lilac & her light
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
languages: english / 한국어
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ever since last autumn, everything that lilac touches loses its colour. one night, she wakes up and hears a knock on her door...
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LILAC & HER LIGHT is the story of a girl who has stayed inside her house for a year, and the witch who knocks on her door to bring her back outside.
in this game: stargazing, potion making (?), and cat chasing (??)!
play time is ~30 minutes.
for $3 or more, you can support me in my game-making adventures & also receive a digital art collection!
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CREDITS:
story/code/art by npckc
music by sdhizumi
translation by KyleHeren (ko)
get the soundtrack here:
LILAC & HER LIGHT original soundtrack
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Development log
- "lilac & her light" now in korean!Feb 05, 2019
- LILAC & HER LIGHT is out now!Oct 31, 2018
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such a cute game!! thank you
I love this! Added it to my fav games. The Korean translator has the same name as me haha. But something's a bit weird - how come Chime never came back? I wonder why...? But this game is good! This game also has such a happy ending.
Edit: I just figured it out. I had to chase the cat twice haha. Also, when I exit the game, my progress never gets saved. Could you please fix this?
This was really sweet and fun. I liked the maps and the lovely mood set by the light. I could tell the witch was leaving something out, but finding out what absolutely warmed my heart.
I love ur game sm, like im literally roleplaying into the character. Actual RPG
I tried running the nw Linux binary on Arch Linux, but it gave me:
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf", line 5: unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 4: unknown element "description"
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[4266:4266:1210/172418.288268:FATAL:platform_font_linux.cc(83)] Check failed: InitDefaultFont(). Could not find the default font
It turns out, the fontconfig syntax changed a few years ago, which broke older versions of nwjs. To fix this, all you need to do is download the latest version of nwjs, extract the archive, and replace all of the libs/other files in lilacgame with the newer nwjs files. Then, it'll just work when you try to run nw again.#0 0x7f9c84f0143c <unknown>
And so, I got to play lilac & her light!
It was the first npckc game I played in English, though that's only because it didn't have a Japanese option, heh. It had a nice message and I enjoyed it. The soundtrack was pleasant too.
That damn cat, though...
thank you for figuring this ut! unfortunately i am not quite sure how to do that on my end to fix the build, but i am going to research it and try to create a new build.
I'm guessing the version of nwjs is bundled with RPG Maker MV, and that you need to update it by updating RPG Maker MV itself...but it hasn't received any new updates for a few years.
But doing some more research, I found this post: https://itch.io/blog/484532/how-to-update-nwjs-in-rpg-maker-mv-for-rpg-devs
> Fortunately, RPG Maker MV uses an unmodified copy of NW.js as its runtime for desktop deployment, which means it’s pretty easy to update it manually! The process isn’t really different between development OS, so I’ll go through it target by target.
The process is essentially the same thing I did on my end, with a few more steps. The post recommends deleting files, but all I did was copy some files over and replace older files with the same name and I had no issues playing the entire game.
Also, disclaimer that I have no idea what I'm doing :) I haven't touched RPG Maker since XP, and I never ended up making a game with it, lol.
Once again this was an extremely sweet game : )
It was amazing ! I loved it so much!!
This is the most comforting, sweet little game I have played in a while! I love it so much.
After completing this game, I am so emotional. Really cute game and a very sweet game too. This game was short, consisting with magic.
Stories regarding friendship, magic and overcoming your fears will always have soft spot in my heart and this little game really hit all the marks!!! It was short, it was sweet and it was comforting. The art was really cute and fit well with the game. Loved it and thanks for making it!!! <3
Finishing this game, the first and foremost thought is, god I love stories like this. Stories of friendships that sprout from helping one another through struggles and in opposition to the notion of othering. The story is really sweet, and I'm really glad to have gone through it.
Then, an inch away from foremost prominence, my mind really can't help but think "a sequel to this would simply be fantastic", though I can only imagine that there are issues involved in doing such a thing, so. As it is, this story is really wonderful. It's a perfect standalone experience!! So, whether or not a sequel is an idea that could sprout or not, this leaves a lot to the imagination for the future...
The emphasis in the soundtrack on melodic percussion (or at least, my brain focusing in on it and reacting to it) is really wonderful too, though that's probably a personal bias. What I mean is, I'm glad one of the characters is named "Chime". It's a beautiful instrument, and, as sort of a dorky extrapolation, chimes certainly add a lot to a mystical and wonderful atmosphere, so... I mean. Just in general, the soundtrack is wonderful!!
That's all to say, thank you for making this game!! It's really sweet, and I'm glad it has such a positive message and outlook. Experiences like this are simply fantastic!!!!!!
obviously the witch right?
This was a fun and a cute short game. I loved the message it told as it could be interpreted differently to people going through different situations. Love from Ethiopia ❤️
The game is really cute so far! I love the atmosphere and the cute characters.
However, for some reason I'm struggling to prepare Lilac's part of the potion... I can't figure out how to cut the vegetables.
Does anyone else know how?
dey gay 10/10
lol
this game is super cute!! i loved it so much and i really enjoyed the little cat chase
The Linux version does not seem to work for me on Mint 20.2 Cinnamon 64-bit. After unzipping, and adjusting the permission to allow "Game.desktop" to run as a program, I tried running "./Game.desktop" in the terminal and got the following error:
./Game.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found
./Game.desktop: line 3: -c: command not found
Does anyone know how to work around this issue? All other NPCKC games I've tried work. I think I'm just going to play the Android version on my phone.
EDIT: I have now completed the game on my phone and I loved the ending!
hi, sorry for the issue! would you please try launching the game via nw instead of game.desktop?
Ahhhhh so fricking cute! The music, their walking animations, and I especially love when Lilac's sprite is confused or shocked. It's adorable. I didn't know if Chime's name was pronounced as just 'Chime' or 'She-may' but I went with the second option since it was cuter lol. 10/10. Pity it was short tho.
I was really excited to play this, but it won't open...
have you tried extracting all files, then running the application?
also u might wanna make sure u downloaded the proper version for your platform :>
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one of my absolute favorite games now! so so cute, fun, and relaxing. <3
It was one fun and brief experience playing this game! I wrote a review of it on my blog, you can check it out here https://fadinglightpro.blogspot.com/2021/04/re-coloring-grey-spaces-lilac-and-he...
looks super cute! time to,,,, ask if i can play it bc my parents dont let me play anything lol
As a HSP with depression an anxiety, I loved this game. It's so sweet. It made me feel calm and warmed my heart. Thank you for making it.
I thoroughly enjoyed the game, the cute art style and the awesome soundtrack. Had fun with the game :)
I really enjoyed the story and the characters are so sweet! 🥰
I wasn't able to open it on mac :
Great Game!
What the hell? I try to play the game and this happens:
this is an issue with your system (mac) and not the game. you have the game in a folderpath that does not allow writing (saving) so please try moving it to a different folder before playing.
Ah... ok
A very sweet game. The music was so soothing! Plus some truly cute art, and a cat chase! I'm soft uwu
-Made a Video.
"beautiful, i love it."
Would be nice if Mac developers would specify if their games are 32 bit or 64 bit. Just bought this game and didn't find out until after I paid for it that I can't play it because it's 32 bit. It's hard enough to find games for Mac anyway.
Really cute and simple! I like it!
cried at the end... and i love the lessons in the themes i could see.
a very sweet game i enjoyed as a halloween treat. thank you for sharing. <3
nice!
This was adorable, thank you <3
So cute <3
Glad everything worked out, the ending was so sweet~