Spectral Phantasy
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
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..."
Features:
x Gender neutral player character with option for a custom name.
x 29k words and a playtime around one to three hours depending on how fast you take it.
x Original sprite artwork and four unlockable CGs.
x A cute, ghost boyfriend you can call your own and tease to your heart's content.
x Fun, snarky banter and back and forth dialogue.
Content Warnings:
x Mentions of death. It's a game about a ghost, so I'd be concerned if there wasn't.
x Mild cursing. Protag has a potty mouth.
x Some slightly inappropriate comments/innuendos, but nothing NSFW.
x PG-13 rating
Development and Credits:
x Story, writing, art and coding by Starfait
x Backgrounds generated from Midjourney and Stable Diffusion
x BGMs by DOVA-SYNDROME, MokkaMusic, Lofi Geek, and Purple Planet
x SFX by Zapsplat
x Itch.io background by werememe
x GUI by Skolaztika
x Special thanks to Darth1117, Mangosteen, and Metafright
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Development log
- Update ver. 1.1May 08, 2024
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This was so fun! I fell in love with Cyrus immediately. The story was really nice too, nothing too crazy, but definitely made me wanna play until the end. Perfect for Halloween as well XD
YES
i don't usually write game reviews, but i felt compelled to say something about this game because i love it so much and the people who worked on this game deserve to know that! the writing is so immersive and cyrus is so cute. this game reminded me of a lot of 'a date with death' in the best ways possible.
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.
HE WAS ALWAYS MY BABY, AND NOW SEEING THE FULL VERSION.. it makes me sooo happy! i hope it gets a lot of attention, it's just the sweetest game ever. i love you forever, cyrus <333
BE STILL MY HEART! I LOVE CYRUS SOO, SOO MUCH!<3 I was looking for a supernatural themed visual novel for autumn, and this fit the list! <3
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUXH OMGGGGGG CYRUS IS JUST EVERYTHINGG <33333
This game was BEYOND cute. Thanks to you all, my cheeks hurt from all the smiling I did. It was just so amazing. Who knew a story about a cute ghost and a necrophiliac would be so wholesome and something I'd absolutely needed in life. Cyrus is such a cutie patootie. It's hard to find banter in stories that actually makes you giggle. I was so happy to see the game have multiple chapters and doesn't end short. Of course, I greedily wish if there was more Cyrus content 😭
Thank you for the game. The CGs and backdrops were amazing. Especially MC's house is literally so beautiful and calming to look at. The morning scenes from the mansion were gorgeous too. Wish we could see the fountain area with Cy's hydrangeas in it and tea room in the daylight!! This has become one of my favourite games and Cyrus is best boy <3
THE GAME IS SO CUTE WHAT.
i love it
What an absolutely ADORABLE little halloween themed romance vn. Ngl, I was expecting more yandere-esque vibes, but this cutesy little formal ghost fella worked just as well. Seriously, the character's, characterisation, personalities, interactions, and comedy are to DIE for(pun perhaps intended).
Though, as cute and charming as it all is, my sole(or should I say soul? hehe) critique would be that the plot and trust between characters progresses a TAD quick to feel realistic. But hey, suspension of disbelief for that sweet sweet ghost boy romance 'amiright?
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
i got a discord server addicted to this game
11/10
here's cyrus fanart from a person in the server
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.
i'm glad you enjoy it mr. gamedev, hopefully (maybe) we see more of cyrus in the future
metalglass i hate you i hope you drown in rust
Hellooo! ım finally here after playing the demo and ı already feel sooo bad for missing out this gem all those days :'). my thoughts in summary is I enjoyed every second ı got in this game the game gave me all those romance, slice of life moments, and cute ghost boy and ı was so happy to tak them all because ı just played demo like 2-3 times ı can see how much work you put into it in the released game and ım amazed!! having all those response choices ı was like little kid happily saving the all choosing moments so ı can experience all those answer ı could get from cute ghost boy and even with that ı didnt picked all choices and will probably replay several times to cover them either. as for music ı think they matched with the story very well they and art is very gorgeous too!
as for the story flow ı enjoyed all of them and none of the part of story bored me ıts very good in my opinion (ım saying these as slice of life and cute stuff lover ofc everyone has their own opinion) and ım verrryy happy about Happy ending honestly ı was bit afraid that story might not end with such good ending but ım very glad it did thank you for all the hard work for this verryy cute and amazing game! ^^
This game is genuinely so amazing :D I love cy so much!!
OMG love it!!! Cy is such a cutie
Friends THIS GAME IS PERFECT pls play,love my baby ghost boy aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in love <3<3 thanks for the beatiful game.
I loved this so so much!! I am absolutely in love with Cy <33
The chapter four completion name caught me so off guard I started choking on my food T-TLemme guess you got called a necrophilliac?I adored this game so much, thank you for making it. I loved the personality of the MC and Cyrus so much! Everything about the game felt really cozy and nice to read. The only issue I have is from the AI generated images >.> I understand you had your reasons for doing such but I hope future titles will be AI-free. : >
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!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjyoing the game.
the game was so good but omg I have the same name as his sister 😭
the last achievement was wild though my jaw literally dropped
THIS WAS SO CUTE I COULD CRY OMGGGG UGHHH i love you for creating this
ITS SO CUTE AND SOOOO GOOD!! Augh! I am as dead as Cyrus is!!
I NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE A C.AI OF HIM… I LOVE HIM TOO MUCH 🤭😫
You have my permission if you wanted to make your own. 👀
I certainly have my own private bot of him.can i call dibs
Lol go for it
good cuz im already getting a actural leash for the submissive boy~
PLZ DO!! I NEED HIM 😫
OH MY GOD- I NEED LIKE A CARRY ON GAME FROM THIS- A SECOND GAME-
NECROPHILIAC CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD LMFAOOOOOO sweetest game ever i loved it
this made my night. this game is so adorable and everything about it makes me so giddy jaodhwAHFENK
NEPHROPHILIAC IS CRAZYYYY LMAOO (FIRE GAME BTW)
🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
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! ♡
I received an error while playing the game:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/script.rpy", line 1668, in script
if doorwaypeak:
File "game/script.rpy", line 1668, in <module>
if doorwaypeak:
NameError: name 'doorwaypeak' is not defined
This error was thrown after you as a player are just about to settle down with Cyrus to the room where they planned to have the sleepover.
In general though a very well made game and great dialogue!
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!
No worries, glad to be of help.
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!
No worries I touched on it in my commentary, that you probably had your reasons and that even ai stuff does have it's uses at times (especially for something not being profited off of) Best of luck on your career!
Hiiiick so kawaii
Cute af
OMG...WHY IS THIS SO CUTE
The full version is now definitely one of my favorite novels! I hope to see more games from you in the future!
Thank you so much!! Id love to make more games in a similar vein in the future. Glad you enjoyed playing!
This was so cute~ I would love to see more of cyrus T_T. You guys did a really good job!