{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9301943cc66d92bbe1794b95","clusterId":"c_5e4e6c989c218f8583e9393f","slug":"blink-hydrate-announces-yuri-visual-novel-alice-null-for-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Blink Hydrate Announces Yuri Visual Novel ALICE=NULL For Steam","summary":"Developer Blink Hydrate opened the Steam store page for the yuri visual novel ALICE=NULL on September 23. The game is planned for PC via Steam with Japanese subtitle support, though the release date is undecided. Alice is a girl who summons a demon and has two days left to name her wish; the demon will grant it in exchange for her soul. Charlotte is the demon who collects beautiful souls, is easily deceived, and thinks Alice is cute. The Steam version is being produced from a build made for GMTK Game Jam 2026 under the countdown theme. Blink Hydrate's earlier title Deadly Heart Gambit, released in March 2025, had 90 percent positive reviews from 107 user reviews on Steam at the time of the earlier reporting. A game jam version that acts as a demo is available on itch.io without Japanese support.","whyItMatters":"Blink Hydrate is moving a two-day jam experiment about a soul contract into a commercial Steam release, which tests whether a short-form jam concept can carry a full visual novel.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement arrives with a store page rather than a date. Blink Hydrate said the full version follows the jam build, and that Japanese subtitles are planned; the earlier itch.io build does not include them. The cast list names two characters. Alice believes she is a soulless entity, thinks constantly, and finds the world meaningless. Charlotte lacks a trait the store page leaves redacted, collects beautiful souls, and is described as easy to fool. Screenshots and a released video suggest the story runs through character sprites and text.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlink Hydrate cites outside influences for the project, naming Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk for its visual style and Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It for its text style. The developer previously released Push The Cat with WASD and Deadly Heart Gambit, whose protagonist is also named Alice.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"ALICE=NULL is rebuilt from a GMTK Game Jam 2026 countdown build, so its two-day wish mechanic began as a jam constraint. The itch.io demo has no Japanese support; the Steam page promises it.","twitterPost":"ALICE=NULL grew out of a GMTK Game Jam 2026 build. The two-day wish timer started as a jam constraint, not a design premise.","threadsPost":"ALICE=NULL is being built from a GMTK Game Jam 2026 countdown-theme submission, which means the two days ALICE has to name her wish began as a jam limitation. The itch.io demo carries no Japanese support, while the Steam page lists it for the full release.","newsletterBlurb":"Blink Hydrate has opened a Steam page for ALICE=NULL, a yuri visual novel about a girl with two days to choose a wish before a demon claims her soul. The project grows out of the developer's GMTK Game Jam 2026 entry.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/alicenull-20260924-469747/\",\"title\":\"Yuri ADV 'ALICE=NULL' About a 'Wish-Granting Demon' and a Girl Unveiled on Steam. 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