Aria's Story

I admit I downloaded this like years ago but I was so busy so I actually played the game this year and I regret not diving into this before because its so beautiful! I was a bit wary of the scares at first because I thought the horror would be similar to the Strange Man series but I got so hooked with the story!

I'm glad the version I played was the 2.0 because I don't think I would've lived in peace if the Good Ending didn't exist lmao. Great job! Really! I love every character and I like the books being as characters! The themes of each chapter really suited the design of the environment!

This game was excellent. Great story, cool world design, and beautiful art. It reminds me of the games "Ib," "The Witch's House," and "Libretta." This game was so fun, I enjoyed the puzzles and I hope this gets more recognition because it really is worthy of it!

Hello, this not my first time play aria story but this is really a good game, i recommend you guys to play 

i like read book before but because i am busy i dont read book anymore, but i think after see this game i think i will try read a book again, i like how you put many story book and the writer name

Loved it!! Amazing game ♡

Sad I didn’t find this sooner, but oh well ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀)

(((⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ABOUT ONE OF THE ENDINGS!! ⚠️)))

I really liked how the game becomes less scary as the story progresses.

My favorite ending was actually the bad ending where Clyde sacrifices himself. It’s not that I hate him or anything (ᵕ—ᴗ—), I just felt like it really hit emotionally.

((SPOILERS WARNING, PLS DONT READ IF YOU HAVENT FINISHED THE GAME))

""The happiness your're trying to create isn't real."" is def going in my vault of videogame quotes I love, this took me like 3 hours (w a year gap inbetween playing, 107 saves because im a menace at saving systems lol) and I honestly found Aria anoying at first, I've seen so many characters like her that never get depth and are just there to be the "clutsy cute petite girl whos afraid of everything" and so on, but w each chapter and w each piece of lore i discovered i started to understand her more and more; and by the end i genuinely liked her a lot, to the point where i didnt want her to cry ^^". All of the characters though, including the hostile creatures from the books, and the talking books themselves, had so much depth in my opinion; theyre all lovable in their own unique ways, and while i usually look for horror rpg maker games w sad or creepy endings, i actually enjoyed the writing and end a lot (i went for true end route), it reminded me that sometimes i need a change of pace in what i play and read rather than sticking to a genre i feel most famaliar with. the tumblr guide was my savior during my first (and currently only, though perhaps some day in the far future ill play this game again for memories) playthrough. the art, gameplay, puzzles, everything was perfect, i genuinely cant think of anything bad in this game (i try to give contructive critism when i write long comments like this, but this time i simply cant, nothing was "bad", sure its not perfect but its pretty close). i know by the time im writing this comment on the page this is an old project, but its important to remember that even old creations can hold up over time if done right, tysm the hardworking dev team for creating this game :3

Empecé a jugar este jueguito porque lo vi de casualidad mientras buscaba juegos gratis. No lo he jugado al 100%, pero tengo que decir que lo recomiendo muchísimo en serio ✨✨✨

Pls play it!!!

Por si queréis ver un gameplay en español os dejo mi vídeo, pero eso no quita que no lo juguéis, RECOMENDADÍSIMO.

Hermoso juego, muchas gracias a las personas que lo recomendaron :)

Tiene historia interesante y me encanta cuando tiene finales múltiples, me gustó más el final bueno que el final verdadero. El arte es muy hermoso y acabo de notar que es un juego algo antiguo jaja pero no deja de ser genial, voy a jugar tu otro juego!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE GAME EVER

i absolutely loved this!! i grew attached :,3

Thank you for this game, Lydia!

It was a beautiful experience and the characters were endearing and lovely. I cannot wait for your next projects, I will always keep Aria's Story in my heart. 🥹

I actually prefer the "bad" and "normal" endings over the "good" and "true" endings, especially since the Perfect Ending breaks the fourth wall and makes every other ending feel fake after it, even the "true" ending feels fake after the fourth wall breaking ending. 😏

I dislike the "true" ending because it basically claims that even though Aria is alive, she is dead, which makes no sense as it basically denies the reality of her existence but I despise even more the new "good" ending because it is actually hypocritical as it claims that "Aria doesn't have to be Aria because she can be her own person" only to have her memory erased then her being rewritten from scratch by Lewin who designed her new personality all by himself without her having a say in it, so much for "you are free to decide how you want to be".

The "normal" ending is supposed to be a failure because the player failed to discover the truth however it actually makes more sense and offers a better outcome than the "good" and "true" endings as Aria wakes up in the real world as if she merely had a nightmare and life continues normally without anyone having to die to revive Aria, which makes the new "bad" ending claiming that "the quill has to take a loved one to give back another" absurd since Aria is alive in the real world and no one dies in the "normal" ending.

Moreover, the "bad" ending actually already kills the fictional Aria to revive the original Aria and therefore the sacrifice is already made.

The "Perfect Ending" feels as if Aria is fed up of Lydia not being able to write a good ending and decides to take matters into her own hands, which I love! 🤣

lütfen türkçe dili de getirin

I sent you an email about translation the game to Portuguese. Answer when you can^^

EDIT: Hitting F1 and selecting the Play BGM and ME check box worked.

Is there supposed to be music playing? I am not hearing any music.

Amazing game. The spooks were THERE. The story, CAPTIVATING. I CAN NOT wait to see your future projects. Consider me a fan! :) You do not HAVE to, but I would appreciate it if you take a look at a playlist I made of my "letsplay" that I made for this game. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for this game. I hope to see your next project soon!!!

Playlist to my reaction to the game!

Wow, I absolutely love this masterpiece! I noticed many elements similar to those I saw in The Witch's House, such as toy soldiers and teddy bears. Moreover, the game's story is really captivating and interesting. Thank you, Lydia, and I hope to see more games like this masterpiece on itch.io in the future.

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 i just finished it and it was amazing. definitely one of the best games i found on itch.io. i fell in love with the characters, and the puzzles were great. i'm not gonna lie, it was scary but it made the game even better.

when it comes to playtime, it took me 5 hours. also, the amount of times i died is embarrasing lmao.. i needed to save the game every 5 minutes just in case i do something dumb and ended up with like 90 saves.

(spoiler)

At first i unlocked the bad / "perfect" ending and i was so flabbergasted lmaoo i did't expect it to end like that. i was so shocked when Aria 's personality suddenly changed at the end. this plot twist was crazy tbh. but after that i unlocked the true ending, and i'm honestly satisfied with it (even tho it was kinda sad).

anyway, keep up the good work, in the "additional content" room there was mentioned another game you made, i'm definitely gonna play it as well <3

Este fue el primer juego que jugue en esta plataforma hace un tiempo, nunca podria olvidarlo, fue tan magico y divertido. Gracias por existir, me causa mucho sentimiento. ^̮^

i would like to play it in its original language. does anyone know whether the author first wrote it in spanish, then had it translated to english or vice versa, or wrote the whole game in both languages? thanks

i hate this game so much cries(lie(

i love your all games. that so awesome!

Just completed the whole game, WOAH !!! That was an amazing experience, but god bless the guide lmao--I know I would've struggled hard without that additional support. The Ending Guide also looks really pretty actually, like, pretty colours and the way it's ordered looks so nice <3

All those endings were amazing, I did have a bit of a disagreement with my save files doing it though lmao--I had to redo those damn question cutscenes and the book minigame so many times bcuz I kept messing up in my save files with what I wanted for them and my memory faltering with where I did what--But it was still a golden experience! 

Thank you for creating :D !!! I'll take a looksie at Midnight Train as the bonus content so kindly directed me towards :]

beautiful game and characters were lovely, and I rarely find multiple endings I am happy with but I loved them and this whole game!!

i just finnished the game and got the perfect ending, looks like my villian genes r kicking in bwhahahahaha ( ´▽｀) 

the disorted aria is sooo cuuuuuuuute～it’s splendid how i get to kill the other characters, especially the librarian, i knew smth was up with aria the whole timeee (i played the midnight train before so i kinda saw it comming) 

anyways time to go get the other endings :3

No sé si sea un problema o la versión venga así por defecto, perooo, al iniciar el juego no escucho ningún soundtrack, simplemente los efectos y sonidos del juego, al entrar como tal a la historia, me pasa exactamente lo mismo, solo escucho los efectos, es un error o así es el juego? 

(Jugué hace poco midnight Train y me encantó, al descubrir que había otro juego de la misma creadora lo descargue, aún no he jugado por completo Aria's Story ya que me parece que la música es parte importante del juego y sin ella me parece extraño jugarlo xd) 

¡Me ha encantado! Sobre todo el arte y la paleta de colores. No sólo es entretenido sino agradable a la vista. Algo que me gusta mucho es que tenga varios finales, lo que lo hace rejugable. Y el aura de misterio que tiene la trama.

(sorry for bad english/typo I'm french)  I spent such a good time on this game! Finally had the true end and I am sobbing in my bed right now... I recommend this game!!! I loved everything in it!!!