Trick and Treat
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
"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!
Features:
x Selectable pronouns for the player character (he/she/they)
x Custom name for the player character
x 20k words with a playtime of around an hour or two depending on how fast you read
x Original sprite and background artwork with five unlockable CGs
x A devoted, possessive, and charming boyfriend with a love for Halloween and a dark secret
Content Warnings:
This story focuses on a yandere love interest and explores some dark themes! I personally consider it very tame compared to a lot of works currently in existence, but please use discretion when playing.
x Manipulation and gaslighting
x Mild drugging
x Kidnapping
x Typical yandere behavior, though no violence is directed towards the player
x Swearing
x PG-13 rating
Credits:
x Artwork, coding, and writing by Starfait (Stardrop Studios)
x DOVA-SYNDROME for the music
x ZapSplat for the sound effects
x Skolaztika for the edited gui base
x Darth1117 and Metafright for bug testing and proof-reading
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You have no idea how excited I was to see this game! Spectral Phantasy was what got me into this genre of games and has held a special place in my heart ever since so I was overjoyed to see you'd released a new game. I really loved this one as well, the art is beautiful and holds a really consistent and cozy style. Trick was a really endearing character and the slow build up of the yandere aspects was really great. The story was also super sweet and I felt so bad for trick at the end. I also just wanted to note that I really appreciate the detail that we aren't his friend in many ways as I was worried that it would be implied we were similar in personality too which just feels unhealthy for trick. Anyways I really loved this game and I hope to see more in the future!
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.
I'm sucker for yanderes and he did deliver but when we got his backstory I was like "nope, I was here for the yandere but now I want to stay and take care of this cutie". Thank you for making this game, it made my day !
Thank you! I wanted to do something a little different compared to typical yandere love interests. I appreciate the kind words!
Just finished this game, and its really good!! I like trick a lot, he was really well written.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. ♡