One Night Stand Cover

One Night Stand (PC)

This review was originally written on 07/12/2018.

Technical Information

Developer: Kinmoku
Publisher: Kinmoku
Release Date: 11/07/2016

After a night of heavy drinking and craziness, you wake up naked in a bedroom. And there’s a girl next to you! How did you get there? Were you kidnapped? Or maybe rescued?.
Your phone battery is dying, and you have no clue what to do. That’s the game’s plot.

The protagonist of One Night Stand noticed his phone's battery is low. The protagonist of One Night Stand wakes up in an unknown room. A woman is sleeping on the bed, and the protagonist sees her lying with her back to him. A moment where you can make a choice in One Night Stand. The main character asks the player if he should check the mysterious woman’s wallet. A moment where you can talk to the mysterious woman in One Night Stand.

Final Thoughts – Analyzing the game as a whole

Graphics and UI

I loved the sketch style and the pastel color palette. It brought a calm vibe to the game, and for first-time players, this helps reinforce the sense of mystery. The animation of the art strokes reminded me a lot of Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Nintendo DS). I have a huge soft spot for this art style.

The UI is very well done, perfectly matching the art style. The font choice fits perfectly, and the text box borders have the same stroke animation as the mysterious girl.
The in-game menu is very intuitive.

Soundtrack and Sound Effects

This is the weakest part of the game, in my opinion. The music is always the same, and there are very few sound effects.
Since the game is short, a few more sounds would have been nice, like vocal cues for emotions like surprise or doubt.

Gameplay

This is a great visual novel for people who aren’t usually into the genre because it’s very short. The multiple endings keep you coming back, and it works great as a casual game.

The whole game is just clicking, and it’s super easy to understand. As with most visual novels, the spacebar can be used to advance the dialogue. As with most visual novels, the spacebar can be used to advance dialogue. Previously read text can be skipped to speed up the progress of new choices.

Replayability and Game Retention

The game is extremely short, so it’s easy to start over and make new choices. In fact, after finishing it for the first time, that’s exactly what I did (which is very rare for me! hahaha).

[blur]I was very confused at first.
Being wary of everything, I thought I had been kidnapped!. In my first playthrough, I tried to be the “nice guy” and was a bit disappointed when she turned me down so coldly.
I guess the biggest challenge is actually getting her interested in you.[/blur]

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