This novel is making me feel things. I’m not sure if that’s good or not but i am sure the writing is great. I just don’t know if i have the strength to return for more.
Incredibly good (and by good I mean it broke my heart and I can't listen to the title screen music without feeling like shit anymore). Can't wait for Jenna's route to be finished and the epilogue game.
Oh my god, I just finished the TJ route and holy fucking shit... I was going to go back and go Carl and Leo's routes but not anymore. That's not to say it's bad of course, it's fucking astonishing, but I think I am legit having an existential crisis. I played The Smoke Room first, and sure it was a little creepy every now and then but I don't think I will ever recover from this one.
Yeah I went looking in the .rpy files, and the TJ route actually seems to be one of the best ones because like the least amount of people die? Idk I may go back and try the Carl route but def not the Leo route after what I saw.
Ugh... I can still feel my Heart shattering it's like a knife that has been stabbed inside me I-I just can't! I think I got attached to Leo that until the the end I know it's the only way to get a happy ending is that you have to end you're relationship with him and after I did I can't help but to cry I can't help but to feel upset it's been a week since I finished this and everytime I hear or read the word "Chula" I can't help but to cry I really sad I can't I just can't be happy I been really sad the entire I haven't really been eating a lot since the I finished the game and I know this may sound absurd and weird but VN can really affect my emotions and how I feel I've been heart broken a lot of times with VNs like one of you're VNs called Adastra the ending was sad I cried when I was dying in the arms of my wolf so I just came here because I want to express my emotions and I'm also thankful that you created VNs and I think I'm fine it's been week it's been a very sad week for me I just don't like to my emotions well I'm done here thanks for listening...
This is the first time i come to this homepage games, the first thing i see is 18+ content warning, second the massage "CW: Echo can be an emotionally intense experience and may not be for everyone. Please put your mental well-being first and take this into consideration before downloading!", and third is the comment section that everyone says that this game is absolute TERRIFYING, and now i don't even want to click the download button cause i scared to play, is this even more TERRIFYING than Bird Box? im curios
Its SUCH a good game but it DOES touch on some super intense (potentially triggering) content and supernatural-esque horror hence the warnings. If that's cool with you then I HIGHLY recommend it.
Playthrough wise, my recommendation is to not play TJ's or Flynn's routes first since those are the most lore heavy and its more fun to wonder what's going on. Honestly even though it was an emotionally heavy experience the Echo team did SUCH a good job with this. Honestly my favorite VN on itch. ^u^
All the smoke room references in echo have me HOOKED on that title as it's being developed.
(P.s. Leo's route made me so emotional I literally went into the script files to try and see if there was another ending but I'm still pretty satisfied with the 'good ending' TuT)
TLDR; play it if you feel comfortable enough to handle it
Well im actually kinda fine with gore or horror stuff, what i scared it's the atmosphere, and also you say theres the "good ending" right, well then i might wanna download it as long theres good ending
But don't forget, there isn't really romance. It's like 90% horror and 10% romance. If you're looking for more of these VN's visit my profile. You won't regret it!
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I wish I had read your recommendations before playing it lol, I have done TJ's route in my second time playing now I just can't play anymore with everything I know... :P
Maybe spoilers i dunno. Just don't even read this comment, I'm emotionally broken and destructed and I just have to somehow blow off steam.
Bruh I just.. Alright, this is my FIRST. NOVEL. EVER. And, what the f actually. Just cus of this game I found out that I really like this kind of furries but thats another topic.. What I want to talk about is why the hell was Leo's route such a rollercoaster of f'up emotions. I know, I know, he has to forget about Chase to find his own happines BUT WHY. I felt immediately in love with this couple. I had dreams about them being together even when Chase was acting like a dkhead. I thought I'll be playing a cute lovestory game, not this. The wanna-be-"happy"-end destroyed me in pieces. I just.. Omfg I feel so exhausted without a will to live anymore wtf. I feel literally empty. After this I just wished for a good ending. Ik I might seem sensitive af, which is true, and that's why it hit me hard. Not even talking that I kinda can relate to Leo. But.. IDK IM SO CONFUSED WHAT I AM EVEN TALKING ABOUT I JUST WANT TO SIT IN THE CORNER AND CRY MY HEART OUT. I'm definitely not playing Route 65 or anything else, cus I was so dumb to read the spoilers which are not good for Leo as well. I mean, why does the devs hate their relationship.. I'm empty and I want to disappear rn. Can't stop crying and this will stuck in me head for so fucking long. FUCKIN VIDEOGAMES. IM SO SORRY.
There there *hugs. I was feeling exactly the same. I couldn't eat or sleep. I have to tell you that it's gonna be okay. I just played Leo's route and I never want to play this game again lmao... Of course I will tho, but not soon, it's gonna take me months to risk my mental health again. I absolutely love this game but y'know, enough of suffering for now. (sorry any mistakes, english it's not my first language.
This is by far the most underrated comment I have ever read on an itch.io game page. I absolutely adore the intricacies proposed by this ingenious question-poser, the in-depth conspiracy that seems to unfold with each and every word they produce is something I just cannot shake off as sheer skill, it is far too godly to be taken as such pestilence. Should I ever find reason to refer to you in one of my numerous essays, I will sir. I will.
I'm not sure if I understand this correctly, but I have an idea: I can understand playing a game only for the 18+ scenes, although, I think you may find that the plot can be much more rewarding because of the time spent on it.
Context: It can take writers up to days to perfect a story, and it can really show if you pay attention to what they write.
I'm not your mom though, so I can't really force you to.
does anyone know how to keep save files when getting the latest build? or is it necessary to just replace the previous build with the current one then skip all the parts of story you've already done?
Ok so I just wanna say that I made a horrible decision playing this game at night during a stormy weather which means that as I played this, the lights would occasionally flicker, I'd sometimes hear something crashing outside, and the wind was so fucking strong it felt like the windows were about to blown off. Overall, it just added a much more scary atmosphere as I got further into the game and I genuinely got goosebumps during certain parts. This is such a great game and this is the first time I got scared of a visual novel.
SPOILER:
One thing I still can't completely comprehend though is what the fuck happened during Flynn's route? I just finished it and was so confused. I mean, I got the gist of it that he turned into THE monster but everything seemed so vague to me or maybe I just haven't connected the pieces. Can someone help?
So long story short: Flynn was sent through time loops thanks to The Embrace. All endings are canon and all happen at the same time. I'd recommend hopping in the game's discord for quicker answers
hi hi, i wanted to ask for help for something i just discovered. There's a picture you find in Chase's old house, right? I wanted to find the second of three, but I don't know how, can someone help me? if I'm not mistaken, it's on the Flynn route.
God, this game is very good, I get chills every time that demon (hahah) appears and every time something becomes serious or something appears (like the fake Chase) I start to water with fear and this is very good, THIS GAME IS SIMPLY PERFECT.
Thank you very very very much for making this game!!!
Flynn route ending is tough to explain. I think Flynn got possessed by the spirit and stuck in a loop that always ends up in the past when jenna was kid. IDK man
but any of them have kill on purpose, it's like they story have been already writte.
i don't know why but i got a feeling than Chase will be (kill) by Janice's nephew in Archer cause Janice was there when Sam was killed and Janice's ancestor was William.
If you're the person who wrote the comment directly below, your post was probably deleted because you started with a major spoiler for the end section of Flynn's route on the main page's comments without giving any spoiler warnings. Whether you were right or not is irrelevant, it's more for protecting people who haven't completed the routes.
You have to remember that just because you and a lot of others are up to date, not everyone is.
sorry for the spoilers, but I'm kinda confused....could anyone probably give me a hand?
for Leo, he refused to move leave Echo to take care of his family, which is why Chase broke up with him, because the wolf thing to take care of the pack, according to the beginning of stories, right?
but in the meantime he said all his siblings already moved out, even his parents moved to Payton, and they already tried to sell the house. so why was him stuck in there , even at the cost of breaking up? especially when the economic in Echo was at bay for like an century already? he could have just moved and open the family shop some elsewhere，just like his parents already did.
Leo wanted to stay in Echo for a number of reasons. He refused because he's stubborn, which is why the best ending means you HAVE to break up with him. Chase HAS to move on to get out. Part of Echo's supernatural effects is a burden. A burden of guilt, of trauma, weighing you down and keeping you still. Leo was ironically one of the more affected ones by Sydney's death, not that anyone got off scott free. More to say that it seems Leo's trauma response was to tighten up the group, and refuse to let them go, to let it go, out of fear. Moving out of Echo is a change, a big one. Leo cant do change. Even after what happened, in basically every route he STILL doesn't move. His trauma response was perfect for the curse of Echo to feed off of, keeping him there. His only reason for staying wasn't just his family, that was more so an excuse.
thanks a branch. I fully understand that chase HAS to leave Echo, to survive, to the least. but for Leo, do you mean he used family as a excuse, to cover his fear? after rechecked the leo line, I figured that it's a logical theory. just want to make sure if I get you right.
This story has never emotionally fucked with me in a way I've never seen before, I played a long time ago, and every time I think about it, that twisting feeling in my gut, the increase in heart and breathing rate. Breaths and chest feel heavy, just thinking about the word Chula. Yesterday I decided to play again, in thought I could muster the strength to play again, I was deeply wrong, my heart rate almost constantly stayed up and I started to shake and fidget, when someone happened that was just too much all I could think was "fuck x24" I did Leo's route first and it hurts my heart knowing you can never truly have him, through his obsession that he could be yours forever, he is a poor baby and needs hugs and cuddles. Then I played Flynn, and at one point I didn't wish to continue. it hurt so much to watch Leo go, to act like your not interested, I don't care what he did. Leo was amazing, he is so kissable and huggable.
It's the next day since I played it, and I'm hungry but if feel like if I ate I would throw it up, no distraction in my life can distract me from remembering Leo and him calling Chula. I will be wired for a couple of days. So this is my warning. The warning atop should seriously be taken into account because I've never felt worse. Getting close and attached to the characters will only hurt you. It's a great game that can conjure these feelings but awful because it does the opposite of Adastra.
Thank you for anyone who is reading, I wanna know how you felt when you played if its an overwhelming game.
At the very beginning there's a choice telling her that you were gay, remember? sounds to me like a chance. especially when in this route, even the possessing ghost itself was kinda took enough of it, so he showed up and told Chase IN THE FACE that who is actually hurting Leo. so at least Chase knew that Leo is possessed. yet the madness isn't really started, lol.
by the way, I tried to convince myself that Leo isn't so loving as it seems, by some details found in Echo Route 65.
if you remember there was a website where Leo looked for lawnmower. look again at WHEN. and see for how long he did NOTHING with what he found in there. not even a short message.
didn't very much working on me, still trying though.
P.S., it is VERY NOT RECOMMENDED for you to play route 65 , if you haven't yet. because knowing what will happen in Echo main story, Route 65 will be unbearably sad and bitter to you. it is about how the couple got together in the first place at their high school.
I feel exactly the same! I have anxiety and depression and omg, I've never been this worse, and I love it! How could such a great writing makes this with me. Leo's my favorite, and it hurts me so much that him couldn't be "happy" with Chase. It's been more than a week and I still feel bad, and anxious, and, like, don't wanna eat anything.
Though, I like to think that I, myself kinda take care of him in the end, idk I like to think that way. Put youself together dude! It's just a VN, Leo's fiiiiine! He's gonna find someone who loves him for real.
Chase is so terrible omg lmao. Sorry my bad english anyway, I'm from brazil, probably my english sucks but idc.
Also, I never want to play this game again, at least not now. I want to take MONTHS away from this VN actually. I love it of course but it hurts too much. Sorry for being cringe
I LOVE this game, it’s my second furry novel after adastra, however I needed help with something, I’ve been playing Jennas route and I got to a “to be continued” part, that led me to discover that this game is still in development. Which is awesome! But then I noticed there was an update 4 days ago, I downloaded Echo about 2 weeks ago and I was wondering how I update it? Do I just reinstall to the new version? And will it save all my save files and choices I’ve made so far? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Massive, Major Spoilers for other routes and later into the game...
The thing possessing Chase isn't actually Samuel, it's more of a twisted facsimile of him. An Echo (!), if you will. It's strongly implied in Jenna's route that the real Samuel survived the events of The Smoke Room in 1915, and returned to Echo only to be run over by Sidney's father and Janice, the coyote that works in the diner when they were much younger. From there I theorise the spirit that poses as Samuel latches onto Sidney's father, then onto Sidney, and finally onto Chase.
Or maybe I'm thinking too much about it and want Samuel to have a happy ending because I like him so much more than Chase.
Omg I finished TJ route and I can't believe what Chase and TJ had done with Sydney, from what I get it there is like two spirits? I liked your theory but it seems like there is two entities, one is supposed to be Samuel and other the curse that there is in Echo, because if you think carefully and see some details in TJ's rote like the format of the words, it seems there is a evil thing "helping" Chase solve his problems telling him to kill Flynn and everything end right and while that happens there is a conversation with other word style saying things like this is a cycle, we're puppets trying to make him notices that he's being manipulated, but at the same time I think Chase is a bad person with this curse messing his mind or not because it never mentioned him regretting what he's done with Sydney he doesn't feel even a bit bad for it and I thought TJ was good at the beginning but he just looked everything happen and pretended again nothing happened. I think the curse of Echo just make their personalities and wishes more intense making they do these things, like Leo's route he clearly was obsessed with Chase and his jealousy just getting worse as time passed, and the bad end of this route just makes everything more clear, in my opinion there isn't happy end but you got it right lol, maybe I change my opinion as I do the other routes but with everything I know until now I have this theory in mind...
Edit: I was remembering what happened and the evil entity could be a twisted version of Sydney as well, they are like a vengeful spirit, his business was with Chase and his friends so he would make them go crazy, and the twisted version of Samuel don't have anything to do with them so he would be more aware of the situation and try to make Chase fix things and break these cicles of tragedy and revenge, there are some points that don't make sense but I guess it's kind of what's happening, and don't worry I want Samuel to have a good ending as much as you do ;)
Theres one separate entity that is a force over the town, manipulating people. These people die and become wraiths, shadows of their former selves and are the more....specific entities. The burned creature for example(that Jenna mentions seeing and is seen when they ride in the van in multiple routes) is a specific character. We know who it is. And their actions line up. There is a "boss" so to speak, tormenting people on a very general level, assumidly to feed on their misery or fear or whatever. We MIGHT have seen said boss in Flynn's route, but thats up to interpretation. Depending on that, we have at least 3 known and named entities in the Burned Man(Flynn's route), Chase's shadow(Possibly? End of Leo's route/the Smoke Room prequel for context), and possibly Sydney(again, Flynn's route).
Ohhh that's some important information, I need to play the other routes to know everything better, I don't know what to think about the Burned Man thought 🤔 it's the thing that crashed the car and made everyone fell into the lake in Leo's route right? In the end of his route I first thought that shadow was Sydney but that wasn't making sense, like he was just watching Chase making bad choices, making Leo go crazy and enjoying this madness but I agree that's probably Chase's shadow there, the way he is afraid of his reflection of his form, he even mentioned seeing a dark form just like him watching right? And until where I know that's the only route this happens soo... No wait the mirror thing happens in TJ's route lol, but he's afraid of something that looks like him this I remember, I wonder if there's a way to beat this boss, a way to set everyone's soul free, maybe breaking the cycle? It would be great to have a Echo 2 with all the answers we are seeking for, but I feel like this isn't what the creators want to do, I guess this story is more interpretation style letting the players have their conclusions of what's happening and discuss like how we are doing now you know lol, and they would have to make an ending canon which it wouldn't be cool right what I think it's cool about this game is how each route is different in some ways from another and each one has a completely different story or ending, even the feelings that they bring with the events you know that's amazing or they could make more routes according to the one we choose in the first one, it is a lot of work to do so I don't think it would be possible maybe?
Man. I felt kind of bitter during TJ's route. Only choices are pretty much near the beginning and don't see them impact the outcome. Not sure if I missed a particular setup but yeah... how conflicting.
I know you cannot change what happened in the past (or can you... wibbly wobbly spooky Echomagic... would actually be cool if this and The Smoke Room fused to become convoluted in your choices! Muahaha). Granted what you see in little snippits kinda spoils me for what's going to happen to certain individuals in TSR... (in possible routes.. though clearly they aren't canon... unless we're getting into parallel universes... ouch my smol brain.)
Hope to see more options down the track. I love the game but also despise what I'm made to feel. Happy Endings are kinda bleak for the lil musky otter. :'(
I already finished all of the guys' routes then i forgot Jenna had one as well, so then I started playing it. Now, Im easily scared by horror stuff, so I usually avoid them but I read some comments that this game had no jumpscares or straight up horror elements. Then comes the fookin animated shadow doppleganger of Chase. Goddammit almost made me want to throw my phone and cry what the hellll.
Someone pls make a oneshot with a happy ending for Leo omg I'm so sad man. Chase is such a asshole for everything, and this ending... I'm happy not for Chase but for Leo, he's finally free from this beast! Sorry my bad english I'm brazillian <3
Anyway, I reaaaally need more content about Leo, he just became my husbando. A fanfic? Anything aahswhdwshauhsaushsu I'm going crazy! Btw Leo and Janna/Jenna are my favorites. I can't remember her name now lmao I'm such a loser, but I can't help it! Leo just leave echo and come live with me MY BABE <<<3 CHASE YOU NEVER DESERVED HIM YOU SON OF A B
the point is that you shouldn't be with leo. literally the best thing that happend to leo is that he got over chase and started living again. if you give in, you continue his obsession.
I know :( it's just, I think I just wanna see him happy again. Not with Chase tho I kinda hate him. And when he said that he was crying everyday before sleep, I kinda wish... idk. I feel bad for him, all his obsession with Kudzu and Chase become real, 'cause they end up together. God I hate this feeling, they can't be together. Sorry again for my poor english
I played Leo's route first, and was so disappointed that his "good" ending ended the way it did. I was heartbroken. Playing through the rest of the routes though, I still liked Leo just as much, but really started to hate Chase for what he did, to everyone and to Leo.
I'm glad him and Leo don't end up together, but I really think Leo deserves a guy that'll treat him right. Chase doesn't deserve Kudzu either frankly, but oh well.
I feel like it might be a sign that Arches will take place in this timeline. Every other routes have clear end while TJ's is vague and not really a great closure to the events.
I'm working through playing all your visual novels. I just finished both endings for Leo's route as my first play through and wow. Each option is incredibly sad, but also unavoidable. I enjoyed them both immensely and after getting the more negative ending for Leo first I was really appreciative of the alternative, even though it still really hurt. Thanks so much for making such great stories and beautiful artwork to go along with them. This story has challenged me more emotionally than I was quite prepared for. I can't wait to dive back in to try a different route, get closer to other friends in the group and hopefully learn more about the mystery of Echo.
Possible spoiler for Adastra and Khemia:
I especially appreciate how the concept of the other that we see in Adastra is already present in this earlier work. How it manifests across the universe in small pieces and larger concentrations plays out really directly here. Brian's arc and his experience in the mine was especially chilling. I don't know if I've ever hated a character as much as him and been so satisfied with the conclusion of their story. The ways in which the other gets its tendrils into him and appears to him in different ways is not only disturbing and moving, but probably not too far off from real life.
Murdoch as a character wasn't created until after that chapter of Echo was released. He wasn't mentioned by the spirit because the writers hadn't even come up with the idea for the character yet.
Why doesn't Flynn have multiple endings like the others? it seems kinda strange, especially with the 5 years later thing wgere it shows chase and them college kids
My best guess is that his ending is necessary for tying together all of the routes. If it ended any differently, people who got a different ending wouldn't have any sort of closure for certain events on Leo or Jenna's routes. That being said, of course I wish there were an alternate ending for him (and TJ for that matter).
As for the five years later thing, those college kids are in every ending so far with the exception of Carl's I believe. They'll be part of a sequel that the team is working on!
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Man.... It's kinda funny to me to see the background of Adastra, and name of Amicus in Echo..😂
Ikr? They even revamped the story to make amicus "Straight"... I think
This novel is making me feel things. I’m not sure if that’s good or not but i am sure the writing is great. I just don’t know if i have the strength to return for more.
Is there only one ending with Leo? Am I missing something or he's just fucking psychopath?
You mean end up with Kudzu right? So it's actually one.. fuck I love Leo but it's way too insane.
Either Kudzu or your life. 😔
So...uh, what are the FINISHED route of Echo? Please tell me!
Every route is finished except Jenna`s route and Flynn`s epilogue
thank you for telling me, my friend
Np
Hey could you guys stop writing this well? Hard to do anything but wanna read more.
Same haha, I stayed up until 4am reading this today, I need to be awake soon haha. (glad I did though, the story is so compelling. It's so good!)
Incredibly good (and by good I mean it broke my heart and I can't listen to the title screen music without feeling like shit anymore). Can't wait for Jenna's route to be finished and the epilogue game.
I took Leo route and tried the bad and good ending.... Im just lost of words.... I don't know anymore....... :(
I definitely had to step back and process it all. The same with Flynn's route. Breaks my heart
this game is just perfect, all the routes are good, it made me cry with fear, i am terrified and traumatized, note 100000000000 ...
I was wondering where I can find the smoke room theme (backstage2) because I am very addicted to this theme and I really wanted to download it
Thanks
Obrigado
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should be in the game files
Found itYAAAAAIIII
thank you sooooooooo much!!!!
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Oh my god, I just finished the TJ route and holy fucking shit... I was going to go back and go Carl and Leo's routes but not anymore. That's not to say it's bad of course, it's fucking astonishing, but I think I am legit having an existential crisis. I played The Smoke Room first, and sure it was a little creepy every now and then but I don't think I will ever recover from this one.
You can try Carl's route. There's a good ending(possibly the only one) if choosing the options in it correctly.
Yeah I went looking in the .rpy files, and the TJ route actually seems to be one of the best ones because like the least amount of people die? Idk I may go back and try the Carl route but def not the Leo route after what I saw.
I won't spoil you but TJ's route is maybe the saddest of all, it is for me. Tragic is the better word I think.
Ugh... I can still feel my Heart shattering it's like a knife that has been stabbed inside me I-I just can't! I think I got attached to Leo that until the the end I know it's the only way to get a happy ending is that you have to end you're relationship with him and after I did I can't help but to cry I can't help but to feel upset it's been a week since I finished this and everytime I hear or read the word "Chula" I can't help but to cry I really sad I can't I just can't be happy I been really sad the entire I haven't really been eating a lot since the I finished the game and I know this may sound absurd and weird but VN can really affect my emotions and how I feel I've been heart broken a lot of times with VNs like one of you're VNs called Adastra the ending was sad I cried when I was dying in the arms of my wolf so I just came here because I want to express my emotions and I'm also thankful that you created VNs and I think I'm fine it's been week it's been a very sad week for me I just don't like to my emotions well I'm done here thanks for listening...
Have you read some messages on Leo's phone while he was showering? It's pretty important
Uh... No? I'm still not on that part though..
?? I was replying to the author of the parent post
This is the first time i come to this homepage games, the first thing i see is 18+ content warning, second the massage "CW: Echo can be an emotionally intense experience and may not be for everyone. Please put your mental well-being first and take this into consideration before downloading!", and third is the comment section that everyone says that this game is absolute TERRIFYING, and now i don't even want to click the download button cause i scared to play, is this even more TERRIFYING than Bird Box? im curios
Its SUCH a good game but it DOES touch on some super intense (potentially triggering) content and supernatural-esque horror hence the warnings. If that's cool with you then I HIGHLY recommend it.
Playthrough wise, my recommendation is to not play TJ's or Flynn's routes first since those are the most lore heavy and its more fun to wonder what's going on. Honestly even though it was an emotionally heavy experience the Echo team did SUCH a good job with this. Honestly my favorite VN on itch. ^u^
All the smoke room references in echo have me HOOKED on that title as it's being developed.
(P.s. Leo's route made me so emotional I literally went into the script files to try and see if there was another ending but I'm still pretty satisfied with the 'good ending' TuT)
TLDR; play it if you feel comfortable enough to handle it
Well im actually kinda fine with gore or horror stuff, what i scared it's the atmosphere, and also you say theres the "good ending" right, well then i might wanna download it as long theres good ending
But don't forget, there isn't really romance. It's like 90% horror and 10% romance. If you're looking for more of these VN's visit my profile. You won't regret it!
If Project Aego wouldn't have been discontinued, I believe it could have taken Echo's place as best horror furry VN.
Project Aego?, is that another studio games?
Did you dislike my comments for no reason? Project Aego has one of the best intros to a VN that I've seen and is set in a dark, cruel scenario. It's about two brothers with superpoweres who's father was in some shady business. One of them wants to find out what happend, the other one decides to do research as detective. https://twitter.com/projectaego?lang=de
wait, did i?, i don't remember dislike your comments, and also i already see the link you give to me, it is free on patreon?, cause it usually pay
I wish I had read your recommendations before playing it lol, I have done TJ's route in my second time playing now I just can't play anymore with everything I know... :P
guys. maybe Chase didnt't do "you know what" during their childood at the Lake. but i say maybe a big maybe.
Big love from 🇫🇷 to everyone who read this comment
Lmao. I am scared just by looking at the download button.
Man...Echo and Repeat just hits me everywhere. Like omg....im speechless.
Maybe spoilers i dunno. Just don't even read this comment, I'm emotionally broken and destructed and I just have to somehow blow off steam.
Bruh I just.. Alright, this is my FIRST. NOVEL. EVER. And, what the f actually. Just cus of this game I found out that I really like this kind of furries but thats another topic.. What I want to talk about is why the hell was Leo's route such a rollercoaster of f'up emotions. I know, I know, he has to forget about Chase to find his own happines BUT WHY. I felt immediately in love with this couple. I had dreams about them being together even when Chase was acting like a dkhead. I thought I'll be playing a cute lovestory game, not this. The wanna-be-"happy"-end destroyed me in pieces. I just.. Omfg I feel so exhausted without a will to live anymore wtf. I feel literally empty. After this I just wished for a good ending. Ik I might seem sensitive af, which is true, and that's why it hit me hard. Not even talking that I kinda can relate to Leo. But.. IDK IM SO CONFUSED WHAT I AM EVEN TALKING ABOUT I JUST WANT TO SIT IN THE CORNER AND CRY MY HEART OUT. I'm definitely not playing Route 65 or anything else, cus I was so dumb to read the spoilers which are not good for Leo as well. I mean, why does the devs hate their relationship.. I'm empty and I want to disappear rn. Can't stop crying and this will stuck in me head for so fucking long. FUCKIN VIDEOGAMES. IM SO SORRY.
There there *hugs. I was feeling exactly the same. I couldn't eat or sleep. I have to tell you that it's gonna be okay. I just played Leo's route and I never want to play this game again lmao... Of course I will tho, but not soon, it's gonna take me months to risk my mental health again. I absolutely love this game but y'know, enough of suffering for now. (sorry any mistakes, english it's not my first language.
I feel like playing different routes will break me more, cus there will be the lack of Leo :(
Chase's relationship with Leo is hella abusive, u know that?
Hey , this game have sex scene ? :3
This is by far the most underrated comment I have ever read on an itch.io game page. I absolutely adore the intricacies proposed by this ingenious question-poser, the in-depth conspiracy that seems to unfold with each and every word they produce is something I just cannot shake off as sheer skill, it is far too godly to be taken as such pestilence. Should I ever find reason to refer to you in one of my numerous essays, I will sir. I will.
XD
Sorry ahah , play game with +18 content is funny for me because that really not realist xD
I'm not sure if I understand this correctly, but I have an idea: I can understand playing a game only for the 18+ scenes, although, I think you may find that the plot can be much more rewarding because of the time spent on it.
Context: It can take writers up to days to perfect a story, and it can really show if you pay attention to what they write.
I'm not your mom though, so I can't really force you to.
LMAO
does anyone know how to keep save files when getting the latest build? or is it necessary to just replace the previous build with the current one then skip all the parts of story you've already done?
Unfortunately old saves are not usable in newer versions. U just gotta skip.
Ok so I just wanna say that I made a horrible decision playing this game at night during a stormy weather which means that as I played this, the lights would occasionally flicker, I'd sometimes hear something crashing outside, and the wind was so fucking strong it felt like the windows were about to blown off. Overall, it just added a much more scary atmosphere as I got further into the game and I genuinely got goosebumps during certain parts. This is such a great game and this is the first time I got scared of a visual novel.
SPOILER:
One thing I still can't completely comprehend though is what the fuck happened during Flynn's route? I just finished it and was so confused. I mean, I got the gist of it that he turned into THE monster but everything seemed so vague to me or maybe I just haven't connected the pieces. Can someone help?
I wish there was some sort of alternate ending to Flynn route. The current one is hella sad and scary.
SPOILER for Flynn's route
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So long story short: Flynn was sent through time loops thanks to The Embrace. All endings are canon and all happen at the same time. I'd recommend hopping in the game's discord for quicker answers
OMG you're right! I just now noticed that!
hi hi, i wanted to ask for help for something i just discovered. There's a picture you find in Chase's old house, right? I wanted to find the second of three, but I don't know how, can someone help me? if I'm not mistaken, it's on the Flynn route.
God, this game is very good, I get chills every time that demon (hahah) appears and every time something becomes serious or something appears (like the fake Chase) I start to water with fear and this is very good, THIS GAME IS SIMPLY PERFECT.
Thank you very very very much for making this game!!!
So I have a question regarding the end of Flynn's route. It seems a bit confusing but...
Does Flynn become the monster and go back in time? Because I'm pretty sure that small fox he was interacting with is a young Jenna
Flynn route ending is tough to explain. I think Flynn got possessed by the spirit and stuck in a loop that always ends up in the past when jenna was kid. IDK man
OMG
I just realise
(BIG SPOILERS ALERT)
It's like a circle
Sam (kill) his buddy in the mines
Sydney father(kill) Sam
Sydney (kill) his father
Chase (kill) Sydney
but any of them have kill on purpose, it's like they story have been already writte.
i don't know why but i got a feeling than Chase will be (kill) by Janice's nephew in Archer cause Janice was there when Sam was killed and Janice's ancestor was William.
this will make a true circle...
but i only suppose 😅
You mean Jack (TSR)?
If he is... True, Sam killed Jack on the mines but he only did that... because of what Jack done... You know!... Sam only defend himself..
(But, we will find out, about that...)
Yesterday i write theory about Echo and about Chase n the gang but my post was deleted. Did i was right on some part ?? 😅
If you're the person who wrote the comment directly below, your post was probably deleted because you started with a major spoiler for the end section of Flynn's route on the main page's comments without giving any spoiler warnings. Whether you were right or not is irrelevant, it's more for protecting people who haven't completed the routes.
You have to remember that just because you and a lot of others are up to date, not everyone is.
it doesn't mean your right, you just didn't put a warning for spoilers lol.
Maybe put a warning before massive spoilers, thanks.
did you not finish the others route ???
How can you ?? 😂
sorry for the spoilers, but I'm kinda confused....could anyone probably give me a hand?
for Leo, he refused to move leave Echo to take care of his family, which is why Chase broke up with him, because the wolf thing to take care of the pack, according to the beginning of stories, right?
but in the meantime he said all his siblings already moved out, even his parents moved to Payton, and they already tried to sell the house. so why was him stuck in there , even at the cost of breaking up? especially when the economic in Echo was at bay for like an century already? he could have just moved and open the family shop some elsewhere，just like his parents already did.
Spoilers mainly for Leo's Route
Leo wanted to stay in Echo for a number of reasons. He refused because he's stubborn, which is why the best ending means you HAVE to break up with him. Chase HAS to move on to get out. Part of Echo's supernatural effects is a burden. A burden of guilt, of trauma, weighing you down and keeping you still. Leo was ironically one of the more affected ones by Sydney's death, not that anyone got off scott free. More to say that it seems Leo's trauma response was to tighten up the group, and refuse to let them go, to let it go, out of fear. Moving out of Echo is a change, a big one. Leo cant do change. Even after what happened, in basically every route he STILL doesn't move. His trauma response was perfect for the curse of Echo to feed off of, keeping him there. His only reason for staying wasn't just his family, that was more so an excuse.
thanks a branch. I fully understand that chase HAS to leave Echo, to survive, to the least.
but for Leo, do you mean he used family as a excuse, to cover his fear? after rechecked the leo line, I figured that it's a logical theory. just want to make sure if I get you right.
Yeah. His family is an excuse to justify it to himself and to others.
There is/might be spoilers, I'm sorry.
This story has never emotionally fucked with me in a way I've never seen before, I played a long time ago, and every time I think about it, that twisting feeling in my gut, the increase in heart and breathing rate. Breaths and chest feel heavy, just thinking about the word Chula. Yesterday I decided to play again, in thought I could muster the strength to play again, I was deeply wrong, my heart rate almost constantly stayed up and I started to shake and fidget, when someone happened that was just too much all I could think was "fuck x24" I did Leo's route first and it hurts my heart knowing you can never truly have him, through his obsession that he could be yours forever, he is a poor baby and needs hugs and cuddles. Then I played Flynn, and at one point I didn't wish to continue. it hurt so much to watch Leo go, to act like your not interested, I don't care what he did. Leo was amazing, he is so kissable and huggable.
It's the next day since I played it, and I'm hungry but if feel like if I ate I would throw it up, no distraction in my life can distract me from remembering Leo and him calling Chula. I will be wired for a couple of days. So this is my warning. The warning atop should seriously be taken into account because I've never felt worse. Getting close and attached to the characters will only hurt you. It's a great game that can conjure these feelings but awful because it does the opposite of Adastra.
Thank you for anyone who is reading, I wanna know how you felt when you played if its an overwhelming game.
very much alike feelings shared.
though I still got a dump dreaming for an ending where Leo got not SO heartbroken in the Jenna's route.
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At the very beginning there's a choice telling her that you were gay, remember? sounds to me like a chance.
especially when in this route, even the possessing ghost itself was kinda took enough of it, so he showed up and told Chase IN THE FACE that who is actually hurting Leo. so at least Chase knew that Leo is possessed. yet the madness isn't really started, lol.
by the way, I tried to convince myself that Leo isn't so loving as it seems, by some details found in Echo Route 65.
if you remember there was a website where Leo looked for lawnmower. look again at WHEN. and see for how long he did NOTHING with what he found in there. not even a short message.
didn't very much working on me, still trying though.
P.S., it is VERY NOT RECOMMENDED for you to play route 65 , if you haven't yet. because knowing what will happen in Echo main story, Route 65 will be unbearably sad and bitter to you. it is about how the couple got together in the first place at their high school.
I feel exactly the same! I have anxiety and depression and omg, I've never been this worse, and I love it! How could such a great writing makes this with me. Leo's my favorite, and it hurts me so much that him couldn't be "happy" with Chase. It's been more than a week and I still feel bad, and anxious, and, like, don't wanna eat anything.
Though, I like to think that I, myself kinda take care of him in the end, idk I like to think that way. Put youself together dude! It's just a VN, Leo's fiiiiine! He's gonna find someone who loves him for real.
Chase is so terrible omg lmao. Sorry my bad english anyway, I'm from brazil, probably my english sucks but idc.
Also, I never want to play this game again, at least not now. I want to take MONTHS away from this VN actually. I love it of course but it hurts too much. Sorry for being cringe
I LOVE this game, it’s my second furry novel after adastra, however I needed help with something, I’ve been playing Jennas route and I got to a “to be continued” part, that led me to discover that this game is still in development. Which is awesome! But then I noticed there was an update 4 days ago, I downloaded Echo about 2 weeks ago and I was wondering how I update it? Do I just reinstall to the new version? And will it save all my save files and choices I’ve made so far? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
yet the Jas route isn't finished in the 0.50 version. have to wait a little more.
haven't played this in so long, but why is the audio so loud?
there is no option to turn it down in the settings.
Omg if the spirit that talks with Chase is who I think it is then The Smoke Room won't have a good ending as well :P
Massive, Major Spoilers for other routes and later into the game...
The thing possessing Chase isn't actually Samuel, it's more of a twisted facsimile of him. An Echo (!), if you will. It's strongly implied in Jenna's route that the real Samuel survived the events of The Smoke Room in 1915, and returned to Echo only to be run over by Sidney's father and Janice, the coyote that works in the diner when they were much younger. From there I theorise the spirit that poses as Samuel latches onto Sidney's father, then onto Sidney, and finally onto Chase.
Or maybe I'm thinking too much about it and want Samuel to have a happy ending because I like him so much more than Chase.
Omg I finished TJ route and I can't believe what Chase and TJ had done with Sydney, from what I get it there is like two spirits? I liked your theory but it seems like there is two entities, one is supposed to be Samuel and other the curse that there is in Echo, because if you think carefully and see some details in TJ's rote like the format of the words, it seems there is a evil thing "helping" Chase solve his problems telling him to kill Flynn and everything end right and while that happens there is a conversation with other word style saying things like this is a cycle, we're puppets trying to make him notices that he's being manipulated, but at the same time I think Chase is a bad person with this curse messing his mind or not because it never mentioned him regretting what he's done with Sydney he doesn't feel even a bit bad for it and I thought TJ was good at the beginning but he just looked everything happen and pretended again nothing happened. I think the curse of Echo just make their personalities and wishes more intense making they do these things, like Leo's route he clearly was obsessed with Chase and his jealousy just getting worse as time passed, and the bad end of this route just makes everything more clear, in my opinion there isn't happy end but you got it right lol, maybe I change my opinion as I do the other routes but with everything I know until now I have this theory in mind...
Edit: I was remembering what happened and the evil entity could be a twisted version of Sydney as well, they are like a vengeful spirit, his business was with Chase and his friends so he would make them go crazy, and the twisted version of Samuel don't have anything to do with them so he would be more aware of the situation and try to make Chase fix things and break these cicles of tragedy and revenge, there are some points that don't make sense but I guess it's kind of what's happening, and don't worry I want Samuel to have a good ending as much as you do ;)
Theres one separate entity that is a force over the town, manipulating people. These people die and become wraiths, shadows of their former selves and are the more....specific entities. The burned creature for example(that Jenna mentions seeing and is seen when they ride in the van in multiple routes) is a specific character. We know who it is. And their actions line up. There is a "boss" so to speak, tormenting people on a very general level, assumidly to feed on their misery or fear or whatever. We MIGHT have seen said boss in Flynn's route, but thats up to interpretation. Depending on that, we have at least 3 known and named entities in the Burned Man(Flynn's route), Chase's shadow(Possibly? End of Leo's route/the Smoke Room prequel for context), and possibly Sydney(again, Flynn's route).
Ohhh that's some important information, I need to play the other routes to know everything better, I don't know what to think about the Burned Man thought 🤔 it's the thing that crashed the car and made everyone fell into the lake in Leo's route right? In the end of his route I first thought that shadow was Sydney but that wasn't making sense, like he was just watching Chase making bad choices, making Leo go crazy and enjoying this madness but I agree that's probably Chase's shadow there, the way he is afraid of his reflection of his form, he even mentioned seeing a dark form just like him watching right? And until where I know that's the only route this happens soo... No wait the mirror thing happens in TJ's route lol, but he's afraid of something that looks like him this I remember, I wonder if there's a way to beat this boss, a way to set everyone's soul free, maybe breaking the cycle? It would be great to have a Echo 2 with all the answers we are seeking for, but I feel like this isn't what the creators want to do, I guess this story is more interpretation style letting the players have their conclusions of what's happening and discuss like how we are doing now you know lol, and they would have to make an ending canon which it wouldn't be cool right what I think it's cool about this game is how each route is different in some ways from another and each one has a completely different story or ending, even the feelings that they bring with the events you know that's amazing or they could make more routes according to the one we choose in the first one, it is a lot of work to do so I don't think it would be possible maybe?
You also see chase's shadow in Jenna's route, in honest to god one of the scariest fucking things in the entire game.
Man. I felt kind of bitter during TJ's route. Only choices are pretty much near the beginning and don't see them impact the outcome. Not sure if I missed a particular setup but yeah... how conflicting.
I know you cannot change what happened in the past (or can you... wibbly wobbly spooky Echomagic... would actually be cool if this and The Smoke Room fused to become convoluted in your choices! Muahaha). Granted what you see in little snippits kinda spoils me for what's going to happen to certain individuals in TSR... (in possible routes.. though clearly they aren't canon... unless we're getting into parallel universes... ouch my smol brain.)
Hope to see more options down the track. I love the game but also despise what I'm made to feel. Happy Endings are kinda bleak for the lil musky otter. :'(
I already finished all of the guys' routes then i forgot Jenna had one as well, so then I started playing it. Now, Im easily scared by horror stuff, so I usually avoid them but I read some comments that this game had no jumpscares or straight up horror elements. Then comes the fookin animated shadow doppleganger of Chase. Goddammit almost made me want to throw my phone and cry what the hellll.
Someone pls make a oneshot with a happy ending for Leo omg I'm so sad man. Chase is such a asshole for everything, and this ending... I'm happy not for Chase but for Leo, he's finally free from this beast! Sorry my bad english I'm brazillian <3
Anyway, I reaaaally need more content about Leo, he just became my husbando. A fanfic? Anything aahswhdwshauhsaushsu I'm going crazy! Btw Leo and Janna/Jenna are my favorites. I can't remember her name now lmao I'm such a loser, but I can't help it! Leo just leave echo and come live with me MY BABE <<<3 CHASE YOU NEVER DESERVED HIM YOU SON OF A B
I'm so cringe I can't-
Won't lie, I feel the same way about Leo. Leo's good end was still a bad end in a eyes and they did him dirty, big time.
the point is that you shouldn't be with leo. literally the best thing that happend to leo is that he got over chase and started living again. if you give in, you continue his obsession.
I know :( it's just, I think I just wanna see him happy again. Not with Chase tho I kinda hate him. And when he said that he was crying everyday before sleep, I kinda wish... idk. I feel bad for him, all his obsession with Kudzu and Chase become real, 'cause they end up together. God I hate this feeling, they can't be together. Sorry again for my poor english
he is happy, its just that his happiness is caused by leaving chase, and his obsession leaving. and its alright with your english, mine is bad too.
I played Leo's route first, and was so disappointed that his "good" ending ended the way it did. I was heartbroken. Playing through the rest of the routes though, I still liked Leo just as much, but really started to hate Chase for what he did, to everyone and to Leo.
I'm glad him and Leo don't end up together, but I really think Leo deserves a guy that'll treat him right. Chase doesn't deserve Kudzu either frankly, but oh well.
Ikr??????
Where can I find the echoproject's discord?
https://discord.gg/Q5Xkgkn here
Did one of the TJ routes has the message "The End" at the end of it?
I only got it for Leo's route and Carl's route (I don't have finished the others yet)
If one of the TJ's routes have it, can someone tell me the choices I have to choose to get it?
Thank you
(sorry for my bad English)
How many routes are there? I went through TJ's And Leo's
I don't know I didn't went through all of them for now
5 routes
Has Flynn's route been completed yet?
Oh okay thanks, And i forgot to mention. I got "the end" at the 2nd route of leo...
TJ's route only has one ending, so you got it!
Leo and Carl are the only two with multiple endings (so far), though Flynn also gets a "The End."
Ahh thanks i have been going crazy over if im done or not
I feel like it might be a sign that Arches will take place in this timeline. Every other routes have clear end while TJ's is vague and not really a great closure to the events.
I'm working through playing all your visual novels. I just finished both endings for Leo's route as my first play through and wow. Each option is incredibly sad, but also unavoidable. I enjoyed them both immensely and after getting the more negative ending for Leo first I was really appreciative of the alternative, even though it still really hurt. Thanks so much for making such great stories and beautiful artwork to go along with them. This story has challenged me more emotionally than I was quite prepared for. I can't wait to dive back in to try a different route, get closer to other friends in the group and hopefully learn more about the mystery of Echo.
Possible spoiler for Adastra and Khemia:
I especially appreciate how the concept of the other that we see in Adastra is already present in this earlier work. How it manifests across the universe in small pieces and larger concentrations plays out really directly here. Brian's arc and his experience in the mine was especially chilling. I don't know if I've ever hated a character as much as him and been so satisfied with the conclusion of their story. The ways in which the other gets its tendrils into him and appears to him in different ways is not only disturbing and moving, but probably not too far off from real life.
I love all the visual novels you made
Murdoch as a character wasn't created until after that chapter of Echo was released. He wasn't mentioned by the spirit because the writers hadn't even come up with the idea for the character yet.
(Spoilers, kinda)
Why doesn't Flynn have multiple endings like the others? it seems kinda strange, especially with the 5 years later thing wgere it shows chase and them college kids
My best guess is that his ending is necessary for tying together all of the routes. If it ended any differently, people who got a different ending wouldn't have any sort of closure for certain events on Leo or Jenna's routes. That being said, of course I wish there were an alternate ending for him (and TJ for that matter).
As for the five years later thing, those college kids are in every ending so far with the exception of Carl's I believe. They'll be part of a sequel that the team is working on!