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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#1: Mar 3rd 2024 at 4:47:06 PM

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley is a Psychological Horror Black Comedy adventure game about Andrew and Ashley Graves, two very codependent and dysfunctional siblings living in a Crapsack World where they were sold off by their parents to be harvested for organs. Episode 1 is about the siblings' attempts to survive and escape their captors while being locked up and starved for months, while Episode 2 is about the siblings' attempts to survive on the run, navigating their relationship with each other, and getting revenge on their parents. The game is not for the faint of heart, and features cannibalism, murder, abuse, and extreme codependency resulting in a lot of Incest Subtext.

People might remember the game from a controversy last year where morons doxed the game's creator, Nemlei, driving her to leave social media entirely. However, she continues to add to the game, writing progress reports on Steam. Her latest update took place last Friday, with her saying Episode 3 will soon be ready to launch and trolling the fans a little.

Didn't see a thread for this one, so here goes. Has anyone played the game? What do you think of the controversy? Are you excited for the next episode?

Edited by PhiSat on Mar 3rd 2024 at 5:48:00 AM

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FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#2: Mar 3rd 2024 at 4:55:52 PM

Haven't played it, want to, shame about what happened to the creator, and I mostly saw Manlybadasshero playing through it.

Also the incest dream is a meme.

Its visual novel/RPG-makerish so I don't know if I'd really enjoy it.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#3: Mar 3rd 2024 at 6:34:14 PM

I found it worth the ten bucks, especially since there's more content coming. There will be things you'll miss if you rely on watching a Let's Play unless the player is extremely thorough. But if you really hate visual novel-style games it might not be for you, yeah.

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#4: Apr 2nd 2024 at 10:58:15 AM

New dev update. The game is being delayed because of technical limitations in the game editor the team need to work around.

The devs have also released a cutscene from Episode 3. It seems like Andrew only dated Julia to quash rumors he and Ashley were romantically involved.

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manhandled Since: Feb, 2012
#5: Jun 2nd 2024 at 11:09:27 PM

Found this parody animation INVOLVING A TANK lol.

What I seem to notice about it is the sudden and instant manner of the kill in the video means there's no time to dwell on the weight of the kill before the comedy routine returns. Then again it's a fanmade parody animation so shrug i guess.

Edited by manhandled on Jun 2nd 2024 at 11:20:26 AM

doomrider7 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#6: Jun 3rd 2024 at 6:40:40 AM

Surprised to see this updated. I only know the game from the lol worthy "controversy" as well as some Vtubers being exceedingly unhinged with the game.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#7: Jun 4th 2024 at 1:06:25 PM

New Devlog. We're going to be playing as an Unexpected Character: Mrs. Graves, parent of the year herself! A Chapter 4 is also confirmed.

More and more context that Mrs. Graves is a horrible person and parent. More and more context that Andrew is psychologically disturbed.

Edited by PhiSat on Jun 4th 2024 at 1:06:52 AM

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Rabbitearsblog Movie and TV Goddess from United States Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Movie and TV Goddess
#8: Jun 4th 2024 at 8:02:51 PM

I've played this game and I really enjoyed it so far! The plot is pretty messed up, but both Andy and Leyley are pretty interesting characters. I can't wait to see more of this story!

I love animation, TV, movies, YOU NAME IT!
PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#9: Jun 12th 2024 at 1:18:11 PM

New video from the devs with a bit of a Take That, Audience! moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atnLA9W_zrc

I don't think this really needed spelling out, but we've had tropers on this very wiki think Renee Graves was genuinely apologizing to Andrew, so I guess it did.

Tl;dw It's confirmation that Mrs. Graves is a horrible person. The overwhelming number of votes to put it in means these kinds of silly Nonstandard Game Overs will probably become definitive canon.

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manhandled Since: Feb, 2012
#10: Jun 12th 2024 at 7:52:20 PM

[up]Kinda wonder how much of that was propping Renee up to put Ashley down further when you get down to it. Eh idk I’m just here for the shock and memes.

Edit: oh and the Fan-Work Ban incident going on now is a sign of something up with kit9 unless it’s something that morphed into a crusade against an a singular fanartist specifically (which is still something up).

Edited by manhandled on Jun 12th 2024 at 8:05:19 AM

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#11: Aug 25th 2024 at 8:37:32 PM

I just started this and am about an hour in. I'm digging it so far.

  • Ashley wanted to eat the tomatoes, but Andy didn't want to, claiming that they ought to save their food. Andy breaks to Ashley's will, though. I guess she's boss?
  • Okay, their apartment is filthy. Makes sense, considering they've been trapped there for months. Apparently there is some kind of parasite, and they're under quarantine.
  • I'm really curious about their relationship to their mother. She left before they were placed under quarantine, and she doesn't want them calling her.
  • Man summons a demon, but has nothing to pay it. So it kills him. Makes sense.
  • I'm gonna admit I thought "they should eat the guy" before Ashley totally decided they were going to eat the guy. She really likes to involve her brother whenever she's going to do something terrible, huh. Make him complicit.
    • On another note, I decided to cook the left leg for dinner. Ashley liked it, Andrew did not, but she made sure he ate up.
  • Flashback time. Ashley's friend had a crush on Andy. Uh-oh. "A Bitch in a Box," Ashley called her plan. Her friend has asthma, and the box is very dusty. I'm sure it'll be fine.
    • She really forced Andy's hand with those tears.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#12: Aug 25th 2024 at 8:39:19 PM

I'll await your thoughts on Chapter 2. That's where I thought things got really interesting.

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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#13: Aug 26th 2024 at 9:59:11 AM

Finished Chapter 1 and am a little bit into Chapter 2.

  • Right, so based on their argument after Andrew murdered a woman, I don't think Ashley entirely controls this normal, healthy relationship.
  • After the assassin snuck into our apartment, I brought Ashley back to the place where the cultists met up. The demon we summoned didn't speak our language and he didn't care when Ashley offered up the Cake Stealer's soul.
  • I'm all out of bullets from shooting the assassin so many times.

Edited by SilentColossus on Aug 26th 2024 at 9:59:31 AM

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#14: Aug 27th 2024 at 9:45:48 AM

  • 127 voicemails, Ashley? Yikes.
  • The mom is terrible. She is also great. I also found her disappointment in her children to be hilarious, even if it's mostly her (and her husband's) fault to begin with.
    • She is also dead. Andrew and Ashley sacrificed her to the demon and then ate her.
  • Never say never.
  • ... I sure hope that symbol on Andrew's palm isn't anything too bad.

I'll probably replay the game to see if I missed anything. I know I missed the present in the box in Ashley's dream (you need to make an extra flower path to get to it). I saw the cutscene on Youtube, but I want to grab it myself.

leafsaber47 Hm? Am I late? from post-apocalyptic world (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Hm? Am I late?
#15: Aug 27th 2024 at 2:51:52 PM

I guess with the recent news of the Fan-Work Ban, ironically TCOAAL fan works are appearing in image sites again after a short absence of it for around a month or two. Classic Streisand Effect.

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#16: Sep 4th 2024 at 9:45:13 AM

A new episode preview is up. A dev update also says they're considering releasing episode 3A and 4 at the same time because of there being no natural end point to split the chapters into and it's going to cause a significant delay if that happens.

If there was ever any doubt Andrew is just as bad as Ashley, let this video erase that doubt. Andrew wasn't just a neglectful boyfriend, he's a gaslighter and abuser and almost certainly using Julia as a substitute for Ashley. There's weird Wife Husbandry layers to his dialogue at the end.

Edited by PhiSat on Sep 4th 2024 at 9:46:29 AM

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Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
Main Character
#17: Sep 4th 2024 at 9:59:37 AM

[up]A terrible person in his own right, likely. As bad as Ashely, though? You seem to be equating being abusive to killing for attention, here.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#18: Sep 4th 2024 at 10:30:18 AM

The difference to me is Ashley is clearly completely insane. If she was left on her own she'd either kill herself or get caught nearly immediately. Andrew knows things are wrong and does them anyways. He's a much more insidious manipulator. Both Chapter 1 and this new video shows he has inner rage, he just hides it much better. Plus, it's no secret what Ashley is and he "goes along" with what she wants anyways either because he wants to do what she wants and she gives him an excuse or because he doesn't care.

Edited by PhiSat on Sep 4th 2024 at 10:32:29 AM

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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#19: Sep 4th 2024 at 2:31:12 PM

Andrew sorta gives the game away when his response to Nina's death was "they're going to take [Ashley] away from me!"

Andrew, above all, fears consequences more than he fears the moral implications of his actions. Unlike Ashley, he is concerned about living a normal life, or at least he is worried about being perceived as living a normal life. But above all the biggest consequence Andrew fears above all is losing Ashley, and he is extremely possessive.

Meanwhile, Ashley only cares about Andrew's attention being entirely focused on her. She's willing to get Andrew's hands dirty so he'll be "forced" to stay with her, but it isn't needed: he'd stay regardless.

She's also dependent on him in a way he is not of her. Andrew was going to college and has a driver's license, while Ashley just... stays at home? Could she even hold down a job?

If Andrew wanted to prevent the prank on Nina, he just had to say No. He just had to not go. Instead he helped. If he wanted to stop Ashley from killing their parents, all he had to do was not drive her there. Hell, if he walked out of their parents house in the middle of the night, she probably just would have followed him. At worst she'd throw a tantrum.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#20: Sep 4th 2024 at 2:36:26 PM

It doesn't excuse her actions in the slightest, but it also must be said she had a miserable childhood, by all accounts. It says something she's genuinely happy when Andy remembers to get her something for her birthday.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#21: Sep 4th 2024 at 2:38:19 PM

basically The two are different flavors of sociopathic. Andrew being the more straightforward one hiding behind a "polite society" veneer and Ashley being the Yandere type.

I do think there are degrees on which is which. Rather than Bonnie and Clyde, It's closer to Harley and Joker if they were an incestuous couple instead of clown themed gangsters.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Sep 4th 2024 at 2:40:32 AM

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#22: Sep 4th 2024 at 2:48:29 PM

There's lots of implications Ashley was always the scapegoat and unfavorite of the family. Renee calls her wrong from birth. She doesn't have a place at the family dinner table either in flashbacks or the present day. She never got any presents or birthday celebration, even before we see her acting out. We've seen in the teasers that she did poorly in school as well. It's no surprise she ended up becoming a psychopath.

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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#23: Oct 1st 2024 at 8:51:08 PM

Another preview:

And here is the progress report.

  • They're moving away from the progress reports going forward. Posts will now be teasers, announcements, surveys, ect.
  • They're considering either releasing 3A as either a stand alone episode even though it's a cliffhanger, or wait for episode 4 to also be finished. They've decided to let the audience decide via a poll.
  • Episode 3A is Decay, and they haven't even started working on Burial.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#24: Oct 1st 2024 at 8:53:05 PM

I really should try this game if it's horror comedy focused as I hear.

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The-Azure-Star-Of-Orion Long time lurker from a deep dark hole Since: Mar, 2022 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Long time lurker
#25: Oct 1st 2024 at 8:58:30 PM

[up]abandon all hope if you dare Red.

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