Irkutsk

This is a mere interpretation of their relationship and case through an artistic lense, being an extremely dramatized depiction of facts and fiction. Do not take it as an accurate reconstruction, it is just a project for fun.

The story is linear and there are no choices, as its quite long being around 30k words each route, so this is mostly for people who like reading.

There are unlockable images, videos, writings, a reconstructed VK page with Nikita's posts and an aftermath with a description of the trial after you go through both routes.

You can also choose from a playlist of their songs to listen to throughout the game.

What you will find in each route is:

Nikita

More emotional, very attached, in general looking for validation but not necessarily being a weak puppet who is pushed around.

Artyom

More logical, observant, he validates and encourages Nikita but is not a mastermind behind everything.

What the VN mostly brings forward is how two people sharing a private world can become dangerous with the mutual reinforcement and enabling, I avoided painting any of them as the major culprit for the situation as I believe they are both to blame.

Character sprites by me.

Most backgrounds are AI generated but a few are real places.