The way each sentence is worded is absolutely beautiful, the way each sentence carries itself and the sprites too, they are absolutely fantastic. Although I am curious as to what lies ahead of their adventure, but I guess that's another story
Very nice art. Good story-base as well. The story telling style has a strangely nostalgic feel to it. Almost dream-like.
Although... if you are not supposed to notice he has fangs until it's too late, shouldn't he smile with his mouth closed until such a time? oO
Awww... He's so sweet after you confess~ ❤️
But such a tragic end. 😭
If you choose the other path, he goes a little overboard. But I suspect he has a history with you causing him to worry too much, rather than simply invite you to stay.
Ending 5 is sweet tho. ^_^
But I DO wish to know if it worked to break the curse. It didn't say anything about whether it did or didn't.
I really enjoy Duskbound and would love to help make it accessible to more players. I'd like to offer my help with translating the game into Russian. I believe many Russian-speaking players would appreciate having an official translation.
If you're interested, please let me know how we could collaborate. I’d be happy to discuss the details.
Thanks again for playing my game! I just noticed you had made one and wanted to return the kindness. I honestly usually scroll past games with anime art style, so I'd never played this before. I'm glad I played! It was very atmospheric. The lovely art, music and writing worked together so well. I got a couple of the shorter endings before the longest, and it was great to see more of the story unfold each time. Amazing work for your first game! (After playing this, I now see why you liked mare best of my ghost guys, lolol!)
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
"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."
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
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.
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.
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.
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
//spoilers//
the one who orchestrated behind everything and made them suffer!!
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.
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!
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.
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 :)
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!
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The way each sentence is worded is absolutely beautiful, the way each sentence carries itself and the sprites too, they are absolutely fantastic. Although I am curious as to what lies ahead of their adventure, but I guess that's another story
All in all, wonderful game!
Very nice art. Good story-base as well.
The story telling style has a strangely nostalgic feel to it. Almost dream-like.
Although... if you are not supposed to notice he has fangs until it's too late, shouldn't he smile with his mouth closed until such a time? oO
Awww... He's so sweet after you confess~ ❤️
But such a tragic end. 😭
If you choose the other path, he goes a little overboard.
But I suspect he has a history with you causing him to worry too much, rather than simply invite you to stay.
Ending 5 is sweet tho. ^_^
But I DO wish to know if it worked to break the curse.
It didn't say anything about whether it did or didn't.
...now I'm curious about what it DOES take. lol
Hello!
I really enjoy Duskbound and would love to help make it accessible to more players. I'd like to offer my help with translating the game into Russian. I believe many Russian-speaking players would appreciate having an official translation.
If you're interested, please let me know how we could collaborate. I’d be happy to discuss the details.
Looking forward to your reply!
Best regards,
Zogar
Thanks again for playing my game! I just noticed you had made one and wanted to return the kindness. I honestly usually scroll past games with anime art style, so I'd never played this before. I'm glad I played! It was very atmospheric. The lovely art, music and writing worked together so well. I got a couple of the shorter endings before the longest, and it was great to see more of the story unfold each time. Amazing work for your first game!
(After playing this, I now see why you liked mare best of my ghost guys, lolol!)
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
//spoilers//
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!