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Following the flashback, Andrew is abruptly awoken by Ashley at the dead of night, where she impatiently has decided to start the ritual at that moment instead of the following day. While discussing their plan, they are interrupted by Mrs. Graves, who is promptly taken as a hostage and tied up downstairs along with their Dad as well. While setting up the ritual, options are revealed to the player which dictate what ending they receive.
Following the flashback, Andrew is abruptly awoken by Ashley at the dead of night, where she impatiently has decided to start the ritual at that moment instead of the following day. While discussing their plan, they are interrupted by Mrs. Graves, who is promptly taken as a hostage and tied up downstairs along with their Dad as well. While setting up the ritual, options are revealed to the player which dictate what ending they receive.


=== Endings ===
Depending on the choices that the player makes in chapter 2, there are two possible paths, with certain sub-routes also available. These choices are first presented when Ashley is preparing to sacrifice their parents and recreate the ritual.
Depending on the choices that the player makes in chapter 2, there are two possible paths, with certain sub-routes also available. These choices are first presented when Ashley is preparing to sacrifice their parents and recreate the ritual.


==== Decay ====
=== Decay Ending ===
The "Decay" route is one of the paths that can be taken by Andrew throughout the events of the second chapter and ultimately result in a very strained relationship between himself and Ashley. If the player chooses not to trust Andrew to stay alone with their parents in the basement, it will result in the "Decay" ending no matter what. However, the same result can also be achieved if Andrew is trusted to be left alone. An alternate scene plays out, in which Mrs. Graves pleads with Andrew and offers him a new life, away from Ashley and with a new job. Should he accept this offer, it will result in the Decay ending playing out. Regardless of how it is done, if the Decay path is chosen then following the sacrifice and eventual cannibalism of their parents, a dream vision will play out for both Ashley as she falls asleep alone. Depending on the player's choices from earlier in the game, the vision consists of either Andrew killing Ashley or vice-versa. After waking up from the dream, they both carry on, despite being visibly shaken. After taking care of any final body parts that remain of their parents, the pair seals the bones away in trash bags and drive to a bridge to dump them into the water, where the end of chapter 2 is reached.
The "Decay" route is one of the paths that can be taken by Andrew throughout the events of the second chapter and ultimately result in a very strained relationship between himself and Ashley. If the player chooses not to trust Andrew to stay alone with their parents in the basement, it will result in the "Decay" ending no matter what. However, the same result can also be achieved if Andrew is trusted to be left alone. An alternate scene plays out, in which Mrs. Graves pleads with Andrew and offers him a new life, away from Ashley and with a new job. Should he accept this offer, it will result in the Decay ending playing out. Regardless of how it is done, if the Decay path is chosen then following the sacrifice and eventual cannibalism of their parents, a dream vision will play out for both Ashley as she falls asleep alone. Depending on the player's choices from earlier in the game, the vision consists of either Andrew killing Ashley or vice-versa. After waking up from the dream, they both carry on, despite being visibly shaken. After taking care of any final body parts that remain of their parents, the pair seals the bones away in trash bags and drive to a bridge to dump them into the water, where the end of chapter 2 is reached.


==== Burial ====
=== Burial Ending ===
The "Burial" route is the second of the two main routes that can be taken, and can only occur provided that Ashley trusts Andrew enough to leave him alone with their parents in the basement, and the player decides to ''decline'' Mrs. Graves offer instead of accepting it. The rest of the ritual plays out very similarly to the Decay ending, with slight variations in dialogue and tone. Following the ritual and cannibalization of their parents, Ashley and Andrew fall asleep holding the trinket hand in hand. Ashley wakes up in her dream vision that provides much needed insight on her relationship with Andrew up to that point. It is revealed through puzzles and dialogue that Ashley is completely codependent on Andrew due to the fault of none other but their Mom.
The "Burial" route is the second of the two main routes that can be taken, and can only occur provided that Ashley trusts Andrew enough to leave him alone with their parents in the basement, and the player decides to ''decline'' Mrs. Graves offer instead of accepting it. The rest of the ritual plays out very similarly to the Decay ending, with slight variations in dialogue and tone. Following the ritual and cannibalization of their parents, Ashley and Andrew fall asleep holding the trinket hand in hand. Ashley wakes up in her dream vision that provides much needed insight on her relationship with Andrew up to that point. It is revealed through puzzles and dialogue that Ashley is completely codependent on Andrew due to the fault of none other but their Mom.



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The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Developer(s)Nemlei
Publisher(s)Nemlei
EngineRPG Maker
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)walk-n-talk, psychological horror, adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley is an early access walk-n-talk psychological horror RPG Maker game developed and published by Nemlei for Microsoft Windows systems.[1] The game started as a game jam demo released on Itch.io[2] until it was later expanded in an early access release for Steam with the release of chapter 2 on Oct. 13 2023[1]. The plot follows the titular sibling duo in a toxic, codependent relationship as they try to survive a dystopian world.

Gameplay

The game consists of simple puzzle solving intertwined with sections of dialogue between characters. Players switch control between Ashley and Andrew throughout the game, where they complete puzzles or move between a set of locations. Players can interact with some objects to get a description about the item, to pick it up, or change it in some way, which is often used to move the story forwards or complete certain puzzles. At certain parts in the game, players enter dream sequences that serve as flashbacks or premonitions about the story, which can also include puzzle sections of their own. Text sections consist of images of characters accompanied with colored text indicating which character is speaking. In some segments, fully illustrated pictures of characters may accompany the text. Players can make choices to change the plot or get star sprites above their characters, which may affect the plot in later chapters[citation needed]. The game is Nonlinear, with the player's choices dictating which of three endings they get.

Plot

Chapter 1

Two siblings, Andrew and Ashley Graves, are trapped in their apartment for 3 months without food following a quarantine order blamed on supposedly contaminated water. As a result, they have little to no contact with the outside world, including their mother. One day, they hear their neighbor playing extremely loud music, and after some investigation they discover that he is trying to preform a demonic ritual. A few days go by with the warden in the building promising food that never arrives, and nothing of note happens until one morning when Ashley and Andrew hear their neighbor's music again. This time, the ritual is successful and he manages to summon a demon. The demon, however, kills him, leading Andrew and Ashley to decide to butcher and cannibalize his corpse for food.

That night, the player is presented with a flashback to younger Ashley and Andrew. Ashley wants to lock a girl in a box overnight for confessing her feelings towards Andrew, who begrudgingly agrees after much argument. Throughout the flashback, it is explained that locking the girl in the box overnight caused her to suffocate and ultimately die, which gives Ashley leverage over Andrew, in the form of blackmail. Andrew is threatened with the reveal of the girl's death if he does not stay with Ashley, causing them to both commit to a blood oath to never speak of the girl in the chest to anybody except themselves.

After waking up, the two resolve to get out of the apartment, where they kill one warden, sacrifice another to the aforementioned demon through a second ritual, and kill another tenant on the third floor who had a close relationship with the staff. After the warden is sacrificed, the demon offers Ashley a "trinket" which will supposedly give her a clairvoyant dream the next time she falls asleep. Chapter one ends with both Ashley and Andrew making it out of the apartment complex unharmed, to be continued at the beginning of the next chapter.

Chapter 2

A second chapter of the game entitled "Graves" was released on October 13th, 2023 and features two distinct paths, unlike the first chapter which, despite having several fail states, still only includes a single way to reach the intended ending. Chapter 2 begins where the first left off, with Andrew and Ashley having skipped town and settling down at a room in a nearby motel, in order to lay low after what happened at their apartment complex. That night, when Ashley falls asleep, she is greeted with a premonitory dream that shows both her and Andrew being stabbed to death by a masked figure. Ashley promptly wakes up Andrew, and they leave the motel as soon as possible to avoid their untimely deaths. While they are waiting outside in hopes of spotting their assailant, they bump into a cult member who wears the same robes as their neighbor back at the apartment complex. In an attempt to find out more about the cult and the demon itself, Andrew trails behind the the stranger. Andrew eventually makes it into the cult's secret underground meeting space following a first failed attempt. Undercover, Andrew witnesses a summoning ritual that, much to the cult's dismay, is a failure. The cult's leader is also present at this gathering and refers to the demon as "Lord Unknown". Andrew wants to stay longer and gather more information, but he is forced to leave earlier than planned. Andrew and Ashley eventually reconvene in town, where they finally spot the assassin from Ashley's vision arrive at the motel and sneak into their room. They decide to trick the hitman and come up with a plan to lure him outside.

After successfully locating and killing their would-be murderer, they steal his vehicle and skip town again. In a hurry and strapped for cash, they decide the best course of action would be to break into their parents new house and take some of their money for themselves. On the drive there, Ashley has another dream involving the demon, in which it reveals that the trinket has ran out of "charge", and more souls need to be offered through a sacrifice in order to recharge it. Ashley is woken up by Andrew, who informs her that it's morning. They eventually locate the Graves' parents house, sneak in, and begin looking for the money. However, this is cut short when Mrs. Graves arrives home earlier than expected, which jeopardizes their plan. Their Mother isn't pleased with Andrew or Ashley's sudden appearance, but reluctantly agrees to let them stay at the house anyways. Following their initial confrontation with their Mom, Andrew and Ashley decide to prepare a dinner for their parents, where they discuss their next move. Ashley insists they must kill their parents in order to gather two more souls to sacrifice to Lord Unknown in exchange for the recharging of the trinket. After the whole family eats dinner, while cleaning the dishes, Andrew begins to start having second thoughts about their plan from earlier, but Ashley immediately shuts down his skepticism. To both of their surprise, Mrs. Graves allows them to stay for at least a couple of nights until they both find housing or jobs.

Andrew falls asleep on the couch that night. In his sleep, he has a dream involving his ex-girlfriend, Julia, and a younger version of Ashley, who goes by the nickname "Leyley". It is revealed that even during his romantic relationships, Ashley maintains her possessive attitude surrounding Andrew's social life, threatening whoever takes him away from her. Julia objects to this, and voices concerns about Ashley becoming too attached to him, but Andrew brushes it off as almost a non-issue, much to Julia's dismay. The girl who died in the box from the earlier flashback is also revealed to be named "Nina". Andrew and Ashley both to commit to a blood oath in which they will never speak of Nina to anybody except themselves.

Following the flashback, Andrew is abruptly awoken by Ashley at the dead of night, where she impatiently has decided to start the ritual at that moment instead of the following day. While discussing their plan, they are interrupted by Mrs. Graves, who is promptly taken as a hostage and tied up downstairs along with their Dad as well. While setting up the ritual, options are revealed to the player which dictate what ending they receive.

Depending on the choices that the player makes in chapter 2, there are two possible paths, with certain sub-routes also available. These choices are first presented when Ashley is preparing to sacrifice their parents and recreate the ritual.

Decay Ending

The "Decay" route is one of the paths that can be taken by Andrew throughout the events of the second chapter and ultimately result in a very strained relationship between himself and Ashley. If the player chooses not to trust Andrew to stay alone with their parents in the basement, it will result in the "Decay" ending no matter what. However, the same result can also be achieved if Andrew is trusted to be left alone. An alternate scene plays out, in which Mrs. Graves pleads with Andrew and offers him a new life, away from Ashley and with a new job. Should he accept this offer, it will result in the Decay ending playing out. Regardless of how it is done, if the Decay path is chosen then following the sacrifice and eventual cannibalism of their parents, a dream vision will play out for both Ashley as she falls asleep alone. Depending on the player's choices from earlier in the game, the vision consists of either Andrew killing Ashley or vice-versa. After waking up from the dream, they both carry on, despite being visibly shaken. After taking care of any final body parts that remain of their parents, the pair seals the bones away in trash bags and drive to a bridge to dump them into the water, where the end of chapter 2 is reached.

Burial Ending

The "Burial" route is the second of the two main routes that can be taken, and can only occur provided that Ashley trusts Andrew enough to leave him alone with their parents in the basement, and the player decides to decline Mrs. Graves offer instead of accepting it. The rest of the ritual plays out very similarly to the Decay ending, with slight variations in dialogue and tone. Following the ritual and cannibalization of their parents, Ashley and Andrew fall asleep holding the trinket hand in hand. Ashley wakes up in her dream vision that provides much needed insight on her relationship with Andrew up to that point. It is revealed through puzzles and dialogue that Ashley is completely codependent on Andrew due to the fault of none other but their Mom.

Friendship Sub-route

In Ashley's dream sequence, if you choose to complete the puzzle one of two ways, a door will open on the right which you can continue through. After completing the additional puzzles, Ashley wakes up, much to her dismay, after seeing no visions. However, the pair carries on, and deals with the final remains of their parents, which results in Andrew and Ashley dumping the bones into the water while standing atop a bridge, reaching the conclusion of episode 2

Love Sub-Route

In Ashley's dream sequence, if you choose to complete the puzzle the alternative way, a door will open on the left which leads to a vision implying that Andrew and Ashley will enter an incestuous relationship together sometime within the near future. They both wake up, and Andrew is mortified, but Ashley is largely indifferent and instead lightly teases him. The ending follows similarly to the friendship sub-route, with slightly modified dialogue and an additional scene, ending on top of the bridge after dumping their parent's bones into the water.

Controversy

The game features an optional subplot which has the two lead characters enter an incestuous relationship. This has caused a relatively minor backlash by social media users uncomfortable with the subject.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Coffin of Andy and Leyley on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  2. ^ "The Coffin of Andy and Leyley [DEMO] by Nemlei". itch.io. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  3. ^ "The Coffin of Andy and Leyley dev anticipated backlash over incest". nichegamer.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  4. ^ "Social media disgusted by The Coffin of Andy and Leyley incest subplot". nichegamer.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  5. ^ "Social media still upset over The Coffin of Andy and Leyley". nichegamer.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.