Failed Connection

This spin-off was made for the 2026 Yaoi Game Jam. 

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You are a shut-in chronically online college student, home early from your second semester because of… personal reasons. That doesn’t stop your friends from dragging you out of the house, however! Meet with old friends, go on an impromptu date, and explore a sleepy old Midwestern town in the 00’s while you try to keep your life together.

[Warnings]

This work contains swearing, implications of childhood neglect/endangerment, and brief implications/mentions of substance use.

This work contains descriptions and themes of illness. The developers of Failed Connection are not medical professionals and there may be some inaccuracies in descriptors of symptoms.

[Featuring]

• ~7000K words of dialogue
• 3 endings
• 1 secret ending

[Controls]

• Use arrow keys to move
• Z to interact
• Shift to run
• Esc for menu

[Creators]

[Audio mixing, character design, development, dialogue portraits, map design, sound design, story]

aorticdecay

[Cutscene lines, development, overworld]

venacava-exe

[Cutscene coloring]

purpleleafsyt

[Additional notes]

This game was made in a short amount of time and there may be bugs that were overlooked during development. This game is a spin-off of an unreleased game using the same characters and a slightly different story. A website is in the works detailing the development process and behind-the-scenes of Failed Connection and will be linked when updated.