Going Live!
This game was made in a month for the Nanoreno Game Jam and is currently being reworked.
Say hi to your new bias! He's an idol who's been streaming a bit more recently. You're his secret lover, who's a more popular streamer than him! He asks you for help in becoming a more popular streamer. You manage a stan account to keep traction alive and going as well as infiltrate the fanbase to be able to sway their opinions on him!
Will you succeed in making him more popular?
(for the full release)
☆ around 14k words
☆ fully voice acted by the talented Apollo Kepler and Jenny Vi Pham (except for the twish chat)
☆ 5 cgs
☆ 3 endings
☆ a fantastic original sountrack by EJ
(Click to view!)
The demo was originally created as part of NaNoRenO 2024!
Director
Writer
Jenny Vi Pham (Twitch/YouTube/Tiktok/Twitter/Instagram)
Artists
Zilas Phantom's VA
Apollo Kepler (Twitter, YouTube)
Background Artist
Programmer:
Luciel (Carrd, Itch, Twitter, Youtube)
Sound Design
EJ (Twitter/Itch/Apple Music/Spotify)
Quality Assurance
Video Editor
junko (Tiktok)
There's a channel for Going Live on the ERROR143 server!
Join Jenny Vi Pham's Discord server to follow her streamer endeavors!
I make games and celebrate releases on twitch!
Development log
- Giving Away a Zilas plushie!May 28, 2024
Comments
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Does anyone know how to grade on this site? I want to revive him.
I mean...I had a feeling that this won't end up well, but the ending is indeed traumatising. The script is cool most of comments in chat are funny and make me feel related XD Anyways thanks for having him as the voice actor otsu ————
i cried for like two hours
是的，我也哭了，我哭了差不多一个小时然后叽里呱啦说了一个小时，那个场景在我脑子里抹不干净
he do what ont he end??????????
bro I was bout to cry he fricking khs
My jaw DROPPED.
THATS SO TRAUMATIZING
WHY DID HE KHS HWAT
Hahaha, I am happy to see you are also very sad. I am not the only one who is so sad. I cried for a long time. Why did such a good boy treat him like this? Didn't we agree to go on vacation after 1 million fans?
How about reviving him? I can do something else. I want to go on vacation with him.
no good ending is absolutely diabolical. was a big fan until all that lmao. abrupt ending really threw me. felt rushed
I just played this for the first time....I got to day 5 after many times of yelling at my laptop! I actually wanted to cry after the ending I got......MY POOR BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ending was so messed up that I had to stare in shock for a good 10 minutes before I fully processed what happened in the story because it was genuinely going so well beforehand
iM TWEAKINGGG THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN ARTSTYLE WITH THT ENDING WHERE HE DID THAT s\CARED ME SOBAD I WAS SO CLOSE TO CRYINGG PLS IM GONNA GET THE GOOD ENDING ASAP
there wqsant a good ending.
HELP THE HAPPY SWITCH TO HORRIFIED (i hvnt played ts yet
MY SHAYLA NOOOOOOOOOO
Im gonna wait for the good ending....baby boy doesn't deserve this :(((
does this have multiple endings?
The voice acting and overall art style of this visual novel were really well done. However, I had a difficult time fully enjoying this game. I felt the endings came on extremely abruptly and were significantly more graphic than I was expecting. The ending concept(s) felt very rushed.
I would advise you thoroughly check content warnings before playing any game. Unfortunately, this specific novel could use larger warnings. The aesthetics lead you to believe you're playing through a softer game. I don't believe these horror elements need to be taken out completely, but I do believe the content warnings were done poorly. I do wish the story lines were more fleshed out and gave less of a jumpscare. You're playing a "softcore" styled game, then all of the sudden you get a graphic scene and the game is over. I don't know, it all rubbed me the wrong way.
I'm not 100% advising against trying it out, but I do highly warn towards what I've stated above.
i had really enjoyed the game up until the ending which came as a complete surprise. the art style is cute, the jokes (while a little cringey at times) compliment the game and add to its charm, the voice acting is awesome and i love the formatting. my complaint is with the endings as they feel underdeveloped with no plot building to it, feeling edgy and spooky and shock factor feeding just for the sake of being so and without much meaning behind them. additionally, the content warnings are severely not enough as i was massively jumpscared by the ending i was awarded with after presumably playing a very cutesy game,I beg of you to please reconsider how you present them as you provide two very small warnings that can be easily overlooked.
WHY DID ZILAS DO IT T-T
my babyyyyyyyyyyyyyy........
Now I'm scared to get the other endings T-T
(!! spoilers ahead)
am I the only one that felt the endindg came out of nowhere? like, why did he got stabbed after proposing? it doesn't make sense for me idk, maybe i missed something i guess...
i think the user got possesed by the cat because of the deal zilas made with the cat
wth? i think i didn't noticed that part then, can you tell what happened? i didn't know of a deal with the cat, just that it was a death note reference
oml you might've logged out before the full cutscene then. Look up a playthrough and skip to the end to see the deal with the cat!
Despite that though I still feel like it came out of nowhere. The s*icide was a shock but it made somewhat sense with the flow of the story, but the stabbing felt like a really rushed idea that didn't follow the direction the plot was going at all. Felt like more out of place than just the shock factor of the first ending. Didn't love it- I'd hoped for something more if i'm honest but nonetheless i appreciate the effort that went into making the game!
thats kinda the point, you didnt *want* to stab him, but the game-version of you did, because youre powerless there. the game is being reworked anyway (because it was made in like a month for a competition, thats why theres a lack of endings etc etc)
wish going live! would just get to 5k ratings already </3 we made it to 3k, isnt that enough? we really need a popular streamer to play ts
is there a way to save or will I just have to play it all again?,I was just at day 3 tho
pretty sure there isnt because its just a browser game, you should probably replay or watch a gameplay video instead. its okay tho, the game is being reworked and i presume a save feature will be added when it does.
ok ty
oh!..
i remember playing this game what feels like forever ago (was probably like a month after it came out ngl) im still scared to play again i need justice for our babygirl
sobbing shaking HOW THE HELL DO I GET THE GOOD ENDING!?!? IM ACTUALLY GONNA CRY
I PLAYED IT AGAIN AND THIS ENDING WAS WORSE. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME??? IM NOT GONNA STOP TIL THERES A WAY TO SAVE HIM
THERE IS NO GOOD ENDING YET💔💔 theres only 2 endings and none of them are good, you cant save him (till this game gets 5k ratings here and the cat can save him)
IT ISNT AT 5K LIKES YET?!??!
NOOO ONLY AROUND 3000 😭😭 IDK IF WE’LL EVER REACH 3000 CONSIDERING THE FACT EVEN JENNYS MOST POPULAR GAME (ERROR 143) HAS BARELY 3000 ITSELF (PROBABLY BECAUSE PEOPLE FORGET TO RATE)
ITS BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE GAMES RELEASE TOO SO IM JUST REALLY HOPING A POPULAR STREAMER PLAYS IT AND ASKS FANS TO RATE, like laurenzside played it yeah but i doubt anyone who watched her video really took the time to rate it
the creator *is* reworking the game anyway (since it was originally published solely for a competition) so maybe she’ll give us the good ending anyway once she reworks it? i mean we’re halfway to 5k
Ykw if nobodys gonna do it I'll BECOME the popular streamer.
I DID IT 2 TIMES JUST TO MAKE SURE I DDIN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG T-T MY POOR BABYYYYYY
WTHHHH THERE IS A ENDING WHERE WE KILL HIM DURING LIVE😭😭CRYING RIGHT NOW AGHDGFJSGKENVUFN.Anywayyy,luuvvvv the gameee
WHAT
WHA
Are there other endings? Please tell me the ending I got wasn't the only one :( I have no idea what I did wrong to get the bad ending
I'll be upfront: The "true" ending really, really rubs me the wrong way because of how manipulative it is. Everything about the game is top-notch, and I can tell how much effort the creator put into it, but trying to solicit ratings in this way feels downright disrespectful to the character and the players who like the character.
Knowing the intent of the creator leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth when I look at everything that comes before it, be it the shock value or the VTuber setting. It is ironic that the creator seeks to criticize the culture around social media influencers/VTubers, from the audience manipulation to cancel culture, while actively trying to bring that culture to itch.io. This is the first time I've ever seen a creator on itch.io so blatantly try to fish for ratings, with no regard for how it might affect other creators. There's literally one comment down there saying that they would have gladly made dozens of alt accounts just to rate this game.
I don't think the creator is malicious or anything. Like I said, I think the game is amazingly high quality, and I would have happily rated it and written a supportive comment if the creator had just left a simple "Making games is hard, I'd really appreciate it if you could leave a rating!" As a creator myself, I understand the urge to interact with the audience about your work, but this is just not the way to do it. At least not on here.
I implore other creators not to take note of this "marketing strategy," and I implore other players who wish to preserve the spirit of the indie community not to encourage such behavior.
I read this comment after getting the first ending twice and I thought it was unnecessarily harsh until i watched a playthrough and saw what the other ending was meant to be...bad taste is the understatement of the century! The blatant rating farming really rubbed me the wrong way, especially because it seems that the whole beauty of the game was sacrificed with rushed,less-than-stellar endings in order to garner ratings. I've been mostly defending this creator as i definitely feel like people have been hating on her for no reason with error143 and making mountains out of molehills, but it really feels like this whole game was just designed to be a clapback to the haters, talking about the destructive nature of social media and shocking us with a s*icide that seemed to come out of nowhere to show that 'words hurt guys'. I wasn't particularly mad at that, but the rating thing at the end really made the game feel like it was made to fulfil an agenda, rather than out of passion or a desire to give players and enjoyable experience.
You wouldn't know it from my comment so far but I do love this creator and their games and appreciate all their hardwork, Error 143 was a masterpiece of a game and Going Live was so well made - the song was incredible and had my jaw open! I just didn't love this. At all. I would've been so supportive if there was a big 'guys please please leave a rating' at the end, or even if the creator said point blank 'ill release the happy ending if you get this to 5k ratings' but to make it a part of the game itself, forcing a narrative that doesn't quite fit with the story you were telling? And to boast 3 ending when one of them doesn't even exist yet? It just feel disingenuous and kind of like spitting on genuine fans.
Thanks for the perspective. I haven't played Error 143, and I wasn't aware that the creator was being hated on because of it. Had I known, I would have tempered my language a bit and made it clear that I'm merely questioning this one particular writing choice in this one particular game, not making assumptions about the creator's character. Ultimately, though, I think many people, including those who probably don't have a strong opinion about the creator either way, feel the same way about the "true" ending.
You made a really good point about how the creator incorporated this into the narrative itself. I know some fanfic writers release bonus chapters if they received enough likes/comments/whatever, which still seems somewhat unnecessary to me, but I agree that I (and probably most) won't have a major problem with it. Ultimately, it's about whether the narrative is complete and is not being held hostage for reasons outside the story itself.
Just piggybacking on your comment a little more: I hope the creator doesn't take these comments personally and can eventually reach a place where they no longer feel the need to do such things in their own passion project. The game is truly one of the best in terms of art, music, and voice acting, all of which are still directed by the creator. Exploring themes that are relevant to a creator's experience often results in profound and moving work. I'd still be willing to check out the creator's future works once they've reached a better headspace.
I don't have an issue with people creating for likes, and i'm the biggest advocate for the idea that creating for money/ratings doesn't make you less respectable than people who create for passion alone. I myself adore writing in general, but as a ff author am very transparent with my readers that I post for validation and would love a comment lmao! I will never criticise wanting reviews, however the writer in me can never defend sacrificing your narrative for the sake of ratings.
Nothing else to add in particular other than i completely agree with you!! Will still check out and support future works, but it was a shame how this ended, especially since it had such a high quality start </3
wait, the creator got hated on for error 143? i tried looking it up, but i dont see any hate anywhere.. i thought error 143 was a highly loved game as well as micah yujin? i dont see anything wrong w it?
It was the stupidest thing ever but it was quite prominent, and people said the game was good but the creator was a bad person (which was like huhhh??). People were saying she was fetishising black men (which, from a black girl, was SUCH a reach i was flabbergasted) and then there was something about Michah's va being involved in a somewhat sketchy game previously. All of it really had me wondering if people were being fr bc theres no way thats it, but they were and a lot of people dislike her.
Hi! Is there a way to save? :D
bro just trauma TnT i just wanted to be happy with him. All that just for a taco sadness
my keyboard is stuck at the start:( anyone know what to do?
Were you playing on your phone ? In that case, I had the same issue;;
I connected a Bluetooth keyboard to my phone and it worked...that's the only way I found to use the keyboard?
in any case, good luck w it!
Oh no... The ending I got was sad and horrific... I don't know what I did to get to it! I tried being sincere :((
I got a really sad one too my jaw dropped so far I almost started crying it was so unexpected
oh my god
do i restart for a better ending?
There no good ending CRIES.
what nooooo (T_T)
😞.
sorry?? what ?
did you get the 3 endings ? are all of them tragic ? 🥲
I only got 2 ending and I am too scared to get the last ending I got so traumatized 😭.
i dont think theres a 3rd ending yet, theres only 2 (which are both bad) and ig the 3rd is the good one that needs to be released
Probably
When i tell you my jaw hit the floor at the ending. Oh my...
this game is so good... the VA did such a great job too!! ugh I just love him so much
idk whats happening to mine but my keyboard wont appear, I'm stuck at the login part :(
mine too !! any luck?
i think thats a phone issue
The game's so good, actually
[Spoilers ahead]
BUT I'M IN NEED OF A HAPPY ENDING, MY POOR BABY TT
I enjoyed playing this game a lot more than I expected to, Zilas is such an inviting character and I'd love to see more content!!!! (bring Zilas back, I beg of thee)
NOO!!! MY BABY BOY- HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME??? GIVE ME A HAPPY ENDING... I'm crying right now :'(