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There's just one ending! Since it was my first and I do everything myself, I didn't want to make it too complicated. 

So happy to hear you're enjoying it!

Thank you so much for the kind words! A Date with Death is what inspired me to start making dating sims to begin with. 💕

I appreciate another artist's perspective on the matter! BGs are incredibly difficult. Referencing games like the Sims and even Minecraft can help a lot with perspective and basic shapes! 

Im glad you enjoyed it!! 

I do regret the bgs in retrospect, but at the time of developing this game, I didn't have the art skills to draw them like I did for Trick and Treat. ;v; I worked very hard to improve so that I didn't have to rely on something like AI to help me out. 

Thank you for the kind words! 

Thank you so much!! ♡

Thank you so much for the sweet words!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I worked really hard on this and Trick is very close to my heart. <3

The way I screamed. This is going up on the fridge. Thank you so much!! :'D

I do promise that by the end of the game, Trick doesn't view the player as the replacement! I made sure to reinforce that with the dialogue towards the end of the game. 

Glad you enjoyed it! 

There is only one ending! Towards the beginning of development, I considered making a "bad end" where the player is trapped with him forever, but I wanted to make his character more well-rounded and not just an evil yandere stereotype. 

I'm glad you enjoyed it despite it not being your usual game! Thank you so much for the sweet words.

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :'D

Thank you so much for the let's play!!

Thank you so much for the sweet words!

Oh my god, thank you so much!! I'm going to watch your let's play asap!

Thank you!! That means so much. ♡

We love character development! ♡ There's no harm in saving beforehand and trying out other choices! That's the fun of these games.

Agreed! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!! ♡

Thank you so much for all the kind words! I really did make a lot of effort with writing to make sure that it emphasized how different the player was compared to Trick's friend. I really dislike the trope in dating sims where the player is just a stand in for a character the love interest already knew in the past. 

Thank you! I wanted to do something a little different compared to typical yandere love interests. I appreciate the kind words!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. ♡

https://stardrop-studios.itch.io/trick-and-treat

"After getting caught out in the woods during a thunderstorm, you were fortunate enough to stumble across a house, who's charming owner was more than happy to let you stay the night... Maybe a little too happy, even."

"The more you learn about your seemingly perfect host, the more uneasy you get, and it seems like he's going through a lot of effort to hide something from you."

"Perhaps being out in the storm wasn't the worst thing that could happen to you..."

A short visual novel centered around a yandere love interest with a very interesting secret!

Thank you so much!! This means a lot. :'D A Date with Death was actually part of my inspiration for remaking this game to what it is now! Again, thank you for the compliments and taking the time to review.

Thank you so much for the kind words!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. If yandere vibes are more your thing, I'm actually working on another game where the main love interest fits that personality type much more than Cyrus. No projected release date yet!

Yeah, completely get that critique! I agree with you, and if I were making a 'full length game', I absolutely would take time to flesh out the relationship between Cyrus and the player more. However, I never intended for this to be a long game, so I'm happy with how it is currently. <3

Congratulations, this was the thing that finally killed me and turned me into a ghost too. 

I can't express how happy this makes me that my dumb little game got fan art. Cyrus would have this professionally framed and probably cry over it. Thank you.

https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=9KENcAeu4L2XxEZMjkdQIXIDMOEvJF6iHrk5jiL06e4

Hi! Thank you so much! Super happy you enjoyed the game. 

I understand the concern with AI generated BGs, but I am a one person studio with zero budget for the game. I cannot draw BGs myself, and it would have costed me a lot of money to commission an artist for the amount I needed. The game is free. Thank you for the concern! 

Yeah, that's an AI for you. It isn't going to be very accurate or in character 100% of the time. 

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjyoing the game.

Alright, peer pressure was successful. He's listed under Cyrus Briarwood. I'll drop a link if you can't find him. No promises he's perfect given it's an AI

Y'all are going to pressure me into making a public Cyrus bot at this rate 😂

Lol go for it

You have my permission if you wanted to make your own. 👀 I certainly have my own private bot of him.

Thank you so much for playing my game! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It means the world to me to see a playthrough made of it! ♡

Hello! Thank you for bringing this to my attention. 

The bug has been fixed in the new update I just posted. If you delete the game and download the new version, it should work as intended. Your progress will be saved!

I'm sorry for the inconvenience! 

I appreciate your feedback! As an artist myself, I understand the issue with AI art completely. The demo used real life photos altered with filters. I can't draw BGs to save my life and the game never would have gotten done otherwise. In the future, I'd be happy to commission an artist to make BGs for me, but it simply wasn't in my budget for this, being a free game made solely by myself. Thank you for playing! 

Thank you so much!! Id love to make more games in a similar vein in the future. Glad you enjoyed playing! 

https://stardrop-studios.itch.io/spectral-phantasy

A short visual novel featured around a very cute and spooky love interest!

"You come to find yourself taking shelter in a seemingly abandoned mansion for the night after your car had broken down.

As you explore the various rooms of the manor, you begin to realize that it isn't quite as abandoned as it initially seemed. 

Perhaps you should have listened to the local ghost stories about Briarwood Manor..."

This is actually a remake/revamp of an old project I did, so if it sounds familiar, that's why!

Thank you so much for the kind words! I appreciate it so much that you enjoyed the game.

I have no plans for a sequel, but I am in the process of a revamp. It's triple the length of the original game and spans multiple days, rather than just a night. I'm very pleased with how profess is going so far. So if you liked this one, you'll love the revamp. <3 

I love this so much!! The writing is great and all the characters are so enjoyable and loveable. Can't wait for the full release! 

I don't mind in the slightest! Thank you so much, I really really appreciate it! 

Hello! I'm happy to announce the release of my very first indie game, Spectral Phantasy!

It's a visual novel dating sim featuring a cute ghost boy named Cyrus as the love interest.

Story:

You come to find yourself taking shelter in a seemingly abandoned mansion for the night after your car had broken down.

As you explore the various rooms of the manor, you begin to realize that it isn't quite as abandoned as it initially seemed. 

Perhaps you should have listened to the local ghost stories about Briarwood Manor...

Spectral Phantasy is free to download on itch.io here: https://sokkvabekkr.itch.io/spectral-phantasy