魏识的夜晚
Wei Shi becomes your reflection in your senior year. As he drifts without his 'self', he embarks on a journey of oblivion, or assembles fragments of an unfamiliar youth. With your friends, he will soothe the restless hearts around you, and together you will uncover the secrets to finding happiness.
Introduction
Originally published in GOOD NEWS from September 2014 to June 2017, Wei's Vesper has been adapted into a visual novel by the GOOD NEWS Editorial Department. This immersive experience—spanning over 10 hours—invites players to navigate through a spiritual odyssey of entangled identities. Set against a backdrop of an ever-fresh daily life, players can enjoy the otherworldly atmosphere of a student’s life through ever-changing perspectives.
“At first glance, one might easily mistake Wei's Vesper for yet another interactive novel, one that merely flaunts second-hand knowledge while struggling to answer the question, ‘Who am I?’ with pretentious arrogance. Yet, in those daily conversations crafted with delicate care and while drifting alongside Wei Shi amidst a kaleidoscope-like endless nights and a boundless treasury of experiences, I rediscovered the pure joy of reading itself: a feeling of fulfilment born of generosity, and a sense of ease born of passion. It is like the feeling when the host rises to serve you tea—you will find yourself thinking of many friends. It does not offer a lesson, nor does it promise any surprises; Instead, amidst a relentless exploration of the bizarre and the exotic, it feasts the reader upon a buffet of curiosities. It is a work both linear and cyclical, a work both boisterous and lonesome, a work that constantly pulls faces at you, yet you just cannot help but cherish it. Though it might seem, at times, insufficient in its intellectual judgment and bear visible traces of a writer’s apprenticeship, Wei's Vesper is, without a doubt, a work worth reading—a supplement to a perspective too hastily discarded."
— Chen Youhu, Editor of the Young Writers Column, GOOD NEWS
“It's a very fun game.”
— Lyu Jianhui, Editor-in-Chief, GOOD NEWS
Story
As a senior at Liucheng High School, Wei Shi wakes up every morning to find himself unknowingly transformed into a stranger, living out a brand-new life. By nightfall, he returns home to confront the ‘self’ he has become in the mirror, restoring the identity he had momentarily borrowed.
Within this hyper-plane labeled Liucheng, what kind of reference frame will Wei Shi become? Follow the footsteps of a mysterious woman and question your own existence while diving into the city’s enigmas; or, join a reclusive classmate to reconstruct your ‘self’ amidst the currents of oblivion.
When New Year’s Eve arrives in Liucheng, you will finally name that silhouette in the mirror, and recall the waveform of your long-lost happiness.
Credits
Planning, Scenario, Programming: Windell
Character Design & CG: Hasami
Background Art: Ziyouhhh
UI Art: Linzi
Asset Art: Ximi
Music: The King's Pager
Operations: Ciaran
Presented by: Good News Editorial Department
