⚠ The demo for You Make This House a Home is now open for the public. ⚠
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.[💬] "Wakey wakey..."
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You wake up in a house you don't recognize with a man you don't recognize that claims he's your lover. You can't remember a thing about your life or who you were.
Now you must spend the next 5 days leading up to your alleged "anniversary" exploring the house to try and find answers to your questions, or better yet, an escape.
More updates coming soon...
Hello, may I see your invitation, please? Ah, yes, welcome! Please, leave a note for the happy couple to read on their honeymoon.
And take a seat, the ceremony will start very soon.
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Since the blog has hit the 1000 followers milestone, I've decided to release the demo earlier than planned, as a way to thank you all for your continued support.
A murder investigation swallows your charming, east coast city of Norwich, Maine, when your best friend, along with three others, goes missing. You, a college junior at Neumann University, are the prime suspect. Even worse, you find yourself with the same, strange symptoms she had before she disappeared.
This game is intended for mature audiences (18+) and includes references to and interactions with darker subjects such as: racism, sexism, violence, body horror, etc.
Choose your gender and pronouns; Play as female, non-binary, or male -- cis or trans
Choose your appearance and style
Befriend, romance, or antagonize the cast. It's up to you.
4 romance options + 1 mystery RO
Make choices that will test your relationships and morality
Navigate a vampiric transformation
Investigate mysteries
Try not to drop out of college
More Detailed Character Profiles Coming Soon
Angelina Lecrone (she/her)
You've know her since the first grade, and have been inseperable ever since. She's rich, moody, and strong-willed, which makes her an expert at bossing you around.
She has long, slightly wavy dark brown hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. She's 6'2" ft tall.
romanceable by women.
Harrison Lee (he/him)
Your bestfriend's boyfriend, known to most as the school's star quarterback. Many are intimidated by his large stature, before he tells his first stupid joke and they realize he wouldn't hurt a fly--not unless it's in the way of his touchdown.
He has tan skin, curly, dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. He's 6 ft tall.
romanceable by any gender.
Elizabeth (he/him)
A contractor of the Hounds, an influential and secretive organization of vampires. He is just as secretive as an individual, prefering to keep most forms of expression to a minimum.
He has brown skin, dark brown eyes, and short, coily black hair with a white streak in the front. He stands at 5'8".
romanceable by any gender.
Kitty (she/her)
Kitty is among the elite members of the Hounds. Self-assured and cunning, charming and dangerous in equal measure, she is not one to underestimate.
She has brown skin, black eyes, and short, wavy black hair. She is 5'3".
romanceable by any gender.
??? (??/???)
A secret ;)
from top to bottom, left to right: Elizabeth, Harrison, Kitty, Angelina
The beloved Merry Crisis text-based game is now a beautiful hand-drawn visual novel!
Three loves. One week. Merry Crisis is an intimate, character-driven romance visual novel about love, loss, and belonging—is home what you left behind, or where you’re headed?
DEMO OUT NOW. It's completely free!🎄
✨ Synopsis
After a breakup, you return home to Singapore for the holidays… only to:
try (and fail?) to move on from your recent ex (and flatmate)
keep running into the sexy musician-next-door
meet your estranged first love again
With 45min of gameplay, branching paths, cozy introspective vibes, and beautiful art, it's the perfect demo for the season! Play it now on Steam!
Game screenshots
Team
@crxwes, Maria, Silvia, Naz and @fienyx , @princetongirl818, @kathaeris
It's been a long time coming, and I'm glad to finally say, the demo is out now on itch.io! I put a lot of sweat and tears into this, and if you find anything misspelled, coding seems off, let me know ASAP, and I'll fix it ASAP! You have all been very patient, and I appreciate every one of you. The excitement you have all had pushed me to keep wanting to create, and create I did. Thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. I hope you all continue to stay with me to the end of this game!
Now, go ahead and enjoy the demo!
P.S.. Wear headphones!
sibling dead, younger sibling in the hospital, now it's time go home.
Oh...and the first part of Chapter One will be coming in October...HEHEHEH!
our beta readers have done an amazing job weeding the errors and bugs out, but if you do find some regardless, simply send it to the bug detectors channel in my discord server, and we’ll be fixing it.
as usual, a huge thank you to my big sib and collaboration partner, @albywritesfiction, for being an absolute beast when it comes to coding whatever bs i end up writing. they were also the reason the demo could be released sooner because of the sheer promptness with which they handled the errors and bugs detected.
and of course, another shoutout to my girlfriend, @timefall-if, who is the reason i was motivated enough to finish chapter four and continue writing after being bogged down by a myriad of issues that prevented me from being productive. i love you, and i hope you like the update as well ♡
remember that it’s crucial that you start a new game because the variables have been edited which might cause your saves to get errors if you load a game from previous updates. alby and i will try to ensure that the next update can be continued smoothly without starting a new game.
Can you believe it, Chapter Seven after a full year. I am just so grateful! Hopefully, Chapter Seven has a reasonable amount of content, and I can continue adding more and more as the story progresses! I know a few people will have questions about Chapter Eight, and I do have a complete outline written out, and I need to transform that into actual pages for writing. I also mentioned and am currently in the process of writing NBD, which has been so long since I've picked that story up, but I feel in a relatively good place to start again with that. My thoughts on Chapter Seven are at the bottom of the page.
I also have a full list of what has been added, changed, updated, etc.
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EDITS TO CHAPTER SEVEN
ALL EDITS MADE HAVE BEEN DONE SO THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RESTART THE ENTIRE STORY TO FULLY UTILIZE THEM.
NEW TO THE STORY:
3 DIFFERENT BREAKAWAY PATHS - WITH THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THE CHAPTER
TWO NEW LOVE INTERESTS
UPDATED MC PROFILE
CAN CHANGE A FEW THINGS APPEARANCE WISE
UPDATED CHARACTER PROFILES
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CODING ADDITIONS/UPDATES
SETTING CHANGES BETWEEN CHAPTERS 6 AND 7
IMPERIAL / METRIC SYSTEM
ALL USES OF LENGTH [INCHES], TEMP [FAHRENHEIT], DISTANCE [MILES], ETC. WILL SWITCH TO THE METRIC SYSTEM - THERE HAVE BEEN EDITED CHANGES MADE
FOR THOSE WISHING TO CHANGE TO METRIC, BETWEEN CHAPTERS 6 AND 7, YOU CAN UPDATE THE OPTIONS THAT INVOLVE LENGTH, ETC
HEIGHTS FOR ALL ROS HAVE ALSO BEEN UPDATED FOR SWITCH
HEIGHTS HAVE ALSO BEEN CORRECTED, HAVING BOTH FT AND CM (MAY NEED FURTHER UPDATING)
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION BETWEEN CHAPTERS 6 AND 7
PRONOUN CHANGES [CODE CHANGES TO MAKE PRONOUN SELECTION EASIER BUT STILL CUSTOMIZABLE]
GENDER CHANGES [CODE CHANGES TO MAKE GENDER SELECTION EASIER]
HAIR APPEARANCE CHANGES
ALL PREV SCENES HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR BOTTOM/TOP SURGERY INFO
IMAGE FITTING
UPDATED THEME CHANGES
EFFORTLESSLY SWITCH BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT MODES
NEW FONT ADDED: OPEN DYSLEXIC
ADDED EDIT WORD SPACING FOR BETTER READABILITY
NEW SONGS ADDED FOR WARDEN AND THE DEMON [WIP]
NEW NAME SELECTION CODING OVER SELECTING SAME NAMES
THIS DOES NOT OVERRIDE NAMES FROM PREVIOUS SAVES
MC CAN NO LONGER SHARE NAMES OR NAME VARIANTS WITH THE ROS
TINY EASTER EGGS FOR EACH RO
UPDATED NAME CODING - AUTOMATIC CAPITALIZATION
UPDATED BIRTHDAY IN PROFILES
YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE THE CODING
MINOR CHANGE ON MCS AGE
SPRING/SUMMER MCs WILL ALL BE 22.
FALL AND WINTER MCs WILL BE LABELED IN THEIR 20s, UNTIL MONTHS ARE SELECTED, SPLITTING MCs TO BE 22.
THOSE BORN IN DEC WILL BE 21 - LATER CHAPTERS WILL UPDATE THE AGE TO 22.
MINOR LINES ABOUT MCs AGE HAVE BEEN ALTERED
[WILL BE UPDATED AGAIN IN THE FUTURE FOR BIRTHDATES]
LIGHTMODE COLOR FIXES
SOME OF THE DARKER COLORS OF RED/PURPLE/BLUES HAVE BEEN UPDATED SO THAT THEY'RE EASIER TO SEE
CHAPTERS' IMAGES FOR LIGHTMODE HAVE ALSO BEEN SWITCHED WITH A LIGHTMODE VARIANT
UPDATING THE GO BACK FUNCTION SO THAT YOUR CHOICES AREN'T ERASED AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RESELECT EVERYTHING
[WARNING: THERE MAY--HEAVY ON THE MAY--THIS FUNCTION IS NEW TO ME, SO I STILL WILL BE MAKING SURE THAT ISSUES ARE FIXED]
MINOR PERSONALITY SELECTION UPDATES
FIXED ERRORS WITH BOTTOM SURGERY FOR TRANS CHARACTERS - UPDATED PROFILES AND SEXUAL SCENES
WARDEN AND DRAGON PROFILE UPDATES
IMAGE UPDATES
CODING VARIABLE FIXES
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KNOWN ISSUES/CONCERNS
MOST PRESSING KNOWN ISSUE:
MENTAL ILLNESS
STILL NOT FULLY INTEGRATED - THEY ARE USED SPARRING THROUGHOUT CHAPTER SEVEN
THERE ARE WORKS OF GETTING BETA TESTERS SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE DISORDERS AND HOW TO BETTER INTEGRATE THEM
CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS
VISION ISSUES/HEARING ISSUES NOT FULLY UTILIZED IN THESE CHAPTERS
IMAGE CLARITY
ALL IMAGES ARE PNGS THEY WILL BE SWITCHED TO SVGS AT A LATER DATE
PARAGRAPH FORMATTING FROM PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
PREVIOUS CHAPTERS' PARAGRAPH FORMATTING HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, BUT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, CHAPTER SEVEN HAS TAKEN TIME TO BREAK UP DIALOGUE AND PARAGRAPHS
[PREVIOUS CHAPTERS HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED]
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Thoughts on Chapter Seven:
It's a mellow chapter. There are some high moments, but this chapter really is just laying out the groundwork for future moments, which I am not necessarily upset about, but I could see how people may view this as comparatively boring in comparison to Chapters 1 - 6, which are constantly moving. Overall, I am quite happy, and I have learned a lot of things and so many quality of life fixes. Love Warden and Dragon and its nice to officially have two new love interests. I hope y'all enjoy the chapter!
Pack your bags, you’ve just been selected to join Warm Me Up!
I’m so excited (and nervous as hell 😅) to announce that the prologue + chapter one of Warm Me Up is now live!
In these chapters, you can:
❄️ Fill out your application
❄️ Meet Anjali, Dmitry, Kailee, Kalea, Makai, and some other cool characters
❄️ Participate in your first confessional
❄️ Place your bid in the very first Warm Up Ceremony
PLAY IT NOW:
[ITCH.IO] | [NEOCITIES]
This thing is almost a year in the making and I've still got a looooong way to go. I really hope you enjoy it 💗