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Help Vivi finds herself through the journey that takes her to where people go after they died, to [[TitleDrop what comes after]]. Ride the train filled with the souls of the people, animals, and plants that are on their way to leave this world, and talk to them to learn about love, regrets, life, and death that haunt us every day until our time has come. All presented in a light-hearted way with a sprinkle of comedy and philosophy.
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Help Vivi finds find herself through the journey that takes her to where people go after they died, to [[TitleDrop what comes after]]. Ride the train filled with the souls of the people, animals, and plants that are on their way to leave this world, and talk to them to learn about love, regrets, life, and death that haunt us every day until our time has come. All presented in a light-hearted way with a sprinkle of comedy and philosophy.
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* MultipleEndings: There's a GoldenEnding for talking with all the important people on the train (the conductor, the baby, the old tree, and the bartender), and a BadEnding for just immediately returning to your seat.
* MundaneLuxury: The bartender serves meals that invoke the happiest memories of the diner, not the highest-quality meals they've ever eaten. For Vivi, who he permits to have a meal without passing on, she gets a home-cooked meal from her mother that was normally too busy to cook, and a cup of instant tea that a friend once gave her while listening to her problems.
* MundaneLuxury: The bartender serves meals that invoke the happiest memories of the diner, not the highest-quality meals they've ever eaten. For Vivi, who he permits to have a meal without passing on, she gets a home-cooked meal from her mother that was normally too busy to cook, and a cup of instant tea that a friend once gave her while listening to her problems.
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* MultipleEndings: There's a GoldenEnding for talking with all the important people on the train (the conductor, the baby, the owl, Tiny the plant, the old tree, the chef, and the bartender), [[spoiler:Kitty]]), and a BadEnding for just immediately returning to your seat.
* MundaneLuxury: Thebartender chef serves meals that invoke the happiest memories of the diner, not the highest-quality meals they've ever eaten. For Vivi, who he permits to have a meal without passing on, she gets a home-cooked meal lunch from her mother that was normally too busy to cook, and a cup of instant tea that a friend once gave her while listening to her problems.
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'''What Comes After''' is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself, released for PC on November 5, 2020. It is from the creator of ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'', in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam (the creator of ''Rage in Peace'').
Help Vivi finds herself through the journey that takes her to where people go after they died, to [[TitleDrop what comes after]]. Ride the train filled with the souls of the people, animals, and plants that are on their way to leave this world, and talk to them to learn about love, regrets, life, and death that haunt us every day until our time has come. All presented in a light-hearted way with a sprinkle of comedy and philosophy.
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!!Tropes:
* AfterlifeExpress: The main setting. One passenger wonders about the ramifications of an afterlife delivery system that can update itself to modern society, but realizes that even if he wasn't dead, nobody would believe him.
* CelestialBureaucracy: The train's conductor and bartender are "beyond life and death", and spend all their time making sure that their passengers are delivered to their destination safely.
* DeathOfAChild: One of the more notable passengers is an infant, who's content with death because they didn't live long enough to form attachments. Also riding along are a child who died from a hereditary illness, and a kitten.
* DeathSeeker: Vivi's first reaction upon realizing she's in an AfterlifeExpress, but before learning that she's still actually alive, is to be relieved that it was painless and mention that it's something she actually considered before...before realizing how horrible it would be for whoever finds her corpse. As the story progresses towards the GoldenEnding, Vivi starts to grow out of this mindset.
* DisappearedDad: Vivi makes mention of her mother and sister at times, but her father is completely absent.
* DontFearTheReaper: The old tree states that she's been friends with "The Death" for ages, it visiting whenever someone has died near her roots, and that Vivi was likely brought aboard the train in the first place so The Death could help her reevaluate life.
* GardenOfEden: The setting's cosmology is confirmed to exist in tandem with Biblical myth by the bartender (who gives everyone a "last meal" that invokes the happiest memory they experienced in life) stating that he served Adam and Eve a copy of their apple.
* GodInHumanForm: The AfterlifeExpress's conductor is also the conductor of the regular train, as Vivi learns in the GoldenEnding.
* LastRequest: In the GoldenEnding, Vivi receives one from the last ghost she speaks with: [[spoiler:the stray Kitty died while foraging for her kittens, and asks Vivi to take care of them for her. When she returns to life, Vivi's able to find them and bring them home with her]].
* MultipleEndings: There's a GoldenEnding for talking with all the important people on the train (the conductor, the baby, the old tree, and the bartender), and a BadEnding for just immediately returning to your seat.
* MundaneLuxury: The bartender serves meals that invoke the happiest memories of the diner, not the highest-quality meals they've ever eaten. For Vivi, who he permits to have a meal without passing on, she gets a home-cooked meal from her mother that was normally too busy to cook, and a cup of instant tea that a friend once gave her while listening to her problems.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: All of the souls aboard the train are able to perfectly communicate with Vivi and each other, including animals and plants (which, as living things, do indeed have souls).
* TheOwlKnowingOne: Vivi asks a ghost of an owl for advice, believing in this trope, and decides it's true after being told that the answers she seeks must be found through herself.
* PlantPerson: All of the souls of plants Vivi interacts with are depicted with human-like faces.
* VisionQuest: The game serves as Vivi's, as listening to the perspectives of (and encouragement from) the recently-departed help her reevaluate her own life.
* WakingUpElsewhere: Vivi simply fell asleep on the regular train out of the city, accidentally getting left inside after the last stop, at which point it transforms into an AfterlifeExpress.
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'''What Comes After''' is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself, released for PC on November 5, 2020. It is from the creator of ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'', in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam (the creator of ''Rage in Peace'').
Help Vivi finds herself through the journey that takes her to where people go after they died, to [[TitleDrop what comes after]]. Ride the train filled with the souls of the people, animals, and plants that are on their way to leave this world, and talk to them to learn about love, regrets, life, and death that haunt us every day until our time has come. All presented in a light-hearted way with a sprinkle of comedy and philosophy.
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!!Tropes:
* AfterlifeExpress: The main setting. One passenger wonders about the ramifications of an afterlife delivery system that can update itself to modern society, but realizes that even if he wasn't dead, nobody would believe him.
* CelestialBureaucracy: The train's conductor and bartender are "beyond life and death", and spend all their time making sure that their passengers are delivered to their destination safely.
* DeathOfAChild: One of the more notable passengers is an infant, who's content with death because they didn't live long enough to form attachments. Also riding along are a child who died from a hereditary illness, and a kitten.
* DeathSeeker: Vivi's first reaction upon realizing she's in an AfterlifeExpress, but before learning that she's still actually alive, is to be relieved that it was painless and mention that it's something she actually considered before...before realizing how horrible it would be for whoever finds her corpse. As the story progresses towards the GoldenEnding, Vivi starts to grow out of this mindset.
* DisappearedDad: Vivi makes mention of her mother and sister at times, but her father is completely absent.
* DontFearTheReaper: The old tree states that she's been friends with "The Death" for ages, it visiting whenever someone has died near her roots, and that Vivi was likely brought aboard the train in the first place so The Death could help her reevaluate life.
* GardenOfEden: The setting's cosmology is confirmed to exist in tandem with Biblical myth by the bartender (who gives everyone a "last meal" that invokes the happiest memory they experienced in life) stating that he served Adam and Eve a copy of their apple.
* GodInHumanForm: The AfterlifeExpress's conductor is also the conductor of the regular train, as Vivi learns in the GoldenEnding.
* LastRequest: In the GoldenEnding, Vivi receives one from the last ghost she speaks with: [[spoiler:the stray Kitty died while foraging for her kittens, and asks Vivi to take care of them for her. When she returns to life, Vivi's able to find them and bring them home with her]].
* MultipleEndings: There's a GoldenEnding for talking with all the important people on the train (the conductor, the baby, the old tree, and the bartender), and a BadEnding for just immediately returning to your seat.
* MundaneLuxury: The bartender serves meals that invoke the happiest memories of the diner, not the highest-quality meals they've ever eaten. For Vivi, who he permits to have a meal without passing on, she gets a home-cooked meal from her mother that was normally too busy to cook, and a cup of instant tea that a friend once gave her while listening to her problems.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: All of the souls aboard the train are able to perfectly communicate with Vivi and each other, including animals and plants (which, as living things, do indeed have souls).
* TheOwlKnowingOne: Vivi asks a ghost of an owl for advice, believing in this trope, and decides it's true after being told that the answers she seeks must be found through herself.
* PlantPerson: All of the souls of plants Vivi interacts with are depicted with human-like faces.
* VisionQuest: The game serves as Vivi's, as listening to the perspectives of (and encouragement from) the recently-departed help her reevaluate her own life.
* WakingUpElsewhere: Vivi simply fell asleep on the regular train out of the city, accidentally getting left inside after the last stop, at which point it transforms into an AfterlifeExpress.
