So this is first that I write a comment on itch and it's because this is some of best fiction that I read in recent time. This story just captivated me so much that I finished it in one siting. I don't know where to start, the story is convoluted yet at the same time it makes sens, characters look great, dialogs feel so natural. I don't think there was anything here that I didn't like. I hope that author will write more because whether it's going to be another VN a book or anything I'm going to read it!
Also Spencer is so cute!
P.S. Sorry for my bad English. I'm from land of coal, eagles and sausages.
This visual novel truly gave me several hours of entertainment and theories. But what I liked the most is that, even though it was confusing at times, the way everything progressed toward such an intriguing and mysterious plot and ending was really well done. The experience I had with this VN is something that's not easy to come by; it's hard to find, just like it was with the entire Echo Project. I'm sad not to see something like this in book format, as I really wanted to recommend 9:22 to some people. Many aren't encouraged to check it out when they hear it's a "game," even after explaining that it's just an illustrated book—it's in the name, after all (Visual Novel).
I'm at a loss for words to describe how happy I was to finally finish experiencing everything this VN had to offer. It was absolutely worth waiting all this time, constantly opening itch to see if there was an update. You know that feeling of hope when you're waiting for something you really want? That was genuinely good, haha.
I'm excited to see more from this universe or anything else related, as it seems there are things left to explain—especially about the past, the work our antagonist was involved in, what the old team was like, or even a possible one-shot set in a not-too-distant future after all this. Who knows...
I'm from Brazil, so my written English might be a bit weird, sorry
OH MY GOD THIS WAS GOOD (Also Spoilers below, beware)
I started reading this at the end of October and just finished it and it's insane. The characters are all so fun and loveable (Except for Fisher) and it's so hard to pick a favorite honestly. I think I would go with Ian tho, he's so adorable and funny. The story and whole mystery itself is so hooking, I could not stop theorizing about it the whole time, neither when I was or wasn't playing the game, and the ending itself is just chef's kiss. I was SPEECHLESS. The way Fisher just shoots himself in the end is another mystery that I feel like many people are gonna make interesting theories about. I loved every second of this game. It was truly inspiring and fun.
This is among one of the best novels I've ever read. Huge compliment to the dev, you did an amazing job and I hope we will see more work from you in the future (and a way to support you if you will).
I haven't been this captivated by a VN in a long time, and the fact that it's essentially a one person project is insane, so glad I came back to read after the final update. Excellent work across the board
This visual novel is great, simply put. The positives: the unique art style, backgrounds, and writing. The jokes are hilarious, the timing of character wording is perfect, and the sprites are more expressive than most other furry visual novels with many more people working on it. Characters are fleshed out and feel realistic and consistent in their actions and words.
The only thing that this novel suffers from is a lack of original music and out of place, recognizable, and frankly cliche public-domain sounds, backgrounds, and music. That is not to say these assets were used poorly; in fact, they were used in a way that elevated the novel as much as they could without an expensive OST or unique background art and sound effects.
Overall, this outstanding mystery VN is a testament to those who want to write their own visual novels. For almost one dev, I am very impressed, and I recommend to the reader that they read this novel in its entirety.
read this whole ass thing in two days, i genuinely could not stop it was beautiful it was amazing intriguing painful captivating thought-provoking representing i could hardly pull myself away. this whole thing being made and finished by you with help from a few friends, art and story? completely paralysing. were i permitted to, i would sit down and translate this whole thing to arabic. i dont know how much of a new demographic it would bring in but i think it would be funny and respectful. and also i can read it over word by word and think about it more. jist of it is this is gonna stick with me. i started writing up some shit of my own after reading.
random backstory: like two or three years ago, me along with a bunch of people hopped in a voice chat with intent to read this story all through with a unique person voicing each character. we stopped a big chunk of the way through and now that i've finished it i'm mildly glad we didnt go through with it. and also i retained almost nothing from it apart from deez nuts jokes so it was shocking to read the story more clearly.
p.s. ugh im adding this to the list of things i want to pay for. also i did have quite a bit of trouble with the parts where the characters didnt clarify exactly what aspect of the erection they were talking about. (quite a few scenes where they're talking vaguely about things it was really hard to know what they were talking about. what do you want spencer to tell ian, andrew? that he has a penis or he has an erection or he is sexually attracted to him or he is not sexually attracted to him or that he is okay with it or...
sooo pretty much grandpa wanted to change his life by rewriting the past and take his family with them, but dad and son said "wtf you're crazy stop" and then shenanigans ensued
just finished this story and it's amazing. It's one of those things I don't think I'll ever fully get over for lack of a better term. Excellent work I will be thinking about this basically forever
So is the ending a good one? Fisher shooting himself means everything will be normal and Spencer can live his life? What does the 9:22 clock means at the end? Does that mean that Spencer is back in the loop? Was fisher actually Spencer and killing himself in the gate did something? I need to know
I think 9:22 is the time the two worlds sync but your question about fisher is really good and i shall compliment your theories with even more theories when fisher thought he was going to kill spencer in the bunker he said "do you know what happens when someone dies in between both worlds" which makes me assume it's a call back to when they said before that fisher "erased people from history" which makes me wonder if it's that how Spence's Dad died and spencer forgot about when did his dad die because he was erased or does being erased literally means being erased from ever existing so by erasing himself fisher killed spencer as well?
I auctually assumed that Spencer's dad was killed in the dominant world and because the 2 worlds equalized, the death of his dad was basically forced to happen in the subdominant one. Like the unexplained car crashes and such.
Because Spencers dad died and he explicitly remembers him dying it's just the specific date that was lost to him because of RLG shenanigans.
I remember the day that little Cockhole came out on June 1’st 2020, and now it puts a tear in my eye to see that it’s finally finished. I remember playing it before moving out after I graduated University.
I don’t know what I’m going to do now that there is no more Cockhole to suckle.
I've been busy for the last couple weeks, but FINALLY got a chance to sit down and finish the new content. ABSOLUTELY masterful, bravo, amazing job, thank you so much for this.
There are some parts that I'm still kind of confused about, and I'll definitely need to reread the entire thing at some point to straighten things up, but overall incredible work. And that ending... that ending...
I don't know if the story is complete or if you still have things you want to add to it, an epilogue or something. On one hand, it absolutely stands on its own as is. On the other hand, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't mind seeing some of the loose ends tied up(coughkurtcough).
Still though, I love your writing, you are so so so great, it is such a joy to read. I don't know what your plans are moving forward, whether this is it or if you plan to move on to other projects, but either way I wish you the absolute best and hope things go well for you!
I made the horrible mistake of playing this in one sitting starting at 23.47 on Tuesday Dec 17 and ending at 2.22 on Wednesday Dec 18, and my brain is completely fucked rn but great visual novel absolutely phenomenal even though I still don't entirely have a fucking clue to what i just witnessed.
As someone who doesn't know why this game suddenly disappeared (I didn't follow ltch), suddenly finding the release of the full version made me very happy. Thank you for the continuous efforts, which have brought this wonderful experience to us.
The story was simply incredible back in the day i would not have guessed how it played out i finished it in one sitting because i simply couldn't wait to see what would happen next and omg how could i not talk about my favorite ae86 driving boy? I love Ian's character so much even though i have read when it first came out i could not stop grinning at the sandwich scene my head cannon is those two got together after the vn ended they're so perfect for each other ♥️♥️♥️ Ty for the vn cockhole and I'd love to see more of your work in the future being it vns or artwork is it there any social media i can follow you on? I remember we where mutuals on Twitter before it got nuked but I'd love to see more of your artwork!
Like a fine wine, the first reading is only getting it acquainted with your palette. The subsequent readings are when the flavors really start to come out.
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So this is first that I write a comment on itch and it's because this is some of best fiction that I read in recent time. This story just captivated me so much that I finished it in one siting. I don't know where to start, the story is convoluted yet at the same time it makes sens, characters look great, dialogs feel so natural. I don't think there was anything here that I didn't like. I hope that author will write more because whether it's going to be another VN a book or anything I'm going to read it!
Also Spencer is so cute!
P.S. Sorry for my bad English. I'm from land of coal, eagles and sausages.
This visual novel truly gave me several hours of entertainment and theories. But what I liked the most is that, even though it was confusing at times, the way everything progressed toward such an intriguing and mysterious plot and ending was really well done. The experience I had with this VN is something that's not easy to come by; it's hard to find, just like it was with the entire Echo Project. I'm sad not to see something like this in book format, as I really wanted to recommend 9:22 to some people. Many aren't encouraged to check it out when they hear it's a "game," even after explaining that it's just an illustrated book—it's in the name, after all (Visual Novel).
I'm at a loss for words to describe how happy I was to finally finish experiencing everything this VN had to offer. It was absolutely worth waiting all this time, constantly opening itch to see if there was an update. You know that feeling of hope when you're waiting for something you really want? That was genuinely good, haha.
I'm excited to see more from this universe or anything else related, as it seems there are things left to explain—especially about the past, the work our antagonist was involved in, what the old team was like, or even a possible one-shot set in a not-too-distant future after all this. Who knows...
I'm from Brazil, so my written English might be a bit weird, sorry
OH MY GOD THIS WAS GOOD (Also Spoilers below, beware)
I started reading this at the end of October and just finished it and it's insane. The characters are all so fun and loveable (Except for Fisher) and it's so hard to pick a favorite honestly. I think I would go with Ian tho, he's so adorable and funny. The story and whole mystery itself is so hooking, I could not stop theorizing about it the whole time, neither when I was or wasn't playing the game, and the ending itself is just chef's kiss. I was SPEECHLESS. The way Fisher just shoots himself in the end is another mystery that I feel like many people are gonna make interesting theories about. I loved every second of this game. It was truly inspiring and fun.
10/10 Geniuenly my adhd ass got so captivated in the plot that i didnt get distracted at any point of the story and enjoyed every bit of the story
fuck fisher btw
This was a really amazing visual novel! The mystery aspect kept me invested, even when I wasn't playing! Love the art and story. Amazing!
I seriously couldn't stop reading once I started, just so incredibly captivating and now I'm left here stunned, bravo!
10/10
This is among one of the best novels I've ever read. Huge compliment to the dev, you did an amazing job and I hope we will see more work from you in the future (and a way to support you if you will).
I don't think we're understanding how much this novel would benefit from an OST. EXPONENTIAL GROWTH!!
(WA)^M
[(Writing) x (sprite/background Art)] to the power of (Music)
AND THE CROWD IS... the crowd isn't here yet?
ABSOLUTE CINEMA
I haven't been this captivated by a VN in a long time, and the fact that it's essentially a one person project is insane, so glad I came back to read after the final update. Excellent work across the board
it's absolute cinema and absolute kino
absolute peak fiction
This visual novel is great, simply put. The positives: the unique art style, backgrounds, and writing. The jokes are hilarious, the timing of character wording is perfect, and the sprites are more expressive than most other furry visual novels with many more people working on it. Characters are fleshed out and feel realistic and consistent in their actions and words.
The only thing that this novel suffers from is a lack of original music and out of place, recognizable, and frankly cliche public-domain sounds, backgrounds, and music. That is not to say these assets were used poorly; in fact, they were used in a way that elevated the novel as much as they could without an expensive OST or unique background art and sound effects.
Overall, this outstanding mystery VN is a testament to those who want to write their own visual novels. For almost one dev, I am very impressed, and I recommend to the reader that they read this novel in its entirety.
Yo dude id recommend adding the mystery tag to this so it can be found better. Especially since the mystery is one of the main allure/plot to 9:22
YOOOOP I JUST NOW FINISHED THIS AND I LOVE IT. I WANT TO MAKE VISUAL NOVEL NOW TOO CAUSE OF THIS.
MAN ID LOVE NOW YOUR WRITING PROCESS FOR MAKING THIS BECAUSE I NEEDA STUDY UP❤️
ALSO BRO IF YOU EVER MAKE A NEW VN IM HERE FOR IT
My favorite part about this VN is that whenever I think of it, the first word that comes to my mind is COCKHOLE.
I didn't even know it was a term people used, now it's cemented in my vocabulary.
read this whole ass thing in two days, i genuinely could not stop it was beautiful it was amazing intriguing painful captivating thought-provoking representing i could hardly pull myself away. this whole thing being made and finished by you with help from a few friends, art and story? completely paralysing. were i permitted to, i would sit down and translate this whole thing to arabic. i dont know how much of a new demographic it would bring in but i think it would be funny and respectful. and also i can read it over word by word and think about it more. jist of it is this is gonna stick with me. i started writing up some shit of my own after reading.
random backstory: like two or three years ago, me along with a bunch of people hopped in a voice chat with intent to read this story all through with a unique person voicing each character. we stopped a big chunk of the way through and now that i've finished it i'm mildly glad we didnt go through with it. and also i retained almost nothing from it apart from deez nuts jokes so it was shocking to read the story more clearly.
p.s. ugh im adding this to the list of things i want to pay for. also i did have quite a bit of trouble with the parts where the characters didnt clarify exactly what aspect of the erection they were talking about. (quite a few scenes where they're talking vaguely about things it was really hard to know what they were talking about. what do you want spencer to tell ian, andrew? that he has a penis or he has an erection or he is sexually attracted to him or he is not sexually attracted to him or that he is okay with it or...
This is purely Mind-blowing, the way Spencer realise what’s happening just hits hard, this game is truly a work of art.
One of a kind
Brilliant storytelling, character writing and everything else! I wish you had a tip jar.
Hope you continue writing stories.
Yooooo its updated! Ive literally been checking on this alongside socially awkward every once and while.
Also man have you disappeared off of Twitter or what. Just went to search you up and the @'s been deactivated 😭😭😭✋️
Oh damn i just read the posts. Could never be me to go without social media dude but thats still cool
kurt is literally me
just found one of my old post on this from two years ago
Spoilers
sooo pretty much grandpa wanted to change his life by rewriting the past and take his family with them, but dad and son said "wtf you're crazy stop" and then shenanigans ensued
i like it great story
real i was gonna re-read to attempt to understand but thank you very much for the summary :3
You gave me a lot of feelings Mr. Cockhole.
just finished this story and it's amazing. It's one of those things I don't think I'll ever fully get over for lack of a better term. Excellent work I will be thinking about this basically forever
Spoiler Warning, question about ending
So is the ending a good one? Fisher shooting himself means everything will be normal and Spencer can live his life? What does the 9:22 clock means at the end? Does that mean that Spencer is back in the loop? Was fisher actually Spencer and killing himself in the gate did something? I need to know
I think 9:22 is the time the two worlds sync but your question about fisher is really good and i shall compliment your theories with even more theories when fisher thought he was going to kill spencer in the bunker he said "do you know what happens when someone dies in between both worlds" which makes me assume it's a call back to when they said before that fisher "erased people from history" which makes me wonder if it's that how Spence's Dad died and spencer forgot about when did his dad die because he was erased or does being erased literally means being erased from ever existing so by erasing himself fisher killed spencer as well?
I auctually assumed that Spencer's dad was killed in the dominant world and because the 2 worlds equalized, the death of his dad was basically forced to happen in the subdominant one. Like the unexplained car crashes and such.
Because Spencers dad died and he explicitly remembers him dying it's just the specific date that was lost to him because of RLG shenanigans.
Gonna learn to draw furries to make fanart for this. Idk how to rate games here but. Wow. Holy shit.
I remember the day that little Cockhole came out on June 1’st 2020, and now it puts a tear in my eye to see that it’s finally finished. I remember playing it before moving out after I graduated University.
I don’t know what I’m going to do now that there is no more Cockhole to suckle.
I just found this screenshot from my phone from all the way back then!
seriously one of the best vns ever. it’s peak in every way
After knowing the ending, I can finally rest in peace.
I've been busy for the last couple weeks, but FINALLY got a chance to sit down and finish the new content. ABSOLUTELY masterful, bravo, amazing job, thank you so much for this.
There are some parts that I'm still kind of confused about, and I'll definitely need to reread the entire thing at some point to straighten things up, but overall incredible work. And that ending... that ending...
I don't know if the story is complete or if you still have things you want to add to it, an epilogue or something. On one hand, it absolutely stands on its own as is. On the other hand, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't mind seeing some of the loose ends tied up(coughkurtcough).
Still though, I love your writing, you are so so so great, it is such a joy to read. I don't know what your plans are moving forward, whether this is it or if you plan to move on to other projects, but either way I wish you the absolute best and hope things go well for you!
https://vxtwitter.com/Nikkonator5000/status/1868692462237258186
Fan-art by captain nikko on Twitter
I made the horrible mistake of playing this in one sitting starting at 23.47 on Tuesday Dec 17 and ending at 2.22 on Wednesday Dec 18, and my brain is completely fucked rn but great visual novel absolutely phenomenal even though I still don't entirely have a fucking clue to what i just witnessed.
Ian my poor boy, i wanted to hug him from the start, i wish we could se the "follow up" to this mess, cause he deserves the best imo
Omggg same i hope ian and Spencer ended up together afterwards ian is too precious
Brainfuck: The Visual Novel
Fr tho
As someone who doesn't know why this game suddenly disappeared (I didn't follow ltch), suddenly finding the release of the full version made me very happy. Thank you for the continuous efforts, which have brought this wonderful experience to us.
The story was simply incredible back in the day i would not have guessed how it played out i finished it in one sitting because i simply couldn't wait to see what would happen next and omg how could i not talk about my favorite ae86 driving boy? I love Ian's character so much even though i have read when it first came out i could not stop grinning at the sandwich scene my head cannon is those two got together after the vn ended they're so perfect for each other ♥️♥️♥️ Ty for the vn cockhole and I'd love to see more of your work in the future being it vns or artwork is it there any social media i can follow you on? I remember we where mutuals on Twitter before it got nuked but I'd love to see more of your artwork!
id blow you if i were gay, ty cockhole.
it feels like a crime that i didnt have to pay to read this wtf its so good
Like a fine wine, the first reading is only getting it acquainted with your palette. The subsequent readings are when the flavors really start to come out.