Bonded in Darkness

Arnaud just wants to be left alone.

Turned into a vampire against his will long ago, he's nonetheless managed to carve out a largely peaceful existence in an abandoned manor—a peaceful existence routinely interrupted by the vampire hunter Julien, seeking blood for blood.

Over the years, animosity has morphed into a strange sort of respect, and on one stormy night, Arnaud is greeted with a sight he never expected: his mortal enemy Julien, gravely injured on his doorstep.

Will Arnaud take him in, or will he use this opportunity to grasp the peace he's been seeking for years?

The story is fully complete, but the game will be updated after the jam to include two more CGs and a CG gallery!

Features:

• ~9.4k words (~1 hour to read all endings)
  
• Male protagonist, 1 male LI (BL)
  
• Story dealing with themes of trust, isolation, and asexuality
  
• 4 endings (1 good, 3 bad)
  
• 2 CGs (4 in full game)
  
• Font selection (Source Serif, Sylexiad Serif, Atkinson Hyperlegible)
  
• Toggle for image captions (can be used with Ren'Py's built-in TTS by pressing V on the keyboard) and sound captions

• Death/murder
  
• Violence
  
• Blood
  
• Blood drinking
  
• Discussions of sex (non-explicit)
  
• Past toxic/abusive relationship (not depicted on screen)
  
• Screenshake

• Writing & programming: Natasha Luna
  
• Sprites & CGs: Rinnuah
  
• Original backgrounds: kimchi_slurper
  
• GUI/logo: Chiara Colucci
  
• Music: Tyler Gonelli