Pine Point: Insomniac
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
You’re Nil.
Fishing at Lost Lake, trashing the popular kids’ cars, and playing in your shitty garage band are all things you’d rather be doing than working a dead-end job that will probably keep you trapped in Pine Point for the rest of your life.
Fortunately, you get to work alongside your best friend, Dimitri. Unfortunately, Dimitri is leaving town at the end of the summer… and you’re not.
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Pine Point: Insomniac is a short, surreal slice-of-life visual novel following Nil, a severely sleep-deprived slacker, as he tries to survive the day at work with his best friend, Dimitri.
ABOUT THE CREATOR
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Zi is a director and animator who doesn’t play games, but loves telling weird stories. She is the most comfortable writing silly cartoon comedy, like in her Youtube series Ramshackle. However, Zi doesn’t enjoy being too comfortable, so she decided to torture herself by creating a series that is centered around coming-of-age drama and surrealism–hence Pine Point.
Pine Point: Insomniac came into existence after realizing that another animated episode would probably shave years off of Zi’s lifespan, so a visual novel was the next best thing. This game serves as a short proof-of-concept for the Pine Point project.
FEATURES
👁 Around 3k words
👁 ~80+ CGs
👁 About 20-30 minutes of gameplay
👁 3 choice-based endings
👁 Debuts of new characters 😎
WARNING
Some eye strain, swearing
TW: Mentions of drug use, death, emetophobia
THE TEAM
Additional Assets
- _shyua ~ 3D Kitchen Background Model
- Freepik
- Shadow | Neverforever | Nurture Nurture | Irie Sunset | Nobodysthereforme | Grayskies ~ BGM
- Pixabay ~ SFX
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You can play the game for free or leave a tip to support the creation of more content!
Alternatively, get access to extra Pine Point art and behind-the-scenes content on PATREON or grab some merch at the official STORE.
Note: If you're interested in making a translated version, have experience with translating games and using Ren'Py, please contact 4xthesweets@gmail.com with a resume of past translations. Otherwise we will be ignoring any inquiries about translating the game. Please know this is a volunteer position that only lists credit to the translator for their work.
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Development log
- Now Available on Android!6 days ago
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i actually related to this even if im nowhere near like nill, i ended the last ending with literal tears man. i miss my best friend so much.
i was so hungry.....this is wonderous
best game ebvercried myself to sleep
omg are you the one who made Ramshackle??
I love your art style!!
and this is only to zeddyzi, not to the comments below, unless its zeddyzi.
as someone who has insomnia, this game/novel really hits on another level and I love it so much!
thank you for actually showing what insomnia looks/feels like because I feel like most people just think "just sleep bruh its not that hard" so thank you for showing this!
I have insomnia myself, it SUCKSSS 😭
I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!! The art, music, and every thing are sooooo amazing!!!!! I've been listening to the music all day!!!! The colors and overall vibe ig has a grip on me lol, also, the colors help me with color study!! I love this game thank you so much!!!!
idk what the FUCK them pills momo gave me was.....but i think she slipped some in the coffee like gahdamn
omg i loved this game, i saw the art style and immediately said 'RAMSHACKLE!??' lolol. anywayzzz, this game was super fun, i wish it was longer but beggars cant be choosers. i laughed my ass off at the acid trip that happened cause wtf?? nywayz keep up the good work!!!
Man this game is amazing and each ending has a different life lesson 1.Fuck coffee 2.Even though they say they are your friends you cant trust them and to surround yourself with good people you can trust 3.you never really understand what you love until it leaves but always remember it's will be their for you if you are going through a hard time just want you to know your family friends and everyone you know is their for you so just talk to them.
This game told me I have to live every second of life knowing that its precious and that not many people have the same as me. Also beautiful sound design. 10/10 almost made me cry.
ALL DONE IT WAS GOOD GOOD JOB MY BRO (neutral) STAY COOL AND ALIVE
I really enjoyed the story concept and the art style is AMAZING! The asthetic and vibe were really cool. Are you going to make it a series?
Loved every second of it.
cant wait to play! saw this yesterday :)
This is really amazing! I love both ramshackle and pine point so much!!
This hits really close to home. thanks for making this!
This is incredible. The art style is so cool —I love the characters so much— and I am incredibly happy that Zi got to do more with Pine Point! Love this!! 🧡
FINALLY ! Someone made something out of those creepy neighborhood watch singns ! With they're red eyes !
THEY USED TO SCARE ME SO MUCHHH
great game. the art to the music to the cheesy pizza on the wall. My childhood friend just recently moved, this game reminded me a lot of the situation i think it even made me feel a bit better about it, so thank you.
❤️❤️❤️
I saw this and was instantly exited because I love the Ramshackle animation, and this definitely lived up to my expectations! I loved all endings but I think I liked ending 2/3 the best, the vibe was so spooks
did you just stab me
aw dude I loved this it's really good!! ALSO CANADA REP LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVED IT!!!
The art is magnificent, the characters are charming and you fall in love with them, and the atmosphere makes you feel nostalgic and sad, with a hint of fear for the future, plus there is obviously some paranormal horror hidden here...
IT'S PERFECT<3<3<3<3
Please tell me this will be a series and there will be a sequel, pleaseeee (^_^)
P.S.: By the way, in the bad endings, does Nil die or does he just have a bad night?
Me before playing Pine Point:
Happy, Excited, Nervous
Me after playing Pine Point:
Sad, Silently hoping Dimitri will come back, Momo's kinda real
🤍GREAT GAME🖤
really enjoyed this game and I've been a fan of the Zeddyzi's ever since I saw Ramshackle. love their art style and as a guy who grew up in a small midwestern town this game was really relatable for me. I hope more can be done with these characters and this story in the future but for now I just wanna say great job
Apparently its canada lol. My bad i live in Michigan I literally could just just cross a bridge over. I genuinely thought this was the midwest. Still super cool
This game is so cute, and sad at the same time. All the characters are so cute and precious. And all the endings are very good. I loved this game. Nil deserves better:(
This game excels at showing you the perspective of someone terrified of their dying childhood, clinging to it for dear life while everybody and everything changes. It's funny how this game takes place during Summer but gives heavy Autumn vibes. Very cute game with some mild horror mixed in. I really hope we get to see more of this universe in the future, even another game in this style would satiate me
Thank you so much, I def wanna do more with the series in the future!!! And there's a reason why it gives autumn vibes even though its summer hehe...
I really enjoyed this, I'm excited to see more of these characters and universe!
Waitt- this artstyle.. RAMSHACKLE??!?!?! Danggg 😭🔥🔥🔥
PIUN EDPEJJFND
YOOOOOOO THIS IS COOL AS FUCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!
WOWW OH MY WHAT A GOOD STORY i hope we get to see more of all these characters<333
i absolutely adore this game and hope to see more of it! this also fed my need for Zeddyzi's artstyle (love it sm)
Just played and OH MY STARS IT'S SO FUCKING COOL
omg这也太好玩了太幸福了我滴妈呀
This game ain't free
it is you can just set the price to 0 and u can download it for free.
gonna try out this game!