Listen to My Song
This is a story about an idol's struggles...
"It's my dream! To smile on stage and cheer everyone on!"
"Your voice sucks! You can't sing without autotune!"
"You should just give up and go back to your mommyyyyyy..."
... with a mix of slap-stick comedy...?!
"Awawawa... I can't marry now..."
"Oh, you have the stupid."
"Then what should I do? Beg?"
"I will make you beg."
Can your voice reach everyone's hearts?
Follow the yuricore adventure of Renra Tsuru, the klutzy girlfailure trying to save her friends!
Renra Tsuru's school idol mates have been kidnapped by the sinister Kagame Kagami inside the Shadowdeath Realm! She can't be an idol solo if she's still a rookie and her friends are gone!
Determined to save them, she contracts Chiki the magical familiar to be a magical girl before venturing out into the realm! Along the way, she also uncovers the dark side of being an idol... will she survive this struggle and perform as an idol again?!
This visual novel was created in one month for the Magical Girl Game Jam #11. Please download the game for the best result. The web player might have performance issues, incorrect sprite/music timing, and simpler effects.
Features
- Boke and Tsukkomi character dynamic
- Non-stop comedy with a balance of drama!
- 4 Endings with all 4 collectible CGs! Can you find them all?
- Around 6K words of story
- Font size options
- AAAAIIYAAA IYAAA IYAAAAAA
Content Warnings
Bullying, discrimination, flashing lights, body dysmorphia, depiction of blood, possible animal cruelty, possible major character death.
Known Issues
If you accidentally pressed esc or right-click, you will be presented with a quick save page. Quick saves will be erased when you close the game, and you will not see your normal saves. Press ESC to exit the quick save page, press ESC twice on fullscreen.
The web version does not have all effects and might exhibit performance issues. It is recommended to play the desktop version for the best experience. On both desktop and web version, clicking too fast or skipping might cause some sprites to become translucent. They should go back to normal eventually if you progress normally. On Atkinson Hyperlegible, an effect playing in battle will show as missing glyphs.
Credits
@2025 by JAM Project
- Scriptwriter - Cahya Sastrawidjaya and Atari
- CG Artist - asteRiesling
- Character Designer & Sprite Artist - JUSTICEMAN
- Script Editor and Quality Checker - Dann DeTomato and damiunyu
- Programmer - Requiem
Attribution
With gratitude for the following assets provided for noncommercial use:
- Scripts and shaders by Feniks, Maurimo, Wattson, Kigyo, Stella, CuteShadow, 7dots
- SFX by Pixabay, Sound Effect Lab, Homemade_SFX
- BGM by Maoudamashii, Kevin MacLeod, Kamatamago
- Background images and visual flairs by Heartpunch, Guttari Nyanko, Nanami Yuki Atelier, FireYugi, Ley Klussyn, AC-Illust
- GUI by reo
Download
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Development log
- Character Design Notes29 days ago
- Ending Guide (No Spoiler)30 days ago
Comments
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Tried the game and got the true ending on first try, woo hoo!
It's a short and sweet experience. The structure is simple but effective by starting right as the action is about to begin, but I think a bit more explanation about the magical girl system here would be nice to ground the reader more in the world. It can also raise the stakes by making us care more about the "villain".
The doubts and challenges of being idol are well-represented through the enemies, although I find the first two much more clear cut and easily understood compared to the third one, which feels a bit all over the place.
But the message of story is nice and very hopeful. Magical girls and idos go really well.
The interactions between Renra and Chiki are also quite enjoyable, although it gets repetitive a little bit with the shades and tsukkomi. But they have great dynamic together.
The presentation is wonderful, the UI is adorable. The enemy cut out feels a bit out of place but it's still okay. The animations really ups the production value and are utlizied well in each segment. The sprites are adorable and the BGs are really good. Oh, and the music, especially for the final confrontation, is really cool and pumps me up.
Overall, a simple but touching story that could have used a little bit more expansion, with excellent presentation.
I enjoyed this game!
Thank you for playing!
(Also has no commentary. Also had to edit out the bugged part. The thumbnail will be changed, after some days has passed I guess)
Still mostly has been said on the first comment I guess, with some bug issues as well. But I already said, this game's pretty good. Again really loved the dynamic, really had funny parts especially the wrong choices and during the meeting with Kagame Kagami.. So Kudos, well done. Also to follow up, I also like the monsters' designs, really represents what they are, and all of them starts with B as well.
Again, well done!
Whoa, thank you very much! I’ll let the team know about this!
Hii! Thank you so much for playing and making a video about this game TTwTT)
I’m glad you enjoyed the dynamics and funny parts hehe, it was fun writing funny things =w=)~
hehe, no problem! Tho I only know few boke and tsukkomi things, you still captured it as well. and it's really cool!
Welp I certainly played the game, and it's really cool! Problem, is like I'm stuck, and I have no idea how to get the remaining ending/s. I thought I was going to get the good ending but ended up still no, and just lead to neutral on the other one. So basically I have zero idea of what to do. I felt I have done every single choice. at this point, and the other 2 endings, I just really couldn't access. So unfortunately, I ended up giving up for now. I feel like something is missing, I literally checked every choice now, and just literally did
all possible choices that could have lead to good and/or true ending. (where all 3 were like into good direction.)
And it just never did, it just stuck to neutral.
So issues aside, I like the dialogues. I like the boke and tsukkomi comedy of the duo main characters. Also has the "oi!" dialoguing so that's
also cool and bonus points! I also love the art as well, very cute!
Overall it's still a good game despite being stuck to two endings, unfortunately. Still will have extra final words once I am able to see the last
two endings.
Hi! We’ll probably do an ending guide after everyone has done resting, but for now here’s the gist of it:
Every encounter with the shadow monster has 3 sequence of choices, and only when getting all of them right you’re considered to “perfectly win” that encounter (there’s an auditory cue for the right and wrong answer).
The requirement for the good ending is perfectly winning all three encounters.
The requirement for the true ending is winning all three encounters plus getting at least two answers perfectly right on Ame-Onna battle.
The Ame-Onna battle is different because each sequence has 4 options instead of 3, and there are 2 wrong options and 2 right options. One of the right options give you the extra points needed for the True End. If you win the battle but fail to reach True End, you will still get the Good End as long as you did perfect on the previous three shadow battles.
Does the perfect win, involves the orbs? Also yeah I did listen to the cues... I still ended up in Neutral Ending even getting all of the right answers. And also did the other thing with likely both in the absolute right options.... despite seeing some new ones.. it... still ended up in Neutral, instead of likely of what supposed to be going to be a True End. (it showed the neutral cutscene for whatever reason, and still ended up for neutral end)
Alright. That’s a bit weird. Let me check it again and I’ll get back to you. Our playtester was able to reach all endings, though. Hmm.
The orb unlocks extra dialogues but shouldn’t have bearings to the endings.
Thank you for playing the game and the kind words. Sorry that this happens to you >.<
No worries I did try really hard, and really crying when I still saw the neutral end a number of times.
I'll promise you, I got all choices right and perfectly win with 3 right choices, and also got the two absolute right choices as well, where it plays the new cutscene I have never seen before, thought at least it will be true ending and just still leads to neutral, but with black background. I also did restarted the game, and still the same, just for making sure it's a bug or anything.
(I'm also sorry for a lot of edits. on the previous message.)
Hi! I’m able to confirm that the True End and Good End are indeed reachable. Please follow these sequences and do tell me if you still cannot proceed to the correct ending cutscenes!
Do note that Good End and Normal End start with similar lines but different outcomes.
Encounter A: “It’s alright, you can slow down!”, “Don’t worry about tomorrow”, “Let’s talk about it!”
Encounter B: “I hear you”, “No one’s gonna hurt you here”, “Your actions matter more!”
Encounter C: “Your voice doesn’t help people!”, “It doesn’t matter as long as I can help!”, “You don’t have to put others down!”
Good End Final Boss: “Harmonize with Kagame Kagami’s voice”, “Remember your dream!”, “Let it all out!”
True End Final Boss: “Focus and improvise the lyrics”, “You don’t have to sing alone”, “Take my hand”
Alright, this is still weird, again, now it works. Yeah funnily those are the same inputs I did, and it works. I have to guess it has something to do with the save function. I tried this one on a new start
again, and now it works with those same options. One of the saves I made do have all of the right options answered, I'm absolutely not lying on that one. It somehow just leaded to Neutral Route.
The only other thing I could be thinking of is like if swapping choices also causes issues, or like it has an actual point system, might be the point system.
But enough talk, it works this time. So again thanks.
It’s okay, and I’m glad it works now! You raise a good point and I’ll see if I can reproduce it. Would you mind telling me at which part did you save, and was the save on a new playthrough or after you have unlocked one of the endings?
Did you rollback on the battles before and after saving?