YES AND! is a visual novel with a typing mechanic that allows the player to experience and explore the difficulties of saying no. Help Ellie stand up for herself and learn the importance of prioritizing her own needs.

*Trigger Warning: depictions of bullying, and covert narcissism.


This is the intended completed game for the May Day Mental Health Jam made by Sarah and LauraView the jam submission here. Any feedback is more than welcome! We hope you enjoy it!

*Note: If the animations look laggy, turning on Hardware Acceleration in your browser settings usually helps.

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Credits:

Narrative Designers: Laura and Sarah

Programmer: Sarah

Character Artist: Laura

Scriptwriter: Sarah

Credits for Licensed Material:

  • Dialogue System provided by Yarn Spinner under the MIT License.
  • Visual Novel Template using Yarn Spinner provided by Ropework under the MIT License.
  • Certain Art Assets licensed by FreePik including speech bubbles.
  • Music (These were all cropped, not remixed, to suit our needs):
    • Heart Method by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) [license]
    • Dreaming of Water by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) [license]
    • Hot Sand by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) [license]
    • Life's Rhythms by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) [license]
    • Ailsa's Lullaby by Axletree [license]
    • Furry Friends by Scott Holmes Music [license]
    • A Little Swing Music by Dee Yan-Key [license]
    • All Things Considered by Lovira [license]
    • Episode 033 by Das Kabinett [license]
  • Car Honk Sound Effect 
  • Page Turn Sketchbook 2 Sound Effect
  • Ambient Bird Sounds from the  [public domain]
  • Diamond Font [Demo license]
  • Patrick Hand Font under the Open Font License 
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Release date Jul 13, 2022
Authorssarahno, druidim
GenreVisual Novel
Made withKrita, Unity, Clip Studio Paint
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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