History VisualNovel / WeKnowTheDevil

''Heaven Will Be Mine'' is a SpiritualSuccessor under development by the same creators, but with a new cast and setting, focusing on the experiences of queer young adults instead of teenagers, and will be released before the end of 2017.

* ApologizesALot: Venus, so much so that if you pair up Neptune and Venus for truth or dare, Neptune dares Venus not to say sorry for the rest of the night.

* IllGirl: Neptune. Subverts most of the trope- she keeps it to herself and lashes out when anybody shows pity to her, and is a major part of her prickliness. She's ultimately cured in the True Ending, leaving her sickness behind with her old body.

--> '''Red/Yellow/Blue:''' The devil is lonely. We kicked out the devil and it must miss us. \\

And [possessed character] did.
-->'''True:''' The devil isn't lonely; the crackling, broken radio's song is louder and more lovely every minute. \\

* MinimalistCast: There's really only three characters, seven if you count the appearances of the Bonfire Captain and Group South.

* MultipleEndings: It's a visual novel, so par for the course. Pre-Steam release, the endings were named after whichever kid became the devil, the Steam achievements have officially titled them the Red, Yellow, Blue, and True endings however.

-->'''Neptune:''' She's like an ascetic monk at not giving a shit.
-->'''Neptune:''' Ugh of course she's cool. She's all half smile and 'ah, sorry,' and no one bugs her about anything ever. Do you not kinda hate that she's so cool?
-->'''Venus:''' Why? I wish I could be like that.
-->'''Neptune:''' Because it's fake! No one is that invincible. If it hurts you should say so!

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: The mindset of any character who becomes the devil, and especially Neptune, who is the most violent of the possessed kids. Embraced by the cast as a whole in the GoldenEnding, who extend it to the rest of the camp and possibly the rest of the world.
* ThirdWheel: The core mechanic of the game. Every choice is an interaction between two people. A third is always left out and apart, and prone to being taken by the devil. If you can circumvent this, you can reach the GoldenEnding.

* [[{{Transsexual}} Transgender]]: Venus is depicted as being trans, but not necessarily at a point where she's sorted out her feelings or even admitted it to herself. In-universe, the characters and game use male pronouns for her, except after she gets possessed by the devil.

--> '''The Devil:''' Oh. Hi there.
--> '''Venus:''' "I am the devil." Her arm lies on the floor.

* BittersweetEnding: The three color endings are mostly bittersweet, though the True Ending is a GoldenEnding.
** The Yellow ending in particular has the best ending of the three colors, with Neptune and Jupiter together, and Venus (possibly) coming to grips with her gender. But they're all still stuck in lives they hate, and based on comments in the True Ending, Venus could even be suicidal due to gender dysphoria.

* HiddenDepths: While drunk, Neptune lets her Harry Potter knowledge slip.

* PrecisionFStrike: One of the highlights of the demo is [[WideEyedIdealist Venus]] swearing.
** Averted in the game proper; Venus swears during the 7PM segment, but it's not a particularly dramatic or out-of-character moment.

* WillOTheWisp: Venus often gets distracted by lights that nobody else can see, and has to be reminded they don't exist in one dialogue path.

-->''Neptune:'' So which of us is it going to be? All we need is for one of us is to be a little bit worse than the others.

* IronicName: Venus is the only male character despite being named after a goddess. Subverted, though attention isn't drawn to it.

Heaven Will Be Mine is a SpiritualSuccessor under development by the same creators, but with a new cast and setting, focusing on the experiences of queer young adults instead of teenagers, and will be released before the end of 2017.

* EldritchAbomination:Any of the kids when they become the devil. Their devil forms become a manifestation of their anxieties and concealed feelings. Averted in the True Ending, where their forms are more angelic, though with some HumanoidAbomination aspects.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: It's implied Jupiter's mother is at least emotionally abusive.]]

* {{Animesque}}: Venus, whose larger eyes stand out as a contrast to Neptune and Jupiter. [[spoiler: Especially pronounced in the Yellow ending]].

* AsTheGoodBookSays: At 2 AM when the kids tune in to God's station, he recites fictional Bible passages reflecting the symbolism and using the name [[spoiler: of the girl who will be possessed.]] In the true ending, [[spoiler: the Devil speaks instead.]]

** The Yellow ending in particular has the best ending of the three colors, [[spoiler: with Neptune and Jupiter together, and Venus (possibly) coming to grips with her gender. But they're all still stuck in lives they hate, and based on comments in the True Ending, Venus could even be suicidal due to gender dysphoria]].
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: All of the possessed kids to an extent, but particularly Jupiter]].
* BodyMotifs: Eyes for Venus, hands for Jupiter, and the mouth for Neptune. [[spoiler: Venus and Jupiters' devil forms are covered with their motifs, while Neptune's revolves around ichor spewing out of her mouth.]]
* BookEnds: Jupiter trips on a tree root and hurts her leg at 6 pm, and in the Yellow ending, she trips again at 5 am [[spoiler: which leads to Venus being possessed by the devil]].

* BrokenPedestal: Neptune and Venus both admire Jupiter for being a genuinely good person, while they view themselves as rotten. This begins to crack if Jupiter is excluded. [[spoiler: Explicitly brought up and defied in the true ending, where they both promise to not idolize her, and accept her as a person.]]
* CastFullOfGay: Jupiter struggles to deal with being queer, Neptune has accepted her identity but hides it and becomes very defensive, and Venus [[spoiler: doesn't connect her dissatisfaction with her body with being trans until the devil brings it out in her.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:The fate of the awkward third-wheeler, who gets possessed by the devil.]]
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Neptune calls Venus out as searching other people for some vague meaning that Venus can't define. [[spoiler: It turns out she was grappling with gender dysphoria and hadn't come to terms with it yet]].

* DramaticNecklaceRemoval: Jupiter snaps the hairband around her wrist when she gets agitated, and [[spoiler: the hairband breaks when she's possessed]].
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Any of the kids when they become the devil. Their devil forms become a manifestation of their anxieties and concealed feelings. Averted in the True Ending, where their forms are more angelic, though with some HumanoidAbomination aspects.]]
* ElementalPowers: Briefly mentioned to be part of being a scout, and shows up in the climax [[spoiler: in the way two banish the devil, how the possessed person attacks, and how the kids leave their bodies in the True Ending]]. Venus has [[LightEmUp light]], Jupiter has [[BlowYouAway storms]], and Neptune has [[MakingASplash oceans]].
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Venus can see the evident attraction between Jupiter and Neptune and is [[spoiler: surprised in some dialogue options that one of them went with Venus instead of with the other]].

* FourIsDeath: 4 am is when [[spoiler:one of the kids becomes the devil, with their breakdown happening at 3 am.]]

* IllGirl: Neptune. [[spoiler: Subverts most of the trope- she keeps it to herself and lashes out when anybody shows pity to her, and is a major part of her prickliness. She's ultimately cured in the True Ending, leaving her sickness behind with her old body.]]

* IronicName: Venus is the only male character despite being named after a goddess. [[spoiler: Subverted, though attention isn't drawn to it.]]

* LetsSplitUpGang: The central gameplay mechanic, and most prominent at 10 PM when two are sent out to patrol. [[spoiler: This choice locks out the True Ending unless the kids stay together.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: The Red, Yellow, and Blue endings all follow certain patterns in their words at 4 am. [[spoiler: The True ending echoes those patterns while breaking from the story that fills them.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Red/Yellow/Blue:''' The devil is lonely. We kicked out the devil and it must miss us. \\

And [possessed character] did.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''True:''' The devil isn't lonely; the crackling, broken radio's song is louder and more lovely every minute. \\

And we let ourselves out.]]

* MonsterOfTheAesop: [[spoiler: The excluded kid ultimately becomes this, and are implied to return to normal 'having learned an important lesson' after a day of recovery]].

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:Jupiter, as a result of her possession.]]
* MultipleEndings: It's a visual novel, so par for the course. Pre-Steam release, the endings were named after [[spoiler:whichever kid became the devil]], the Steam achievements have officially titled them the Red, Yellow, Blue, and True endings however.

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler: In the True ending, Jupiter, Venus, and Neptune are all together instead of two together and one apart, in all the other endings.]]

* SatanIsGood: [[spoiler: The devil's voice is described as "smoke and honey". She's very honest about the flaws of siding with her, but all she wants is to ease everyone's pain. And while God only allows two people in his world, there's ''always'' more room in hell.]]

* TheScourgeOfGod: How the devil works through the game's mechanics. [[spoiler: The character who's left out more, who's just a little worse than the others, is the one who becomes possessed.]] This serves to explore one of the game's major themes of a God who may not be totally just, fair, or kind.
* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: It's implied, though not stated, that Jupiter self harms or has in the past, as snapping a bracelet is a common substitute for a desire to self harm when people cannot do so in public or are quitting.]]
* StellarName: The three kids are named after planets. Also crosses into MeaningfulName, as many aspects/symbolism associated with each person's respective planet are reflected in [[spoiler:how they use their radio to defeat the devil, and the form they assume when possessed.]]

* TemptingApple: In the true ending, [[spoiler: the three have "a new apple for everyone in the world". They also call themselves the three worst girls since Eve.]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler: The mindset of any character who becomes the devil, and especially Neptune, who is the most violent of the possessed kids. Embraced by the cast as a whole in the GoldenEnding, who extend it to the rest of the camp and possibly the rest of the world.]]
* ThirdWheel: The core mechanic of the game. Every choice is an interaction between two people. A third is always left out and apart, and prone to being taken by the devil. [[spoiler:If you can circumvent this, you can reach the GoldenEnding.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jupiter is more subdued and quiet compared to the brash Neptune, though their clothes are an inverse of the typical trend that is associated with the trope, as Jupiter wears pants and a military jacket while Neptune wears a skirt. [[spoiler: Extended in the True Ending to Venus, who is the most openly feminine of the three.]]

--> [[spoiler: '''The Devil:''']] Oh. Hi there.
--> '''Venus:''' [[spoiler: "I am the devil." Her arm lies on the floor.]]

* ApologizesALot: Venus, discussed by Neptune.

--> "When someone rigs it from the start, then says 'Try Your Best!', doesn't that make you mad? Doesn't that make you so inconsolably mad that you never want to try at all?"

* UnreadablyFastText: In the Yellow ending, the very first line of text appears for only a second.

* [[spoiler: {{Polyamory}}: In the True ending, Jupiter, Venus, and Neptune are all together instead of two together and one apart, in all the other endings.]]

* [[spoiler: SelfHarm: It's implied, though not stated, that Jupiter self harms or has in the past, as snapping a bracelet is a common substitute for a desire to self harm when people cannot do so in public or are quitting.]]

* SplashOfColor: While the character sprites are monochrome, the CGs for each ending are in full color.

** SplashOfColor: However the backgrounds are washed out flash photos, and the CGs for each ending are in full color.