Love's Crescendo

Love's Crescendo is a visual novel and rhythm game hybrid about love and rediscovering a passion for music. Music composition student Valerie is struggling to write a piece that conveys sorrow, heartbreak and pain for her senior project. When she hears pianist Cadence playing in a nearby classroom, Valerie realizes she has found the performer her composition needs.

Valerie and Cadence

Cadence is a gifted pianist who has lost her love of playing after years of competitions and performances. Valerie hopes to create a piece that will help her pass her senior year and stay in the audience’s memory. As the two work together as the duet Opal, their musical partnership develops into something more.

Their friends support their musical and romantic aspirations. Opal is a recent graduate who enjoys tormenting her brother Xavier. Quinley is a college dropout who considers herself too cool for school, while Xavier attends college and supports 20 waifus in a gacha mobile game.

Music and artwork

The game includes over 31,000 words of sapphic romance, an original 10-song soundtrack and 8 illustrated CGs. It also features over 12 backgrounds, with time-of-day variations and multiple locations.

Rhythm game songs

You can play 10 rhythm game songs in the jukebox outside the story, with unlimited repeats. Six of these songs do not appear in the story.