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[[caption-width-right:350:''How far will you go in order to survive?'']]
->''Blood stains your hands. You gather your strength and stab the knife into the demon’s flesh, hoping that this time it will stay dead.''
''The Many Deaths of Lily Kosen'' is a {{Horror}} VisualNovel, developed by Melbourne-based [[https://toomanyteeth.net/ Too Many Teeth Studios]].
A group of friends set out together on what should be a nice, relaxing weekend camping. Despite [[HorribleCampingTrip problems]] that start cropping up during their trip they are determined to make the best of their situation, only to be confronted by a [[DarkSecret secret from their past]].
The game sees the player character thrown into a nightmarish situation, pitted against a deadly demon who is out to stalk their friends. The monster will [[ResurrectiveImmortality resurrect]] each time it is defeated, suffering many deaths only to return again and again. As the story progresses, the player will have numerous opportunities to talk to their friends and potentially lower their stress levels. Without low enough stress levels, the characters will not be able to withstand the series of demonic attacks.
It was released on July 21, 2023 for PC via [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2136180/The_Many_Deaths_of_Lily_Kosen/ Steam]] and [[https://toomanyteethstudios.itch.io/the-many-deaths-of-lily-kosen itch.io]]
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!!This work provides examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Upon completing the game with surviving characters, their playable spin-off stories are unlocked from the main menu.
* ToAbsentFriends: Depending on if any characters die over the course of the story the [[BittersweetEnding epilogue]] can be one of these.
* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: The cast decide to collectively refuse to talk about having [[spoiler:murdered their friend]] and instead pretend nothing is wrong because they would sound insane with no means to prove the supernatural exists. They eventually decide to confide in one another and be each other’s therapists rather than hiding it forever.
** [[spoiler: In the GoldenEnding the cast discuss now attending or planning to attend appointments with therapists]].
* {{Antepiece}}: The game of Paper, Scissors, Rock that is played against Hannah at the beginning of the game serves as a short tutorial on the importance of choices.
* AnyoneCanDie: Any member of the cast can die throughout the story and have multiple opportunities to do so.
* BatterUp: Victoria carries around a baseball bat at times, often using it to threaten people. [[spoiler:She does later use it as a weapon against Kalnash, as well as having it used to [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem kill her in turn]]]].
* BigDamnHeroes: Victoria saves the protagonist when ambushed by [[spoiler: Kalnash in the classroom]].
* BittersweetEnding: Any ending except the GoldenEnding or the JokeEnding. [[spoiler: Kalnash has been banished and the main characters are free to live the rest of their lives. At least the ones that are still alive]].
* BloodyHorror: A few instances of this
** [[spoiler: Kalnash’s burnt and bloodied body at the campsite]] is an early example of this trope.
** If the player character does not save her, [[spoiler: Hannah ends up bloodied and mutilated on the ground of the graveyard]]. Or later [[spoiler: outside of the school]].
** At one point in the game, the player discovers [[spoiler: a bloodied chair in the classroom]]. Should they investigate further?
* {{Bookends}}:
** The prologue and climax of the game both have a ritual being performed, though with opposite intents each time.
** The GoldenEnding has the cast going on another camping trip.
* CandlelitRitual: The prologue of the story has a group of hooded figures performing one. Later [[spoiler: chapter 4 has the characters performing another to permanently kill Kalnash]].
* CassandraTruth: Hannah eventually confides in her parents about the entire supernatural situation and everything that they have done. They don’t believe her and put it down as stress induced delusions.
* CentralTheme: It’s important to talk about issues in your life - even if they seem trivial - instead of just bottling up your problems.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Victoria brings the petrol camping in what appears to be a done and forgotten gag. [[spoiler: It's later used to kill Kalnash]].
** The ritual circle in the prologue [[spoiler: is the same ritual circle later used to permanently kill Kalnash]].
** The text Gabriel receives the day after the camping trip hints at his later [[spoiler: contact with information on how to stop Kalnash]].
* ColorCodedSpeech: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] has purple text for all of their dialogue, the only character to get this treatment.
* CosmeticAward: Each CG that you unlock can be accessed and viewed from the menu at your leisure.
* CreepyCemetery: Though it is ostensibly an ordinary cemetery, the one the characters visit does come across this way. [[spoiler: And was the site of at least one demon rising from a grave]].
* DarkSecret: The group share one as to what happened to their friend one year ago.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] attempts this in their first appearance, though gives up the facade once called out on it.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] keeps coming back to life after being killed. The solution to this ends up being killing [[spoiler: Kalnash under specific circumstances - in the ritual circle where they were first summoned]].
* DeadlyHug: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] attempts to give one to [[spoiler: Hannah]] during their first appearance.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Lily]] comes up with a plan to make one of these to cure an illness.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] does this to [[spoiler: Lily]].
* DisposingOfABody: The characters have the opportunity to do this to [[spoiler: Kalnash]] by hiding the body at the [[BurialAtSea bottom of a lake]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: Kalnash is briefly seen remaining completely silent when first summoned and [[DemonicPossession possessing]] Lily in the prologue]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The cast have been repressing the trauma of having [[spoiler: killed their friend]] for a year, and then go through a whirlwind of deadly or near-deadly encounters repeatedly [[spoiler: killing what looks like their friend]] until they are finally safe.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] interprets them possessing [[spoiler: Lily]] to be a valid interpretation of the ritual to heal her body and give it a smarter mind.
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler: Kalnash]]. On multiple occassions.
* {{Foreshadowing}}
** On several occasions during the first act the characters can be seen talking around the absence of a fifth person.
** Gabriel recieves and initially dismisses a phone message he gets in the second act.
** Prior to [[spoiler: Kalnash’s]] first appearance, the player can have a conversation with Hannah at the lake. She has an in-depth discussion about the use of fire in horror films and how visceral a death it is to burn alive. [[spoiler: Little do they know, this will very soon occur in front of their very eyes]].
* GasolineDousing: The Protagonist is required to do this to [[spoiler: Kalnash]] to bypass their unnatural resilience.
* GoldenEnding: One ending to the game has all of the cast members survive. Managing to do so requires multiple conversations with each character before certain stages of the story while also taking care of your own mental state and gives little room for error in dialogue choices.
* HellYesMoment: This occurs towards the end of the game when [[spoiler: your stress level becomes as [[InvincibilityPowerUp low as possible]]. Hilariously subverted in a rare situation where [[spoiler: all your friends immediately die in the very next stress check]].
* HorribleCampingTrip: Zig Zagged. The cast’s camping trip runs into numerous problems from forgetting crucial supplies, car troubles, and difficulty setting up tents. Despite this they end up having a genuinely good time on the trip. [[spoiler: At least until they run into an old friend]].
* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler: Star-bot in the JokeEnding]].
* ItsNotYouItsMe: While no breakups are never seen on screen, this is one of Gabriel's major worries - he thinks that all his relationships aren't working because of a perceived fault in himself being impossibly picky over partners.
* JokeEnding: [[spoiler: Victoria manages to buy a HumongousMecha from a [[SaturdayMorningCartoon cartoon]] the characters watched and defeat Kalnash with ThePowerOfFriendship]].
* KeepingSecretsSucks: The main cast have been sitting on the secret of [[spoiler: their friend’s death and that they were responsible for killing her]] for over a year and are having trouble dealing with the trauma of it.
* KillItWithFire: This happens to [[spoiler: Kalnash]] thanks to a [[GasolineDousing fuel-assisted blaze]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of your friends has one that plays whenever you engage them in a one-on-one conversation.
* LimitedWardrobe: All of the cast have a single outfit that they wear over the game.
* LoadingScreen: Included as a break between scenes. They have pieces of character trivia or [[HintSystem gameplay tips]] included on them.
* MoodWhiplash: A camping trip between friends suddenly turns into a [[spoiler: discussion of the characters having murdered their friend, then said [[BackFromTheDead friend showing up]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The plot is instigated by the cast attempting to [[spoiler: summon a demon to cure Lily]].
* OminousFog: The school is shrouded in fog right before [[spoiler: Kalnash ambushes the group]].
* OminousMusicBoxTune: The tune that plays on each loading screen.
* PlotDrivenBreakdown: Gabriel’s car breaks down near the beginning of the game, leaving the characters stranded at the lake. [[spoiler: Just in time for Kalnash to make an appearance]].
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The death and subsequent possession of [[spoiler: Lily]] is the event that kicks off the plot of the entire game.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Averted. All the cast frequently stumble over their words and second guess what they’re saying.
* RunningGag:
** The Protagonist has an [[TrademarkFavoriteFood obsession with bread]] that other characters frequently make fun of.
** Socks in the lake
* SkippingSchool: The characters decide to skip out on school to play poker at Victoria's urging. Victoria herself also has a [[Delinquents reputation]] for this.
* {{Shoutout}}:
** The player can have an optional conversation with Hannah at the lake, where they discuss horror films. She describes a scene in a zombie movie where a burning man runs out of an oven. The protagonist of this film just so happens to be a “generic white guy with a dumb haircut, that has half his fringe in his eyes or whatever.” She can’t quite remember, but Hannah recalls that he was [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 looking for somebody’s daughter]].
* SummoningRitual: In the prologue a group of hooded figures are performing a ritual to summon a demon.
* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: The only way to survive the encounter in Lily’s house is to remain silent instead of selecting a dialogue choice]].
* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] does this to [[spoiler: Victoria]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:''How far will you go in order to survive?'']]
->''Blood stains your hands. You gather your strength and stab the knife into the demon’s flesh, hoping that this time it will stay dead.''
''The Many Deaths of Lily Kosen'' is a {{Horror}} VisualNovel, developed by Melbourne-based [[https://toomanyteeth.net/ Too Many Teeth Studios]].
A group of friends set out together on what should be a nice, relaxing weekend camping. Despite [[HorribleCampingTrip problems]] that start cropping up during their trip they are determined to make the best of their situation, only to be confronted by a [[DarkSecret secret from their past]].
The game sees the player character thrown into a nightmarish situation, pitted against a deadly demon who is out to stalk their friends. The monster will [[ResurrectiveImmortality resurrect]] each time it is defeated, suffering many deaths only to return again and again. As the story progresses, the player will have numerous opportunities to talk to their friends and potentially lower their stress levels. Without low enough stress levels, the characters will not be able to withstand the series of demonic attacks.
It was released on July 21, 2023 for PC via [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2136180/The_Many_Deaths_of_Lily_Kosen/ Steam]] and [[https://toomanyteethstudios.itch.io/the-many-deaths-of-lily-kosen itch.io]]
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!!This work provides examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Upon completing the game with surviving characters, their playable spin-off stories are unlocked from the main menu.
* ToAbsentFriends: Depending on if any characters die over the course of the story the [[BittersweetEnding epilogue]] can be one of these.
* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: The cast decide to collectively refuse to talk about having [[spoiler:murdered their friend]] and instead pretend nothing is wrong because they would sound insane with no means to prove the supernatural exists. They eventually decide to confide in one another and be each other’s therapists rather than hiding it forever.
** [[spoiler: In the GoldenEnding the cast discuss now attending or planning to attend appointments with therapists]].
* {{Antepiece}}: The game of Paper, Scissors, Rock that is played against Hannah at the beginning of the game serves as a short tutorial on the importance of choices.
* AnyoneCanDie: Any member of the cast can die throughout the story and have multiple opportunities to do so.
* BatterUp: Victoria carries around a baseball bat at times, often using it to threaten people. [[spoiler:She does later use it as a weapon against Kalnash, as well as having it used to [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem kill her in turn]]]].
* BigDamnHeroes: Victoria saves the protagonist when ambushed by [[spoiler: Kalnash in the classroom]].
* BittersweetEnding: Any ending except the GoldenEnding or the JokeEnding. [[spoiler: Kalnash has been banished and the main characters are free to live the rest of their lives. At least the ones that are still alive]].
* BloodyHorror: A few instances of this
** [[spoiler: Kalnash’s burnt and bloodied body at the campsite]] is an early example of this trope.
** If the player character does not save her, [[spoiler: Hannah ends up bloodied and mutilated on the ground of the graveyard]]. Or later [[spoiler: outside of the school]].
** At one point in the game, the player discovers [[spoiler: a bloodied chair in the classroom]]. Should they investigate further?
* {{Bookends}}:
** The prologue and climax of the game both have a ritual being performed, though with opposite intents each time.
** The GoldenEnding has the cast going on another camping trip.
* CandlelitRitual: The prologue of the story has a group of hooded figures performing one. Later [[spoiler: chapter 4 has the characters performing another to permanently kill Kalnash]].
* CassandraTruth: Hannah eventually confides in her parents about the entire supernatural situation and everything that they have done. They don’t believe her and put it down as stress induced delusions.
* CentralTheme: It’s important to talk about issues in your life - even if they seem trivial - instead of just bottling up your problems.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Victoria brings the petrol camping in what appears to be a done and forgotten gag. [[spoiler: It's later used to kill Kalnash]].
** The ritual circle in the prologue [[spoiler: is the same ritual circle later used to permanently kill Kalnash]].
** The text Gabriel receives the day after the camping trip hints at his later [[spoiler: contact with information on how to stop Kalnash]].
* ColorCodedSpeech: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] has purple text for all of their dialogue, the only character to get this treatment.
* CosmeticAward: Each CG that you unlock can be accessed and viewed from the menu at your leisure.
* CreepyCemetery: Though it is ostensibly an ordinary cemetery, the one the characters visit does come across this way. [[spoiler: And was the site of at least one demon rising from a grave]].
* DarkSecret: The group share one as to what happened to their friend one year ago.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] attempts this in their first appearance, though gives up the facade once called out on it.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] keeps coming back to life after being killed. The solution to this ends up being killing [[spoiler: Kalnash under specific circumstances - in the ritual circle where they were first summoned]].
* DeadlyHug: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] attempts to give one to [[spoiler: Hannah]] during their first appearance.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Lily]] comes up with a plan to make one of these to cure an illness.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] does this to [[spoiler: Lily]].
* DisposingOfABody: The characters have the opportunity to do this to [[spoiler: Kalnash]] by hiding the body at the [[BurialAtSea bottom of a lake]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: Kalnash is briefly seen remaining completely silent when first summoned and [[DemonicPossession possessing]] Lily in the prologue]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The cast have been repressing the trauma of having [[spoiler: killed their friend]] for a year, and then go through a whirlwind of deadly or near-deadly encounters repeatedly [[spoiler: killing what looks like their friend]] until they are finally safe.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] interprets them possessing [[spoiler: Lily]] to be a valid interpretation of the ritual to heal her body and give it a smarter mind.
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler: Kalnash]]. On multiple occassions.
* {{Foreshadowing}}
** On several occasions during the first act the characters can be seen talking around the absence of a fifth person.
** Gabriel recieves and initially dismisses a phone message he gets in the second act.
** Prior to [[spoiler: Kalnash’s]] first appearance, the player can have a conversation with Hannah at the lake. She has an in-depth discussion about the use of fire in horror films and how visceral a death it is to burn alive. [[spoiler: Little do they know, this will very soon occur in front of their very eyes]].
* GasolineDousing: The Protagonist is required to do this to [[spoiler: Kalnash]] to bypass their unnatural resilience.
* GoldenEnding: One ending to the game has all of the cast members survive. Managing to do so requires multiple conversations with each character before certain stages of the story while also taking care of your own mental state and gives little room for error in dialogue choices.
* HellYesMoment: This occurs towards the end of the game when [[spoiler: your stress level becomes as [[InvincibilityPowerUp low as possible]]. Hilariously subverted in a rare situation where [[spoiler: all your friends immediately die in the very next stress check]].
* HorribleCampingTrip: Zig Zagged. The cast’s camping trip runs into numerous problems from forgetting crucial supplies, car troubles, and difficulty setting up tents. Despite this they end up having a genuinely good time on the trip. [[spoiler: At least until they run into an old friend]].
* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler: Star-bot in the JokeEnding]].
* ItsNotYouItsMe: While no breakups are never seen on screen, this is one of Gabriel's major worries - he thinks that all his relationships aren't working because of a perceived fault in himself being impossibly picky over partners.
* JokeEnding: [[spoiler: Victoria manages to buy a HumongousMecha from a [[SaturdayMorningCartoon cartoon]] the characters watched and defeat Kalnash with ThePowerOfFriendship]].
* KeepingSecretsSucks: The main cast have been sitting on the secret of [[spoiler: their friend’s death and that they were responsible for killing her]] for over a year and are having trouble dealing with the trauma of it.
* KillItWithFire: This happens to [[spoiler: Kalnash]] thanks to a [[GasolineDousing fuel-assisted blaze]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of your friends has one that plays whenever you engage them in a one-on-one conversation.
* LimitedWardrobe: All of the cast have a single outfit that they wear over the game.
* LoadingScreen: Included as a break between scenes. They have pieces of character trivia or [[HintSystem gameplay tips]] included on them.
* MoodWhiplash: A camping trip between friends suddenly turns into a [[spoiler: discussion of the characters having murdered their friend, then said [[BackFromTheDead friend showing up]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The plot is instigated by the cast attempting to [[spoiler: summon a demon to cure Lily]].
* OminousFog: The school is shrouded in fog right before [[spoiler: Kalnash ambushes the group]].
* OminousMusicBoxTune: The tune that plays on each loading screen.
* PlotDrivenBreakdown: Gabriel’s car breaks down near the beginning of the game, leaving the characters stranded at the lake. [[spoiler: Just in time for Kalnash to make an appearance]].
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The death and subsequent possession of [[spoiler: Lily]] is the event that kicks off the plot of the entire game.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Averted. All the cast frequently stumble over their words and second guess what they’re saying.
* RunningGag:
** The Protagonist has an [[TrademarkFavoriteFood obsession with bread]] that other characters frequently make fun of.
** Socks in the lake
* SkippingSchool: The characters decide to skip out on school to play poker at Victoria's urging. Victoria herself also has a [[Delinquents reputation]] for this.
* {{Shoutout}}:
** The player can have an optional conversation with Hannah at the lake, where they discuss horror films. She describes a scene in a zombie movie where a burning man runs out of an oven. The protagonist of this film just so happens to be a “generic white guy with a dumb haircut, that has half his fringe in his eyes or whatever.” She can’t quite remember, but Hannah recalls that he was [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 looking for somebody’s daughter]].
* SummoningRitual: In the prologue a group of hooded figures are performing a ritual to summon a demon.
* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: The only way to survive the encounter in Lily’s house is to remain silent instead of selecting a dialogue choice]].
* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: [[spoiler: Kalnash]] does this to [[spoiler: Victoria]].
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