Yeah the romance that starts with M was one of the best (sorry Connor), the way you structure the story, makes every chapter and motives happen, like wow, everything was so well constructed im in such a bliss.
Hello, just letting you know some of the triggers sometimes don't work properly, idk if is a matter of use a old version save, but for example, i had the chapter 15 trio and on chapter 16 the game give me the lines as if i did have the scene but not the trio part :)
I never stopped playing the game. Finished all the available chapters in 2 days. IM SO HOOKED. I love my Luke and Connor.and will do my best to be endgame with them. I also want to steal Ronin from Nick x'D even though I've choosing the best choices for nick and him. There is just something about Ronin being so protective to Nick that I want to steal him for myself. Dunno but i also want Paolo to be beside me everytime even though he be so demanding.
Omg!!! After waiting for the new update, i decided to start from the beginning. And oh boy-im glad i did so! There were more added scenes and choices that could make me help ronan and nick to have a proper conversation and accept each other again! Like, they deserve each other and have their own romance. While with the romance for our mc, oh my ghadddd, PAOLOOOOO, the man that you are! I like his personality-heck i love him overall, he's a bit unhinged towards Mayhew, like, " Did I upset you, master?" whiles looking at his fingernails! And don't even get me started with the current new chapter!! Mayhew! You are so - *clench heart*!! .. .
I.... don't like you 🤣. How dare you make such a great game with interesting and intriguing story content that has me too far invested on what the next update could hold (I'm talking about the ending on Ch16 Pt2 Luke Route). 100/10 would recommend this game.
Im at chapter 11 right now, and I am amazed by the art, at first it seemed somewhat clunky, but by now It is really beautiful. The storytelling is immersive and all characters have their own charm, personally my fav is connor, haven't yet had the opportunity to know Mayhew , and loved paolos presentation and image, will certainly give him a chance.
The only part that dissapointed me a little is how Alex is such a sub bottom, I'd like to top someone, or at least take the leading role.
I'm definetely buying the game once It is complete. Thanks a lot for your work, and looking forward for more of your art.
Right now, that is the only scene with Ronan, outside of the nightmare scenario with him and Paolo. I think it's obvious there are at least three potential ideas for the plotline, with Nick and Alex getting together, or Ronan and Alex, or Nick and Roe reconciling, so I won't be surprised to see more content with him in the future.
I'm also interested in Ronan, how he seemingly broken inside. The broody, wrong-for-the-right-reason type of guy. I like him, but I also want him to rekindle his relationship with Nick. Oh well, if anything, I would need to replay the game several times since I also happen to like Connor and Santino. Yes, I'm a werewolf fan and hopefully Alex is allowed to romance Ronan as well :3
The dev just posted about a day or two ago that the next update should be done within the next two weeks, so a month after that it should be here on itch.
The story is fantastic! The sense of immersion is so strong that when I chose not to join Mayhew, it somehow left me feeling disheartened, as if all the previous events no longer mattered to me. So, I decided to let Mayhew bite me 😆😆😆, looking forward to new adventures...
omigosshhh~~~ I was really happy with the updates especially on Ronan and Nick's Interactions . I'm looking forward to the future updates with Paolo as well, he makes me giddy hahah
It is definitely shorter than some previous updates, but after checking in with Patrons, I decided to make this one shorter and get it out quicker rather than having everyone waiting 4 to 6 months between updates.
Paolo seems great, but the latest chapter solidified Connor as my favorite 'route'! Seriously good job there, I can't wait to see more of his development!
I have an issue. I do everythig as it is said in Walkthrough file, but option to offer nick a spare bed still isnt active. Can somebody give me a little clue where I made a mistake?
Hmm. The walkthrough may be outdated. When I initially made this scene, it was almost impossible for anyone to get to sleep with him. I eventually recoded it to make it easier to sleep with him, but that really shrunk the range in which you get this middle result of him doing a strip tease by the spare bed. I'll look up the coding next time I'm working on the script and will reply to your comment here. Thanks for asking and sorry for the inconvenience. I'll try to get the walkthrough updated, too.
To unlock the striptease with Nick (as of Build 0.10b): Looking through the code, you need to have a relationship score with him of 20 or 25, and a not so great score with Mayhew. To get that, pick "Resist" at the end of Chapter 3, then in chapters 5 and 6...
"Why Me" or "Make an Appointment" at opening of Ch 5 (0 points); then "Act Normal" or "Self-Deprecating" joke (+10); "Avoid the conversation" (0 points); "reject the feeling"; invite him to use the spare bed (+10 points). That should keep the score with Mayhew low and get you 20 points with Nick to unlock the striptease.
Without more information, it's rather difficult to help, but I've tested it on my own device and it installs normally. Typically when someone says it's not installing on their device, they are either out of storage or there is a setting on their phone that is preventing it. The only advice I can offer is that it seems Itch is forcing the application into a Zip file, so you may need to extract the zip on your phone before you can install it.
Not really, there are too many choices for me to setup a system where you can select them to go to a chapter. That said, you can enable the Skip feature and set it to include skipping unseen text, transitions and after choices. Should get you through everything in less than 5 minutes.
I just finished playing chapter 15, and I am low key so mad that the character I was planning to have as endgame is now being teased as dead; PLEASE tell me that this is a fake death situation, otherwise I don't know if I want to continue playing this game anymore :(
😟While I'm sad you're upset (and you're not the only one), I am oddly gratified people care enough about these characters that it is upsetting. Unfortunately, past that, I'm not going to say anything until after the next update releases. I hope you hang in there.
Hey! 😁 Great update~ dark, sexy, and very intriguing 😌 I just wanted to ask if xou have plans to continue the walkthrough or of it was meant more as a base guide to help us understand how the mechanics function?
Oh, and 1ne last thing. I realise this might be a silly question, as the VN is pretty sex focused, but does sleeping with certain people negatively influence other relationships? 🤔 I could be mistaken, but I think there was a point reduction earlier on with Nick? I keep a ton of saves just in case of this, but I thought I'd check 😋
I do not have plans to continue updating the walkthrough, no. If I do, I'll probably start from scratch and do it a different way, such as just recording relationship score adjustments from decisions and then what score you need for gatekept branches. I'm generally pretty good about answering questions over on discord, though, if you have any.
As for the second question... Generally, sleeping with someone won't block off a lot of options, but there are a couple exceptions. I will probably redo the earliest scene with Nick at some point as the decision tree for that was a bit arbitrary and was when I was just starting, but the idea there was more that if you had made decisions more aligned with a pro-Mayhew mindset, then you wouldn't be able to sleep with Nick. I haven't done a lot of that since, but... There is and will be a series of optional encounters that, if pursued, will block off certain endings. There are hints about that, though.
Thankx for the response! 😁 I actually had a problem getting the option to sleep with Nick, like, I got it right the 1irst time, but then I went back to change something and couldn't re-create the conditions 🤔 not sure what I got wrong there 😅 and thankx, I'll consider joining Discord~ 😋
And an even bigger thankx for answering the 2econd question, as it was the most concerning. I have 3hree general saves, "Good", "Bad", and "Neutral", with each favouring certain characters, so I just wanted to make sure I don't miss out on anything by not focusing one 1ne person 😌
Amazing work. Xou're really doing an outstanding job with this VN, I love everything about it, especially them wolfy sex scenes~ 😍
The amount of branching in this mind-blowing. And of course so is the story. I definitely didn't expect that one special scene that I assume you unlock by remaining a celibate against all odds. Can't wait for more!
I'll take a look and follow-up. There are a couple images that don't want to unlock due to a bug, but most of them should work. Anyway, I'll look and follow-up here.
This is SO GOOD. The story hooks you in completely but it happens gradually so that at some point you realise it's like 2am and you've been on the edge of your seat for hours.
I cannot! STRESS! HOW! MUCH! I LIKE! THIS! GAME!!!!!!! I love how Alex is practically collecting all the men like some pokemon sht, I can't wait to see cold wolf alpha soften and warm up to "cmrag" doctor as he calls it.
Also, the red head elder is hawt, hope he comes back so alex can collect him too~ I want to see rich vampire, ah sorry "elder" daddy get jealous as Alex and red head hottie flirt heheheheh esp since he dislikes other elders and is particularly interested in Alex~~ I'm just looking for angst, sorry😅especially after what he did to Ronan and Nick, I'm still bitter about it and I don't think I'll ever get over it🤨
I also just got cliffhangered 🥹
Seems like even the weird ass monsters are interested in Alex, I felt so betrayed when ch 14 ended with a "to be continued". I got so desperate that I had to make an account and comment...
Oh man you just made me so excited, although the wait is gonna be agonizing but damn hell i will eat it up when it comes🫠❤️🔥 thank you for making the game!!
What an absolute pleasure this was to read! Not only are the characters very well constructed, but the writing itself is superb 😌 really, I became completely enamoured and lost in the story. Words flow as seamlessly as cum does in this VN~
I was actually a little hesitant to download BbN because of its size, which will no doubt grow even bigger with each chapter, but it was fully worth it 😁 I cannot say enough good things about this amazing visual novel
Bound by Night actually reminds me of this old game I used to love "Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines". Any chance xou drew inspiration from a game like this?
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️ And thank you for this kind note. It will definitely continue to grow but I try to keep the file sizes under control.
VtM and the World of Darkness generally are definitely inspirations. I played a lot in the 90s. Mostly I played WtA, but a few vampires here and there, and I loved the tragically brief television series, Kindred: the Embraced.
On the size of the game, I hear you! I was worried about this way back after I'd made the first couple of chapters and saw it ballooning. To try to keep it under control, all the audio is converted to ogg format, which has a much smaller footprint than wav and mp3, and images are in either jpg or webp format. (If I used the original png, we'd probably be at 10gb right now!) I also avoid movie files because, as much as I'd love to have some proper animated movies or backgrounds, the file sizes are huge and if I do it once, I'll have to keep doing it or it would be a really odd standout moment. (Maybe for the conclusions...)
Nice to hear it did in fact provide some influence 😁 I can definitely pick up on the vibes, and I completely understand the size issue, it always happens with games that have so many images, but it's completely worth it in the end 😋 and xour VN is perfect even without animations, but I do like the idea of including them for the conclusions~ 😌
Just wanted to say that this is THE top cgi ish like game that ive ever played where the story has fully immersed me. Im new to this genre. My first forage into this was robin morningwood which i loved lol I wish the sex scenes were more animated/interactive but i enjoy them still for what they are, but the story telling is the winner here! This game is AMAZING! Also the characters <3 Im in love with connor so far. I think im on chapter 7/8 but i had to write this really quick! Thank you for creative such an amazing game!
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Yeah the romance that starts with M was one of the best (sorry Connor), the way you structure the story, makes every chapter and motives happen, like wow, everything was so well constructed im in such a bliss.
Hello, just letting you know some of the triggers sometimes don't work properly, idk if is a matter of use a old version save, but for example, i had the chapter 15 trio and on chapter 16 the game give me the lines as if i did have the scene but not the trio part :)
what about next chapter guys?
I never stopped playing the game. Finished all the available chapters in 2 days. IM SO HOOKED. I love my Luke and Connor.and will do my best to be endgame with them. I also want to steal Ronin from Nick x'D even though I've choosing the best choices for nick and him. There is just something about Ronin being so protective to Nick that I want to steal him for myself. Dunno but i also want Paolo to be beside me everytime even though he be so demanding.
Really loving the story.
Bro, that plot-twist before the ride to the tower left me aghast!
and BTW before that Gift, I wasn't a Monster-Fucker fan but gawd-damn
still only up to chapter 13, got work in the morn but will continue soon! <3 Loving it and love you
Edit: Just finished chapter 16 part two and still loving it <3
Very excited for the upcoming updates :D
Omg!!! After waiting for the new update, i decided to start from the beginning. And oh boy-im glad i did so! There were more added scenes and choices that could make me help ronan and nick to have a proper conversation and accept each other again! Like, they deserve each other and have their own romance. While with the romance for our mc, oh my ghadddd, PAOLOOOOO, the man that you are! I like his personality-heck i love him overall, he's a bit unhinged towards Mayhew, like, " Did I upset you, master?" whiles looking at his fingernails! And don't even get me started with the current new chapter!! Mayhew! You are so - *clench heart*!! .. .
<3 <3 <3 luv u sooooo much
quick question...how do you get "all yours Kid"?
I.... don't like you 🤣. How dare you make such a great game with interesting and intriguing story content that has me too far invested on what the next update could hold (I'm talking about the ending on Ch16 Pt2 Luke Route). 100/10 would recommend this game.
Im at chapter 11 right now, and I am amazed by the art, at first it seemed somewhat clunky, but by now It is really beautiful. The storytelling is immersive and all characters have their own charm, personally my fav is connor, haven't yet had the opportunity to know Mayhew , and loved paolos presentation and image, will certainly give him a chance.
The only part that dissapointed me a little is how Alex is such a sub bottom, I'd like to top someone, or at least take the leading role.
I'm definetely buying the game once It is complete. Thanks a lot for your work, and looking forward for more of your art.
Is there more Ronan X Alex content or just the "Gift" Act? You see I'm attracted to men like that lol I love his personality, I can change him <3
Right now, that is the only scene with Ronan, outside of the nightmare scenario with him and Paolo. I think it's obvious there are at least three potential ideas for the plotline, with Nick and Alex getting together, or Ronan and Alex, or Nick and Roe reconciling, so I won't be surprised to see more content with him in the future.
I'm also interested in Ronan, how he seemingly broken inside. The broody, wrong-for-the-right-reason type of guy. I like him, but I also want him to rekindle his relationship with Nick. Oh well, if anything, I would need to replay the game several times since I also happen to like Connor and Santino. Yes, I'm a werewolf fan and hopefully Alex is allowed to romance Ronan as well :3
It's been over 6 months... no new update 🤧
There are relevant updates in Patreon， latest log, and a new version is expected to be released soon.👏
The dev just posted about a day or two ago that the next update should be done within the next two weeks, so a month after that it should be here on itch.
The story is fantastic! The sense of immersion is so strong that when I chose not to join Mayhew, it somehow left me feeling disheartened, as if all the previous events no longer mattered to me. So, I decided to let Mayhew bite me 😆😆😆, looking forward to new adventures...
What a great story! I want to play it many times. Due to language barriers, I even used AI translation to understand the story.
So damn good. So well written. So much hotness. I loved it!
The tremendous effort is there for all to see with the story line and graphics, superb piece of work.
this game is so so so good, i love the storyline, the options, the characters... keep up the excellent work author!
Thank you!
I forgot how do we best achieve the dream or vision sequence were we see ourselves on a throne,
Ack! Sorry for the delay; I missed this. Spoilers Ahead
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Easiest way to do it is not be in a relationship with Nick, and lie to Seth in the cabin's living room.
Want new update please.. is to short 😭
omigosshhh~~~ I was really happy with the updates especially on Ronan and Nick's Interactions . I'm looking forward to the future updates with Paolo as well, he makes me giddy hahah
The new update seems too short... what's next for the guy in the septic tank
It is definitely shorter than some previous updates, but after checking in with Patrons, I decided to make this one shorter and get it out quicker rather than having everyone waiting 4 to 6 months between updates.
You really have a great plan 👍🏻
Paolo seems great, but the latest chapter solidified Connor as my favorite 'route'! Seriously good job there, I can't wait to see more of his development!
Thank you!
I have an issue. I do everythig as it is said in Walkthrough file, but option to offer nick a spare bed still isnt active. Can somebody give me a little clue where I made a mistake?
Hmm. The walkthrough may be outdated. When I initially made this scene, it was almost impossible for anyone to get to sleep with him. I eventually recoded it to make it easier to sleep with him, but that really shrunk the range in which you get this middle result of him doing a strip tease by the spare bed. I'll look up the coding next time I'm working on the script and will reply to your comment here. Thanks for asking and sorry for the inconvenience. I'll try to get the walkthrough updated, too.
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To unlock the striptease with Nick (as of Build 0.10b): Looking through the code, you need to have a relationship score with him of 20 or 25, and a not so great score with Mayhew. To get that, pick "Resist" at the end of Chapter 3, then in chapters 5 and 6...
"Why Me" or "Make an Appointment" at opening of Ch 5 (0 points); then "Act Normal" or "Self-Deprecating" joke (+10); "Avoid the conversation" (0 points); "reject the feeling"; invite him to use the spare bed (+10 points). That should keep the score with Mayhew low and get you 20 points with Nick to unlock the striptease.
Спасибо вам огромное!!
It means "Thank you very much" in Russian. Your game is marvellous!
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Hey, you are incredible keep up the amazing work and I cant wait to play this update.
The Android version is not installing,why?
Without more information, it's rather difficult to help, but I've tested it on my own device and it installs normally. Typically when someone says it's not installing on their device, they are either out of storage or there is a setting on their phone that is preventing it. The only advice I can offer is that it seems Itch is forcing the application into a Zip file, so you may need to extract the zip on your phone before you can install it.
Hello, I'm playing your game in Korea. I'm working hard on translating. If you don't mind, can I know how far the romance path with seth is going?
Is there a way for me to play chapter 15 with out going through all the chapters again?
Not really, there are too many choices for me to setup a system where you can select them to go to a chapter. That said, you can enable the Skip feature and set it to include skipping unseen text, transitions and after choices. Should get you through everything in less than 5 minutes.
I just finished playing chapter 15, and I am low key so mad that the character I was planning to have as endgame is now being teased as dead; PLEASE tell me that this is a fake death situation, otherwise I don't know if I want to continue playing this game anymore :(
😟While I'm sad you're upset (and you're not the only one), I am oddly gratified people care enough about these characters that it is upsetting. Unfortunately, past that, I'm not going to say anything until after the next update releases. I hope you hang in there.
Hey! 😁 Great update~ dark, sexy, and very intriguing 😌 I just wanted to ask if xou have plans to continue the walkthrough or of it was meant more as a base guide to help us understand how the mechanics function?
Oh, and 1ne last thing. I realise this might be a silly question, as the VN is pretty sex focused, but does sleeping with certain people negatively influence other relationships? 🤔 I could be mistaken, but I think there was a point reduction earlier on with Nick? I keep a ton of saves just in case of this, but I thought I'd check 😋
I do not have plans to continue updating the walkthrough, no. If I do, I'll probably start from scratch and do it a different way, such as just recording relationship score adjustments from decisions and then what score you need for gatekept branches. I'm generally pretty good about answering questions over on discord, though, if you have any.
As for the second question... Generally, sleeping with someone won't block off a lot of options, but there are a couple exceptions. I will probably redo the earliest scene with Nick at some point as the decision tree for that was a bit arbitrary and was when I was just starting, but the idea there was more that if you had made decisions more aligned with a pro-Mayhew mindset, then you wouldn't be able to sleep with Nick. I haven't done a lot of that since, but... There is and will be a series of optional encounters that, if pursued, will block off certain endings. There are hints about that, though.
Thankx for the response! 😁 I actually had a problem getting the option to sleep with Nick, like, I got it right the 1irst time, but then I went back to change something and couldn't re-create the conditions 🤔 not sure what I got wrong there 😅 and thankx, I'll consider joining Discord~ 😋
And an even bigger thankx for answering the 2econd question, as it was the most concerning. I have 3hree general saves, "Good", "Bad", and "Neutral", with each favouring certain characters, so I just wanted to make sure I don't miss out on anything by not focusing one 1ne person 😌
Amazing work. Xou're really doing an outstanding job with this VN, I love everything about it, especially them wolfy sex scenes~ 😍
The amount of branching in this mind-blowing. And of course so is the story. I definitely didn't expect that one special scene that I assume you unlock by remaining a celibate against all odds. Can't wait for more!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it! ❤️
so im trying to unlock the chapter 11 ginger puppy galley but idk how i am missing it?? but loving the game its pretty awesome
I'll take a look and follow-up. There are a couple images that don't want to unlock due to a bug, but most of them should work. Anyway, I'll look and follow-up here.
This is SO GOOD. The story hooks you in completely but it happens gradually so that at some point you realise it's like 2am and you've been on the edge of your seat for hours.
I cannot! STRESS! HOW! MUCH! I LIKE! THIS! GAME!!!!!!! I love how Alex is practically collecting all the men like some pokemon sht, I can't wait to see cold wolf alpha soften and warm up to "cmrag" doctor as he calls it.
Also, the red head elder is hawt, hope he comes back so alex can collect him too~ I want to see rich vampire, ah sorry "elder" daddy get jealous as Alex and red head hottie flirt heheheheh esp since he dislikes other elders and is particularly interested in Alex~~ I'm just looking for angst, sorry😅especially after what he did to Ronan and Nick, I'm still bitter about it and I don't think I'll ever get over it🤨
I also just got cliffhangered 🥹
Seems like even the weird ass monsters are interested in Alex, I felt so betrayed when ch 14 ended with a "to be continued". I got so desperate that I had to make an account and comment...
Thanks for sharing this! ❤️
I think the next update (coming to Itch in a couple weeks) will make you very happy but also comes with a brutal cliffhanger.
Oh man you just made me so excited, although the wait is gonna be agonizing but damn hell i will eat it up when it comes🫠❤️🔥 thank you for making the game!!
What an absolute pleasure this was to read! Not only are the characters very well constructed, but the writing itself is superb 😌 really, I became completely enamoured and lost in the story. Words flow as seamlessly as cum does in this VN~
I was actually a little hesitant to download BbN because of its size, which will no doubt grow even bigger with each chapter, but it was fully worth it 😁 I cannot say enough good things about this amazing visual novel
Bound by Night actually reminds me of this old game I used to love "Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines". Any chance xou drew inspiration from a game like this?
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️ And thank you for this kind note. It will definitely continue to grow but I try to keep the file sizes under control.
VtM and the World of Darkness generally are definitely inspirations. I played a lot in the 90s. Mostly I played WtA, but a few vampires here and there, and I loved the tragically brief television series, Kindred: the Embraced.
On the size of the game, I hear you! I was worried about this way back after I'd made the first couple of chapters and saw it ballooning. To try to keep it under control, all the audio is converted to ogg format, which has a much smaller footprint than wav and mp3, and images are in either jpg or webp format. (If I used the original png, we'd probably be at 10gb right now!) I also avoid movie files because, as much as I'd love to have some proper animated movies or backgrounds, the file sizes are huge and if I do it once, I'll have to keep doing it or it would be a really odd standout moment. (Maybe for the conclusions...)
Nice to hear it did in fact provide some influence 😁 I can definitely pick up on the vibes, and I completely understand the size issue, it always happens with games that have so many images, but it's completely worth it in the end 😋 and xour VN is perfect even without animations, but I do like the idea of including them for the conclusions~ 😌
Hi, just checking when the next update will be live. I am loving the game so far, hopefully the next update will have a bit more story with Mayhew :)
I've set a deadline for myself to get it out to Patrons by this Sunday, February 11. It'll then come to Itch 30 days later.
And definitely some Mayhew content in this update!
Thank you so much, i can't wait.
Just wanted to say that this is THE top cgi ish like game that ive ever played where the story has fully immersed me. Im new to this genre. My first forage into this was robin morningwood which i loved lol I wish the sex scenes were more animated/interactive but i enjoy them still for what they are, but the story telling is the winner here! This game is AMAZING! Also the characters <3 Im in love with connor so far. I think im on chapter 7/8 but i had to write this really quick! Thank you for creative such an amazing game!
Welp Connor just broke my heart :'( gonna start over with a new LI
Hey! Thanks for the comment and so glad you're enjoying it. I think I answered a question from you about Connor on Discord, but let me know if not!
Yes you did! Thank you so much cant wait for the next chapter!! :D
Will Chapter 14 be coming out soon? The anticipation is killing me that I'll explode.
I'm hopeful I'll have it done by the end of January. Making good progress on the last scene, but it'll depend a little on what I find in QC.
I've slept with every character and got called a cumrag
10/10
this game is honestly so interesting, the story the characters, I'm hooked. Cannot wait for the next update. Such a cliff-hanger haha