Duskbound
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Story
A red moon shines ominously on a city shrouded in endless night. The people here don't seem to have any life left in them. Well, all except for him. A young woman looking for an escape from her dreary everyday latches onto the only man left with light in his eyes, and musters up the courage to confess her love. If only she had noticed his sharp teeth before it was too late...
Features
- Around 9k words (30-45 minute playtime)
- One possibly unhinged vampire love interest
- 5 different endings, plus one unlockable final ending
- 3 CGs (with variations)
- 日本語版あります！
Credits
Writing, art and programming: Nefferinthia
Script editing: Capri
Music: EJ Tan
Additional credits: Fonts by Typographer Mediengestaltung, Dieter Steffmann, Hewett Tsoi and HPLHS Prop Fonts.
Sound effects from Pixabay, Zapsplat and Filmcow.
Stock photos from Vecteezy and Pexels (credit to Francesco Ungaro and Hisham Yahya).
Various brushes from the Clip Studio Assets store.
Japanese translation thanks to Origo and zachte kontbeweging.
Content warnings
This game features possibly disturbing content including blood, violence, manipulation, death/murder and dubious consent.Other
This is my first ever VN release after dreaming of making one for a long time! A rating or comment would mean the world to me. If you're interested in any future projects, do follow me on twitter!
Download
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Development log
- Japanese translation added! 日本語版リリース！52 days ago
- Thanks for 2k+ downloads!Jul 29, 2023
- Duskbound post-mortem – how I finally completed my first visual novelJul 07, 2023
- Duskbound walkthroughJul 03, 2023
- Small bug fixJun 29, 2023
Comments
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i generally dont play games where the MC is visible, or when they fall first.
this game, however, had such beautiful art and music that i pushed past that, and i loved it! i'm definitely replaying to get all the endings and CGs. thanks for making this <3
where can i find the music for this game? or at least song titles? i looked on the composers page but couldnt find it.
you might want to change the description to remove otome, the is not an otome, good game tho
The protagonist is a woman and the love interest is male, so I'm fairly sure this counts as otome.
A simple google search for the word otome:
"An otome game is a story-based romance video game targeted towards women with a female protagonist as the player character. Generally one of the goals, besides the main story goal, is to develop a romantic relationship between the female main player character and one of the usually male, secondary lead characters."
Vvvvvvery nice story, very nice art, very nice music, very nice Everything, i really liked this thank you very much author, and please make more <3
hey great game but somehow i've followed all paths, yet only three slots out of five in the gallery are filled, and two with the same picture of vergilius giving the pale one his blood. is it supposed to be like this? thanks
Hi!
Have you restarted the game after completing the five endings? A new loop should unlock! There you get the last CG, which has 2 slots for a small variation.
hi. thanks! i did just that and yes i got the full gallery. i just noticed the small differences between the pictures in each of the two sets. thank you so much for the amazing game.
I LOVE THIS GAME!TYY I LIKE IT.<3
ofc the players skin whiter than paper
Nobody likes you.
There was just no need for this comment... obviously some games are gonna have pale MCs and that's perfectly fine - it's just a skin colour, I'm not sure why the skin colour matters at all, but the great thing about it being 2024 is that you can go play so many other games with POC MCs instead of wasting your time on writing negative comments under games with a paler MC.
I'm not pale skinned but I enjoyed this regardless? Unnecessary comment honestly.
Your username is "IloveSubbyBois", and you like several games where the MC is non-customizable and pale. Your comment reeks of projection. Please leave creators alone, especially when they're just making games for free. A comment like this on the creator's first-ever VN is sure to only be discouraging. Please think before you comment next time.
The player is quite literally reffered to as "the pale one" throughout the game. Also I'm not pale whatsoever and I still absolutely love this.
i cried, the male lead was the sweetest and I adore the heroine too, i like the art, the expressions especially of the genteel yandere ml were on point. now I'm just hoping there would be a sequel about their happy endings from there on or maybe a prequel about
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the one who orchestrated behind everything and made them suffer!!
it's an fascinating setting
I love this game. Won't say anything to spoil it. My only thing is i wish we can name ourself. Being called pale one is funny and all and since im EXTREMELY pale it feels funny. All and all its such a nice game that warms my heart. 4.9/5 Only because i wish we could name our character we play as.
Can you add it to Android please?
I use Joiplay with renply and it works for me 100%
the art is so beautiful oh my godddddd
很棒
i love this game a lot!!!!
I LOVE IT!!
I love LOVE circular narrative and tragedy, and you've done excellent job at them with this VN. Love the gothic atmosphere, the wonderful art, and the beautiful writing!
the art in your game is epic and give chill moments
Eu AMEI este jogo, fiquei tão triste pelo primeiro final que eu peguei (3) que estou juntando forças agora kk ;(
Aparentemente a Lua e o Sol não são destinados a ficarem juntos em nenhum universo.
Great VN! Absolutely beautiful art and the music fits perfectly!
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Really cool idea to turn the whole replaying to see all the endings into part of the story!
this VN was pretty good for a first and i love how all the choices matter, though they seem trivial. the plot was interesting and the Pale One was kinda cute and i pretty much liked her! the CGs were really good and well detailed as well as the sprites.
!!SPOILERS AHEAD(obviously)!!
i got kind of emotional when vergilius (?) asked my name at the end just like how he hinted that he would ask my name after all this was over. the Pale One reminded me of Sophia from MY Next Life As The Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom and i'm surprised that nobody has mentioned it in the comments...guess i'm the only otaku here huh :D
anyway the visuals, character sprites and background music was pretty impressive and oh yeah! i wanted to talk about the endings (this'll probably be long)...
obviously, the first ending freaked me out and that was the time that i came to know that i have an ability to get the bad end on my first attempt.
the second ending was kinda spicy though it was a bad end and if i remember correctly, i die because he sucked too much of my blood and feel great pleasure (?) until the end.
the third one was when we die due to the sunlight. this ending is my personal favourite and it made me realize that the goal we were working towards was a dead end, and made me feel really emotional. the execution was pretty good and obviously, Vergilius is FINE.
the fourth one was the ending in which i think i kill him through a knife and run away from his mansion (red flags aside, i feel bad for him T_T) i don't like how she deceived him just for her own good (i would've stayed there forever!)
the fifth ending was the only happy ending for me and it felt good because she decided to stay with him (literally me) and was pretty spicy and loved her fangs and his pleasurable expression.
finally, the unlockable ending, in which the fourth wall breaks and was pretty good though it didn't actually have a conclusion. though it's a bit tragic, but i imagine that the conclusion to this... was the third ending, though i shouldn't conclude based purely on imagination because there would be no difference to this and the third one except the breaking of the fourth wall. i don't know if there's conclusion to this or not, but i hope it's a happy ending.
btw, i loved the way he kissed me (though i sound like a creep) <3
so, this is the end of this review and sorry for the though's and the shifting pov towards the protagonist (the Pale One, she,me/i)
well, keep up the good work! even though this VN was short, it was a wonderful one and was enough to quickly attach the player to the characters! hope there'll be more works from you <3
Thank you so much for the in depth comments, I really loved reading them and I'm glad you enjoyed the game! I definitely want to work on more projects so please keep an eye out :)
my pleasure ;)
can i upload this game on youtube
Sure, I have no problem with commentary videos etc. :)
I don't remember when I've played this but I'm willing to replay this once I have time soon :D really love these type of gamesss
Supportttttttt
I saw how everything ended! The MC and LI were very lovely. Seeing a new side of the character was excellent every time I played the game. I love her fangs!
I don't usually comment on itch.io games but wow. I REALLY loved the prose and writing, even despite the short length i grew attached and became sympathetic to the characters, with the final lines in the final route filling me with a sense of hope i really needed tonight. Should you make any future works, I would love to play them! Great job!
I really enjoyed playing Duskbound! Had me hooked and I ended up getting all the endings in one sitting because I. HAD. TO. KNOWWWWW. I liked the script too, especially with being a short game, it was still very concise and sweet. Amazing! :)
Really enjoyed the game. The music was absolutely gorgeous and I really liked the character designs. It was kind of funny there was one point i was joking about something but it actually became real lol. As a first game this was really well done.
JUST REALIZED I FORGOT TO COMMENT, SO SORRY! ;_;
But let me tell you that this game was truly beautiful and I had a lot of fun with it!! And also huge congrats on completing your first VN. <3 <3 <3 Looking forward to more from you! :)
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUACHHHHHH. Like it was so perfect for mee!!. The male protagonist is sooooo handsome ><, and the mc (pale one) is so cutee! i love her design so muchh!! I love how the story goes, and absolutely love your art tyle. Oh and this game kinda reminds me of "Diabolik Lovers" which is my most favorite otome game!! Keep up the goodwork nef<333 im looking forward for your future games!
Also the music is also reaalllllyy beautifullll, very very much reminds me of Diabolik lovers soundtrack also:>>, Goodjob too for Eric Jeffrey Tan!
Thank you so much for your kind comment, I'm really glad you liked it! Diabolik Lovers was definitely one of my inspirations for this game hehe
It might take me a while but I'm definitely planning on making more games so keep an eye out!
this was really good!! i love the designs of the characters and the story is so interesting :OO <333 please do make more
i cant even figure out how to download or open the game 😞
i have the folders and files, extracted them and all but now i dont know what to click on
Hi! There should be an .exe file in the folder that launches the game!
This game was perfect. I don't need to say more other then I hope to see more from the creator. :D
Glad to hear you liked it! I definitely have more project ideas in mind for the future so stay tuned ^_^
I can't wait too see more from you!!
the final loop was interesting
Said stuff like this in the review I made, but this is a BEAUTIFUL game. Maybe some of the romance isn't for everyone, and it wasn't entirely for me, but this was a REALLY good game. It's simple, but the world its in and the story it tells is amazing for how short it is. I would definitely recommend it for any fan of yandere stories. Great work!! :D
(oh and the art and music is really nice)
I had a lovely time with this game. I found both characters endearing and enjoyed how all the endings fit into the story!
By "dubious consent", are you referring to sex or something else?
Hello! There is no sexual content in the VN, but there are some suggestive scenes involving kissing and bloodsucking, not all of which are fully consensual.
Ah ok! Thank you for the clarification!
The story is awesome and it was fun checking out all the different routes and learning more about the story. The art is gorgeous as well and the music really adds to the experience.
I had lovely time playing Duskbound! I love how Vergilius was quite a mystery in the beginning -- I love exploring the branches to get to see different side of him and get to know him more as I read! I especially loved seeing him blushes. Characters art are super cute and the backgrounds are so beautiful. It's amazing creation! Thank you for making this <33
Ahh, Konayachi, thank you so much for playing and for the kind comments!! I'm glad you liked the game, and Vergilius especially <3