Wake Me Up If You Need Me
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Being a night owl, you naturally have trouble sleeping. Sleep is important for the average person, but you're a university student who loves to do their homework from 12AM onwards. Luckily, you have a friend that's literally a call away!
Why're you taking calculus? I don't know, calculus is pretty hard. But it's okay, just ask him to help you. He's been your friend for a while after all!! He sounds rude, but don't worry that's just cause he's sleepy<3
Just be sure to try and communicate properly with each other, okay? I would hate for you guys to argue.
Features:
- 2 endings
- 5k~ words
- x amount of playtime (as long as you want <3)
- Clickable links (pops up in the chat bubbles on the side)
- Partial voice acting
- He BLINKS and BLUSHES
- Cat
Content Warnings Include:
- Swearing
- Him being rude
This game's made for NaNoReNo2024 :D
Everything in the game was created and developed by rice (me)
Go follow Reed's voice actor here (nahazuno)!!
Thank you to my math major friend for helping me with this game <3
Karu has no socials unfortunately.
Download
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Development log
- HAPPY 1K + discord server12 days ago
- DISCORD SERVER COMING SOON!!!15 days ago
Comments
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i love this, honestly Reed is such a cutieeee i love him sm, i got attached to him REAALL quick!! the calculus math made my brain malfuction, bad memories indeed. I love Reed sm that i dont have the heart to play the bad ending !!!
Such a lovely experience! Was playing this at 12am
and also procrastinating on hwso that added to the ambience well hahaNgl I got attached to Reed so quickly that by the end I was bawling my eyes out at the confession - it was so heartfelt with that charming teenage awkwardness
Props to nahazuno for such an immersive and realistic performance, and props to rice for such a stellar story and game with such a short time frame and the limited use of assets! All the choices felt very intentional and it really showed in the experience!
i dont have the heart to play the bad ending bcs i know ill be heartbroken that hes heartbroken assdjjgsjkafdjk so ill leave the game here, thanks again for the feels and good time!This was really great! I had a real fun time playing through it.
Chill and moody ambience with flirty banter, all set to background music that is pure dreamy college late night studying music. Really great game - I was impressed with the mood the game had - very involving and lovely. Great job, game devs!!
Thank you so much! It was tough to do under Nanoreno's deadline while juggling midterms at the same time, especially as a solo dev, so I'm glad you enjoyed the game!!
Wow! I’m even more impressed that you did this alone during midterms! We had a team of like 30 writers for ours and we were scrambling at the end too. Thank you again for your hard work, creativity, and drive. Keep making games!!
STOPP THIS GAME IS SO CUTE AND SAD (and somehow made me do my art homework which was due in like an hour)
Reed out there motivating all of us to do our homework <3 (it's finals season for me HELP)
amazing !!! the voice acting is top tier
VA says thank you<3
HHHHH my ...heartstrings. also the conflict is so tense T-T somehow I clutched up and got the good ending first.
(the call me maybe segment :skull:)
Watch me ask the va to cover call me maybe on my yt /hj
CUTEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDDDDD
I want to marry HIm RIGHT NOW PLEASEE
👉👈
10k likes and I'll draw him in a wedding dress /j /likes dont exist on itchio /might post it in the discord server tho
This was such a cute game, that I fell in love with so quickly. I heavily relate to the MC, not wanting others to think they're stupid, and feeling like they have to try so hard in order to pass their classes. THE LOVE INTEREST OH MY GOSHHH I LOVE EM SOO MUCH. Maybe I just love me a smart tired boi, but, I love him so much, amazing writing for him, along with his backstory. My biggest flex of this entire game was, I actually knew the answers to the math problems (I hate math with a passion). Truly such a remarkable game, I love it and can't wait to see more that you create!
omg IM SO GLAD YOU FIND MC RELATABLE (well no one wants to feel like MC, but still)!! I was hoping to be able to make MC and Reed equally as stupid, with Reed being booksmart but dumb in every other aspect, and with MC being a bit more sensible than him but works as hard as he does
HOLY SHIT THO YOU KNEW THE ANSWERS TO THE MATH PROBLEMS??? THATS SO BASED GAMER
THIS GAME WAS SO CUTE IM LTERALLY GONNA CRY!!! i loved it so so so much omg reed is such a sweetie and the blinking and blushing made this game SO COOL i loved seeing him do that! thank you for creating this game omg you did a wonderful job!!! and i loveddd the vas voice too omg i always love when their is voice acting in a game!
This game is truly remarkable.I genuinely empathized with the ending I got, and it's difficult not to feel a sense of sadness.This is definitely a game that leaves a lasting impression.Very lovely!
Much love! <3
THIS WAS SO CUTE OMG REED IS SO ADORABLE..... THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS MASTERPIECE WITH US!!
THANK YOU SM FOR PLAYING!!!
were married
LMAO????
LMFAOOOO THE CALL ME MAYBE PART IN THE INTRO???? i was so confused for a moment :sob: but this is so sos ososo cute!!!1 i will definitely remember to sleep early. maybe
The call me maybe was essential tbh
THAT WAS ADORABLE OMG IM SOBBING
RAAAAAH THANK THANK
YALL I THINK I GOT THE BAD ENDING?????
WERE WE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE HIS HOUSE AND HIM OR IDK MAN
If he doesn’t invite you in, you got the bad/ambiguous ending!!
oh I screwed up TY FOR SUPER DUPER TOP SECRET INFO
So cute <3 The ending melt my heart so much ;3
this is so cute and sweet!!! the art is cute and the pacing was great, and I enjoyed the music :3
also, the math almost took me out cause I've finished with my required math outside of my degree (aside from like, chem math) so traumatic flashbacks XD
You are such a trooper for taking up math (currently taking stats for my degree)
Unfortunately it's a core part in pharmacy 😭 you're a trooper for stats!!! I took a data and stats course at one point and oh my god it sucked
can you make a walkthrough for the endings? it would be very helpful :3
Oooo yea sure!! Will probably do it sometime soon (it's finals season sobsob)
okay!! thank you!!! <3
Did not think there would be actual calculus involved. I had to actually sit there and figure out the math.
This game was really cute and so was Reed! (I don't have the heart to play the bad ending tho)
WHAT. FR?
DONT MIND THEM GAMER ITS OKAY
I like to torture the vn community (THANK YOU FOR PLAYING THE GAME!!! )
i needed after playing "Going Live!"
So reals tho
IM SO SCARED TO PLAY IT GRRRR (patiently waits for full release)
WHY DID I LITERALLY COME HERE AFTER PLAYING THAT GAME TOO
when i heard cat i wanted to cry
REAL
will this game ever be on Android?
Sadly it won't be, sorry gamer 😔
plz bring android version ;-;
This game is sososososososo cute!
Reed真的太可爱了，好想亲亲他，谁不喜欢毒舌呢（不是
Next time don't sing the Call me maybe plz!!!! I'm so scared
HAHAHDSHDSH 对对对，他太可爱咯。我也想亲亲他<3
i want to kiss reed. give him smooochh
Me too. Me too.
RICE YOU TALENTED MF this was a one person band and you delivered such an adorable short story that did not feel short at all! The pacing was just right and the music really set the tune I CAN RAMBLE ABOUT IT FOR HOURS
This game was both adorable and realistic at the same time. Both Reed's and MCs' personalities and subtle reactions to their experiences made them feel so real and human. I fell in love with them in such a short period of time. The art is so pretty and there were so many lines that hit right in the heart. 109386778/10 WOULD RECOMMEND ITS SO CUTE i'd deffo play again and reed is my no.1 sexyman husband now i will die for him!!!!
imagine playing this at 2 am could NOT be me (please send help i am mentally ill.)
That’s how it’s meant to be played op >:D
Son las 3am y esta cosa dejó mi corazón doliendo, el juego es hermoso honestamente me sorprendió, amé la parte de call me maybe al final JAJAJJAJA
AAAAAA THANK YOU!! MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!
this was so sweet it made me cry T-T (i don't think i can make myself play the bad ending lol) reed's va was incredible <3
NAHAZUNO THE GOAT !!!
Lovely game! the story was super compelling although I have to say i actually jumped out of my skin at the message for bunny from the VA Its an uncommon name so I started questioning if this wass some new ai voice feature >_>
OH hahaha, it's cause we have this friend named Bunny (that's just her online name) and we wanted to tease her a little bit<3
Can't believe this game managed to make me do calculus after 4 years of swearing to never touch it again-
I really liked it ! Nice concept and general great ambiance. I had a good time playing and some of the facial animations are really cute ( mainly the blush ). You did a good job and the last message from the va was sweet.
I have one remark which would be that the more emotional music of the second day is louder than the previous one. Other than that really good game !!!
OMG HAHAHSHSHDS yea I had to do calculus in 11th grade. Never again.
And OH thank you for pointing that out!!! I feel like I won't update this game since I'm busy with uni sobsobsob BUT THANK YOU SM FOR POINTING IT OUT AAAAA I TOTALLY MISSED THAT!!! I'll definitely take note of that for future games<3
The bad ending almost made me cry. PLEASE, I NEVER WANT TO SEE HIM CRY AGAIN! 😭
Originally, he didn't cry. HOWEVER, I had a change of heart<3
I love him! like ahhhh but also his cute and juscdgiufadodhyg 10/10 will play again and again and i love the fact that the messages actually take you to sites and shit like ahhhh
I had to practice some coding before the game jam cause I had to actually brush up on my coding to solo dev (my last game was MONTHS ago) so THANK YOU SM!!!
SCREAMINGGHGGGGG AAAAAAAA IM SO EMBARRASED OMG-
YOU DID SO GOOD ON THIS GAME AND THE VA DID AMAZING AS REED AND IM SO HONORED TO HAVE HELP TEST THE GAME- 10/10 GAME LOVE SLEEPY GRUMPY MEN
THANK YOU SM BUNNY !!!!
I love him an unhealthy amount.
me too<3
i just wanna be ur sigma ur so skibbi ur so phatemta
i just wanna be ur sigm