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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played this without realizing it was made by the same person as spectral phantasy somehow! then i eventually connected the dots towards the end of playing and checked and lo and behold LOL! another banger, soo cute, love the idea of a sentient doll character! i hope you continue to make more cute little games like this for as long as you enjoy it.
STARDROP STUDIOS YOU DROPPED AN AMAZING ONE ONCE AGAIN! Trick is such a cutie <333!! And I LOVE the character development he has RAHH
Thank you so much!! ♡
The love I feel for this game is IMMENSE
Immersive music, very cute design, MC with a relatable personality, LI being interesting with actual *character growth*, a suprising plot that made me gasp out loud, smooth dialogue, lighthearted humor despite the situations (LMAO I really said that) and a very cute ending!
I definetly reccomend this game, even if you're not a fan of yandere of prefer yanderes more
spicy! I had so much fun :)Thank you for the amazing game <3
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 really don't like yandere, but I love your games, so I decided to try and.... I liked it. Trick really isn't that bad XD
Thanks for the great game! I hope to see more of your novels in the future♥
I really loves playing this game and I love Trick and the fact that he's.....well, you know. (Don't want to spoil anything :3)
:DDD loved this game!!
it's kinda rude how he makes us the replacement >:C
like boy- just go find your old owner?? why are you trying to lock us up???
helloo!! ı saw your comment and wanted to add my own idea as ı actualy thought about it first too haha... and ended having some theories ! ok SPOİLER ALERT! >W<
ı believe in story Trick says ''ı have waited for her so long yet she never came'' and overall house looks abandoned in forest and kinda vintage... so ım assuming his old owner was rather existed years ago and after Trick started to live in the house himself he slowly adapted into outside world and just brought / applied whatever new into the house since at the end of story he visits our home coming all by himself so he has no trouble going outside as long as he hides his mannequin parts from public.
second choice: he just literally has no idea where she is lol ^^; after all he says they immediately left the house after he came to ''confront her'' since they immediately left without even waiting so Trick might not have any idea where she went to... because ı doubt he would stay put ıf he knew where she is XD
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!
WHEN I LOOKED AT WHEN IT WAS MADE I SMILED SO BIGLY BECAUSE I AM EARLY!! (SPOILER) I love this game and i love where he actually goes through therapy for your sake-and so he can be better. it's also very interesting that he still shows signs of being obsessed even after-like after mc and Trick kissed he said something about "I wish i could keep this to myself" or smth I forget but its something at least close. ANYWAYS THIS IS REALLY GREAT! Thank you for making it :)
I LOVE TRICK SM HE WAS SOO SWEET TO I LOVE HIM <3333 THIS IS A WONDERFUL GAME THANK YOU FOR IT <3
Wow, what an ending! I smiled like an idiot when I saw that things were going well :D
(The feelings of the trick are well written, a nice change from the old yandere style to the more realistic emotional side)
If you make a DLC in the future, I will play it with pleasure!
Normally I tend to play much darker yandere games, but I loved your art and had to give this one a try, I'm so glad I did, I love Trick to bits, and I didn't anticipate the reveal near the end, I was curious though, is there only one ending? I ask, as I've already unlocked the 5 CG's and I can't bear to choose some of the meaner options towards him 😅
All in all, I'm sad the game is over, since I won't get to spend any more time with Trick, however, I will 100% be replaying the game 😊
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.
i love this game so much, trick is so adorable too hes everything:33
peak game, ur artstyle is reallyy cute, the choices are so perfectly written, and really, trick's backstory delivered more than i thought it would, i think this may be my new favorite from now on <3
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :'D
🤍GREAT GAME🖤
Thank you so much for the let's play!!
LOVE THE GAME SMMM,And the artstyle is amazing<33Trick is so adorable
Game is amazing. Peak.
the ending is absolute cinema
Oh my god, thank you so much!! I'm going to watch your let's play asap!
sorry for the sutter I have a bit of a speech impediment . Loved your game and going to play Spectral Phantasy soon too.
ack! i stumbled across this game and it did not disappoint. i love the way the emotions and feelings was well written. this is absolutely adorable, i love trick so much<33.
Thank you so much for the sweet words!
this game got me giggling and jumping. He looks so fine please punch me if I’m not wrong. THE GAME IS LIKE SO GOOD I can’t believe I’m playing this for free!!
Thank you!! That means so much. ♡
It was soo cute! ı love how Tricky learned to be better in the story that made me soo happy >w< plus again ı love how beautiful the choices are ! cant wait to try them :3 (though ı probably wont be able to pick fierce ones because ı love Tricky alot ;w;)
We love character development! ♡ There's no harm in saving beforehand and trying out other choices! That's the fun of these games.
I loved thiss!!! i love trick sm hes such a cutie
Agreed! Thank you so much!
I really love your writing! Trick is such an interesting, and complex character, and I am so in love with him. 😍🥰 I love the cg's and his sprite, too. You have such an adorable art style! I also love that
the player can choose to stay with him at the end.That choice was so important to me. I also love Spectral Fantasy, and I hope that you make more games in the future!Thank you so much!! ♡
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.
yeah! That trope always just feels kinda gross so I really appreciated it! :D
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. ♡