For many, the circus is an escape. But for Clara, the circus is her life... and she's the punchline.

Please Be Funny features:

  • a kinetic (no choices) visual novel under 1000 words. that's about ten minutes of playtime
  • a clown girl designed and drawn by the wonderful shibalist.



Please Be Funny was made for O2A2 2026 and contains one sound effect, one background, and one very, very sad clown.

Published 2 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
AuthorsSapphicore, shibalist
GenreVisual Novel
Made withUnity, Audacity
Tags2D, circus, clown, clown-girl, Female Protagonist, Hand-drawn, Short
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any), Smartphone
AccessibilitySubtitles, One button
ContentNo generative AI was used

Download

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Version 1.0 — Windows 54 MB
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Version 1.0 — Linux 53 MB
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Version 1.0 — Mac 63 MB

Install instructions

Right-click the zip file, unzip, and then run the executable.

Development log

Comments

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Adorable character, and lovely writing!

That was lovely. Amazing work! :)

sweet :)

Cute little one-shot short story and a nice character design.