Hi everyone! Thanks for checking out my new project!

This is a big shift from my previous games, and it's been a pretty long, scary process to even get this demo done! I've been working on this actively since January, and as you can imagine most of that time was spent learning how to code, create logic, design gameplay etc. I also spent a super long time testing the game (more than normal due to being a beginner at this and making some pretty horrendous, broken logic that required tons of fixing).

This is obviously a pretty early stage of the game, and I'm planning to update the demo over time. I do expect the current demo isn't very fun to play; it's pretty barebones, and I'll need several updates to add enough complexity to the gameplay to make it interesting. The goal is for the game to offer a variety of quests that you need to prioritise based on your available time, skills, and abilities, to allow you to develop your own playstyle by prioritising different skills and unlocking different abilities, and for different playthroughs to offer a different gameplay and narrative experience. I have some specific features I'm already working on for the next update (the tiny point & click bit at the start of the game will be expanded in some quests where you need to gather information about ghosts to help them pass on, a Rumour quest type will make Suspicion more important, and bloodbags will help manage your hunger) and some I'm planning for the future (adding currency and ways to spend it, different quest types with time limits, many more abilities, being able to create vampiric thralls/kin that can take actions). I'm sure there's also features I haven't thought of that will feel sorely needed as the game progresses!

I'll be updating the game incrementally with additional features, UI improvements, more LIs and story. I hope I can get feedback over time and get a feel for what players are experiencing playing the game! The final game will be a commercial release, so I'd like to keep working on multiple demo updates for quite a while and implement feedback to create something enjoyable to play!

There's already a game page on Steam if you'd like to wishlist it! I'll hold out on uploading a demo there until I've made more updates, but I'd like to start getting wishlists earlier this time.

Apologies if you encounter any major bugs while playing this demo! It would be super helpful if you could write a description of the bug in the dedicated thread in the community board, or use the bug report form linked in game/here on the page, or use the bug report channel in my discord. I'd also be interested in hearing if things run smoothly on your device as I'm only able to test on a pretty good desktop PC and a decade old mac, so I'm getting two experiences on pretty opposite ends of the spectrum :')

Thank you for reading and being interested in my new game!