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.
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Development log
- Pine Point Zine + Merch68 days ago
- 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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Reading momos lines in weird ass german accent was weirdly good and ill bring a whole store of coffe , cream , sugar packs and İce Coffe Next to Nils tent
10/10. Project Mayhem approved. 🥲
SO CUTE !!!!!
i felt happy at ending 1 where dimitri lets us sleep on his bed feelt like when my friend had to move to atlanta and she played the guitar for me to as i slept on her bed infinity/10
hell yeah dude, that was really beautiful. incredible what you managed to do with a visual novel with only 3 endings and like 2 dialogue trees. it was really nice though. music and art both fuck btw
this game is so good i cried every ending it feels so nastalgic and familiar its weird but its my kind of weird i need more merch pls pls pls pls pls;?
cried at that last comfort ending, felt like home for a good second
10/10 would cry to tjhis again 👍
i love this game it made me cry its so cute!
i want to know if there will be Chinese,,
HOLY SHIT YES IT's GOT LINUX
Sometimes the text popping up sincronizes with the beat
Anyway, lovely cozy little game, relatable in everyway
que lindoooooooooooo
not enough meth yo
The game looks great! Do you need some music? Im composer and would like to write some original music)
this is so good omg !! i would love to see more of this story like im literally so brainrotted with this game now aaaghhh
会有汉化吗
I loved this game, as someone whos about to go off to college and lives in a small town this hit incredibly close to home, the delirious feeling of a gross 9-5, the way all the art and text made it feel like a cloudy summer filled with bug sounds, I loved it!! Absolutely amazing!!!
I swear if I had money, you'd get some!!! I have over $250 worth of merchandise in my cart on your site rn I just need a job :'(
I'm playing this on my YT channel and I'm SOO excited!!!! I've avoided ANY spoilers and I'm pretty sure I've doubled the view count by myself on your short "you can stay". I'm sooo excited!!!! Keep doing great work Zi! You have a lifelong fan!
Aaah thank you sm!! <33
i NEED more of this please please please please please please please please please please please
✨yes✨,also just got my best friend to play it too
i like this alot, everything looks so cool, yall did a great job!!!!
i wanted to ask how long the whole thing took to write, draw and programm? (:
I just finished this. I'm crying, it really got to me. It's very familiar, nostalgic and warm. It's a lot like Night in the Woods mixed with Life is Strange, but it's definitely also its own special thing. I love it.
Thank you so much! <33
Damn this game made me feel so many things in such a small amount of time. I fell in love with uncanny visual novels after playing the games of Racheldrawsthis, and a viewer suggested that I should try this out. I was not disappointed at all.
The very cool character designs, the beautiful bg scores and the very eerie lil guy created a cozy yet very uncomfortable atmosphere, and the endings fit perfectly to it.
This is my full gameplay of Pine Point Insomniac with all its endings ^-^
the writing gives off night in the woods vibes. love this sm
zeddy . no shit . i teared up .. dont ask why . but i absolutely love pine point , and i will always love yur artstyle <3 >X]
absolutely one of my new favorite games. its a total mix of night in the woods writing and the vibes of gravity falls. you have made something truly amazing and i truly hope you run with it and make something even big with it
Ahhh Night in The Woods! Thats such a huge compliment, thank you sm!
I downloaded it on iPhone and it’s in my downloads but every time I open it it’s just a black screen that says “PinePoint application 284.7 MB” how do I fix this? I originally watched a playthrough with my friend but I really want to play it again and I don’t have a computer
It sounds like the file type isn't supported for ios (iphone)
the confusing part is that the logo next to the downloads says its available for apple and the only thing I can think of is that its not supported on ios but supported on macOS so you would need a mac device to run it unforunately
the good news is that this game can be run on literally anything no matter how bad of a device it is, its available on most computer-based operating systems like linux, macOS and windows so if you have literally any computer at all you can play it!
Truly a master piece cannot wait for full version i love the art style so much!
loved it ! I love zeddizy's work and seing a game with her artstyle is just so freacking cool ! the game gave me also omori's real world's vibes with the real places for the backgrounds
So cool! Cannot wait for full game! Gave me some Gravity falls vibes but much more dark.
you know you're hyped to play a game when you create a itch.io account specifically to play it (bonus points when you don't regret it)
Phenomenal folksy vibes, dope art, weirdcore perfection, nostalgic yearning for a lost childhood, coming of age, isolation, the unsettling dread of being trapped in your dead-end small town, Alex G’s music if it were a renpy game.
I loved this a lot!
this is all ive ever wanted to hear, thank you....🥹
I just played this game after a friend recommended it to me, and I really enjoyed it! It has me yearning for something I can't quite name (in a good way). Thanks for making it!
Found a longer song called Suicide Cleanup that sounds similar to the menu song, really happy, the menu sounds really cool
begging... PLEADING...........i would love love love if this was available on ios !
Finalmente! Lo volveré a jugar pero en Español
This game does something I feel I rarely experience in a title, and that's its ability to make the player feel something visceral.The art, both in direction and execution is absolutely stunning. The amount of still images and sprites designed and made for this "relatively" short game is honestly shockingly fantastic on a quality/quantity level.
Not to mention the audio and song choices used for the project add so much emotion and strength to the experience it's honestly indescribable.
It turns what is already an emotion story told within a short timeframe into something almost beautiful.
If this is just a small glimpse into the potential future and potential of Pine Point, then saying I'm excited would be the understatement of the century. ^^
Thank you so much!!! This means a lot :D
Hello, zeddyzi! I see that you are adding translations and I’d like to throw my hat in the ring with a Spanish translation! It is my second language and I’d love to put it to use helping you out! I don’t want any payment or exposure or nothing, just the opportunity to help you out! I loved the game and would love the chance to be a part of it!