Tiny Bytes XOXO for 3/1/23

Wishlist ebi-hime's upcoming game Fragile Feelings on Steam!

ebi-hime, author of popular titles such as Blackberry Honey, Salome's Kiss, and Embraced by Autumn, is working on her next visual novel, a yuri story named Fragile Feelings. This tragic story centers around a terminally ill girl, Ann Clements, who decides to live out her last days as an assistant teacher. At school, Ann meets a nurse, Kohaku, who she immediately takes interest in. The kinetic novel unfolds, detailing the slow-burn romance between the terminally ill teacher and the school nurse. The story is undoubtedly tragic, but ebi-hime assures fans that it will be emotionally uplifting. Perhaps Ann's future isn't so grim after all?

Fragile Feelings will be released Q3 2023. Wishlist it now on Steam.

Red Lilies'  Kickstarter has relaunched!

Krispy Cat, the developer of Red Lilies, initially launched their Kickstarter campaign in November of 2022. Unfortunately, the campaign did not reach its funding goal, but now they are back to give it another shot. Set in the British countryside of the Victorian era, Red Lilies tells a promising vampire story following a group of girls from Lady Lilianne's Academy. One night, something sinister makes its way into the girls' dormitory, leaving its mark on an innocent student left for dead. There's no way out, so the girls must stick together to find out how to survive the horrid attacks. During the game of cat and mouse, MC Irene has the chance to get to know the other girls better and find love.

Red Lilies must reach their funding goal of US $4,500 by March 14th.

You can check out the Kickstarter campaign for Red Lilies here.

The Inexperienced Exorcist

The Inexperienced Exorcist is an RPG Maker VN about an exorcist at the mercy of a ghost's desires. Follow the relationship between Axel the rookie exorcist and Ethan, a fun-loving ghost who just wants his wishes fulfilled so he can transition into the afterlife. This spooky romance features an unlikely relationship between the living and the dead, and leaves us wondering what could bloom between two characters with such differing destinies. What can Axel and Ethan's future hold?

You can play The Inexperienced Exorcist for free on itch.io.

As Long As It's Not Illegal: Act I

Content Warning: Suggested suicide, Self-harm, Partial nudity, Drugs, Crude humor, Strong language & depictions of violence... blood?!

Meet friends, enemies, and lovers on your rebellious trip to the Undercity to throw a party at at rival campus. The problem is, it's illegal for these two groups to associate with each other, but that doesn't seem to stop you from going on the adventure. Play as Roxanne, the renameable protagonist, and find love among 20+ characters. As Long As It's Not Illegal is a dating sim with a colorful art style that sets it apart from other visual novels.

You can buy As Long As It's Not Illegal: Act I for US $7.99 on itch.io and Steam.

Otome Reality

Content Warning: Rated 16+ for profanity, sex jokes, partial nudity

Some of the best heroines have a tragic past, and that's the case in Otome Reality, where Celine not only has a history of bad relationships, but she's been ironically assigned as a lead designer of an otome game. Of course, Celine crosses paths with four handsome bachelors along the way. Will Celine be able to create the best otome game even when love has left her bitter?

You can play the demo for Otome Reality on itch.io.

Leather Bound Love

Leather Bound Love is an upcoming otome game where you have the job of your dreams: working at a local bookstore. This is the meeting grounds for five bachelors, each with a story of their own. This game is currently in development, but what's amazing is the demo includes three chapters of each love interest's route, letting players have a taste of what's to come in the full game. Which of these eligible bachelors has stolen your heart?

You can play the demo for Leather Bound Love on itch.io.

Yours Truly

Yours Truly is another ghost romance, this one about a ghost boy named Ansel who, despite his bleak future, is a hopeless romantic who's determined to reach his happily ever after. Yours Truly brings us a relatively unique theme, because ghost romances aren't something that are common in VNs. This game lets players choose their name and pronouns. Get ready to fall in love with a ghost!

You can play the demo for Yours Truly on itch.io.

The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons

Set in a futuristic version of Japan, artificial pigeons have stolen the sky, putting an end to the digital world as we know it. Because of this anomaly, airplanes can no longer fly, and radio signals and the internet no longer exist thanks to the pigeons that devour the radio waves and hog the sky. Hope is regained when a new radio is constructed that is able to receive signals from the future. The Steam version of the game features a main story as well as multiple heroine routes, and includes dialogue based sexual references and spicy "veiled" artwork of characters kissing.

You can buy The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons on Steam for US $29.99. A free adult patch is also available, and the R18 version of the game is available on Denpasoft, JAST USA, and MangaGamer.

Selene ~Apoptosis~

Content Warning: This visual novel deals with mature themes and may not be appropriate for those who are easily disturbed.

A mysterious yet cute catgirl shows up on your doorstep well past bedtime; will you let her in? The girl seems to have appeared out of thin air, and is so irresistibly cute that she might easily lure the MC into something dangerous. Selene ~Apoptosis~ is a thriller VN with romance, and the creators mention that they sought inspiration from the works of David Lynch and Stephen King. The main story is free, and there are paid DLCs, including a R18 patch, for players to dive further into the story as well as enjoy the spice.

You can play the main story of Selene ~Apoptosis~ for free on Steam.

Monstera is this week's hot new love interest! Monstera is a flirty plant, and as far as we know, he may be one of the first flirty plants in existence. What makes Monstera so special is his mature look, cute smiling pot, and bright green leaves that just so happened to be slightly heart-shaped. Monstera is a plant from the new Kinder World dating sim, Take Me or Leaf Me.

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