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Three yandere monsters help you, a monster hunter, save the world from eternal darkness
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https://meant-to-bee-studios.itch.io/in-your-veins
Three yandere monsters help you, a monster hunter, save the world from eternal darkness
In Your Veins has a Tumblr Blog!
Consider following @inyourveinsvn ! You get more of these freaks cuties!
He wasn’t an insomniac, but… some nights, sleep simply forgot to settle upon the student’s eyelids thus those bright, green jewels remain halfway open and stare listlessly up at the intricate woodwork of the bed’s canopy. Those very nights were becoming more frequent as of late, though. Vegn assumed it was restlessness because of how he'd been smoking so much less than he used to; whenever Iyvand had a cigar, the younger elf would share it to take a few drags of his own. Beyond that? He would stand on the balcony with nothing between his lips but the smallest opening to breathe fresh air in through. No drugs were lit on his own accord. The ease cigarettes brought an anxious body dimmed in relation to what good, relaxing company could do, instead. Things change. People change. The land changes. That was what time inevitably did with no means to escape it. He used to admire a shadowmancer and got swept up into the man's chaotic group of once-lovers and would-be lovers and current lovers, stress in copious amounts weighing down upon the youth until being amongst such people caused Iyvand to nearly lose his life. That was his breaking point. The entire house fled to save their leader; that headache of a man had more than enough people in his life ready to risk their own for his sake even though he was immortal. The bloodshed wasn't worth it and the sharing was uncomfortable save for one or two rare moments where they'd all gotten along. Honestly, Vegn had done a damn fine job of erasing the entire ordeal from his memories so that regret was unable to brew in the depths of it, and yet... he wouldn't have changed anything. Not one. On the contrary, he'd hoped for closure, but things were better left abandoned and the thanks he had for his once-upon-a-time caretaker introducing him to his current husband would have to remain unknown. Were it not for him... what would life have been like...? Whatever the answer, anything compared to what the Pandaria-born boy had now was rubbish. Anything. Even becoming the world's wisest mage and having all of Azeroth know his name because of such expertise in regards to magic as a whole was a laughable existence without Iyvand. Whatever reality he wound up in, whatever alternate universe, whatever timeline, whatever vessel his soul carried on to, he would have the Gatekeeper right there with him or trudge through hell to find him, over, and over, and over again. That was love. That was what that stupid, over-used word meant. That was what others sang about, wrote about, and questioned the definition of. That was what Vegn had resting right beside him. Reminiscing prompted him to realize he already had, as a matter of fact, gone through hell to get the brothel owner's affection. They'd had quite the recent history, hadn't they? Still, in the end, there were no regrets. No mourning. Even that word was absent from his surname, now—Mournmist was neither a mourner nor the essence of a dreary rainfall. He was a Larkwhisper, a songbird serenading the sun to rise as though the melody were a hushed secret. Negative had become positive. It was... eerie how quickly such a thing came to be, too. He prayed this high wasn't flirting with the need to balance out by experiencing a low... The sound of stirring sheets captures Vegn's attention and he peers over at his beloved's confirmed movement. Turning, stretching, gorgeous limbs taut with muscle reaching through the light of dawn to pull a certain youth close without ever opening those eyes. After sighing with contentment into short hair, the baritone hums, “Good morning.” One corner of the tenor's lips quirk and with a voice muffled directly against the man’s neck, he murmurs back, “Moron.” ((@thebandinoriel))
December Devlog- in for a big year!
Happy New Year's Eve! It's gonna be a big year ahead!
I'm aware I've slacked on the devlogs in the latter half of 2025, but as for 2026, that will be fully remedied because…
Patreon
We're launching a Patreon! Here you can support what we do directly. In doing so, ensure we put on consistently high-quality projects for free/cheap. Patreon
Of course, you can keep supporting us for free by following, playing our games, and commenting/rating them! But for those of you who want to take it one step further, here are our tiers above in a bit more detail!
"In the clouds." tier ($3 USD) is for supporters who want to help out financially, but not be 'perceived', just a silent sponsor, if you will. They don't want to interact with the creators or the other patrons, but still want to be involved in some way and receive some credit along the way.
Here you get:
Monthly devlogs (this is for our free tier)
Vote in polls (names for characters, early designs, future projects, etc.)
Sneak peeks of project wips
Name in the credits of our games
Access to all our current DLC and future DLC content, regardless of price or if it's NSFW
"Angel" tier ($5 USD) is for those who want that and more, and are a bit more extroverted.
Here you get:
A special Discord role and chat channel
You can submit Q&A questions for our monthly Q&A
Behind-the-scenes content
Exclusive giveaways
And all in previous tiers~!
"Sun and Moon" tier ($10 USD) for those of you who want all listed before, and more, going above and beyond to show your support and get the most back.
Access to early/discounted merch
Access to beta builds as a player or as a playtester
Access to all our current and future commercial games and their DLC (regardless of game price)
1 free keychain of your choosing!
And all in previous tiers~!
As stated before, this will help us in more ways than one, mainly protecting us indie devs from censorship/deindexing that took place during 2025.
Now that we are mostly free from prohibition (as we jokingly referred to it), we can release the Criminally Yours Nik NSFW scene, almost as both an apology and thank you for supporting us. However, you do not have to be a patron to access this, as it is now on our Itch page for $1 USD. If you're a patron, however, you have access to the NSFW DLC, as well as the full version of Criminally Yours, and all of Rectifier: In Bloom to start. (with many other dlc and commercial games on their way).
Skywrite Studios vs Meant to Bee Studios
Going back to Patreon once more, this is for "Skywrite Studios," which is where "Meant to Bee Studios" is moving to from now on, the names are interchangeable to me at this point, but we've built quite a sizeable following for Meant to Bee, here on Itch and even on Steam, though we will be fully migrating from M2B to Skywrite as much as possible, so I'd strongly suggest following Skywrite on Tumblr, Kofi, Bluesky, (and Twitter, I guess.) We will be posting for all of our projects:
Current projects: "Carved in Stone", "Golden Bonds", "Criminally Yours", "The Prince's Keeper", "Wounded Wildflower", "The Missing Ingredient".
Future projects: "Dream Date", "In Your Veins", "My Sweet Fairy!", "Ducky", "Starfallen: Strength", "Four Horsemen", "Rectifier: In Bloom", and "Rectifier".
Upcoming Games
We have many dating sims planned to release in 2026 that you won't want to miss out on. I'll give you an overview now; you'll be hearing about them all a LOT, going forward.
"Dream Date"
Our first game is set to release in 2026. Coming in late January for Once Upon a Time Jam. Here you play as a self-insert MC, on a solo trip to Paris, and make a wish on a star... And that star comes to life to grant your wishes and is also cute???
Meet Celestin, the love interest who is full of love, light, and whimsy.
"Dream Date" is a sweet and short game, totaling about half an hour to an hour of playtime. It's a short and incredibly sweet experience.
"In Your Veins"
Starting strong, from the "Criminally Yours" team comes another yandere dating sim! This time with 3 love interests. +1 DLC-specific love interest, who you'll be able to meet in the demo.
"In Your Veins" is a celtic gothic themed dark fantasy romance where you play as a family member of House Duskworn, a group of monster hunters. You're tasked with stopping the world from falling into an endless darkness, with the help of your monstrous, or more specifically, freaky, companions.
Cassius [ca-see-us] [he/him], a coy vampire lord you've managed to collar, at least for now, though he doesn't seem to mind being handled by you.
Katya [cot-yuh] [she/they] is an easy-going witch apprentice. She's easily enthralled by the abnormal, including you.
Arden [are-den] [they/them], a human eating Harpy who, though proven mostly harmless, refuses to leave you.
Yeaven [yay-ven] [he/him], an aristocratic Sun templar who stands against you.
This demo is about 2-3 hours in length and covers the first part of the game, set to release in late February/early March 2026 for Yandere Jam!
Script is about 90% done, with art and music beginning to be worked on.
Double Fairy Feature:
Instead of one fairy-themed project for Blossom Jam in March/April, we have 2 set to release.
"My Sweet Fairy!"
If you're familiar with these devlogs already, you're more than familiar with "My Sweet Fairy!" and how we had to roll it over to this year due to the unexpected success that was Criminally Yours a month or 2 before it in 2025.
"My Sweet Fairy!" is a contemporary amare dating sim where you play as a workaholic named Valerie (renamable) who tries to relax in a countryside cottage Airbnb (not sponsored) and ends up meeting an incredibly attractive fairy in the garden.
Here is some gorgeous art of the gorgeous love interest- Libby/Leif (you choose between the femme or masc version for your love interest, but they are the same character)
Well, it's happening this time! We have a good portion of it ready. It's a matter of getting a new sprite artist on board while polishing the script and assembling the pieces.
When finished, it'll be about a 3-4 hour story and complete. Set to release in late March or early April of 2026 for Blossom Jam 2026.
"Ducky"
In the other fairy-themed project we have planned, instead of dating a fairy in a modern setting, you'll be the fairy in a fantasy setting. It also isn't too unfamiliar to those who've played our O2A2 game in August 2026. "Wounded Wildflower."
In addition to Blossom Jam, we will be submitting to Ossan Jam as well.
In "Ducky", you'll romance our veteran monster hunter Gerrit for real this time. In a 3-4 hour dating sim, you'll play as the title character, "Ducky," an eccentric fairy small town fairy moving to the big city, escorted by an older monster hunter, Gerrit. Ducky and Gerrit travel for almost a year to reach their destination, falling in love with the changing of the seasons.
I've wanted to extend Gerrit as a character from his original conception for "Wounded Wildflower." I've also wanted to participate in Ossan Jam for going on 2 years now. I'm very excited to work on and share more about this game. Also, expect an NSFW/Epilogue DLC if that's your jam.
If you'd like to help fund Ducky directly you can, join Patreon as a member or contribute to our Skywrite kofi goal here: https://ko-fi.com/U7U37Q955/goal?g=0
"Ducky" is set to release close to or alongside "My Sweet Fairy" in late March or early April. So if you love fairy and human romance, stay tuned.
"Starfallen: Strength"
Of course, we're going to be participating in Otome Jam once again. We also intend to submit to "Battle Fantasy Jam" as well. "Starfallen: Strength" is quite a special entry for us; it's quite ambitious for me (Joy) specifically. As it's a spiritual sequel to my RPG/VN "Lord of Lies" and a precursor to "Rectifier/Rectifier: In Bloom."
Play as 2 main characters: [left to right] Lennon and Petra. Each girl has 3 love interests each, meaning you'll be able to play 2 romance routes (out of a total of 6) at once in a single playthrough.
In this game, you're a member of the Sky Ward, a fortress that sits atop a mountain in the clouds, tasked with discovering the magical mysteries of the universe. Only, a monster invasion plans to destroy all they've accomplished since their foundation.
"Starfallen: Strength" is an action high fantasy otome game spanning 3 total ACTS. Act 1 will be released for Otome Jam at about 3-5 hours roughly. (Still in the drafting process, so it's hard to know for certain. But Acts 2 and 3 will be longer.
Lennon's Love Interests: [left to right] Verona [she/her], Deon [he/him], Colette [she/they].
Verona [v-ehr-o-nuh], the pragmatic leader of the Sky Ward and Lennon's mentor, and nothing more, because it would be inappropriate, unless…
Deon [dee-on], Lennon's childhood friend, and a former gladiator. He may have an unrequited love for Lennon.
Colette [co-let], a bubbly noble with exceptional skills as a ranger who loves to communicate with animals and flirt with Lennon whenever possible.
Petra's Love Interests: [left to right] Idris [he/they], Xavi [they/she], Faron [he/him].
Idris [ee-driss], a mysterious wizard and arsonist? Idris is incredibly self-serving and has one thing, or rather, person, on his mind.
Xavi [z-ah-vee], a priestess of Aelyr, devoted to their faith and to Petra, I mean everyone at the Sky Ward, of course…
Faron [fair-in], the newest member of the Sky Ward and an Aniterran (a half animal/half human race) who is fascinated by human nature, and Petra specifically.
"Four Horsemen"
To close out the year for game releases, "Four Horsemen". A dating sim where you date the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Yup. That's what we wrote; it's far too early to say too much about this project yet. But it's set to release 2 weeks before Halloween 2026.
"Rectifier"
Also, for Rectifier fans- we are officially writing for the main game! Hopefully, by Q3/Q4 of 2026, we will have an early build of ACT 1 so we can properly release it in 2027. Before it's in its in-game form, however, we will be looking for beta readers/editors for the script that will most likely start in the Summer of 2026. Please consider checking out our Tumblr page and/or our Discord channel for Rectifier if you're interested in keeping up with it, and when we recruit for outside help. (Also Patreon, of course)
Thank you for reading! And extra thank you for your support!
So if you'd like to support some or all of these projects, this will be the best way to do it, while keeping up with the progress of each.
Our teams for Skywrite are all incredibly hyped for everything to come in the new year, and we hope you are too! Until next month! (or sooner on the Patreon ;) )
In Your Veins VN is well on its way! For Yandere Jam 2026 🩸introducing 3/3 of our love interests Cassius! Cassius is a vampire lord you managed to collar. Though he doesn’t seem to mind in the slightest, when you’re the handler ⛓️💥
“In Your Veins” is well on its way! For Yandere Jam 2026 🩸introducing 1/3 of our love interests Arden! Arden is a harpy that’s been by your side, a monster hunter, since you met, and there’s no place they’d rather be. They’re not too keen on sharing you with the others… 🐦⬛
I would pay insane amounts of money that I in fact do not have in order to date Witney in a DLC. Have you thought developing a patronage to the god of capitalism and taking our money for this?
Unfortunately no lol Whitney was never meant to be a route and is spoken for. However, if you’d like to play another Yandere game made by the same team as Criminally Yours, with a lady you can kiss, check out @inyourveinsvn ♥️
Three yandere monsters help you, a monster hunter, save the world from eternal darkness
3/11 - Iyvand (@thebandinoriel) and Vegn (@v-e-g-n) are wed. <3 id been meaning to touch this up for ages with shading and shit but apparently i didnt save the photoshop file, so i will have to share it as is. way too late for me to change proportions (vegn doesnt look small enough!) and such /SOB... the outcome is alright for what it is, though. ill give them better art in the future. wanted to commemorate today somehow, though! (ref was heavily referenced for the pose but i cant find the photo; this was so long ago...)
edit: holy mother of god tumblr ruined the quality and it looks super dark on the mobile app im sorry LOL