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LOL!!!!!!!!!!
I gotta add a CG for when Yasha does that LOL!!! Hopefully I can honey trap everyone into joining the dark side 🔪✨️😈 (aka Team Yasha) LOL jk
I don't blame you though Sage is such a sweetie ;-; Literally carried by the sexy and smooth British tones of the VA LMAO
Almost tempts me to switch teams.... almost....!!!!!! But Yasha is my baby LMAO if I switch who will my baby kill in the next life... jkjk 😂
Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a fun comment!!!! LOL ❤️💖❤️
LOL omg would be lowkey amazing- i loved the humour sprinkled throughout too
and brooo usually i love the yandere types i started out team yasha THEN IDK WHAT HAPPENED but sage rizzed me too good like wait-
it was maybe definitely the crowded train scene too LOL
and ofc!!! omg its been so fun im still playing rn, i love how replay-able it is, i havent enjoyed a visual novel this much in a hot minute so tysm <33
Thank you so much for playing! 🙌❤️💖❤️ Ooohhhh of course!!!! We definitely want to put out a full endings guide soon! 🫡 Probably with the next minor update!
For a general guide in the meantime, here is my quick list! SPOILER ⬇️
- Ending 1: Ignore Yasha via text or fail a timer!
- Ending 2: go to the convenience store with Yasha in the beginning and select "children sound lovely" - then in your text messages with him later, accept him easily. You should know you're on the right path if after the 2nd time in the convenience store, the player character says, "you're scaring me... I wouldn't betray you" etc. Warnings should appear for Ending 2!
- Ending 3: in the beginning, don't block the profile, and answer "Excitement" and "omg, thank you!" Invite Yasha to coffee and answer "oh no he's crazy" "but he's hot". It should take you down the romance route! At the very end, choose to prioritize Yasha over work.
- Ending 4: in a new run after you've met Sage, RUN to the convenience store and Yasha will follow 😔
- Ending 5: in a run you haven't given Yasha the potion in but were reasonably nice to him (maybe the same run as your run for Ending 3, but choose work instead of Yasha and succeed in the timer), choose to Embrace Yasha at the final confrontation
- Ending 6: In a run you've given Yasha the potion and the Embrace option appears, Embrace him but answer "I'm nobody"
- Ending 7: (same run as above but answer "I'm...."
- Ending 8: in the final confrontation, Stall Yasha and get on the train!
- Ending 9: grab any weapon and and then push Yasha at the final confrontation!
- Ending 10: romance Sage - this must be your 3rd unique run or any run after the run you first met Sage in. Please do use Skip so that you don't re-read too much though! Sage will kind of approach you -- you just have to agree to him when he visits you with the potion 😉 (and at the end, Stall and Shout for Sage)
- Ending 11: don't romance Sage -- you might've already gotten this one! Agreeing to the Plan and not romancing him OR if it's only your 2nd run/the first run that you've met Sage (and at the end, Stall and Shout for Sage)
- Ending 12: in a run where you didn't romance Sage, when Yasha is about to chase you to your place, run from the house (instead of staying calm or grabbing a weapon) and then try to push Yasha off the platform.
Hope that helps!!! ❤️💖❤️ Thank you so much again for playing and leaving a comment!!! 😄😄😄
Yaaaaay!!! Thank you so much for playing through the game and leaving such a sweet comment! 😢❤️❤️❤️ Congrats on achieving all endings!!! ✨️✨️✨️🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
The Sage VA is so good for real 😭😭😭 I gotta go and play the other games he's in ASAP LOL (Killer Chat and Cupid's Chatroom!)
The Yasha VA is super young but he's so good 🫡🫡🫡 I'm glad you enjoyed his spicy unhinged laughs!!! 💖💖💖
i absolutely love this game sage is amazing honestly and i sort of understand yasha as i wouldnt exactly be mentally stable if i had gone through that many timelines i have all the endings other then 4 5 and 10 i have played a few times but have no idea what the right combination is for them and was wondering if anyone could help me figure it out
You are so sweet!!! ❤️💖❤️ Thank you so much for playing, and glad you like Sage!!!
Can def help out with those 3! Though you might not like Ending 4 😭😭😭
SPOILER ⬇️
(Make sure to utilize the Skip function so you don't end up re-reading too much!!)
Ending 4:
In any new run after you've met/talked to Sage in your apartment in a previous run and agreed to help him out, if you pick Dread and RUN at the beginning of a new game, then when you meet Sage at the convenience store.... 😭😭😭 Yasha will follow, leading to Ending 4. 😔
Ending 5:
Assuming you were nice/polite-ish to Yasha but avoided him (not pursuing his love routes/end 2 or 3) and got to the final confrontation, there should be an option to Embrace him! If you didn't give him the potion in that run, you'll get Ending 5!
Ending 10:
This one might be easier! And you definitely deserve this one after forcing yourself to get Ending 4!!!! 😭
In that new run after meeting Sage and Agreeing to the Plan in a previous run, you will be presented with slightly new options from Sage...!!! Once you get them, agree to the plan as usual and when you receive the potion... good things will happen 🫡
Hope you enjoy!!! Ending 10 is my favorite besides Ending 3! LOL.
Thank you so much again for playing!!! 💖💖💖
Thank you so much for playing and enjoying our game!!!! ❤️💖❤️😍
I can def help with 8 and 9!!! 🫡 SPOILER ⬇️
Ending 8:
at the final confrontation, stall Yasha and get on the train!
Someone brought up that this ending only has one version even if you fed Yasha the potion -- this will be slightly changed in a future update! Right now it's just one version though >.<
Ending 9:
- don't romance/tether to Sage
- when presented with option to run or grab a weapon, grab anything that could be used as a weapon (strangle Yasha)
- push Yasha off the platform..!
hope that helps!! ✨️ Thanks for playing again!! 💖
This was such a fun entry! I really loved the writing and I think the story setting the tone of "this is a bit of ridiculous concept and we know it" helped not only the MC's comedic banter + narration land better, but the more serious and tense moments as well!
I really enjoyed the complexities of Yasha's character, which I wasn't expecting because I'm not into yanderes AT ALL. I even ended up feeling a bit bad for the guy at the end when you severed your connection because it's not HIS fault he's like this, the timeloops really messed him up. :(
Everything else about the game was well done, and I really loved the UI and music. Both fit the game well, and I think the tracks (the intense one especially) really helped immerse me into the game!
Fantastic job all around, and props to everyone on the team! :)
I did find a couple of bugs, just minor scripting errors! Like "You" capitalized being capitalized (though ignore me if this is a style choice!), and the MC saying narration aloud as if it were dialogue.
OMG Goddess....!!!!!! It's such an honor that you played and commented!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 LMFAO I see you renamed Yasha UWU and I love that LMAO
You're not into Yanderes...?!?!? B-b-b-b-but what about Darius....?!?!? How could you not be into Darius...... 😭 😭 😭 he's our precious Yandere baby / bag-head man LOL
I'm glad that Yasha could be an exception in your book though! 😭 He really can be a sweetheart, he's just effed up after too many lifetimes. Although he has fangies he is most definitely human 😂 So his brain/soul can't handle all the pressure.
OMG Thank you so much for the scripting error callouts!!! 😱😱😱 LMFAO the player character is just casually narrating themselves 😂 😂 😂 Oh gosh I gotta fix that in the next update LOL.
Capital "You" was supposed to be a stylistic choice but since it's very not consistent, I think I will just go in and stealthily unify them as lowercase "you" 😂 Thank you so much for that!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhh I gotta go love on Darius and Tristan!!!! and Sabrina too hehehe she is such a sweetie pie ❤️✨✨✨
Gracias por jugar nuestro juego!! ✨️💖✨️💖
Para Ending 9, puede seguir estos pasos: SPOILER ⬇️
- don't romance/tether to Sage
- when presented with option to run or grab a weapon, grab anything that could be used as a weapon (strangle him)
- push Yasha off the platform..!
Hope that helps! ✨️ and thank you so much again for playing!! 💖❤️💖❤️
So glad you're enjoying the game!!! ❤️💖❤️ Thank you so much for playing!!! 🙌🙌🙌 we can definitely help you out!
SPOILER ⬇️
Warning: Ending 2 is a little traumatic T_T
Ending 2 (a couple ways to get here but here is a surefire way)
- (never block or ignore Yasha)
- decide to ignore string for now
- um, hello
- sure (convenience w/ Yasha)
- eat it
- children sound lovely
- sure (he walks you home)
That should set your hidden "shy" stat high enough to get routed to ending 2/you being shy/timid
Then later when he's messaging you
- "........"
- "........Fine..."
(Or "cute sticker" and "yeah.....")
There will be warnings 😭👍 it might be the most traumatic ending...
Endings 6 and 7 are easier!
In one of the runs you fed Yasha the potion, try giving him a hug again at the final confrontation! 💖
You know, I feel like it's not often that a visual novel makes me genuinely nervous, but I really was during the first couple of loops with the way Yasha is hounding MC and at least remembers some degree of what happened. I could really feel the pressure after trying to enact the soup plan the first time and technically failing. I feel like the balance of some of the paths can be a bit finicky, since I got bounced between endings 4 and 2 for a little while, but I managed to figure it out.
SPOILERS
You know, when Sage first brought up the tethering, I was kind of worried that it might lead to some sort of role reversal where he becomes the crazy one using the string, but honestly Sage seems too level-headed for that since he's accustomed to both immortality and time loops.
As an aside, I'd feel more sorry for Yasha if he weren't so chill with killing MC for not being exactly what he wants sometimes, but that is also something that made me more wary of him and interested to see all of the endings. I did find his reaction in Ending 12 to be funny, though, since it's one of the few ones where one of the guys is like "Shit... Guess I have to start again." I kind of think On the Run can have sort of a sub-ending, if you managed to get Yasha to drink the soup, since I'm not sure if there's real need to run once he's forgotten. Then again, we're not really in a position to check, but I think we might figure it out when Yasha doesn't follow so desperately. It's kind of interesting that the ending where he can be renamed follows through on the next loop.
Thank you so much for playing!! ❤️💖
Oh no!! Yes it's a little too easy to get 2 and 4... 🥲 2 was originally the hardest ending to get, but I felt that it displayed one of the more interesting ending paths, so I tweaked things a little... and perhaps made it a little too easy to get now. 💀 I'm glad you were able to escape and enjoy some of the other endings!!! 🙌 and I hope you weren't too scared after you got used to it!
OMG though!!! You bring up a great point about Ending 8!! There should be no reason to run after we fed Yasha the potion. 🤔 I should add a variation (8A/8B) and/or add it in as Ending 13! LOL. I'll make sure to add it into the next update! 🫡
if the player does decide to get on the train, what would you like to see them doing in the 8B (fed potion but got on train) ending?? LOL
It would be funny if Sage turned into the Yandere after you tethered to him...! Whew but I feel like that would be too scary LOL. Sage is a little island of healing in our crazy game... ✨️ though my personal favorite is still Yasha.
Thank you so much for playing again and leaving your thoughts!! ❤️💓 it seriously helps with story development/revisions!
Aw, no worries! I wasn't too scared of things and it was interesting to have a situation that could be a bit more difficult to predict.
As far as what a "train with soup" situation would be like, I'd probably wonder if Sage realized that we did it and tried to cut the string. Looking in to what happened to Yasha to make sure things are safe now seems like a general possibility. I almost sort of wonder if running away instead of accepting him or hiding behind Sage might put enough fight in Yasha that he doesn't forget things as severely. Potentially, Yasha could know just enough to follow the string and see his soulmate, but be kind of normal about the whole thing. lol
Yeah, though, I agree that Sage staying level-headed is definitely good. I had that concern fairly early on in the loops, so I think I was just worried on how things could backfire- kind of like how we can ask Sage about "what if Yasha doesn't drink the soup" even if we can always manage it if we're being sneaky.
Funnily enough, in the loops, I don't think I ever got Yasha's 1850 line, so I was always a bit confused by that reference until I saw a let's play where someone did get it.
Oooohhhhh I love all of these ideas!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🔥🔥🔥
Hmmmmmmm oooh that's so fun re: Yasha following the string... he finds you with memory loss and is just a changed man/finally an actually sweet man because he no longer has the mental burden of thousands of years worth of memories....!
Or the protag and Sage meet up and check in on Yasha and see that he's living a normal, boring life....
Someone misread "living in Squalor" as "living in Equador" in a stream and I thought that was hilarious, so maybe you move to another country and Sage comes to visit (and romance you? Cough) LOL
Thank you so much for the inspiration!!! I'll see if I can come up with something in the upcoming small updates! 🙌✨️💖
This game is tew good🤭. I played it and got all endings, Which i didn’t realize had more than one bc not only did i not read half of everything but i figured it out when i replayed it and got ending 4. I can’t wait until a full game or even one where we are an obsessed stalker🤣Keep doing what you do cuz you’re hella good at it. Also is it ok if i made them a Character. Ai bot? I’ll credit you in the bios bc this is fucking fantastic🌹🌹
You are so sweet thank you for playing and enjoying!!! 💖💖💖
I give you my permission to make a Character.Ai bot with them BUT I have two requirements:
- You cannot use or clone the voices/any voice content from our voice actors, that is strictly their property/their voices! Using their voices would violate Defamation Laws.
- Do not have the chatbot influence the user to commit any type of self harm or harm to others.
Using text or images of Yasha for the bot is totally ok with me but no voice from the VAs and no self harm/harming others!
(I know the harm part is hard to avoid. But there was a really sad case where a 15 year old boy fell in love with a chatbot and died. I don't want anyone to harm themselves or others due to the bot.)
Thank you for asking! 🌹 You can do it if you follow my 2 rules above!
You are so welcome and i completely agree, understand and respect your concerns and rules. Thank you so much, not only for letting me make a bit of these characters but also making this game with the time and commitment that you have.🌹 I may not know you personally but i love you and your game. Thank you so much❤️
Character.Ai user: Honeydew22
LOL!!!! I feel you ;-; I gotta add more lovey dovey content... LOL. He can be a sweetie but I think that route is too hidden LOL. 🥲 I should try to expose it more. The VA said he is down to do a few more lines so hopefully some actually romantic voice acting in the near future too....!!!
if you want to experience his loveydovey-ness try this path! ⬇️
At the beginning:
- Don't block the profile
- excitement and anticipation
- thank you so much!
- invite him to coffee
- oh no he's crazy
- but he's hot
(And don't romance/chat with Sage, the blue haired one)
This will put you on the loveydovey route! It's too hidden though so facial expressions are not done yet 🥲 since most people can't get to it "orz
But it will be more polished in the next update! And hopefully add CG gallery so people can see that they missed it... T_T LOL
It's a fascinating game. It's refreshing for a yandere game. The art. The voice acting. The writing style is fun. It's all really well thought out! I actually make art myself and write stories. However, I don't make games, and I never published any of my stories. They aren't finished. I actually found this game through watching a video on YouTube! Even if I dislike how Yasha treats the protagonists, and it drives me insane. To be honest, I dislike Yasha somewhat (it has to do with the ending with him and Sage) because of something he did. Overall, I enjoyed this game. I'm excited to see the full version of the game when it comes out. It was really fun to get a bunch of different endings. Again. Sage <3 is so cute! Oh my gosh, spoilers warning ⚠!
Honestly, I really enjoy any visual novel that has some text-based dialogue. It made the game quite fun with the choices and I loved the stickers.
I found the ending where Sage died sad! When I got that ending, I was like... "Oh my gosh! No! Not Sage!" (I forget which ending).
TvT I'm not kidding but I would 100% replay Sage's happy ending a hundred times. But I really like the fact you can romance him. I'd really recommend giving this game a try!! SAGE!!! Eeekkk he's adorable!!! Omg!! I wish I could marry him! <3
Thank you so so much for your kind words!!!!! LOL!!! ✨️✨️✨️✨️💖💖💖💖💖 I am so glad you enjoyed it and that you liked Sage!!!! LOL!!! 💖💖💖 he loves you too ehehehehe
Thanks for taking the extra step to find us and play the game!! ❤️❤️❤️ You are so sweet! I think you should definitely try to finish writing/making the art for a game and publish it!! I would love to play it! You can start small (maybe like the O2A2 jam??) if you want the satisfaction of finishing something, then move on to your bigger dream projects!
This was supposed to be much smaller too but I let the scope creep too much... but I'm glad it's (somewhat) finished!
If you make anything and want to share I'd love to play it!!! ✨️✨️✨️ Don't be shy!
Thank you and no problem! To be honest, I more hand draw. I never learned how to do digital art. Since I'm not sure where to start or how to make games. Kinda been into visual novels a lot lately, which makes me want to learn how people make them. In all honesty, I've been working on my story for a long time. It's just not done; I'd like to do something with it one day. I do understand writing or trying to make stories takes time.
Also, yes! Sage is awesome! No, he's like a god... I'm excited to see where you guys will take his story. I most likely will replay the game.
hand drawing is good!!! It helps to build up your skills traditionally before jumping to digital!
When you do start digital, it may be a bit of a transition -- but once you get used to it, you will really get in the swing of things!
Although it's a bit expensive, when you switch to digital I highly recommend trying a pen tablet with a display screen (like XP Pen - some good options but you do need to be connected to computer or laptop),
Or a Samsung tablet (or an iPad if you can afford it -- iPad is too expensive for my taste -- but I am using the Samsung S9 FE which is $450 USD -- half the iPad price). The good thing about iPad/Samsung drawing tablets are that they are completely portable, they just need to be charged.
There are some really cheap drawing tablet options with no screen (like $40 USD) but they are really hard to draw with, and it might make you hate drawing drawing digital... T_T
Don't be afraid to try text based stories too though! There was another text based story that was submitted during Yandere Jam with just some pretty cover art (no sprites) and it blew up!!! (The writing was good and juicy of course -- but it shows that you don't need to draw to tell your story! ❤️)
You can definitely take as much time as you need, though! ❤️ There's never a need to rush with doing things you enjoy!
OMG I'm SO SORRY I think I accidentally deleted your reply!!! (I am so sorry 😱😱😱😱😱 I think I might've pressed the "Delete" button by accident and I don't know how to restore it. (If you deleted it, then no worries LOL! But I think it was me LOL.) But I did read your comment!!
Ooooh omg! I had no idea Intertwine was also string/reincarnation themed!!!! Someone else said that it reminded them of it too and but I just looked it up now and WHAT!!! LMAO Bound By Fate is like if Intertwine was a horror game... 💀💀💀 LOL ooohhh I had no idea (I had seen the thumbnail but hadn't ever clicked on it -- I didn't realize that thumbnail was Intertwine! Or that it was the same theme LOL.)
I think your comment mentioned writing a story about Vampires?!?! That sounds super cool!!! Honestly it's been a good decade plus since Twilight was in its heyday so the world is ready for more vampire content!! If you do ever release it, let me know and I'll read/play it!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Tablets and drawing stuff can definitely be expensive! But when you're ready to make the move I know you'll make great art! And most importantly enjoy the process ❤️
Sorry about deleting the comment again!!! 😱😱😱 The button is really easy to press on the game page for the game dev/owner and I meant to hit reply instead 💀
I was thinking of retyping that comment, and I kept editing it a lot. I did mention vampires, but I haven't particularly written one myself. I wish people made more vampire romance games. It'd be so cool!!!
I mean, I noticed some on steam/here as well but they're not exactly out or been released. But I mean it looks like people might be creating more with vampires. Also, I find it interesting that mobile has a lot of vampire ones (but the ads and stuff) that kind of made me pull away from most mobile games. Vs. On pc it's a lot nicer and it feels like we're actually playing a video game instead of a cash grabby game.
I haven't really found any yandere games, where the yandere was a vampire. Or many just generic vampire ones. I mean not all vampires have to be evil either. That would be like a horror movie there. Speaking of Intertwine, it's an interesting game. LOL, it's funny at times when a game is or feels like another version of a game. Even somewhat similar. 0-0 Oh! I JUST REMEMBERED, the concept of the string and soulmates is also in that game (Intertwine) too! I think that's why I thought they felt like different versions to one another. XD Except... The soulmate goes yandere (Yasha - I find I enjoy annoying him and having a goose chase. Like repetitively getting the running on trains ending. LOL). Lovely :)
Omg you sweetheart!!! ❤️💖❤️💖🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳 Yaaaay thank you so much for getting all endings!!!
Lol!! You should make a vampire romance game here... 👀 I feel you on the cash grabby mobile ones! Most of them have such good art, but the experience is marred by ads, ads, and more ads. T_T I guess I understand... everyone needs money haha. But I feel you!
You could be the one to pioneer Vampire Yanderes in the future 👀 I would be so down to read/play!!!
I gotta redo the Yasha train ending so that if you get on the train after potion-ing him, you get to enjoy yourself without him bothering you! LOL.
You are so sweet and I can't wait to see you release something in the future! 👀 Even if it's just a short story to start with!
Contains Spoilers
This is so good! I loved all of the dialogue options, and I thought that all of the endings were incredibly satisfying! The artstyle is beautiful, and Yasha and Sage are really expressive!
One small issue that I encountered is I had saved right before the final decision for ending 9, and as soon as I finished I loaded the save then played the other two endings. When I started a new playthrough, I got the options for the third run and not the second. That's my bad.
Overall, I really loved this game, and some of the unique dialogue during later runs (your conversation with Sage after ending 4, and Yasha's "Babe! You remembered!")
(Also, I used the name feature in ending 7 to change Yasha's name to Sage, made the MC's name Sage, and had a truly delightful playthrough after I got all of the endings.)
Hello!!! Thank you so much for playing, and for leaving such a sweet comment!!! 🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️ LOL omg the legendary Triple Sage playthrough 🙌 🙌 🙌 I can't believe you did it LMAO the confusion LOL!
Omg though!! Thank you so much for that advice!!! Behind the scenes everything is currently counted as a general persistent counting of your endings -- you bring up a great point though -- I should go back and make sure that no matter what the count is, you'll still see the "2nd run" content on your truly new 2nd run and 3rd on your truly new, etc. That shouldn't be too hard to program in! 🫡 and thank you so much for that!!! 🙌🙌🙌
I'll make sure to incorporate that in the next minor update (hoping to have all the facial expressions and etc finally done in that update! Will be a great time to implement that as well)!
Thank you so much again for your kind words and playing even in this somewhat unfinished state!!! 💖💖💖 Your comment means a lot to us!!! ❤️❤️❤️
PHENOMENAL WORK, TEAM!! I had so much fun playing this at 1 am, cooing over the adorable art (the sprites <3 the CGs <3 the stickers <3 the background <3 the UI <3 the monochrome is just so good!!!!) + amazing voice acting, the evocative music, the crisp dialogue, the fast pacing make it so refreshing and fun to play... and play... and play!
(spoilers ahead for people who haven't played because i recommend going in here without a guide <3)
DUUUUUUUUDE THE LORE!! i love timeloops + reincarnations and the consequences thereof!!!!!!! humans aren't made to remember but yasha loves us so much that he did... and it destroys him <3 man, it was so fun to see how it unfolded mechanically with the name change, the way MC can start to remember things, the different and new choices unlocked!! i haven't unlocked all the endings yet but it's so fascinating to see how they're unlocked <3 looking forward into more of this world <333333
You are so so SO SWEET!!!! I'm super duper excited for the next installment ofHe's Dating the DM!!!!! (I need more and more of Yasha's VA Luke waaahhhh!!!!)
Thank you so much for spreading so much love for our game and our boyos!!! ;-; ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Ugh so true! ;-; Yup.... Yasha's memories are the things that have destroyed him all this time. By forgetting them, he's losing a huge part of himself... but hopefully he can recover his sanity.
My fave is Ending 3 though 🔥 🔥 🔥 Where you both go crazy together!!! Woohoooooo hehehehehe
out of all the yandere vn's i've played on itch.io, this one is my upmost favorite of them all ^^ the concept of the player remembering loops/cycles and seeing that reflect onto the gameplay as you progress more and more is something i don't see quite often and when i do, it's such a yummy treat!! and the way how the choices have such an effect on the gameplay is so amazing! like, we can achieve 12 different endings alone!! sage is such a sweetheart, i adore him so much and i seriously can't wait to see the polished version of this game. even though it's a demo, it really pleasantly surprised me and i'm so excited to see it complete. is there anyway we can learn more about yasha and sage? i'm sososooo curious about them and want to learn more about them. i absolutely love this vn and everyone who worked on this deserves a round of applause <3
Thank you so so much for your sweet comment....!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ That is seriously so kind of you to say!!! ;-; ❤️❤️❤️
There hasn't been too much lore written for Yasha and Sage yet, besides what's in the game!! But a couple of people have come up with some really cool ideas -- if you have any ideas too, I'd love to incorporate them in a short DLC/prologue type thing in the future!! 🫡 We'll be sure to give credit if we use them!! ❤️
We'll do our best not to let you down with the polished version!! 🫡🫡🫡 Thank you so much again for looking forward to it and showering us with your love!!! 🙇♀️🙌❤️
This game is such a fun romp! It's the first time I've looked at an Endings list and thought, "Oh yeah, I absolutely need to get them all." I honestly had such a great time with it. Yasha and Sage are fun and easy to love, the player character has a delightfully jaded personality and the choices in regards to the player's personality changing slightly depending on how they answer Yasha- so so charming. Felt like I had a lot of agency to make choices I'd ACTUALLY opt for; so many opportunities to go 'oh fuck no' and leave. 10/10, positively adore this game!
Lol!!!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed!!! 😢😢😢❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for playing through and leaving such a kind comment!!!
LOL I definitely tried to incorporate trolly answers (like you can reject Sage's plan and block him via text if you just want to troll 💀 and other things LOL) so I'm glad that you felt more agency!! I definitely wanted to try satisfying the gamer urge to do things just for the hell of it -- I'm so honored you experienced some of it and grasped my trolly intent!!! ✨️💖🙌
LOL!!!! Omggg 😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🫡🫡🫡 I salute you for your sacrifice LOL omg 😆 Ending 2 is definitely the most traumatic.... 🥲 LOL good on you for getting it last though 🫡
it was originally the hardest to get, but now it might be too easy to get... LOL. I applaud your playing skills LOL!!! Thank you so so much for playing and leaving a sweet comment!!! 😢❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This game is so good, everything's so beautiful about it. And the voice actors on gosh they're so talented. I could literally kiss them and the arts I could give the biggest kiss to. So I'm having trouble getting like three endings, That's literally all missing. Though I will lock in and get those endings. I also want sage so bad, He's such a cutie patootie.
Thank you so much for playing our game and leaving such a sweet comment!!! 😢❤️❤️❤️❤️💖
The voice actors are so good I agree!!!! We are seriously so lucky to have had them audition 🙌 I'm still squealing at how lucky we are that they graced the project LOL
I can def help with any endings if you're getting stuck!! 🫡🫡🫡 Thanks so much for playing our game to such completion!!! ✨️💖❤️
PLEASE DO HELP ME 🙏🏻 I HONESTLY TRIED EVERY OPTION I POSSIBLY COULD. I think maybe the approaches I'm choosing could be the biggest reason 💔
Yes they're so good, I was like Oh my gosh 🙀 they had me thinking if I wanted one of them more than the other but both equally deserve love
Also THERES TRULY NO NEED TO THANK ME. GAMES LIKE YOURS REALLY DESERVE TONS OF ATTENTION! AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE PLAYING MORE OF YOUR GAMES
You are so sweet and funny omg LOL!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️
Yes both boyos deserve love 😭❤️💖 I love that!!!!
Which # endings are you struggling with?? If it's just Sage then I got you hehe sorry it's a bit trolly -- spoiler for some of the ones I see as hard maybe ⬇️
To get Sage romance it needs to be your 3rd "new" playthrough! But please do utilize the Skip function to skip anything you've already seen! 🫡 The romance should come about pretty naturally assuming you're handling Yasha the right ways! Hehehe (Sage will be a lil bit different)
If it's another ending tell me the # and I gotchu! 🫡
(6 and 7 I think can be gotten if you feed Yasha the potion and give him a hug again!)
12 is if you don't romance Sage and you don't strangle Yasha, but you try to push him ;-; haha
Thank you so much for your sweet comment!!! 😢🙌❤️💖❤️
Hopefully we'll have more fun stuff in a couple months!! We will definitely polish up Bound By Fate too 🫡🫡🫡 But hope you will enjoy our other projects as well!!! 🙌❤️💖
Ending 11 is the Sage non-romance ending! Hehehehe. It's hard to say no to Sage though 😭 I don't blame you for not getting it LOL
This game took me for one hell of a ride and I absolutely loved it. I cannot believe this is just a demo! Its so good and unique from the ones I've played before. Genuinely scared me too at times and it was such a good story telling decision to explain why Yasha is crazy as he is. It provided depth to the characters and the game's lore. Usually, in other games they would never explain why or it was a passing thought but I'm satisfied that it wasn't the case here.
I would also love an ending guide later on if we could have it (totally not bc I ended up doing several loops of ending 2 and 4 whoops) . Thank you so much for your hard work!! You guys have a solid fan in me after this
If anything, my only questions are (spoilers for those who haven't played the game yet)
Why did Yasha say he couldn't find us before? Did someone hide us away? How did he manage to slip away from Sage and not drink the soup of oblivion? Will the reason be expounded?
Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a sweet comment!!!!! 😭❤️❤️❤️🙌 🙌 🙌 There's a lot to clean up on the Dev side but I'm still so glad you could enjoy it!!! 🥹🥹🥹 That means so much to us!!! ❤️
Definitely want to set up an endings guide 🫡 hopefully with the next major update!! (Though if you have any in particular you're curious about, can def offer spoilers/a quick guide too! hehehe. Ex. Yasha Romance or Sage romance ending... etc... the rest are a little dark HAHAHA I can def give them to you if needed but I like to say the romance ones are canon... LOL)
I'm sorry you got 2 and 4 more than once T-T Those are so brutal LOL...
for your questions -- most of these are unanswered (and great questions!! I gotta think on these and potentially expand the lore 🤔), but the question of why Yasha couldn't find us before is somewhat(-ish??) hidden in the game...! Maybe hidden a little too well "orz LOL -- but basically, in the segment where Yasha stalks you to the convenience store, if your stats are a certain way (not too friendly, not too wary behind the scenes) you'll react in a different way where Yasha explains that he couldn't see the string for a while (I guess, maybewhyis not truly explained... 🤔 Yasha is a little special though so he can always see the string whereas most humans can't) -- but before your car accident (mentioned at the beginning of the story), for some reason the string just faded off and didn't link to you. Perhaps because your soul was a little faint before the accident? Hmmmmm you have some really great questions LOL.
There are a couple different interactions in the convenience store!
- interaction if you went on that coffee date and selected the "right" option to lock you into the Yasha romance ending
- interaction if you went to the convenience store with Yasha and ate the ramen / were too nice to him
- interaction if you ignored Yasha (spoilers - if you ignore Yasha when you're texting him in your bedroom, you'll be unfortunately locked into Ending 1)
- interaction if your "wary" stat is really high but you never went on a date with Yasha, or you ran away (but not by using the "RUN" option that gets Sage killed T-T LOL unless it's your 2nd playthrough or you haven't ever talked to Sage privately in any playthrough)
- interaction if your stats are small with each aspect -- which is where he explains a lot LOL but might be the hardest to get to T-T nooo (you just gotta have mixed stats but then give a gentle decline when Yasha asks to follow/accompany you in the beginning, and not ignore Yasha -- though I think it should be ok to block him LOL)
Thanks for the great thoughts and comments!!! You've definitely given me a lot to think about... 🤔 I'll def credit you if/when I do implement some of those answers!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for playing again!!
YOU LITERALLY MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am gonna spam everyone with love for your video and account LOL OMG!!!!!
Literally my dreams/goals for this game were:
- 5 comments from strangers
- 300 browser plays
- 1 YouTube playthrough
In 3 months time
Thanks to you my final hope/dream for this game came true!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much seriously wahh 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 I gotta go send you love LOL
Yaaaaay thank you so much for playing, and for loving Yasha!!! 😢❤️💖😍 Yasha needs your love kekekeke
Can def help with Ending 12!! It has voice lines! Though maybe a bit sad huhu 😢 SPOILER ⬇️
Don't ignore Yasha, but do play normally/mixed playthrough/don't be too nice/suspicious - taking one of the routes that takes you to the final Yasha confrontation.
When see Sage at the convenience store, choose Not to comfort Sage. Don't talk to him privately/in your room (or just don't agree to the plan) and don't text Sage.
Then when Yasha comes to your house, don't strangle him or stay calm -- just run to the subway.
If you try to Push Yasha from there, because you didn't strangle him to weaken him... ;-; you get Ending 12!
Thank you so much for creating this game, kudos for devs T_T It was so good that i have to see other endings as well, Yasha i love you but you are so crazy(and cute). ALSO??? Sage is such a cutie i'm bawling
And is it okay to ask for guide for ending 6? :(( I cannot achieve with many tries already thank you!!
LOL!!! Ehehehe I'm glad both boyos could catch your attention 💖💖💖😢🙌 thank you so much for playing!!
can def help with Ending 6!! SPOILER ⬇️
After feeding Yasha the potion, once you get to the final confrontation, try giving Yasha a hug (again! You might've already tried it 👀 but this time might be different...!)
Thank you so much for playing and saying such sweet things!!! 😢🙌❤️❤️❤️ So glad you enjoyed!!!! 😍😍😍
We'll do our best not to disappoint with the final version!!! 🫡
The VA for Sage (Jason Hall) just has that angelic sound LOL 😭💕 He's in Killer Chat and the upcoming Cupid's Chatroom!!! (And another secret upcoming game from Skywrite Studios! 🙊 you didn't hear this from me though!)
Hello!! Of course!!! ❤️ I originally was advertising the game as "Gender Ambiguous" since there aren't any pronouns or specific references to gender used, but since the game mentions childbirth and pregnancy (and there are other hints that the MC might be biologically female just from their gestures/behavior), I received some kind advice that it would be better to clarify that the MC is female coded instead of "gender ambiguous".
If you're not into playing as "female" I hope you can still enjoy it by thinking of the main character as your OC or just their own character! It was my first time writing (and being a cis woman myself) so I couldn't nail true gender ambiguity with the story I wanted to tell 😔 but hopefully next time!
Either way, hope you enjoy!! ❤️
Oh my gosh. That was a whole experience and a half and I loved every second of it!! The plot was super fun and really creative, the modern setting interspersed with supernatural and horror was really well done, I love your writing. It felt like I was being taken along on a wild ride and the varied endings brought so much to the table. I really like how the replay value was structured. The beautiful UI and music direction really added to the experience too!
Also omg I need to talk about Yasha because he was great 😂😂 I really enjoyed how varied his expressions were (and speaking of expressions Sage’s blushing expression deserves a special mention because it was just so adorable!!), and the VA did an amazing job at nailing Yasha’s unhinged personality and laugh. Lol I feel insane saying this but out of all the endings 2 and 12 stuck the most with me because he was just so batshit insane in them that I loved it 😂😂 I also really loved the angst in ending 6— the only thing that held true purpose to him vanishing just like that 😫
I’m super psyched to see the final version in all of its polished glory— it’s already really riveting but AHH so excited to see the finished + additional CGs🥹🥹
Thank you SO SO MUCH for your kind words!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 I can't wait to play and love on Ravenous Hand!!!! The weekend cannot come soon enough ahhhhh 😭😭😭 (when I plan to catch up on games LOL ahhhhhh)
Thank you so much for the compliments on the UI and music direction!!!! I honestly did nothing except say "uhh can you do something edgy with a red string theme" and "uhh can you do like lofi and romantic and creepy" and causticFish (UI) and DemonStray (music) made some straight up FIRE 🔥🔥🔥 the game wouldn't be the same without them, the glory is all theirs LOL. (Legit I gotta finish adding the UI, Fish made so many beautifully detailed UI assets but my noob coder ass couldn't add them in time for the jam... LELZ)
Thank you for your sweet comments on the story/writing too!!! 😢🙌🙌🙌 I tried my best to incorporate replayability/options/many choices to the extent that I could handle!! Ehehehe so feels so satisfying hearing you say that 😭🙌
Isn't the VA for Yasha (Luke Avon) so good?!?!? I can't stop trying to promote this young guy lmao he's super young but insanely talented!! When I was Chopping up his lines I realized that I had him voicing all the bad endings LMAO but there weren't really any romance lines I asked for... RIP 💀💀💀
I did ask him if he could do like 4 more lines for the marriage proposal in End 3, and he said he was down 😂😂😂 so I'll try to add them to the next major update. LOL!!! (We need Yasha romance VO... Sage has all the romantic lines LMAO)
Thanks so much again for playing and leaving a loving comment, I can't wait to do the same to you this weekend!!!! Woot!!!!!
Decided to comment after finishing all the routes and gotta say I thoroughly enjoyed it! When going through it a second time, it really reminded me of another reincarnation game- Intertwine. Of course no yanderes in that game compared to the lovely Yasha lol.
Really enjoyed jumping through hoops in order to get different endings [and rolling through the comments for guides to ones I could not reach]. I very much enjoyed both characters and how they developed with each loop along with the choices that changed them along the way.
I think the only thing that jarred me a little bit was a moment I was romancing Yasha [ignoring the first death by train] and I think this was the third time[?] and already having learned of Sage and the plan. Because I think in the second go is when he gives his number, and then other loops there is no number given if I recall. Which understandable as seen with each play there moments do remember the past ones, but idk it just caught me off guard there. Yet it was just a minor moment before I went back to that ending grind baby tfgyhju Of course this could be not too right, as I cannot recall everything as I just plowed this game like a train late into the day and onto the night so the brain not fully there no more rip
Besides that a part of me is just so curious to see those past lives with Yasha. See him before he went batshit crazy [even more in that one ending with death by string there rip]. As there are mentions of those past lives throughout the game.
Thank you so much for playing to completion and leaving such a sweet comment!!!
OH thank you so much re: Sage and the phone number! I think you're right, in the 3rd playthrough I don't think he gives his phone number-- which I guess we could pretend the MC memorized his phone number by heart 😂 but maybe not that likely in this day and age LOL -- I'll go back and check for consistency and fix up!!! 🫡
Oh man!! I feel you! I thought about some kind of DLC or expansion which goes through the past lives-- but not sure if there'd be enough long term interest (and also I'm a noob writer... not sure if I could pull it off LOL) but it is fun to think about!!
If you have any ideas for a past life of theirs, let me know and I'll incorporate it in a super short spinoff after the main game is complete!! Lol!!
I think what could be an interesting thing, if my memory was right, if the phone number Sage gave us was just left at our home. And then when beginning a new loop it's found left on the nightstand or just someplace we check before heading to work o uo-! Just it being now apart of the loops or it could be memorized. Seeing the loops where we are repeating lines Yasha said from a previous loop and spooking him a bit hehe. Also phone number memory is indeed awful and I am lucky to have a silly number which is easy to remember loool.
Noob writer or not your game was very captivating with the need to grind for all the endings in one go fgyh
I think two ones that would be interesting, at least to me rip, probably would be their 'first' meeting as soulmates and maybe even the life with their daughter who passed from the plague. Or even any of the children for the matter as ik with the daughter I got curious about, but then curious if any of their children witnessed Yasha starting to slip in the sanity. Probably would not be fun coming home and just seeing your dad holding your mother who isn't moving anymore tghy
Lil edit but think another interesting thing could even be a first encounter with Sage in one of the past lives since the player is no stranger to him. That and in one ending he can take on the soulmate bond. Curious if he developed feelings for the player in the past lives or what his reaction when first put on this case of hunting Yasha down. Probably each past player reacting differently just as ours did either going with a plan [failing horribly] or deeming him crazed before telling Yasha or something dheueh
These are some amazing ideas....!!! I'm gonna have to write them all down LOL. I'll make sure to give you credit/tag you if/when I do implement them! 🫡❤️❤️❤️
Oh man though I'm a bit of a softie to be honest and hearing the idea of the children seeing Yasha losing it or coming back to see the PC not moving.... 😭😭😭 honestly sounds super compelling but OOF I dunno if I could write it 😂😂😂 I'd be too busy crying too LOL
Maybe I'll have to (lovingly) kidnap you to write it for us!!! 🥹🙌❤️ (jkjk LOL)
Thank you so much again for this wealth of good ideas and fun thoughts!!! 😍😍😍
DFGHJFGHJ if you use them so help me I'll be flustered to death LOL. But more then happy to have provided some random ideas your way! Your game is very enjoyable and I cannot wait to see the polished game with all the lovely cgs [I saw one wip of one in the comments and the excitement is REAL]
I do love me some good angst and there be potential rip. Even thinking now if in one of the lives if the player passes away from illness with Yasha and the kids there by the player's side at the end. I could see that ending much like the ending I first got when smacked by the train with Yasha drastically following after [though maybe not depending on his sanity and the kids being there] But if do decide to venture into that sad territory, have some tissues and cute animal videos on the side. As ik I needed some cute videos as I played another yandere jam game last night [I poked Sunlit Grove and I shall speak no further other then don't play it at freaking midnight]
Funny I do have a degree in creative writing, but my writing isn't all too good rip I'm better at ideas then most bits looooool
And again it's no problem, I just shared my random thoughts of things that popped after playing the game tfgyhuj
awww!!! 😭😭😭 I feel you....! Lol. ❤️
In my mind Ending 3 (Bonnie&Clyde) is canon (if you're a Yasha fan)...! Definitely hoping to add in plenty of CGs there and a little more love so that that whole route feels more fleshed out!!
Thank you so much for playing!! 💖 We'll hopefully add more/finished CGs so that it feels more polished and enjoyable to play very soon!!
TOTALLY didn't get all the ending in like 3 hours...
Also i totally didnt name yasha sage as a joke. it was so confusing that his name was sage after that, but honestly hilarious. i also loved the responses, i love when visual novels have goofy responses, especially in the time loop trope. honestly dont even know what im saying right now, im totally tired but it was so worth it to play this game. (when i first heard sage's voice i was like.. wait a damn minute. and yasha's voice actor was also so good??? i definitely need more games with luke avon)
LOL!!!! Didn't they totally kill it?!?! 💥 the VAs seriously slayed 🔥🔥🔥 (seriously Luke Avon is super young, I had no idea. He's so good!!! Hoping to see him in many more games)
LOLOLOL I love that you renamed him Sage... I can imagine the confusion LMAO -- now you just need to name the MC Sage too LOL and you'll have the unholy trio of trolly names complete LOL
Thank you so so much for playing our game!!! 💖💖💖💖💖 Your comment is hilarious LOL and so glad you enjoyed!!! 🔥
WOOT!!!! Re: that fast Ending 3 ayeeeee 💖💖💖 hahahaha I feel closer to you 😎 jkjk
NOOOOO I'm so sorry about Sage 😭 He is definitely worth crying for, the voice actor (Jason Hall) is such a sweetheart 😭
Hopefully Yasha wasn't toooo scary! Ehehehe ❤️
Thank you so much for playing!!! 🙌🙌🙌 and Congrats on finishing!!!
I played this game for around an hour or so getting all the endings I thought to get, and though I haven't gotten all of them, I can already say this is a 10/10 game with its design and it's characters.
The main character's life is dull and monotonous, and that helps keep a consistency over everything as they work the same job over and over again, and their little comments about things is rather nice in the flavor text that we do get about them in any life.
Both character designs of Yasha and Sage is fabulous, unique and I love them.
Admittedly I am a bit confused as to why Yasha has fangs when he's stated to be human-only a Soup dodger- but aside from that his design is completely delightful, and the wrapping of the string around his arm is obviously perfection, as I am sure you know <3
Yasha's personality, to me, is like a felt doll that's falling apart at the seams with stuffing coming out of it.
Like, you see the outer shell just fine, but all of it's inner parts are obviously on display from wear and time passage, ie his general craziness and his old-timey misogyny whenever the MC does anything to slightly inconvenience him.
(Also, I might have just done something to avoid it, but Yasha's never mentioned an event from 1850 in my games, so I feel like I'm missing a little something ;-;)
His voice acting is phenomenal, it goes so well with the way he was written, it may just be me but I think my favorite lines from him were him mentioning that we should be childhood friends in the next life, or the train one where he contemplates dying immediately to follow the player.
Death has no meaning to him, even if he is a poor player of the waiting game.
Honestly though, the star of the show is Sage for me.
I wouldn't say it if it wasn't 100 percent true for me, but I think Sage was the best part.
I usually come and stay for the Yanderes- and Yasha was compelling for sure- but my highlight was Sage.
From a person who you're not sure if you can trust, to a person you lean into completely to get away from the possibility of death, to a true trusted comrade, to a soulmate, the journey I had with Sage was something that took me completely off guard when I came in, but had me coming back for even more.
I came for Yasha, but Sage with his earnest desire and attempts to keep you safe and protect the MC, stole my heart.
I recognize his voice actor, and it was a beautiful choice for Sage, a soft, calm and stalwart voice that is completely worthy of the Guardian of the Amnesiac Soup.
He was written so well, and after the second life I was so excited to see him again, and when the option to become soulmates unlocked, I was completely thrilled.
Not pertaining to his relationship with the MC, but I find it so funny and cute that he goes out of his way to consume human-based media to the point he knows about time loop movies and 'single pringle'.
He deserves a big kiss right upon the star in his forehead. All of his expressions were delightful and I loved him.
Aside from the boys and the way they were designed and written, the artwork in this was just delightful all around, and I can't wait for the proper implementation of the CGs, I'll be playing all over again just for those.
The music was also phenomenal, and you all put such good effort and it was all such a delight.
Thank you again, this was all so wonderful, and I will definitely be following you for more!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a thoughtful, heartfelt review of our game...! It really means so much to me and the team. (As the writer, I'm especially grateful...! ;-; I'm so glad Sage could capture your heart...! 😭 🙌 🙌 🙌 )
I agree that the Voice Actors completely killed it -- we had no idea we would get so much talent when we did our casting call...!
As a newbie gamemaker (long time hobbyist but never made anything worth publishing until now), I had no idea who they were -- I had honestly mainly picked Sage's VA because his voice had a great contrast with Yasha's (Luke Avon -- his audition was an instant cast!) ---- only afterward did I realize how incredibly lucky we were that Jason Hall (Sage's VA) had auditioned and graced our game with his voice...!
He's also the voice of V in Killer Chat (I had no idea -- but I gotta go play it now!!), and apparently he's on a ton of other games...! I don't know why he decided to audition but I will be eternally grateful. LOL.
I personally was definitely a Yasha girl until I got the Sage Voice lines and was chopping them up... That heartfelt British voice LOL ;-; killing me with wholesomeness and healing and reliability LOL. This game would definitely not be the same without the amazing voice talents!!!
(And amazing Music, BGs, and UI! Still need to implement the UI in full 💀 -- CausticFish made amazing assets but I didn't have the time/ full coding knowledge to slot them in yet. Hopefully this weekend or the next, though!)
Thank you so so much again for your kind, thoughtful analysis and your enthusiasm!!!! 🙌 🙌 🙌 Comments like yours make this all worth it to us!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Of course!! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much for playing!! 😍🙌🙌🙌
Spoiler ⬇️
It does have to be at least your 3rd "new" playthrough, so 1 playthrough after you have Agreed to the Plan in the previous playthrough -- once you've Agreed to the Plan and start a new playthrough, you'll be able to Romance Sage (and also not romance him -- which is End 10. You should definitely utilize the "skip" function to skip over anything you've already seen!)
The important thing is when he asks if you'll tether to him (and it shows the sketchy CG) you gotta say "I'm not sure"/No so that you don't get the romance ending!
Then assuming you've handled Yasha so that you get to the final confrontation, you would just stall and shout for Sage! 🫡
He will come save you but no romance!
That is so so sweet of you to say!!! 😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌 and thank you SO MUCH for playing to completion!!! Woo!!! 🎉🎉🎉
TOTALLY agree on Yasha's VA!! He's amazing (and also super young, what the heck!)
Here are 2 other games he's on, if you're addicted to his voice like I am! LOL