About Alternate Existence
A diner worker discovers a cryptic proposition from a stranger that promises to overturn his life of small wages and smaller prospects. What the offer actually entails remains deliberately vague, but the possibility of something better is enough to pull him in. Alternate Existence is a choice-driven visual novel where you decide which relationships to pursue, which women to approach, and whether to trust the mysterious deal. The game weaves romance and sexual content around story beats that make character connections feel like they matter: Cabin Corpse, Season 1 uses a similar structure of character-focused choices that can leave you wondering about roads not taken.
You will find yourself making decisions that stick: pick a girlfriend from two options at the start, then choose whether to date, befriend, or ignore other women as they appear. Some characters exist solely within the main plot and cannot be romanced, while others depend entirely on your choices. The game contains over 6500 images and nearly 340 animations across six episodes, with significant dialogue and branching paths that reward replaying.
Alternate Existence Season 2 v2.6.2 is available now on Windows, macOS and Linux in English. Season 2 is still in development and will release later as DLC, so this is a complete stopping point with its own ending.
Developer's description
Howdy…
I am MrKnobb, currently creating a Visual Novel called Alternate Existence & my previous completed game Retrieving the Past is already available on Steam.
Please note this is Season 1 of Alternate Existence. Season 2 is currently in production and will be available on Steam much later as a DLC.
Alternative Existence Synopsis:
I am 22 years old. I have no memory of my parents as a child and no idea who or where they might be. I lived with an older woman when I was younger but even that didn’t last. She passed me on to foster care and I bounced from one family to another like a pinball until an incident caused that dismal little game to crash, to an end. The day of the incident I left and never turned back.
I work a minimum wage grind at a grubby diner and when I manage to find the time, I study astronomy after hours. All this could quite possibly change with a snap of the fingers – the fingers belonging to this guy who walked in for a weak coffee and greasy fries. He came over and made an offer. He spoke and I listened. His speech wove one helluva tale. It presented a way out. A way that comes with a price.
So here I am, gnawing on his words in my head. Going over everything, he said, replaying it and hitting rewind, again and again. And I just can’t shake it. This deal of his. The idea that there is something just around the corner, something more to these nine to five drudges. His planted seed and the twisting words. The door cracking open to something else. Something more than just being, ‘me’. Still even with this ‘deal’ of his I can’t help but feel my life is not aligned. I can sense it, this alternative to my existence.
NOTICE:
Take note ALL characters displayed in a sexual nature in the game are over 18 and the game is intended for 18 and older.
Alternate Existence is a harem game but will also have a girlfriend option. There are story driven women in game that you cannot choose to date or not. Then there are plenty of women that you can choose to start something with or not.
Another interesting thing to take note of is that some of the characters that appeared in Retrieving the Past will make an appearance in Alternate Existence as both games share the same universe.
ALTERNATE EXISTENCE’S STORY:
Life is not fair, this we all know too well. Such is true for our protagonist which is YOU the player. You have no memories of your family, just that you had to make it so far in your life without much help from anyone. Foster homes came and went, and you always felt unwelcome, except for this one household but that didn’t last long enough to enjoy.
Now you are a young man and have to find your way to love, sex and oh yes, a better existence. So, let’s take this journey together shall we!
CHOICE BASED & STORY DRIVEN:
Alternate Existence will be more of a game than my previous Kinetic Novel, Retrieving the Past. In Alternate Existence you will have to make a choice to date, have fun with or just have sex with some of the women or, don’t choose any of the women when given a choice.
Its heavily story driven with characters that will make you feel emotionally invested in them and letting them go may be something you may regret later on. If you choose not to hang out with a girl at all, there will still be plenty sexy time with the dedicated story driven girls in the game. You also get the chance at the start of the game to choose a "girlfriend" from two choices.
WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE A VISUAL NOVEL:
Lots and lots of hours of work. Buying assets to use in the program that I use to create the images and animations. Coding, lots of coding for each episode and with that I have to have a lead coder and proofreader that makes up a small part of my team. I also have beta testers that assist in making sure each update has the quality needed to make it to final production. All music written and recorded by me, MrKnobb!
So what do you as the player get for Season 1 of Alternate Existence?
1. Total of 6597 images
2. Total of 339 animations
3. Total of 28256 lines dialogue and code
4. Audio – 90 sound files
Meaning hours and hours of story, game play and some sexy time with hot, beautiful women already for you to enjoy!
.: LATAZ, MrKnobb :.
Version History
Season 2 - 2.7.0 Latest
Season 2 – 2.6.0
5177 – lines of code/dialogue
1288 – images
97 – animations
S2 v2.7.0
Season 2 - 2.7.0
N/A
Season 2 - 2.6.2
Fixed a bug in the new feature that should enable you to play S2 without a save from S1. It had a major bug that we missed in testing. 2.6.2 fixes it enabling you to actually start a new playthrough without having 1.9.1 or a save from it.
Season 2 - 2.6.0
5177 - lines of code/dialogue
1288 - images
97 - animations
Season 2- 2.5.0
5600 - lines of code/dialogue
1229 - images
119 - animations
Season 2 - 2.4.0
963 - images
4600 - lines of code/dialogue
90 - animation
Season 2 - 2.3.0
N/A
Season 2 - 2.2.1
2 fixed images and 3 lines of dialogue
Season 2 - 2.2.0
N/A
Season 2 - v2.1.0
N/A
Season 1 - 1.9.1
Fix: saves not shown after AE S2 had been played
Change: removed the export and updated save instructions in the end
New: for multiple playthroughs added a popup to tell the player when their S1 save is valid for S2
v1.9.0
N/A
v1.8.0
N/A
v1.7.0
853 Images
3922 lines of dialogue/code
34 animations
v1.6.0
650 - Images ( will end up around 750 as I've said before)
22 - Animations (a few more)
2684 - lines of code/dialogue (a little more to do)
v1.5.0 Beta
3160 - Lines of code/dialogue
788 - Renders
30 - Animations
v1.4.0
800 Renders
33 Animations
3070 Lines of dialogue/code
Code overhaul to current game. NEW GAME RESTART for v1.4.0 is highly advised.
v1.2.2
The new fixed version vs 1.2.2 now gave an option to skip Anne's sex part and Samara's alleyway part is easier. Its what players wanted.
v1.2.1
Please note I made a small change to the Samara alleyway scene for those who may not have like it.
2020-12-30
The developer did not publish a changelog for this version.
v1.1.1
Changed made to the Samara allyway scene and Anne at home scenes by adding choices to look or not.
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