GORGEOUS, the painty sort of Van Gogh style is really pretty and fits the story very well!! The music, BEAUTIFUL (not gonna lie, I wanna buy the soundtrack if there's any plans for one sometime lol). I was also really impressed and charmed by all the UI and the way it was programmed to appear; little by little, like an adventure where you slowly get certain tools that will help you throughout the story. I'm also a big fan of point and click mechanics, so I always have a lot of fun playing through your Purgatoryverse games <3
The writing is amazing. I love the way you can go from dark and mysterious to comedic to even romantic. It's hard to balance different genres and I think you do that really well! The characters you create are always a treat, they have so much personality and life to them that they feel like REAL PEOPLE. They're not all good or all bad, they're a beautiful gray, they're complex, and that's what makes them so interesting. Not to mention these "verbal viruses" that you give to them add so much; like how Vol keeps saying "that is to say", how Bliss always has to add "man" to end his sentences or how Sheol speaks through poetry. I love it!! <3
Isobel is also a great MC, I think I like her even better than Astrid. I love just how kind she is while also being complex and having her flaws too. I honestly would love being her friend hehe. Seeing more of Vol here, from a different perspective, was also a pleasant surprise, and I really liked learning more about Remm too!! I won't go into details for the other characters to avoid spoilers but GOD that plot twist was WILD and I did NOT see that coming. I hope Isobel is alright, I really want her to have a happy ending kdsbgkjgb!!
The only critique I'd make is a technical one. I think there might be a little bug with Isobel's side sprite. Sometimes she appears at random times (where I'm guessing she shouldn't appear) or when she changes expressions. But that's really all, just a minor bug hehe.
Thank you for making this game, I had a lot of fun and am looking forward to the updates!! <3
PS: The Apechs joke about how Astrid is known to be The Voice, not The Hearing had me laughing forever.
AHHHHHHHHH thank yooou sooo much for your lovely words, that means a lot coming from a dev whom I respect so much!! ;_; <3
And ooh yes, that bug is known to us and we're working on fixing it hehe!
Very happy that you enjoyed the game so much!! THANK YOU AGAIN <3 <3 <3
I kind of like the depiction of god as a bubbly black lady, haven't seen this kind of personality trait to characterize god before!
At the same time, it's a bit of a love-hate since her over cheeriness and silliness reminds me of 14 year old me on fb chat but it's such a nice contrast when she does get a little serious with threats.
Side note, for the world map, I wondered what the world would look like to god given it's beyond just humanity. ^^
Not sure if it's a bug but the music stopped in the mac build when travelling to purgatory. Came back with the guide! Excited to play through!
Hi! Glad to hear that you're enjoying the game so far. :)
It's not a bug, it's supposed to be a silent moment basically. But you're not the only one who asked lol so I might add some kind of ambient sound effects or something in an update to make it more clear. ^^;
Gotcha, I realized that after when it happened again for the next character! This is such an interesting premise of being sent for undercover work by god
Look forward to seeing how it pans out! I was curious though about the book (beautifully designed btw!) It said that the guide doesn’t like denizens but acknowledge that he is helping dwellers in his place move on, wouldn’t that turn them into denizens? If I find out later then no spoilers please just thought it was curious hehe
Glad you like the premise! :D
Ah yes, what happens to Dwellers when they move on isn't entirely clear so I can't comment on that without risking to spoil things that will be revealed further on hehe. ;)
Ehee excited
an amazing game that's so, so engaging!!! it immediately absorbs you within the narrative with gorgeous art, absolutely lovely music, and excellent writing. anyone interested in meeting a charming cast of characters, all from completely differing settings, "Night At The Museum"-style will get a kick out of this!! i certainly enjoyed the varying aesthetics. seeing a goth lady, a cyberpunk man, and fashion disaster + the rest of the cast converse with one another? it made me giggle, don't get me started on the conversations. having played pitstop in purgatory, i have to say - poetry in purgatory is very much of the same quality. if not, more!!! the UI is absolutely gorgeous, like. i genuinely sat there stunned at how detailed all the features are. so much love and thought was clearly put into this!! i could write forever about this, but i'll leave it at that. please, please, play this game.
Aww, thank you so much!! :) It means the world to me that you enjoyed it! <3
I just finished the game and I am not surprised that the writing, art, music, and GUI, is as good if not better than Pitstop in Purgatory. Just like in PiP, before and after I started/ended my playthrough, I sat at the menu listening to the music because that theme is good. The first act offers so much in how depending on how you answer the first few questions, it changes the answers you will have later on. This attention to detail is so amazing, I now know that I will have to go back and play through the many sides of Isobel.
I think my favorite part of the game so far is how there is now a day cycle you can decide who to hang out with or continue on with the main story. I'm ready for what kind of side quests and new characters are later to come.
I'm so excited for what is next in the Purgatoryverse. All of the characters are so compelling, I can't help but want more. Congratulations to the whole team for releasing such a stellar part of the game in simply one month.
SPOILERS
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I was screaming at the end.. I can't believe he ended up being the shadow sneaking around. I'm in literal shock.
Thank you so very much!! I'm very glad that you liked it! :)
Can you please make a web or android version?
Hi!
The game is unfortunately much too big for a web version. I did an Android port of my last game and it wasn't very popular, but if there's demand then I'll definitely consider making a new one for this. But that will probably be later on when the game is more complete. :)
Thank you.
Hi!
The Android version is now finally available, if you're still interested. :)
Thank you for your patience. <3
Thank you so much!
My pleasure! Hope you’ll have fun :)