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A jam submission

Going Once, Cut TwiceView game page

And sold to the mermaid in black.
Submitted by Sudachys (@sudachys), linglyum (@linglyum) — 10 hours, 54 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Story#54.8954.895
Overall Experience#104.8684.868
Category: Voice Acting#114.6844.684
Category: Cinematography#124.7374.737
Category: Music#194.6324.632
Visuals#264.8424.842

Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Content Warnings
Violence, Body horror, Mutilation, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Emotional manipulation, Hypnosis, Loss of autonomy

Log Line
Your beach vacation goes awry when a stranger curses you and turns you into a siren. Plunged into the deep sea, you fall into the hands of The Gilded Gill, an auction house run by mermaids.

Team Credits & Cast
Viewable on the game page and in-game

Work Start Date
September 1st 2026, concepts/drafting in August

Which engines and/or plugins did you use? (NaniNovel, Light.VN, etc.)
Ren'Py

University League Participant

No

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Comments

(+2)

BITING HYRAEN BITING HIM BITING HIM BITING HIM-

Submitted(+2)

Loved the eerie aquatic atmosphere and beautifully written narrative. I found myself wanting to spend more time with Hyraen, lawd have mercy D:

Developer

Thank you so much!! 🧡 :))

(+3)

I enjoyed this quite a bit and found the plot quite captivating! Ending 3B was my favorite though.

Developer(+2)

AA thank you!! :D We’re super glad you enjoyed the plot! My personal favorite is ending 3B too, it definitely granted the most closure heheh

(+3)

This was super tense to play through. Nicely done! The art was very nice to look at, as well.  The ambiance generated by the sounds and BGM helped immerse me a lot. 

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much!! We’re really glad you enjoyed the game and the atmosphere! :D

(+3)

ohhh i love love love this one first thing that hooked me was the cutesy dialogue box it was so cute. the corals and the string lights around the sign like names was so cute and a nice touch. the change to the pretty blue and black text boxes were a nice change too its so pretty!! :D the descriptions during the transforming scene really gave me the slight ick even tho it really wasnt too graphic :P i loved that! and the voice acting was just wonderful! the VAs did such a good job :D <3 Hy especially. his tone made me want to break his face in(lovingly) and the shopkeeper lowk pmo in the best way possible. love love that. the background was also really pretty i loved the surroundings esp when we first entered the ravine !! the ambience pairing it was so nice too, i kinda let it played in the background for a bit when i had to do something :P last thing i really liked was Hyraen design, more specifically his name! it reminded me of 海人 which simply translated is ocean/sea people in chinese :3 i just thought of that whilst playing since my grandmother used to tell me about those! i thought it was a really nice touch, even if it is or isnt intentional :D ! i loved the game as a whole its really great and well done ^^ !!!!

Developer(+2)

EEE TYSM for the super kind words!! We’re super glad you enjoyed everything aaaa :D We definitely have our GUI artist to thank for the textboxes, they did a crazy good job! We’re glad the descriptions and art were able to invoke those feelings too, it means a lot to us!! Our writer was also really excited to see your comment on Hyraen’s name, it wasn’t intentional but they thought it was super fitting too :D