That’s why you hear so many people echo the exact words of persuasion that they themselves received before playing: “Even if it’s not your type of game, it’s free, it’s short, it’s a wild ride, and you have nothing to lose.” We connect and share emotions by sharing experiences with each other. But more to the point, people enjoyed their experience with it and want others to experience it in a similar way. The real “surprise” is the specific ways in which Doki Doki Literature Club chooses to be scary, and that’s kind of what I was invested in keeping a mystery. Salvato: I don’t think it was ever a “surprise” that Doki Doki Literature Club is a psychological horror game. PCI: When the game first released, how concerned were you with people ruining the “surprise” on the internet? Despite how the internet normally is, fans tended to not outright spoil the game so that others could experience it the same way they did. I was making script changes up until right before release, and even a couple in future patches. I had the main story beats planned out in advance, but a lot of the actual script needed to be developed in tandem with the game content itself, because the two go hand-in-hand in various ways. Salvato: Hmm, it’s hard to say because it was a very non-linear process. How long did it take to get a version of the script that you were happy with? And how many revisions did you end up doing? PCI: One of the things that really helped Doki Doki Literature Club stand out from its contemporaries was the fantastic writing. In our exclusive interview with Dan Salvato, the mastermind behind it all, we talk about the development of Doki Doki Literature Club, its fans, and crafting the game’s now iconic cast.
With the release of Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, interest has once again risen for this indie horror masterpiece. That is, something dark, twisted, sad, and, strangely enough at times, melancholic. What starts off as a seemingly innocent - if not completely normal - anime dating sim, it quickly evolves and morphs into something else entirely. Doki Doki Literature Club is one of those games that you have to play to believe.
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