Violet by Jeremy Freese

Review TechCowboy

I heard about this game through the Eaten by a Grue podcast. This unique and awesome game only took a few hours to complete, but it gave me some great belly laughs and had me thinking outside the box.

Review Babydody

Very clever! It's clear a good amount of effort was put into this. The responses are hilarious and it's super fun how interactive this story is. The puzzles were a bit absurd at some times though and can be absolutely impossible to guess by yourself. But otherwise a fun one! Would recommend!

Review Savio

Sophisticated, elegant game. Extremely responsive to commands and player improvisation.

Review MehCandie

I loved the level of interactivity and the amount of things you could play around with. However, the storyline is kind ridiculous. It makes you go back and forth so many times, including if you forgot to do something. Especially dealing with Violet's annoying personality, the nagging to this extent is unbearable, but I guess you have to be able to make it so that everything is executed in chronological order, but still ridiculous. Otherwise, great game!

Comment Munkus69

Good day!

Excuse me please. I am trying to play the game because I have read some fantastic reviews.
But when I click "Play online", I only see the blurb ("Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon.")

There is honestly nothing else on my screen except that.

Am I doing something wrong?

Review catherine123

Some of the puzzles were very absurd and required a good amount of guesswork. It was funny though!

Comment Kyara_A

What a fantastic game! It was really funny too so congratulations, you've done a great job. 😍👍

Review HoroShoujoAi

I honestly had my attention grabbed when I had the option to turn heteronormativity off.

Review BladeAddict

It was very entertaining.

Review broluga

The writing and puzzles were clever and I enjoyed the responses to actions, but some puzzles just seemed straight ridiculous. Idk to this day what that rubber square was or how the hell it was used the way it was. Some objects weren't listed when examining things so I didn't even learn of their existence until using hints. By the end of the game, I wanted nothing to do with Violet. Literally thought "screw her dude" before I could get through the game. (and then the end confirmed my disdain for her).

Review enigmity

This is far more a comedy than a romance and I like it that way! Great writing alongside the puzzling.

Review tђเภк ค๒๏ยt เt

..... no words for this beauty.

Comment mstahl

I think maybe I was a little too hard on this game in my review. I was kind of ticked off about a couple of design aspects at the time. It's actually quite a good game and it helped me come to an important realization about my own life which is actually a pretty profound thing for a game to do. I don't want to discourage anyone from trying this game because it's a pretty good game overall.

Review mstahl

This game is alright but I've played a lot better. The premise is interesting and some of the puzzles are cool, but it can also be really frustrating as well. The first two hours of the game (about how long it took me to solve the first two puzzles) were probably the best two hours, which explains why it was able to win the IFComp, considering the competition is solely based on the first two hours of play.

I found the "get the pen" puzzle to be particularly frustrating and inane. It requires you to do something that seems completely unrelated to getting the pen. In all fairness, there actually is a hint regarding this puzzle that I must have read very early in the game and then forgot about. I wouldn't fault anyone for typing HINT here if they've been stuck for a considerable period of time. I don't normally like taking hints because they make me feel lame and they spoil the game, but this is one case where I was relieved.

Part of the problem with this game is that it's very "Don't do that! I wouldn't do that if I were you! You need to be writing, not doing that!". The way things are worded, it makes it sound like you can't do certain things when actually, you CAN do them, but just not at that particular time. Luckily, I'm stubborn and I tend to try things over and over again until I'm satisfied that I can't do something. This aspect was unusually misleading.

I was actually quite sick of Violet by the end of the game. Maybe she's just not my type. Overall, the game was very well polished and well-written. In my opinion, the main flaws are in the design, and some of the puzzles are just not that great. On the other hand, there wasn't exactly a great deal of design space, considering the entire game takes place in a single room, so maybe the puzzles are as good as they could be. There's an awful lot that takes place in that room! I started to get really claustrophobic after a while and just really wanted to get out

Comment mstahl

This is a really cool game, but the save function on here doesn't work and the game seems to freeze every time I look at my inventory. That, unfortunately, makes the game really difficult to play. Here are instructions on how to download the original version of the game, curtesy of ifdb: http://ifdb.tads.org/dladviser?id=4glrrfh7wrp9zz7b

Comment davemurf

This was n utterly fabulous game! so well written. I don't know if anyone pays attention to this thread but, if you do, can anyone recommend any other one-room text adventures?

Comment TextAdventure101

I would like to do a youtube playthrough valentines day special on your game I would like your permission to do so but since it is under copyright I cannot simply just do this so I will give you 42 hours to respond. And if you do not respond within 42 hours I will not be able to do my Valentines day special in time, thank you for reading this and please reply with yes or no.

Review EnderDoesMC

The game was ok. I had to try like 12 or more times, but i was surprised when i got to "inform", and many other verbs, that would work, and so, i tried so many things that i was there for ages. it fantastic tho i figured how do itt

Comment Ilmquest

HOW AM I SAPOSED TO PLAY THIS GAME?

Review Charlieieieee

Story was great, I really enjoyed it, I can't believe the lengths I went to to write a dissertation to stay with Violet but jeez, it was impressive!

Only downside was that it was quite hard! (I kinda had to cheat unfortunately at the key bit) But then again the challenge was kinda fun (until the point that I'd spent half an hour trying to figure the first bit though).

Comment LeisureSuit Larry

I managed to lock up the cable but what to do with the key?

Comment Sara M

I used this game to procrastinate from my thesis.

Review madi

nice one dude

Comment Eleka

I'm trying to write Violet but I don't know what to do with they key! The window won't open and Julia keeps sliding it back into the office. Violet!!

Review samfrost

Really great game. Virtually anything the player wants to do has a unique response and the puzzles are both hilarious and challenging. There are a few bugs, such as typing "i" or "inventory" will crash it completely, but otherwise it's technically airtight. Well done!

Review LordDavius

This game was incredibly well-thought out and executed. The characterization was brilliant, as I really felt myself caring about the relationship between Violet and the main character. Violet is also a great example of how a game can be compact, yet complex. The entirety of the game takes place in one room, so there's no "Oh! I need to use the playing card I found in the kitchen" moments. Instead, everything you need to complete the game is right there in the room, and yet nothing is blatantly obvious.
The only criticism I can think of was already mentioned in the previous review: Violet's adorable Oz-themed nicknames for you sometimes fail to appear, leaving moments of "Yours, ,."
I loved this game. Great work, Mr. Freese!

Review onyxsunrise

While not perfect, technically speaking (as there are bugs in which the pet names won't show, for example), this game is a beautifully sophisticated look at a relationship between two very distinctive people, told in a delightfully appealing voice, all with the traditional puzzle features of a text-based game. I adored every little glimpse into the lives of these people. I felt as if they were really speaking to me. I wish I actually knew a Violet. The writing, primarily, is this piece's strongest point. The randomization of descriptions and other nice little touches are spectacular. Challenging, insightful, emotional, and a joy to play.