Make Her Real

Make Her Real is a short psychological horror visual novel about Mor, an imprisoned man who is isolated and desperate for love. At seventeen, he was convicted of causing a school fire that killed another student. The evidence was questionable and the trial became a spectacle, but the public had already branded him a monster.

Mor and Imi

Mor’s only friend gives him a faded body pillow of Imi, the heroine from an old visual novel he played. Mor feels humiliated by the gift, but in a cell where every day is the same, it is not the worst thing to happen to him. Then Imi starts talking back. She listens and cries, and remembers things Mor never told her, including that he thought the school’s west wing would be empty. The game leaves open whether Mor has somehow made Imi real.

Choices and endings

Your choices shape Mor’s attachment to Imi and how he responds as her reality begins to fracture. The story explores an ambiguous mystery involving the deadly school fire, Mor’s questionable conviction and memories that were never meant to be shared. What Mor is willing to believe determines which of three distinct endings he reaches.

Visuals and sound

The game combines orthographic prison environments, close-up character images and surreal visual sequences that shift with Mor’s perception of reality. Creepy music and sound effects accompany the story.