Bound By Fate ~ Cursed Soulmates ~ (DEMO)
After a major car accident, you start to see a red string - connecting you to a gorgeous man who claims to be your soulmate.
The only problem? You've never met this man, and he does NOT seem content to leave things be. Can you break free from his obsession? Or will you accept this "destined love"?
- Designed to be played at least 3 times! (5-20 min each playthrough)
- ~15k Words
- 2 Potential Romantic Interests
- Choices matter: 12 endings
- Partial Voice Acting
- Play as Yourself! (No explicit pronouns, but female coded)
- CGs (Completed + Additional CGs in future update)
3/1/2025 - IN DEVELOPMENT NOTICE:
Due to the Yandere Jam time constraint, we were not able to program facial expressions, sfx, and sound bytes for every route. While the Voice Acted lines are all present, certain routes are not yet 100% quality complete. We plan to continue implementing expressions and sfx for those routes as a fast-follow after the Jam is complete.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
This novel is 18+. Content/Trigger warnings include: Stalking, harassment via text, murder, death, foul language, verbal abuse, mentions of sex, self harm, mentions of pregnancy and childbirth
Background Artist: Nickds
UI Artist: causticFish
Music: DemonStray
Sprite / Write / Program: VeryFatCat
Yasha Voice: Luke Avon
Sage Voice: Jason Hall
Misc Credits: Extra BGs from みんちりえ
SFX, Extra music from Pixabay (freesound_community)
Playtester Shoutouts: DemonStray, Tabasa, hexid, 3raccooninatrenchcoat, Nickds, Vivian, Nancy, causticFish, Tabitha, Donghyuk
Play in Browser or on Mobile Device: "Run Game" Despite warning, game should still run fine on most devices.
Download: Download and Unzip the game (Right-click ZIP/DMG file, "Extract") WIN: Double click on the BBFCursedSoulmates.exe file to run the game. You may run into a warning that this file is unsafe for your computer due to being unable to scan, developer unverified, etc, but you should be able to "Run" / "Execute" anyways. MAC: Right-click the Game icon and click "Show Package Contents". Then, go back and Right-click the game icon again. Hit "Open". A popup should ask if you're sure you want to open it. Hit "Open" and the game should start.
There are several workarounds, but if you are not having luck resolving, please try playing in browser. Thank you! :)
This game was made in 30 days for Yandere Jam 2025! It is a relatively complete Demo - the final version would just implement CGs, fully implement the UI assets, sound bytes, and expressions, and include final polishing on the writing/story.
Due to the short development period, there may be bugs still undiscovered in testing. Please leave a comment if you run into any bugs or issues and we'll do our best to address as soon as possible!
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(Fan art from the amazing Sudachys!)
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definitely had fun on this ride, I appreciate the game remembering things for me <3
yay!!! 🥹❤️❤️❤️ We're so glad you enjoyed!!! Thanks for leaving a comment!! 😻
Yasha's voice actor emotes so incredibly... im a bit addicted
Omg!!! I'm glad you like his voice!!! I'm seriously addicted too hehehe
He's also in these games!! I think he's in other stuff too but I can't recall off the top of my head:
AND cough this is top secret (jk we will be announcing it soon-ish) I have asked him to voice a love interest (not crazy) for our upcoming Blossom Jam game!!!
He agreed hehe so hopefully we'll have even more of his voice in our games soon!!!
Also want to get more of his voice for BBF (which I plan to finish with all CGs/etc by October 1st haha) -- he's agreed to do a few more lines hehehe so I'm excited.
If you ever make a game you should cast him!!!! 🫡🫡🫡 our boy needs more roles!!!!
YAYYYY!!!
thanks for the treasure, im DEFINITELY gonna enjoy those :P amped for the incoming new stuff with him in iiiit!
as far as making my own game all i can do is write [debatable :P]. if i had people to do the rest, it might be a thing XD
I'm always down to read!!! 👀 Let me know if it does become a thing and I'll be your first stranger beta tester/reader! 🫡🫡🫡
i wrote a book not a game- and the only one who has read it is my mother XD publishing is scary.
i think i WILL write the game script ive been thinking of lately, since i have a beta reader waiting in the wings :P hope i dont disappoint ...that offer is so huge, thanks, even if it was just polite lol
What an amazing game, I love Yasha! And Sage too! This game was so well written and the art, and voice acting was amazing as well! This game was definitely a true gift. Every time I thought the dialogue was getting too repetitive in my pursuit of all the endings, it would throw something new out It took me a couple of tries to get all the endings but I finally did it. Lowkey, I would love a plushie of Yasha and Sage. Lol, if I'm being honest, the best ending would be a poly ending where MC and Sage keep Yasha's crazy on a leash, lol. I absolutely loved endings 9 (lol), 10, 6, and 3, although
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the one where she keeps Yasha after giving him the soup is my fav. Now they can start fresh in the next life so long as Sage and his crew are able to keep him drinking the soup, lol. Also, I didn't expect to love Sage that much, usually I don't like second male leads simply because they're there to take away the mc but I absolutely adored him. Mc and Sage's romance ending was super sweet and I absolutely loved it. Lol both train endings, I didn't expect there to be a second version of it. MC meeting Yasha's crazy in his romance ending was absolutely wild, lol, but was exactly what he needed. OMG though, Yasha's thing for the red string, lol, cue jealous girlfriend mode, I would have chewed him out for liking the string more than me and then promptly triggered a bad end, lol. Oh my god though, after changing his name and searching for the final ending, it surprised me so much that the changed name was in that ending! Lol, I went with Yashka since it was similar enough. Lol, imagining little psycho Yasha in their next life's childhood friends to lovers route is hilarious. Great game!
Thank you so much for playing to completion and leaving such a sweet comment!! ❤️💖❤️💓
Omg!! To be honest I went crazy thinking of (very far off) DLC content and in one I thought of having Sage and the player character adopt the reborn Yasha as a child. 😂 I feel like chibi Yasha (who doesn't remember his past lives) would be so cute. Hmm but a poly ending.... 🤔🤔🤔 I'm not opposed to it LMAO but I think I would feel bad for Sage since he's so innocent and pure LOL 😂 he would probably sadly agree to share 😭 LOL though I personally do like harem endings hehehe.
I think Yasha would actually appreciate you being jealous of the red string LOL! 😂 He might be like "omg. Babe...!!! You really care about me that much...?! That you're actually jealous of the red string..?!?!?!" *cue transition to good ending*
ahhh plushie would be cute!! Don't tempt me! I might look into making some after I finish the game (and maybe a DLC in the distant future) since you said that LOL 😂
Hope you have a wonderful day!! 💖💖💖
I got all the endings, and I must say this game is fantastic and deals with the theme of soulmates in a very unique way
I am so glad to hear that there will be more content :) You are great!!!!!
You are so sweet!!! Thank you so much for playing to completion!!! 🔥💥❤️💖
Haha hopefully our real soulmates are all not crazy! I'm glad you enjoyed our crazy little story though! 🫡 We hope to deliver it with more polish in a few months!
omg this was tew good, i havent gotten all the endings yet but i LOVE all the subtle changes in dialogue and narrative when we make different choices. DARE i say top 5 best vns ive ever played RAHHHHH also sage omg im not usually one to prefer the more 'sane' character but hes just different bro I LOVE HIM SO MUCH i cant wait for the full game
Thank you so much for playing and leaving such an encouraging comment RAHHH!!! ❤️💖❤️💖🐯 You are so sweet!!!! Maybe one of your Top 5....?!?! 😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌 it is an absolute honor!!!!
I'm so glad you like Sage!!! 🫡🫡🫡 I'll try to add more romantic CGs of him in the final product LOL!!
I LOVE THIS CONCEPT OH MY GOOOOOD
Yasha is so fricken FERAL for us and I’m so fascinated by the past lives thing? You all did an amazing job, seriously, I hope you guys have more success in the future from this!
Awww!!! 😢😢😢❤️💖❤️💖 We're so glad you enjoyed our feral boi!!! 😆
Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a sweet comment!! 💕
I knew Sage's voice sounded familiar...
V MY LOVE
(I am in love with Jason Hall's voice)
OMG RIGHT
We initially selected him because his deep voice contrasted so nicely with Yasha's, but after we got the final voice lines from him... many switched sides (from Yasha to Sage) that day 😔😔😔 LOL jkjk
But oh man I feel you 😍😍😍 Jason's voice is majestic in everything he's in LOL. He's such a cutie as V too LOL ;-; ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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I love the concept for this game with the time loop and how it canonically incorporates multiple play-throughs. You also did a really good job with how menacing you made Yasha.
It's usually not easy for me to get attached to love interests in VNs since the
time spent with the characters is relatively short, but I did end up getting attached to Sage quite quickly because of how he was protecting the MC. When he asked to tether with the MC, I didn't say yes because I was still suspicious, so at the end when he was like "we're probably never going to see each other again", I was like nooo, lol.
Ending 2 also kind of came out of nowhere, but I'm not even mad because it's the perfect combination of messed-up and amusing.
Overall, I really like this game and am excited to see where it goes in the future.
Edit: idk why the formatting is like this, lol
Lol!!!! Thank you so much for playing and leaving your thoughts!! ❤️💖💕
Someone else was joking that they were worried Sage was gonna turn out to be Yandere too if we agreed to be with him....!!! Maybe we should turn that into a 1/100 chance to get a secret ending where Sage is like "now.... you will never get away from ME now MUHAHAHA"
Jkjk LOL I like him as the heroic/sweet character he is 😂 but it's fun to imagine!
The full game will probably be very similar, just with lots of completed CGs and bug/logic fixes! 💖 (facial expressions should be complete in a sooner update than that!)
Thank you so much again for your support! 🙌
I am utterly obsessed with this game! Yasha is so unhinged and I adore him for it.
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Once I realised what was going on, I had to keep playing it over and over again, the subtle differences in the narrative each time I got a new ending was so much fun to see. Also thank you for the guide, ending 3 and 12 kept eluding me (poor Sage suffered a lot q.q).
Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a sweet comment!!! 💖❤️💖
I'm glad the endings guide helped!! Oh noooo poor Sage 😂🥲 but he's immortal so he'll be ok!!!! LOL
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YES OF COURSE I WOULD CONSIDER TETHERING TO YOU SAGE
edit: bruh (i got ending 2 right after)
LOL uh oh I gotta update that LOL so that if you do agree to Sage it blocks Ending 2 LOL
Thank youuuu so much again!!!! 🫡🫡🫡 I'll make sure to include that fix in the next update LOL
ofc no problem!! :D one final thing i noticed is that after yasha drinks the soup and you jump on the train, it still has the dialogue about having to be forever on the run even tho yasha shouldve forgotten everything-- idk if someones mentioned that already thoo- anyways tysm again!!!
OMG that one too 🫡🫡🫡 We'll make sure that one is patched up next update!!!
(Still debating on whether to send the player to the Bahamas for a vacation or to have Sage call and be like "where did you go?? T_T " LOL)
Maybe the player and Sage meet up in the Bahamas and have a beach getaway ✨️🌴 hehehe
YES?!? more sage plspls, im def keeping an eye on this one for future updates!!
u could prolly kinda mix them if u wanted! u could have sage be like "where did you go T_T?" n mcs like "honestly after all this i need a holiday- come w me" n then they have their lil beach getaway :D
also i was just thinking!! when i got ending 2 after agreeing to tether to sage i actually didnt think this was a mistake-- i had assumed that sage and I's plan didnt work and instead of yasha drinking the soup i kinda assumed there was a route where he somehow got me to drink it instead, making mc forget the unsuccessful attempts at being together (and sage Dx) and doing it right the next time, hence them ending up together for ending 2 even when agreeing to sage? idk if that makes sense im very tired rn- i was so happy when i got ending 10 tho hehe
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but oml when yasha yelled "look all you want love!!" while spinning and pulling up his shirt and mc is just like "no need for that--" i LAUGHED. also im loving this game sm, i didnt expect to like sage as much as i do but im def team sage
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
I gotta add a CG for when Yasha does that LOL!!! Hopefully I can honey trap everyone into joining the dark side 🔪✨️😈 (aka Team Yasha) LOL jk
I don't blame you though Sage is such a sweetie ;-; Literally carried by the sexy and smooth British tones of the VA LMAO
Almost tempts me to switch teams.... almost....!!!!!! But Yasha is my baby LMAO if I switch who will my baby kill in the next life... jkjk 😂
Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a fun comment!!!! LOL ❤️💖❤️
LOL omg would be lowkey amazing- i loved the humour sprinkled throughout too
and brooo usually i love the yandere types i started out team yasha THEN IDK WHAT HAPPENED but sage rizzed me too good like wait-
it was maybe definitely the crowded train scene too LOL
and ofc!!! omg its been so fun im still playing rn, i love how replay-able it is, i havent enjoyed a visual novel this much in a hot minute so tysm <33
OMG!!!!!
My sweet prince/ss....!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Thank you so much for your sacrifice!!!!!!!! WAHHHH!!!!!!! YAY we are so so so so SO HONORED to have you play (and record and edit) all 12 endings....!!!!! 😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌❤️💖❤️💖❤️💖❤️ You are a legend Your Game!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank you so much again!!!!
Awesome game! Can we get a full walkthrough please? i can't get all endings
Thank you so much for playing! 🙌❤️💖❤️ Ooohhhh of course!!!! We definitely want to put out a full endings guide soon! 🫡 Probably with the next minor update!
For a general guide in the meantime, here is my quick list! SPOILER ⬇️
Hope that helps!!! ❤️💖❤️ Thank you so much again for playing and leaving a comment!!! 😄😄😄
I love this game! I had heaps of fun playing through the endings. Love the writing too!
+ I absolutely love the VA for Sage and the unhinged laugh on Yasha is amazing
Yaaaaay!!! Thank you so much for playing through the game and leaving such a sweet comment! 😢❤️❤️❤️ Congrats on achieving all endings!!! ✨️✨️✨️🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
The Sage VA is so good for real 😭😭😭 I gotta go and play the other games he's in ASAP LOL (Killer Chat and Cupid's Chatroom!)
The Yasha VA is super young but he's so good 🫡🫡🫡 I'm glad you enjoyed his spicy unhinged laughs!!! 💖💖💖
i absolutely love this game sage is amazing honestly and i sort of understand yasha as i wouldnt exactly be mentally stable if i had gone through that many timelines i have all the endings other then 4 5 and 10 i have played a few times but have no idea what the right combination is for them and was wondering if anyone could help me figure it out
You are so sweet!!! ❤️💖❤️ Thank you so much for playing, and glad you like Sage!!!
Can def help out with those 3! Though you might not like Ending 4 😭😭😭
SPOILER ⬇️
(Make sure to utilize the Skip function so you don't end up re-reading too much!!)
Ending 4:
In any new run after you've met/talked to Sage in your apartment in a previous run and agreed to help him out, if you pick Dread and RUN at the beginning of a new game, then when you meet Sage at the convenience store.... 😭😭😭 Yasha will follow, leading to Ending 4. 😔
Ending 5:
Assuming you were nice/polite-ish to Yasha but avoided him (not pursuing his love routes/end 2 or 3) and got to the final confrontation, there should be an option to Embrace him! If you didn't give him the potion in that run, you'll get Ending 5!
Ending 10:
This one might be easier! And you definitely deserve this one after forcing yourself to get Ending 4!!!! 😭
In that new run after meeting Sage and Agreeing to the Plan in a previous run, you will be presented with slightly new options from Sage...!!! Once you get them, agree to the plan as usual and when you receive the potion... good things will happen 🫡
Hope you enjoy!!! Ending 10 is my favorite besides Ending 3! LOL.
Thank you so much again for playing!!! 💖💖💖
thank you so much for the help! i love this game and hope it gets all the love it deserves you did an absolutely amazing job with it
!SPOILERS! just finished all the endings and you were so right ending 4 was so sad but i loved ending 10 and honestly i did love ending 3 when i got it
Can someone help me get endings 8 and 9? I have every other ending except for those two! The game is so fun!!
Thank you so much for playing and enjoying our game!!!! ❤️💖❤️😍
I can def help with 8 and 9!!! 🫡 SPOILER ⬇️
Ending 8:
at the final confrontation, stall Yasha and get on the train!
Someone brought up that this ending only has one version even if you fed Yasha the potion -- this will be slightly changed in a future update! Right now it's just one version though >.<
Ending 9:
- don't romance/tether to Sage
- when presented with option to run or grab a weapon, grab anything that could be used as a weapon (strangle Yasha)
- push Yasha off the platform..!
hope that helps!! ✨️ Thanks for playing again!! 💖
THANK YOU!! I've offically finished the game now :
Yaaaaaay!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳💖💖💖 Thank you so much for playing again!!!! 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️ And through every route!!! 😢🙌❤️ woot!!!!!
This was such a fun entry! I really loved the writing and I think the story setting the tone of "this is a bit of ridiculous concept and we know it" helped not only the MC's comedic banter + narration land better, but the more serious and tense moments as well!
I really enjoyed the complexities of Yasha's character, which I wasn't expecting because I'm not into yanderes AT ALL. I even ended up feeling a bit bad for the guy at the end when you severed your connection because it's not HIS fault he's like this, the timeloops really messed him up. :(
Everything else about the game was well done, and I really loved the UI and music. Both fit the game well, and I think the tracks (the intense one especially) really helped immerse me into the game!
Fantastic job all around, and props to everyone on the team! :)
I did find a couple of bugs, just minor scripting errors! Like "You" capitalized being capitalized (though ignore me if this is a style choice!), and the MC saying narration aloud as if it were dialogue.
OMG Goddess....!!!!!! It's such an honor that you played and commented!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 LMFAO I see you renamed Yasha UWU and I love that LMAO
You're not into Yanderes...?!?!? B-b-b-b-but what about Darius....?!?!? How could you not be into Darius...... 😭 😭 😭 he's our precious Yandere baby / bag-head man LOL
I'm glad that Yasha could be an exception in your book though! 😭 He really can be a sweetheart, he's just effed up after too many lifetimes. Although he has fangies he is most definitely human 😂 So his brain/soul can't handle all the pressure.
OMG Thank you so much for the scripting error callouts!!! 😱😱😱 LMFAO the player character is just casually narrating themselves 😂 😂 😂 Oh gosh I gotta fix that in the next update LOL.
Capital "You" was supposed to be a stylistic choice but since it's very not consistent, I think I will just go in and stealthily unify them as lowercase "you" 😂 Thank you so much for that!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhh I gotta go love on Darius and Tristan!!!! and Sabrina too hehehe she is such a sweetie pie ❤️✨✨✨
AAAAAA esto es una demo? Ww ta re completo HSKSJKSJDKS
no pude conseguir el ending n 9 :(
Gracias por jugar nuestro juego!! ✨️💖✨️💖
Para Ending 9, puede seguir estos pasos: SPOILER ⬇️
- don't romance/tether to Sage
- when presented with option to run or grab a weapon, grab anything that could be used as a weapon (strangle him)
- push Yasha off the platform..!
Hope that helps! ✨️ and thank you so much again for playing!! 💖❤️💖❤️
Can I be helped with getting endings 2, 6, and 7 Im struggling real bad. Love this game btw!! love the art especially!
So glad you're enjoying the game!!! ❤️💖❤️ Thank you so much for playing!!! 🙌🙌🙌 we can definitely help you out!
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Warning: Ending 2 is a little traumatic T_T
Ending 2 (a couple ways to get here but here is a surefire way)
- (never block or ignore Yasha)
- decide to ignore string for now
- um, hello
- sure (convenience w/ Yasha)
- eat it
- children sound lovely
- sure (he walks you home)
That should set your hidden "shy" stat high enough to get routed to ending 2/you being shy/timid
Then later when he's messaging you
- "........"
- "........Fine..."
(Or "cute sticker" and "yeah.....")
There will be warnings 😭👍 it might be the most traumatic ending...
Endings 6 and 7 are easier!
In one of the runs you fed Yasha the potion, try giving him a hug again at the final confrontation! 💖
I absolutely love it!!!!!!! Enjoy every loop and every situation. Though that my favorite will be Yasha but Sage was sooooooo cute!!! I just fall in love :3
We're so glad you enjoyed it!!! 😍😍😍💖💖💖
Thank you so much for playing and liking the boys!! 😢🙌❤️❤️❤️
You know, I feel like it's not often that a visual novel makes me genuinely nervous, but I really was during the first couple of loops with the way Yasha is hounding MC and at least remembers some degree of what happened. I could really feel the pressure after trying to enact the soup plan the first time and technically failing. I feel like the balance of some of the paths can be a bit finicky, since I got bounced between endings 4 and 2 for a little while, but I managed to figure it out.
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You know, when Sage first brought up the tethering, I was kind of worried that it might lead to some sort of role reversal where he becomes the crazy one using the string, but honestly Sage seems too level-headed for that since he's accustomed to both immortality and time loops.
As an aside, I'd feel more sorry for Yasha if he weren't so chill with killing MC for not being exactly what he wants sometimes, but that is also something that made me more wary of him and interested to see all of the endings. I did find his reaction in Ending 12 to be funny, though, since it's one of the few ones where one of the guys is like "Shit... Guess I have to start again." I kind of think On the Run can have sort of a sub-ending, if you managed to get Yasha to drink the soup, since I'm not sure if there's real need to run once he's forgotten. Then again, we're not really in a position to check, but I think we might figure it out when Yasha doesn't follow so desperately. It's kind of interesting that the ending where he can be renamed follows through on the next loop.
Thank you so much for playing!! ❤️💖
Oh no!! Yes it's a little too easy to get 2 and 4... 🥲 2 was originally the hardest ending to get, but I felt that it displayed one of the more interesting ending paths, so I tweaked things a little... and perhaps made it a little too easy to get now. 💀 I'm glad you were able to escape and enjoy some of the other endings!!! 🙌 and I hope you weren't too scared after you got used to it!
OMG though!!! You bring up a great point about Ending 8!! There should be no reason to run after we fed Yasha the potion. 🤔 I should add a variation (8A/8B) and/or add it in as Ending 13! LOL. I'll make sure to add it into the next update! 🫡
if the player does decide to get on the train, what would you like to see them doing in the 8B (fed potion but got on train) ending?? LOL
It would be funny if Sage turned into the Yandere after you tethered to him...! Whew but I feel like that would be too scary LOL. Sage is a little island of healing in our crazy game... ✨️ though my personal favorite is still Yasha.
Thank you so much for playing again and leaving your thoughts!! ❤️💓 it seriously helps with story development/revisions!
Aw, no worries! I wasn't too scared of things and it was interesting to have a situation that could be a bit more difficult to predict.
As far as what a "train with soup" situation would be like, I'd probably wonder if Sage realized that we did it and tried to cut the string. Looking in to what happened to Yasha to make sure things are safe now seems like a general possibility. I almost sort of wonder if running away instead of accepting him or hiding behind Sage might put enough fight in Yasha that he doesn't forget things as severely. Potentially, Yasha could know just enough to follow the string and see his soulmate, but be kind of normal about the whole thing. lol
Yeah, though, I agree that Sage staying level-headed is definitely good. I had that concern fairly early on in the loops, so I think I was just worried on how things could backfire- kind of like how we can ask Sage about "what if Yasha doesn't drink the soup" even if we can always manage it if we're being sneaky.
Funnily enough, in the loops, I don't think I ever got Yasha's 1850 line, so I was always a bit confused by that reference until I saw a let's play where someone did get it.
Ooh! I thought of another possibility. If Seto does manage to cut the string in that version of On the Run, maybe it does backfire on us for once! Depends on what you think would be better.
Oooohhhhh I love all of these ideas!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🔥🔥🔥
Hmmmmmmm oooh that's so fun re: Yasha following the string... he finds you with memory loss and is just a changed man/finally an actually sweet man because he no longer has the mental burden of thousands of years worth of memories....!
Or the protag and Sage meet up and check in on Yasha and see that he's living a normal, boring life....
Someone misread "living in Squalor" as "living in Equador" in a stream and I thought that was hilarious, so maybe you move to another country and Sage comes to visit (and romance you? Cough) LOL
Thank you so much for the inspiration!!! I'll see if I can come up with something in the upcoming small updates! 🙌✨️💖
No prob! I'm very excited that there could be a little more. c:
This game is tew good🤭. I played it and got all endings, Which i didn’t realize had more than one bc not only did i not read half of everything but i figured it out when i replayed it and got ending 4. I can’t wait until a full game or even one where we are an obsessed stalker🤣Keep doing what you do cuz you’re hella good at it. Also is it ok if i made them a Character. Ai bot? I’ll credit you in the bios bc this is fucking fantastic🌹🌹
You are so sweet thank you for playing and enjoying!!! 💖💖💖
I give you my permission to make a Character.Ai bot with them BUT I have two requirements:
Using text or images of Yasha for the bot is totally ok with me but no voice from the VAs and no self harm/harming others!
(I know the harm part is hard to avoid. But there was a really sad case where a 15 year old boy fell in love with a chatbot and died. I don't want anyone to harm themselves or others due to the bot.)
Thank you for asking! 🌹 You can do it if you follow my 2 rules above!
You are so welcome and i completely agree, understand and respect your concerns and rules. Thank you so much, not only for letting me make a bit of these characters but also making this game with the time and commitment that you have.🌹 I may not know you personally but i love you and your game. Thank you so much❤️
Character.Ai user: Honeydew22
This game is cool but honestly I wish white haired boy was datable and not just "hahaha! I have deceived you for falling in love with me!" no honey, I already loved you before you tried to deceive me.
LOL!!!! I feel you ;-; I gotta add more lovey dovey content... LOL. He can be a sweetie but I think that route is too hidden LOL. 🥲 I should try to expose it more. The VA said he is down to do a few more lines so hopefully some actually romantic voice acting in the near future too....!!!
if you want to experience his loveydovey-ness try this path! ⬇️
At the beginning:
- Don't block the profile
- excitement and anticipation
- thank you so much!
- invite him to coffee
- oh no he's crazy
- but he's hot
(And don't romance/chat with Sage, the blue haired one)
This will put you on the loveydovey route! It's too hidden though so facial expressions are not done yet 🥲 since most people can't get to it "orz
But it will be more polished in the next update! And hopefully add CG gallery so people can see that they missed it... T_T LOL
Great! Can't wait to go through it <33 and thanks for reply 🙇❤️❤️
Thank YOU for playing and leaving a comment!!! You are so sweet! 💖❤️💖❤️
It's a fascinating game. It's refreshing for a yandere game. The art. The voice acting. The writing style is fun. It's all really well thought out! I actually make art myself and write stories. However, I don't make games, and I never published any of my stories. They aren't finished. I actually found this game through watching a video on YouTube! Even if I dislike how Yasha treats the protagonists, and it drives me insane. To be honest, I dislike Yasha somewhat (it has to do with the ending with him and Sage) because of something he did. Overall, I enjoyed this game. I'm excited to see the full version of the game when it comes out. It was really fun to get a bunch of different endings. Again. Sage <3 is so cute! Oh my gosh, spoilers warning ⚠!
Honestly, I really enjoy any visual novel that has some text-based dialogue. It made the game quite fun with the choices and I loved the stickers.
I found the ending where Sage died sad! When I got that ending, I was like... "Oh my gosh! No! Not Sage!" (I forget which ending).
TvT I'm not kidding but I would 100% replay Sage's happy ending a hundred times. But I really like the fact you can romance him. I'd really recommend giving this game a try!! SAGE!!! Eeekkk he's adorable!!! Omg!! I wish I could marry him! <3
Thank you so so much for your kind words!!!!! LOL!!! ✨️✨️✨️✨️💖💖💖💖💖 I am so glad you enjoyed it and that you liked Sage!!!! LOL!!! 💖💖💖 he loves you too ehehehehe
Thanks for taking the extra step to find us and play the game!! ❤️❤️❤️ You are so sweet! I think you should definitely try to finish writing/making the art for a game and publish it!! I would love to play it! You can start small (maybe like the O2A2 jam??) if you want the satisfaction of finishing something, then move on to your bigger dream projects!
This was supposed to be much smaller too but I let the scope creep too much... but I'm glad it's (somewhat) finished!
If you make anything and want to share I'd love to play it!!! ✨️✨️✨️ Don't be shy!
Thank you and no problem! To be honest, I more hand draw. I never learned how to do digital art. Since I'm not sure where to start or how to make games. Kinda been into visual novels a lot lately, which makes me want to learn how people make them. In all honesty, I've been working on my story for a long time. It's just not done; I'd like to do something with it one day. I do understand writing or trying to make stories takes time.
Also, yes! Sage is awesome! No, he's like a god... I'm excited to see where you guys will take his story. I most likely will replay the game.
hand drawing is good!!! It helps to build up your skills traditionally before jumping to digital!
When you do start digital, it may be a bit of a transition -- but once you get used to it, you will really get in the swing of things!
Although it's a bit expensive, when you switch to digital I highly recommend trying a pen tablet with a display screen (like XP Pen - some good options but you do need to be connected to computer or laptop),
Or a Samsung tablet (or an iPad if you can afford it -- iPad is too expensive for my taste -- but I am using the Samsung S9 FE which is $450 USD -- half the iPad price). The good thing about iPad/Samsung drawing tablets are that they are completely portable, they just need to be charged.
There are some really cheap drawing tablet options with no screen (like $40 USD) but they are really hard to draw with, and it might make you hate drawing drawing digital... T_T
Don't be afraid to try text based stories too though! There was another text based story that was submitted during Yandere Jam with just some pretty cover art (no sprites) and it blew up!!! (The writing was good and juicy of course -- but it shows that you don't need to draw to tell your story! ❤️)
You can definitely take as much time as you need, though! ❤️ There's never a need to rush with doing things you enjoy!
OMG I'm SO SORRY I think I accidentally deleted your reply!!! (I am so sorry 😱😱😱😱😱 I think I might've pressed the "Delete" button by accident and I don't know how to restore it. (If you deleted it, then no worries LOL! But I think it was me LOL.) But I did read your comment!!
Ooooh omg! I had no idea Intertwine was also string/reincarnation themed!!!! Someone else said that it reminded them of it too and but I just looked it up now and WHAT!!! LMAO Bound By Fate is like if Intertwine was a horror game... 💀💀💀 LOL ooohhh I had no idea (I had seen the thumbnail but hadn't ever clicked on it -- I didn't realize that thumbnail was Intertwine! Or that it was the same theme LOL.)
I think your comment mentioned writing a story about Vampires?!?! That sounds super cool!!! Honestly it's been a good decade plus since Twilight was in its heyday so the world is ready for more vampire content!! If you do ever release it, let me know and I'll read/play it!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Tablets and drawing stuff can definitely be expensive! But when you're ready to make the move I know you'll make great art! And most importantly enjoy the process ❤️
Sorry about deleting the comment again!!! 😱😱😱 The button is really easy to press on the game page for the game dev/owner and I meant to hit reply instead 💀
LOL, that's my fault for not leaving a comment next to that. No. I deleted my post, sorry. ;-;
I was thinking of retyping that comment, and I kept editing it a lot. I did mention vampires, but I haven't particularly written one myself. I wish people made more vampire romance games. It'd be so cool!!!
I mean, I noticed some on steam/here as well but they're not exactly out or been released. But I mean it looks like people might be creating more with vampires. Also, I find it interesting that mobile has a lot of vampire ones (but the ads and stuff) that kind of made me pull away from most mobile games. Vs. On pc it's a lot nicer and it feels like we're actually playing a video game instead of a cash grabby game.
I haven't really found any yandere games, where the yandere was a vampire. Or many just generic vampire ones. I mean not all vampires have to be evil either. That would be like a horror movie there. Speaking of Intertwine, it's an interesting game. LOL, it's funny at times when a game is or feels like another version of a game. Even somewhat similar. 0-0 Oh! I JUST REMEMBERED, the concept of the string and soulmates is also in that game (Intertwine) too! I think that's why I thought they felt like different versions to one another. XD Except... The soulmate goes yandere (Yasha - I find I enjoy annoying him and having a goose chase. Like repetitively getting the running on trains ending. LOL). Lovely :)
Omg you sweetheart!!! ❤️💖❤️💖🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳 Yaaaay thank you so much for getting all endings!!!
Lol!! You should make a vampire romance game here... 👀 I feel you on the cash grabby mobile ones! Most of them have such good art, but the experience is marred by ads, ads, and more ads. T_T I guess I understand... everyone needs money haha. But I feel you!
You could be the one to pioneer Vampire Yanderes in the future 👀 I would be so down to read/play!!!
I gotta redo the Yasha train ending so that if you get on the train after potion-ing him, you get to enjoy yourself without him bothering you! LOL.
You are so sweet and I can't wait to see you release something in the future! 👀 Even if it's just a short story to start with!
Oh I got all the endings to the demo!
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This is so good! I loved all of the dialogue options, and I thought that all of the endings were incredibly satisfying! The artstyle is beautiful, and Yasha and Sage are really expressive!
One small issue that I encountered is I had saved right before the final decision for ending 9, and as soon as I finished I loaded the save then played the other two endings. When I started a new playthrough, I got the options for the third run and not the second. That's my bad.
Overall, I really loved this game, and some of the unique dialogue during later runs (your conversation with Sage after ending 4, and Yasha's "Babe! You remembered!")
(Also, I used the name feature in ending 7 to change Yasha's name to Sage, made the MC's name Sage, and had a truly delightful playthrough after I got all of the endings.)
Hello!!! Thank you so much for playing, and for leaving such a sweet comment!!! 🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️ LOL omg the legendary Triple Sage playthrough 🙌 🙌 🙌 I can't believe you did it LMAO the confusion LOL!
Omg though!! Thank you so much for that advice!!! Behind the scenes everything is currently counted as a general persistent counting of your endings -- you bring up a great point though -- I should go back and make sure that no matter what the count is, you'll still see the "2nd run" content on your truly new 2nd run and 3rd on your truly new, etc. That shouldn't be too hard to program in! 🫡 and thank you so much for that!!! 🙌🙌🙌
I'll make sure to incorporate that in the next minor update (hoping to have all the facial expressions and etc finally done in that update! Will be a great time to implement that as well)!
Thank you so much again for your kind words and playing even in this somewhat unfinished state!!! 💖💖💖 Your comment means a lot to us!!! ❤️❤️❤️
It took my friend and I so long to get all the endings but we did it \o/
Sage is such a cutie, love him so much T^T
Woot!!!!! You guys are ballers!!!! 🙌 🙌 🙌 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Awww thank you both so much for playing to completion!!! Woot!!!🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 You guys killed it 🫡 💥❤️
Sage is definitely growing on me too ;-; ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ I gotta add more CGs with him in the final version!! LOL
PHENOMENAL WORK, TEAM!! I had so much fun playing this at 1 am, cooing over the adorable art (the sprites <3 the CGs <3 the stickers <3 the background <3 the UI <3 the monochrome is just so good!!!!) + amazing voice acting, the evocative music, the crisp dialogue, the fast pacing make it so refreshing and fun to play... and play... and play!
(spoilers ahead for people who haven't played because i recommend going in here without a guide <3)
DUUUUUUUUDE THE LORE!! i love timeloops + reincarnations and the consequences thereof!!!!!!! humans aren't made to remember but yasha loves us so much that he did... and it destroys him <3 man, it was so fun to see how it unfolded mechanically with the name change, the way MC can start to remember things, the different and new choices unlocked!! i haven't unlocked all the endings yet but it's so fascinating to see how they're unlocked <3 looking forward into more of this world <333333
You are so so SO SWEET!!!! I'm super duper excited for the next installment of He's Dating the DM!!!!! (I need more and more of Yasha's VA Luke waaahhhh!!!!)
Thank you so much for spreading so much love for our game and our boyos!!! ;-; ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Ugh so true! ;-; Yup.... Yasha's memories are the things that have destroyed him all this time. By forgetting them, he's losing a huge part of himself... but hopefully he can recover his sanity.
My fave is Ending 3 though 🔥 🔥 🔥 Where you both go crazy together!!! Woohoooooo hehehehehe
I loved this VN so much!! I love how the characters remember and it doesnt feel tiring to replay it because theres new dialogue and it also made me laugh sometimes everything about this vn is perfect 10/10
Thank you so much for playing, and for leaving such a sweet comment!!! 😢🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️
We hope to polish more and be truly worthy of your words!!! 😍🫡 I'm glad if we could make you laugh!!! 💖
out of all the yandere vn's i've played on itch.io, this one is my upmost favorite of them all ^^ the concept of the player remembering loops/cycles and seeing that reflect onto the gameplay as you progress more and more is something i don't see quite often and when i do, it's such a yummy treat!! and the way how the choices have such an effect on the gameplay is so amazing! like, we can achieve 12 different endings alone!! sage is such a sweetheart, i adore him so much and i seriously can't wait to see the polished version of this game. even though it's a demo, it really pleasantly surprised me and i'm so excited to see it complete. is there anyway we can learn more about yasha and sage? i'm sososooo curious about them and want to learn more about them. i absolutely love this vn and everyone who worked on this deserves a round of applause <3
Thank you so so much for your sweet comment....!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ That is seriously so kind of you to say!!! ;-; ❤️❤️❤️
There hasn't been too much lore written for Yasha and Sage yet, besides what's in the game!! But a couple of people have come up with some really cool ideas -- if you have any ideas too, I'd love to incorporate them in a short DLC/prologue type thing in the future!! 🫡 We'll be sure to give credit if we use them!! ❤️
We'll do our best not to let you down with the polished version!! 🫡🫡🫡 Thank you so much again for looking forward to it and showering us with your love!!! 🙇♀️🙌❤️
This game is such a fun romp! It's the first time I've looked at an Endings list and thought, "Oh yeah, I absolutely need to get them all." I honestly had such a great time with it. Yasha and Sage are fun and easy to love, the player character has a delightfully jaded personality and the choices in regards to the player's personality changing slightly depending on how they answer Yasha- so so charming. Felt like I had a lot of agency to make choices I'd ACTUALLY opt for; so many opportunities to go 'oh fuck no' and leave. 10/10, positively adore this game!
Lol!!!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed!!! 😢😢😢❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for playing through and leaving such a kind comment!!!
LOL I definitely tried to incorporate trolly answers (like you can reject Sage's plan and block him via text if you just want to troll 💀 and other things LOL) so I'm glad that you felt more agency!! I definitely wanted to try satisfying the gamer urge to do things just for the hell of it -- I'm so honored you experienced some of it and grasped my trolly intent!!! ✨️💖🙌
Yes!! It was an absolute blast to just throw caution out the window even after getting endings that explain what's going on. Oh he's been doing this for how long? Meh. Let's get coffee! Super fun <3
I may or may not have gotten all the routes in one go. Thanks for making this game, and very looking forward to updates :D
I got ending 2 last, it made me replay other routes to sooth my soul XD
LOL!!!! Omggg 😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🫡🫡🫡 I salute you for your sacrifice LOL omg 😆 Ending 2 is definitely the most traumatic.... 🥲 LOL good on you for getting it last though 🫡
it was originally the hardest to get, but now it might be too easy to get... LOL. I applaud your playing skills LOL!!! Thank you so so much for playing and leaving a sweet comment!!! 😢❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Haha yea, I think I should quit my habit of getting happy/good/best ends first XDDD At least I can appreciate the game more lol
I was surprised when Meng Po was referenced, did not expect Chinese mythology at all, but glad that someone appreciates it as well :)
This game is so good, everything's so beautiful about it. And the voice actors on gosh they're so talented. I could literally kiss them and the arts I could give the biggest kiss to. So I'm having trouble getting like three endings, That's literally all missing. Though I will lock in and get those endings. I also want sage so bad, He's such a cutie patootie.
Thank you so much for playing our game and leaving such a sweet comment!!! 😢❤️❤️❤️❤️💖
The voice actors are so good I agree!!!! We are seriously so lucky to have had them audition 🙌 I'm still squealing at how lucky we are that they graced the project LOL
I can def help with any endings if you're getting stuck!! 🫡🫡🫡 Thanks so much for playing our game to such completion!!! ✨️💖❤️
PLEASE DO HELP ME 🙏🏻 I HONESTLY TRIED EVERY OPTION I POSSIBLY COULD. I think maybe the approaches I'm choosing could be the biggest reason 💔
Yes they're so good, I was like Oh my gosh 🙀 they had me thinking if I wanted one of them more than the other but both equally deserve love
Also THERES TRULY NO NEED TO THANK ME. GAMES LIKE YOURS REALLY DESERVE TONS OF ATTENTION! AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE PLAYING MORE OF YOUR GAMES
You are so sweet and funny omg LOL!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️
Yes both boyos deserve love 😭❤️💖 I love that!!!!
Which # endings are you struggling with?? If it's just Sage then I got you hehe sorry it's a bit trolly -- spoiler for some of the ones I see as hard maybe ⬇️
To get Sage romance it needs to be your 3rd "new" playthrough! But please do utilize the Skip function to skip anything you've already seen! 🫡 The romance should come about pretty naturally assuming you're handling Yasha the right ways! Hehehe (Sage will be a lil bit different)
If it's another ending tell me the # and I gotchu! 🫡
(6 and 7 I think can be gotten if you feed Yasha the potion and give him a hug again!)
12 is if you don't romance Sage and you don't strangle Yasha, but you try to push him ;-; haha
OH! I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CHECK THE ENDINGS I GOT BECAUSE I'M PRETTY FORGETFUL. ILL BE SURE TO CHECK BACK IN
SO I CHECK AND I NEED 11 AND I THINK 9 OR 8
Absolutely amazing game! props and lots of kudos to everybody who worked in this! I almost have it to completion (I have all endings except ending 11)
Cannot wait to see your next projects!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment!!! 😢🙌❤️💖❤️
Hopefully we'll have more fun stuff in a couple months!! We will definitely polish up Bound By Fate too 🫡🫡🫡 But hope you will enjoy our other projects as well!!! 🙌❤️💖
Ending 11 is the Sage non-romance ending! Hehehehe. It's hard to say no to Sage though 😭 I don't blame you for not getting it LOL
This game took me for one hell of a ride and I absolutely loved it. I cannot believe this is just a demo! Its so good and unique from the ones I've played before. Genuinely scared me too at times and it was such a good story telling decision to explain why Yasha is crazy as he is. It provided depth to the characters and the game's lore. Usually, in other games they would never explain why or it was a passing thought but I'm satisfied that it wasn't the case here.
I would also love an ending guide later on if we could have it (totally not bc I ended up doing several loops of ending 2 and 4 whoops) . Thank you so much for your hard work!! You guys have a solid fan in me after this
If anything, my only questions are (spoilers for those who haven't played the game yet)
Why did Yasha say he couldn't find us before? Did someone hide us away? How did he manage to slip away from Sage and not drink the soup of oblivion? Will the reason be expounded?
Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a sweet comment!!!!! 😭❤️❤️❤️🙌 🙌 🙌 There's a lot to clean up on the Dev side but I'm still so glad you could enjoy it!!! 🥹🥹🥹 That means so much to us!!! ❤️
Definitely want to set up an endings guide 🫡 hopefully with the next major update!! (Though if you have any in particular you're curious about, can def offer spoilers/a quick guide too! hehehe. Ex. Yasha Romance or Sage romance ending... etc... the rest are a little dark HAHAHA I can def give them to you if needed but I like to say the romance ones are canon... LOL)
I'm sorry you got 2 and 4 more than once T-T Those are so brutal LOL...
for your questions -- most of these are unanswered (and great questions!! I gotta think on these and potentially expand the lore 🤔), but the question of why Yasha couldn't find us before is somewhat(-ish??) hidden in the game...! Maybe hidden a little too well "orz LOL -- but basically, in the segment where Yasha stalks you to the convenience store, if your stats are a certain way (not too friendly, not too wary behind the scenes) you'll react in a different way where Yasha explains that he couldn't see the string for a while (I guess, maybe why is not truly explained... 🤔 Yasha is a little special though so he can always see the string whereas most humans can't) -- but before your car accident (mentioned at the beginning of the story), for some reason the string just faded off and didn't link to you. Perhaps because your soul was a little faint before the accident? Hmmmmm you have some really great questions LOL.
There are a couple different interactions in the convenience store!
Thanks for the great thoughts and comments!!! You've definitely given me a lot to think about... 🤔 I'll def credit you if/when I do implement some of those answers!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for playing again!!
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I MY GOD I've been literally stalking you on twitter hoping You would play it OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
YOU LITERALLY MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am gonna spam everyone with love for your video and account LOL OMG!!!!!
Literally my dreams/goals for this game were:
In 3 months time
Thanks to you my final hope/dream for this game came true!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much seriously wahh 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 I gotta go send you love LOL
How do i get the ending 12????? Helplp
Great game btw
Love my pookie Yasha
Just got it
Damnn
Ohhhh you got it lol!!! Noooo I'm sorry it's not happier LOL ;-;
But thank you so much for playing!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I recommend Ending 3 🫡 if you haven't gotten that one already LOL
Yaaaaay thank you so much for playing, and for loving Yasha!!! 😢❤️💖😍 Yasha needs your love kekekeke
Can def help with Ending 12!! It has voice lines! Though maybe a bit sad huhu 😢 SPOILER ⬇️
Don't ignore Yasha, but do play normally/mixed playthrough/don't be too nice/suspicious - taking one of the routes that takes you to the final Yasha confrontation.
When see Sage at the convenience store, choose Not to comfort Sage. Don't talk to him privately/in your room (or just don't agree to the plan) and don't text Sage.
Then when Yasha comes to your house, don't strangle him or stay calm -- just run to the subway.
If you try to Push Yasha from there, because you didn't strangle him to weaken him... ;-; you get Ending 12!
Thank you so much for creating this game, kudos for devs T_T It was so good that i have to see other endings as well, Yasha i love you but you are so crazy(and cute). ALSO??? Sage is such a cutie i'm bawling
And is it okay to ask for guide for ending 6? :(( I cannot achieve with many tries already thank you!!
LOL!!! Ehehehe I'm glad both boyos could catch your attention 💖💖💖😢🙌 thank you so much for playing!!
can def help with Ending 6!! SPOILER ⬇️
After feeding Yasha the potion, once you get to the final confrontation, try giving Yasha a hug (again! You might've already tried it 👀 but this time might be different...!)
this game is SOOOO cool wth? every playthrough is a little different and i love that soooo much, it might be one of my favorite VN's on here now :) i can't wait to see the full final product <33
P.S: I'm seriously in love with Sage, he's everything to me
Thank you so much for playing and saying such sweet things!!! 😢🙌❤️❤️❤️ So glad you enjoyed!!!! 😍😍😍
We'll do our best not to disappoint with the final version!!! 🫡
The VA for Sage (Jason Hall) just has that angelic sound LOL 😭💕 He's in Killer Chat and the upcoming Cupid's Chatroom!!! (And another secret upcoming game from Skywrite Studios! 🙊 you didn't hear this from me though!)
Can you please tell more about "female coded" MC? I didn't understand what this entails ><
Hello!! Of course!!! ❤️ I originally was advertising the game as "Gender Ambiguous" since there aren't any pronouns or specific references to gender used, but since the game mentions childbirth and pregnancy (and there are other hints that the MC might be biologically female just from their gestures/behavior), I received some kind advice that it would be better to clarify that the MC is female coded instead of "gender ambiguous".
If you're not into playing as "female" I hope you can still enjoy it by thinking of the main character as your OC or just their own character! It was my first time writing (and being a cis woman myself) so I couldn't nail true gender ambiguity with the story I wanted to tell 😔 but hopefully next time!
Either way, hope you enjoy!! ❤️
Oh my gosh. That was a whole experience and a half and I loved every second of it!! The plot was super fun and really creative, the modern setting interspersed with supernatural and horror was really well done, I love your writing. It felt like I was being taken along on a wild ride and the varied endings brought so much to the table. I really like how the replay value was structured. The beautiful UI and music direction really added to the experience too!
Also omg I need to talk about Yasha because he was great 😂😂 I really enjoyed how varied his expressions were (and speaking of expressions Sage’s blushing expression deserves a special mention because it was just so adorable!!), and the VA did an amazing job at nailing Yasha’s unhinged personality and laugh. Lol I feel insane saying this but out of all the endings 2 and 12 stuck the most with me because he was just so batshit insane in them that I loved it 😂😂 I also really loved the angst in ending 6— the only thing that held true purpose to him vanishing just like that 😫
I’m super psyched to see the final version in all of its polished glory— it’s already really riveting but AHH so excited to see the finished + additional CGs🥹🥹
Thank you SO SO MUCH for your kind words!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 I can't wait to play and love on Ravenous Hand!!!! The weekend cannot come soon enough ahhhhh 😭😭😭 (when I plan to catch up on games LOL ahhhhhh)
Thank you so much for the compliments on the UI and music direction!!!! I honestly did nothing except say "uhh can you do something edgy with a red string theme" and "uhh can you do like lofi and romantic and creepy" and causticFish (UI) and DemonStray (music) made some straight up FIRE 🔥🔥🔥 the game wouldn't be the same without them, the glory is all theirs LOL. (Legit I gotta finish adding the UI, Fish made so many beautifully detailed UI assets but my noob coder ass couldn't add them in time for the jam... LELZ)
Thank you for your sweet comments on the story/writing too!!! 😢🙌🙌🙌 I tried my best to incorporate replayability/options/many choices to the extent that I could handle!! Ehehehe so feels so satisfying hearing you say that 😭🙌
Isn't the VA for Yasha (Luke Avon) so good?!?!? I can't stop trying to promote this young guy lmao he's super young but insanely talented!! When I was Chopping up his lines I realized that I had him voicing all the bad endings LMAO but there weren't really any romance lines I asked for... RIP 💀💀💀
I did ask him if he could do like 4 more lines for the marriage proposal in End 3, and he said he was down 😂😂😂 so I'll try to add them to the next major update. LOL!!! (We need Yasha romance VO... Sage has all the romantic lines LMAO)
Thanks so much again for playing and leaving a loving comment, I can't wait to do the same to you this weekend!!!! Woot!!!!!