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the commenter underneath me said it best: "i wish i could give this more than 5 stars." so true. sometimes you encounter something so good that it makes you reevaluate past ratings you've given other things. this is one such situation. the amount of content that is in this, especially considering it is STILL A DEMO, is mind-boggling. i was impressed to find that there was even attention to small details -- like what happens if you sleep with kyle after dinner, then accept lucian's confession and invite him to your cabin, only to turn him away at your door. also, the difference between how the characters behave based on how you treat them (especially kyle) was cool to learn with each playthrough. i've been playing this game for a few days and i'm still encountering new things. i sincerely hope you finish this game because it may genuinely turn out to be one of the best and most fleshed-out amare games ever. i really hope you're proud of what you've achieved here! this is very very impressive, especially for a SOLO DEV!!!! 

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i'm getting the distinct vibe that there is ANOTHER yandere that we havent had the opportunity to properly meet yet. firstly, the eyes staring at the mc on the first day are the same regardless of route. the yandere cabin scene (and stolen hairbrush) is also the same regardless of route. most interestingly is the figure that threatens barb if the mc sleeps with her on the second day: she spots a person in a camp hoodie with a knife. that definitely does not fit the description of any of the monsters we've encountered so far, leading me to believe this is confirmation of there being another "secret" yandere romance option. i'm excited to learn more about and meet this other yandere! i'm also interested in finding out what the dug-up photo of the twins is for, and what the room with the fixed bulb is for too! i'm guessing those will be in future updates, unless i just havent encountered the purpose in my playthroughs.

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i encountered a game-breaking bug in the slasher route (this may also be achievable in the other monster routes, but its the most game-breaking in the slasher route due to the pronouns functionality). if you catch lyle and barb having sex at dinner, you can then speak to barb in the mess hall. if you ask her how she's feeling, lucian will then invite you to the lake with him. after lucian's scene, the night is prematurely ended without ever meeting the monster in the shed. because of this, the slasher never gets any pronouns, which consequently breaks any scene that they're in AND breaks the relationship tab when you try to see their page. there's also a permanent "investigate the shed behind the mess hall" task in the notes tab on the second day, but going there doesnt seem to do anything.

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edit: also, i suggest adding the "yandere" and "amare" tags to give the game more visibility! right now, it's a bit hard to find among a sea of male-gazey ero games.

my queen, the coworker, deserves a name! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

the shade you threw at the "other game" made me laugh so hard LOL xD!! so true, so true ^^

so biker boy doesnt have any red flags? got it!

it does currently feel like a murder-sim! i certainly wouldn't mind a longer narrative just so we can see the mc spend more time with c-99 ^^! i agree with you that the game is very charming :D

yay! so excited! thank you for letting me know ^^

hi! haha, excited to find out which parts i got right! keep up the good work ^^

wow that was great :D! without spoiling, the plot twist really caught me off-guard haha! is this it for the game or do you have more planned ^^?

easily one of my fave yandere vn's! c-99 is a perfect yandere ^^

great game! i really enjoyed the demo ^^
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my theory currently is that there are multiple yanderes at play here. both louise and lloyd are giving me yandere vibes, and of course there's loverboy too (who i think is a separate character from these two bc if we count the cop, that makes 4 dateable characters -- unless jenny is secretly alive??). the fact that jenny died made me wonder whether loverboy is actually a psycho who obsesses over random people or if the target of his affections has actually been the mc all along. 

respectfully, this is great news xD

thanks for making your game free! and dont worry, i know the short stories are worth the price, and that your game isn't a murdersim. i was just responding to the other commenter asking for game recommendations (and giving some of my opinions on these other games) ^^

woah that latest update is INSANE!! excited to see more from you ^^

i can only think of three other games that are similar and the rate of progress on them is .... concerning. forcefully yours has a free demo on here with a lot of content, but unfortunately the dev has been missing for a few years now. i played the demo for sterile desires when it was free and it was definitely dark (there's non-con), but the demo now costs $10 (i think it's a full chapter) and they haven't even updated it on itchio in a year and a half. i don't want to criticise anybody for how they choose to value their work, but personally, i wouldn't want to pay that much for an incomplete demo and no assurance that i'd ever even get a complete product. there's also "yours game" which also has non-con, but it's a short demo and also hasn't been updated for a while. all that to say, we're definitely being spoiled by soapinsoup xD

since you said you're looking for dark romance, i'm assuming you dont want a pure horrorporn murdersim like boyfriend to death. if, however. you're looking for a murdersim with yanderes, you can try the two games by mr fishess. courtin' cowboys is about $9 for the full game. you can see the warnings on the game page and decide if it's up your alley. if i recall correctly, two of the characters are yanderes. the other characters are either normal or just sadistic/psychos. there's a ton of content and many endings, so it's definitely worth the price imo. lovers trophy is $2 and has a lot less content, and i think only one of the two male leads is actually a yandere (the brunet guy). this game does have a demo if you wanna try it first. 

if you want something EVEN DARKER to the point there's technically no romance and it's pure horror (but it's still starring a yandere), you can try wh4t 1 w0ulndt d0, which is free. there's also fall into prayer, which is super short but also more dark in overall theme. 

tldr; just wanted to pop in to say i agree with @/sweethurt. i wanted to add that by nature, this type of kinky/fetishy content is going to disturb people with certain traumas / who are more vanilla. that's fine, you're not catering to them. it's on them to not engage with media that upsets them. 

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there's nothing wrong with the way you've depicted anything -- this is a dark fantasy and it's by definition going to be unrealistic. of course the mc isn't going to behave like an irl victim. it wouldnt be fetish content if they did, it'd be horror. 

fetish content is a safe way for people to indulge in the fantasies that they have. for many people, these fantasies are born from trauma -- hence why it's harmful to generalise by saying this content harms victims. no group of people is a monolith. although this content can be triggering to some victims, there are equally valid victims who actually consume it to help reclaim their power and to process their trauma.  the reader has the choice to not read if they know it has the potential to harm them. as a writer, your only responsibility is to provide ample warning, which you do.

REAL ABUSERS harm victims, not fiction. just like real murderers harm people, not slasher horror movies. are you a psychopath if you enjoy slasher movies? no, of course not. it's interesting how people understand there's a difference between fantasy/fiction and reality in most things, but not when it comes to sexual fantasies.

fantasies are fantasy for a reason. the reader understands it isn't real, they understand it's just fiction and an unrealistic/fetishised depiction of events. they know they're safe, they consented by choosing to read (and they can stop at any time). they know it would be immoral for these things to happen irl (and they dont want to engage in these things irl), and that the victim wouldn't behave the way depicted. 

if they don't understand these things, then that's not your fault. they have a personal responsibility of not consuming media that they arent capable of handling, especially when they read the trigger warnings and chose to ignore them apparently. you cant babysit people on the internet. just focus on making the content that you want to make, and that you know your target audience (the people who like darker content) actually like. 

when you get criticism from anyone who isnt a part of your target audience, it's important to consider if it's actually valid criticism. it's like watching a horror movie, knowing its genre, and then rating it a 0/10 because you hate horror, lmao... 

sorry for the rant, it's just that i personally enjoy this content, but there's so little of it, and it's extra discouraging when authors constantly get these comments from people virtue-signaling after CHOOSING to ignore the warnings. btw, you rarely see these people virtue-signaling under dark content made for straight men,  which makes me wonder if some misogyny is at play here (people being less accepting of women being sexual and being into taboo things). 

with that being said, i wanted to say that your vn is honestly one of my favourite yandere vns i've ever read (and i think i've read all of them lol). this sort of content is sorely needed. it's well written, and impressively varied in how many niches it fills. it seems you're just one person, and the amount of effort and work you've put into this is genuinely amazing. you've done double the work that most devs do in years. well done. i really mean it. you're doing great, and evidently a lot of people are very happy with your work too. so don't be discouraged! keep up the good work.

wow everything you've outlined sounds super exciting!! can you tell me more about what kind of yanderes cyrus and harlan are?? also, do the secret characters have their own endings/routes or are they just side characters that have smut scenes? i believe i found the octavius scene btw ^^ not to spoil much but i got the scene right before the demo ends in octavius' route! thank you so much for the awesome game, its clear you've put so much effort into it and its definitely paid off. i especially love the edition of lore files. looking forward to seeing more!

wow this game is awesome! warren is my favourite so far! how many RO's do you have planned in total?

does the new update break all saves? no matter which save i load, it just puts me into the start of chapter 6. it also seems to have reset my choices, because it plays as if hamish's offer was refused?

great game! i've gotten almost all the achievements, but not achievement 6 ("i don't want to eat that"). has that one not been implemented?

always happy to see more dom female MC and sub male RO content. keep up the good work!

thank u for ur response :D!! yes, that clears up what i was wondering about haha! hmm i have a follow-up question about saifah, then.. so what were his motivations behind opening up the relationship / the interest in doing so? is it an interest in "sharing" the mc (as shown in-game), or an interest in having another partner himself?

thats an old update tho xD

what sussy update?? O_O

nice game! the word-building and lore are quite interesting. i hope you add more to this series so we can learn about this "heavenfall" event. i was very impressed by the story.

my favourite is lomnao, because im biased for yanderes xD!! i do have a question about saifah though. he says he only gets turned on by the person he is attracted to, implying he's demisexual. but then he says he watches porn. how come?

this demo is such a tease TT .. nice game! so far, i'm a fan of eugene!

nauseaxe_404 my bbgirl !!!! 

the service ur doing to womankind by making more inexperienced sub male RO's is unmatched by any other hero in the entirety of human history and prehistory. this is herstory.

coming back to revisit this game and i just realised i didnt drop a comment when i first played it! the game is so amazing, the twists are so unexpected, the characters are incredibly charming, and i was absolutely hooked the whole time. i do have to say though, i wish there was more of the architect character! im a huge fan of yanderes, and even more so of 4th wall breaking yanderes. anyways, wrapping up this comment by telling you to keep up the good work! you definitely stand out among devs with your passion and talent for writing enchanting plots and characters. 

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10/10 twink yandere. 10/10 nsfw scenes, including the more unique depiction of noncon (i've never before seen it mc-on-RO in an otome/amare)

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DID HE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE YOU-KNOW-WHO???? am i understanding the ending correctly?? also, why did such a large portion of the cast have to suffer a less-than-ideal fate after u got me attached to them???? at least duke and the mc get their happily ever after xD

immediate 10/10 for having an innocent sub ML. idk why everyone's raving about roy when duke literally exists?? duke is absolutely one of the best RO's i have encountered in a vn, and im so glad there's a happily ever after ending for him and the mc together. this vn is worth every dime. the romance is so sweet, the banter is so funny, the entire cast is charming, and its literally days worth of gameplay. well done!

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im gonna keep this short since you asked for no spoilers in your comments. im just gonna say: WTF?!?!? u know what u did.

this is easily THE best IF i have ever read. the amount of talent, skill, and creativity that has gone into this is genuinely astounding. i love this IF, but i cant help but hate that i have to wait to read more. anyways, im definitely looking forward to the next update. 

side note: gawain route supremacy forever!!!!

woah i cant believe i got such a specific bug :O don't worry, you've done a great job in building a complex game when you're working alone! it's completely normal to have bugs pop up with more complexity, and easy for them to slip by when you've been staring at your own work for so long.

another typo in that same kyros ending (the marriage one): "he gasps when you lower himself on his cock"

wow. finally finished the game and i have to say, kyros is still my favourite. actually, he's one of my favourite ROs out of all VNs i've played. his ending 1 is a gift. he's pretty much everything i like in an RO xD

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i did encounter some bugs in my gameplay. the first one is that i was unable to get the option to choose bryn if i've romanced him and eira (or him, eira, and kyros) simultaneously. another is that after triggering the scene for eira dumping ceri (after telling eira that i want to be poly with all three, bryn that i want to be poly with just him and eira, and kyros that i want only him), i automatically got eira's ending 1. also, the cgis for the nsfw kyros and bryn ending, as well as the nsfw bryn and eira ending are glitched out (not in the gallery, just in the game).

just bought the game and booklet! excited to get into it when i have the time.

ur a legend for making this, and if ur making another game, u better know im sat

very impressed by the amount of work put into this game! i hope we'll get to see the other two romantic options soon :)

this is one of the best IFs i've ever read! i saw the author's note after the good ending that says you're working on more sans POV and a horror route! i really hope u continue this project bc i'd especially be looking forward to more of sans' POVS :)!!

thats the slayest thing i've heard all day. pls have a day as awesome as ur taste in music, friend