
Pine Point: Insomniac

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.
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android |
| Release date | Nov 29, 2024 |
| Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (330 total ratings) |
| Authors | Zeddyzi, 4xtheSweets |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | Ren'Py |
| Tags | Coming Of Age, Narrative, Short, Singleplayer, Slice Of Life, Story Rich, Surreal, weird |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | German, English, Spanish; Latin America, Vietnamese |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Download
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Development log
- Pine Point Zine + MerchMar 05, 2025
- Spanish Translation Now Available!Jan 07, 2025
- Vietnamese Translation Available!Dec 27, 2024
- German Translation Added!Dec 17, 2024
- Now Available on Android!Dec 05, 2024








Comments
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they're gay your honor /silly
aaaaaaaaaah my favourite goobers!!!
straight ass
Like ass in a bad way or like badass
This game kinda looks like that one show on youtube the plot
I thought that too until I realized that the creature of ramshakle was the one who had helped create the game! Or maybe created it, I'm not sure but there's videos about it on their channel
this is so good!!! absolutely adorable dynamic for nil and dimitri. big shoutout to my friend from the mental hospital for telling me about this :33!! miss you more every day rory <3
momo is my spirit animal
I love It ! please do a longer version please
i love this game, so charming. like very short but you can tell there's so much heart put into this, def reminds me of end of high school friends leaving vibes, all characters seemed super interesting and all i can say is i want more. great job keep making art
not sure if i already commented on this but TS IS SO PEAAAAK
I LOVEDDDDDDD this game so much!!!
literally bawling my eyes out this is such an amazing game i love this i love you wow
este juego es increible
For some reason this is just such a sad game for me, and I think it's because I kind of relate to Nill in a way. I love the design of the characters, the artstyle of the game: the whole thing is just so greatly made.
komahina?
ame este juego, me hizo pensar q me quiero pegar un corchazo. Hermoso
i love this vn so much, it has the right amount of weird and angst(?) and the good ending made up for the other two (though both of them were still interesting) i neeed to see more of dimitri and nil. checking out ur page after i post this comment!
I got this game back in December or January, but I'm here to say this was one of the best vn games I've played. The characters, the art, all of it was and still is something I love. Don't know if there will ever be another pine point vn game, but I loved the hell out of this one
OMGGGGGG I REMEMBER THAT I SAW A VIDEO ABOUT THIS GAME A FEW YEARS AGO!!!
Hang on, why does that art style kinda remind me of Ramshackle?
If this isn't sarcasm I can answer that question for you lol
It isn't sarcasm
Oh my god I'm an idiot they made Ramshackle lmao
Had so much fun playing this. Didnt know that sleep deprivation could be so fun
we know its you truckstoptiger05
have i played WAY too many Vns? yes. did i only now make an account specifically to leave a comment here? ... maybe. I really love this game, despite how long it is- which, for me, is an advantage. this is the only vn i can actually 100% complete, and not just get one ending and move to another. i really like the "creepiness" of it, it, in my opinion, shows whats it like to be overstimulated very well. :)
10/10 i'm crying this is exactly what i needed thank you <3
Poderia colocar uma tradução pra português?(Eu joguei o jogo e achei incrível,eu tive que colocar em espanhol pra eu joga pois o meu inglês é bem ruim
I thought this was going to be like any indie Ren'Py game, but it turns out I was WRONG. This was really good and creative. Thanks for proving me wrong XD. 9.3/10
you created ramshackle? no wonder you only create peak
this was actually so amazing, i love all the character's personalities. this is also very real, but i've always been the one moving away. i teared up a little, got both 'bad' endings first though, whoopsie -v- very good game <3
this is so real ngl// ten out of ten made me giggle and tear up
I think this Deserves an Animation, its so cool. And also it would be great if there would be a Second part. Love it. 10/10. Great!
this game is so tuff i played it on facetime while bothering my friend who was studying 10/10 game i loved it
Now I have to go write a letter to my best friend/crush of the last 3 years before she moves across the country. Thanks game.
I loved it! It's really good and definitely hits hard. I crave more lol. Followed your youtube and always loved your artstyle and stories whenever I saw them. No rush and obviously go at your pace, please keep going with your creativity! I need the music playlist too! Music is life. Can't wait to see more! Hopefully be a patron one day soon!
bro I’m gonna cry. The good night ending gave me so meany feelings.
Is cool B)
I hate VNs. I struggle with reading.
Which sucks in this case! This was such fulfilling experience. I love the music and art style. Im hoping this becomes its own cartoon.
I feel like Ive actually been to this place. Just another Sub-canadian town.
I did all 3 endings. The night at Dimitri's made me cry, ngl. The writing here is top tear. I thought the meletonin was most interesting. I won't be drinking that again coffee tho :) .
This resonates with me. it reminds me of the warmth of youth. I feel for Nil and their struggles against their youth. It is like wearing a costume that youve outgrown.
Amazing and touching. Thank you for making this. It's beautiful. The art style is authentic. I love it. I would love to see more of this style.
One of the best indie games i ever played!!! love the characters and the story line sm :D this inspired me to make my own narative!!
So, I like the game! It is a fun short experience, even though there are 3 endings, you only have one chance at one point to make the ending, that is if you don't save, this game is cute and I really hope to see more in the future even though the ending seems like it is already completed with Nil seeming to accept his friend leaving for the good night ending, I think that is what the ending meant, I don't know what is the purpose of the game is for but I like it XD
一度怀疑作者在某餐饮店后厨打工晕厥创作出的良作
so sad and cute :( i love this game btw, the music, character design, i love everything!
muito triste, mas fofo :( eu amei esse jogo, a música, o design dos personagens, eu amei tudo, achei uma graça!
Holaaa 👋🏻,ok seré lo más breve posible pero es que es la primera vez que comento un juego en itch.io y quiero hacerlo bien ☺️
Primero me encanta la estética del juego, los escenarios, la música, el arte de los personajes,todo me hizo sentir relajada y atenta de cualquier detalle que pasará en la historia
Y segundo me encanto el final 3,los otros dos finales no los entendí 😅,pero si les soy sincera a veces siento que en la vida soy Nil,no me desagrada el café y la gente a mi casi ni me nota pero siempre me pongo a pensar en lo que pasara después saben?,tengo amigas a las que quiero con toda mi alma y no sé si algún día no nos volvamos a ver por un tiempo,pero se que siempre encontramos un pequeño momento en el que nos ponemos de acuerdo para irnos a la casa de alguna de ellas y esos momentos que paso con ellas,no se comparan con nada del mundo.....en fin buen juego como dije lo ame sigan haciendo novelas visuales así y tenga lo por seguro que yo comentaré en ellas...de todas maneras si ninguno habla español se los voy a traducir con Google traductor en otro comentario para que me entiendan...no sé si soy la primera persona que te comenta en español pero espero serlo ✨ les mando un abrazo a todos el equipo y se me cuidan ❤️✨
English:
Hello 👋🏻, okay, I'll be as brief as possible, but this is my first time reviewing a game on itch.io, and I want to do it right ☺️
First, I love the aesthetics of the game, the settings, the music, the character art, everything made me feel relaxed and attentive to any detail that will happen in the story.
And secondly, I loved ending 3, I didn't understand the other two endings 😅, but if I'm honest, sometimes I feel like I'm Nil in life, I don't dislike coffee and people hardly even notice me, but I always start thinking about what will happen next, you know?,I have friends that I love with all my soul and I don't know if one day we won't see each other again for a while, but I know that we always find a little moment in which we agree to go to the house of some of them and those moments I spend with them, are incomparable to anything in the world... anyway, good game as I said I loved it, keep making visual novels like that and rest assured that I I will comment on them... Well, I'm saying goodbye. I send a hug to the entire team, because the truth is that everyone was brilliant. Okay, I've already gone on for a bit longer than in the Spanish comment. Well, without anything else to add,Bye ✨👋🏻