{"id":11889,"date":"2024-08-24T22:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeguide.co.za\/?page_id=11889"},"modified":"2024-08-24T22:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:16:46","slug":"doki-doki-literature-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/doki-doki-literature-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Doki Doki Literature Club!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"advads-atf\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"advads-2676268553\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9198760278752355\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Responsive ads atf -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9198760278752355\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8381596201\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><p><em><strong>Doki Doki Literature Club!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Abbreviated as\u00a0<em>DDLC<\/em>) is a visual novel game developed and published by\u00a0Team Salvato. It&#8217;s a free game available on Steam or Team Salvato&#8217;s official website. It was released on September 22, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Salvato announced on June 11, 2026, that\u00a0<em>Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!<\/em>, a paid version of the base game presenting extra content and high-definition visuals, would be released at the end of June 2026. Such content includes side stories for the characters set outside the timeline of the base game, new music tracks, and a gallery for unlocking various pictures and concept art. This version of the game was released on June 30 for Steam, and is planned to be released a month later on Epic Games, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gameplay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The general gameplay of\u00a0<em>Doki Doki Literature Club!<\/em>\u00a0is designed to lure players into a sense of comfort before subverting their expectations. The first few hours of\u00a0Act 1\u00a0go normally like any other dating simulator before everything changes in\u00a0Act 2, turning into a game of the psychological horror genre with heavy use of breaking the fourth wall. The game itself contains suicide, self-harm, mentions of depression, and graphic images of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Doki Doki Literature Club!<\/em>\u00a0includes five main characters: the\u00a0protagonist, controlled by the player,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/articles\/monika\/\">Monika<\/a>, the club&#8217;s president,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/articles\/sayori\/\">Sayori<\/a>, the club&#8217;s vice-president in Act 1,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/articles\/yuri\/\">Yuri<\/a>, the club&#8217;s vice-president in Act 2 and so forth, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/articles\/natsuki\/\">Natsuki<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reception<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Doki Doki Literature Club!<\/em>&#8216;s initial reception was overwhelmingly positive and it quickly gained a cult following. Gita Jackson from Kotaku claims that it is a &#8220;truly special game&#8221;. In addition, Tom Philip, from the men&#8217;s magazine GQ, called it one of the scariest games he has ever played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Doki Doki Literature Club!<\/em>\u00a0won several awards at IGN&#8217;s Best of 2017 Awards, including &#8220;Best PC Game&#8221;, &#8220;Best Adventure Game&#8221;, &#8220;Most Innovative&#8221; and &#8220;Best Story&#8221;, all of which were &#8220;People&#8217;s Choice&#8221;.\u00a0EGMNow ranked it 16th in their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Official Synopsis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Hi, Monika here!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Welcome to the Literature Club! It&#8217;s always been a dream of mine to make something special out of the things I love. Now that you&#8217;re a club member, you can help me make that dream come true in this cute game!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Every day is full of chit-chat and fun activities with all of my adorable and unique club members:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sayori, the youthful bundle of sunshine who values happiness the most; Natsuki, the deceivingly cute girl who packs an assertive punch; Yuri, the timid and mysterious one who finds comfort in the world of books; &#8230;And, of course, Monika, the leader of the club! That&#8217;s me!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I&#8217;m super excited for you to make friends with everyone and help the Literature Club become a more intimate place for all my members. 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It&#8217;s a free game available on Steam or Team Salvato&#8217;s official website. It was released on September 22, 2017. Dan Salvato announced on June 11, 2026, that\u00a0Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, a paid version of the base game presenting extra\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/doki-doki-literature-club\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni1.co.za\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}