Karmic Punishment

Visual Novels | Horror | LGBT+ --- Solo developer making visual novels with cute aesthetics and dark themes

[karmicpunishmentgames]

The Demo Is Out!

You've woken up in a strange manor. You've been offered servants' clothing to wear. The lord of the manor is a vampire who seeks to make you his "dinner guest". Between him and his combative butler, you have your hands full trying to survive the night!

The demo features:

~11,000 words total

Four ways to die!💀

Nameable Player Character with choice of body type, pronouns, manner of address, and uniform.

7 CGs with several variations of each

A swordfight minigame

[dosdoodles]

I played a demo for this vn called blood and sherry from @karmicpunishmentgames and I’ve fallen in love with the characters so much! I hope you don’t mind fanart. I can’t wait to see more of the game <333

[karmicpunishmentgames]

"Seems like a good way to get bitten!"

Jokes on you I'm into that shit- /silly

Wait I think that's why I like vampires so much-

Anyways, a thought that's been on my mind: how would Nicolae react to someone who loves vampires who would allow him to drink their blood in exchange that he doesn't drain them completely? Cause I'd probably make a deal like that to a vampire- (either that or ask him to turn me into a vampire too-)

Did you mean Ramsey Bell?

Haha, but really, Nicolae has been around so long that he has definitely met people like that before. But unfortunately, you can't take a monster at his word. If he doesn't have a good reason to keep the person alive (good help is so hard to come by, blood is not) then he would probably agree then drain the person anyway.

[karmicpunishmentgames]

I think that other anon was asking how you chose Huxley's name, not how to pronounce it!

Oops! I totally misread it. I think I went into that once before but basically it was a succession of names stemming from a pun on the type of toy he is. Dahlia has "Doll" in her name and Huxley was going to be Harley, like a harlequin. But then I thought that was too common and makes people think of Harley Quinn, so I was going to call him Hawley, a similar name. But I felt that name was a little awkward out loud (easy to mishear or mispronounce) so I changed it again to Huxley, because again, similar but has a cute sound.

[karmicpunishmentgames]

what if huxley or wisker got a stain :(

Time for a bath!

[karmicpunishmentgames]

do B&S vamps have straw fangs or do they drink how we drink (throat)

Their fangs do have hollows but not for sipping like a straw. They can distribute venom! Nicolae touches on this in one of his lines in the demo. But for drinking, they're just for puncturing / tearing.

[karmicpunishmentgames]

Question, in the demo, you said you can die four times, and ive only managed to find three. Are all the deaths (that arent of my own volition) on Ramsey's side, or is there one on Nicolae's route that im just missing

There is a single death in Nicolae's route! Maybe you're just too good at swordfighting. 🤺

[karmicpunishmentgames]

How did you choose Huxley's name? I know a trans person IRL who named themselves Huxley after the character in your game so I've always been curious!!

It's pretty much as spelled! Hucks-lee. 🤡✨ EDIT: I'm a goof and misread your ask. Answered in another ask!

[karmicpunishmentgames]

does nicolae have poliosis or is the white streak just to look cool !!!

It's there for a little Old Man flavor. Nicolae wasn't old when he was turned but there are bound to be some little signs of age when you hit Elder Vampire status.

[karmicpunishmentgames]

"Not that I would recommend hugging the old bat, but hey, it might work out."

Dare I ask what you mean by that- or is asking that revealing too much information at the moment?

Haha, no spoilers there, no. But Nicolae is pretty capricious! You never know what he'll do. Seems like a good way to get bitten!

[karmicpunishmentgames]

Was huxley not scared of the owner anymore when we were on his route? or was he just more comfortable talking to them

He was more comfortable talking but he would have definitely still been scared to be touched or picked up!

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[karmicpunishmentgames]

Wait, how do people get turned into vampires in this universe? It's implied that Nico has bitten Ramsey before (and shown in the 666 downloads art, but that's dubiously canon), and he wasn't turned.

In Blood & Sherry, a vampire must drain their victim to near death and then feed the victim their vampiric blood. A vampire can bite all they want without worry.

[karmicpunishmentgames]

huxleys voice claim is just "angsty teen" from sister location /j /j /j /j

I'm unfamiliar but I'll say yes anyway because Angst.

[karmicpunishmentgames]

If your characters were mermaids what sea creatures would they be? I imagine Koolie would be a man'o war.

I'm going to go through and say Dahlia- Angel Fish 😇

Huxley- Dumbo Octopus

Wisker- Sea Bunny. Not even a mermaid one, just straight up a Sea Bunny.

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Koolie- I associate him with sea angels but those wouldn't make very good mermaids haha. I'd probably go with Lionfish!

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Ramsey- Bull Shark

Nicolae- Pacific Blackdragon fish (Don't look 'em up if deep sea fish creep you out!)

[karmicpunishmentgames]

it'd be cool if there was an easter egg about setting your name as "nicolae" or "ramsey" in B&S! i thought it was funny how they just never acknowledged that we had the same name when i tried it lol

Haha, I was so frustrated while making that screen I didn't consider it. But I do need to remake the screen to be more mobile friendly. Maybe I'll include some easter eggs for all the names mentioned in the game when I go to do that.

[karmicpunishmentgames]

How would Huxley react to getting a pat on the head from The Owner? :)

Terrified, but internally he'd be like that rabid stickman meme.