Blood & Sherry (Demo)
A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
You've woken up in a strange manor. You've been offered servants' clothing to wear. The lord of the manor is a vampire who seeks to make you his "dinner guest". Between him and his combative butler, you have your hands full trying to survive the night!
This game contains strong language, visual depictions of blood, descriptions of death and violence, and some squishy sound effects. These warnings will be updated for the full version of the game.
Play between two separate routes with various Bad Ends to be met within the manor in this darkly comedic horror story. Spend your time with either Nicolae, the vampire who has stolen you away to be his meal, or his butler Ramsey, a harsh man you're fairly sure you've seen somewhere before.
The demo features the introduction of the story and the first scene of both routes.
This demo contains:
- ~11,000 words total
- Four ways to die!💀
- Nameable Player Character with choice of body type, pronouns, manner of address, and uniform.
- 7 CGs with several variations of each
- A swordfight minigame
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4/23 Demo Update:
This wasn't big enough to announce in a devlog but if you are confused by the new files, here is all that was changed.
- Fixed all broken Patreon links. None of them worked due to a formatting problem.
- Editted a single line of dialogue for clarity.
- Deleted a couple of editting files not used in the game and one chunky image CG that doesn't appear in the demo but was taking up space.
Re: Patreon Links
The Patreon has been closed! I can't keep up with development right now, nor have I for quite a while, and pausing each month was becoming a bit silly. Patreon links will be removed some day in the future when I return to development but those who contributed there will still be listed in the game's credits. Thank you everyone for your interest!
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Development log
- Blood & Sherry Demo!Apr 16, 2023
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I absolutely loved playing this game a few months ago. It was amazing, and I love the characters and lore! I hope you take care of yourself glad to see that you are back!
hi!
send kisses to Brazil, please? thanks for everything! 💚💛
HI omg I love your game and I'm glad you're back also I genuinely thought you were dead or you lost access to all your accounts or something 😭😭😭
I really want make a animation about these two, is there like.. a full body picture somewhere?
Hello! I read your patreon message but since I couldn't respond there, I'll do it here if you don't mind. I'm really just glad to hear from you.
Making a game is hard but life is harder so there's no shame or need to apologize when you need to put your life first. I myself have dealt with mental health problems and it can be devastating to the imagination. But don't think it's taken away your talent!
I wish I could give more advice on your financial situation. One thing that I've started doing for my own patreon is weekly updates like videos I'm working on. If you're comfortable sharing, I'm sure people would love to hear about your thought processes on things in your games, or any little discoveries or adventures you've had through the week. Believe me coming up with things to put on a patreon is hard, so please don't feel bad or that you owe anything to anyone! I did really enjoy seeing the sketches of your characters.
Remember that YOU and your mental health come first, no matter how long it takes. You don't owe anyone anything, and especially when you don't have the energy to give!
I would want you to take care of yourself and be okay. Don't give up hope! (also i ask if I may have Ramsey's hand in marriage)
Thank you so much! I remember you left a nice message in the past too when I tweaked my wrist. I really appreciate your understanding. I'm not sure that patreon was right for me but when things are more stable, I'll think on other ways to share my progress. And you can have Ramsey if you can deal with him of course, haha!
Hey there, I just read your Patreon post (since I'm subbed to you there for free I can't comment there, so I hope you don't mind me writing this here).
I completely understand you. And I want you to know you don't owe us anything. I know it might feel that way since you already published a demo etc. - I don't make games but I write, and I can speak from experience there, at least 😅 - but trust me, you really don't. We get to play this for free, after all, and even if we didn't, I'd still very much understand the daunting pressure of it all.
I am excited to see where this story might go, to see the full game, but nothing is more important than your health. You take all the time you need, alright? No matter how long it takes. If you finish your games, that's great, and if you don't, that's also great!
I hope you'll feel better. You're doing great.
Thanks so much! I didn't realize when I made the post that free members couldn't comment. Ough. But I appreciate you finding a way to reply here. I really hope to come back to it!
Super fun! There's not a lot, since it's just a demo, but it seems promising! I'd love to play the full game!
Will this lovely ever continue? Unless i missed it not happening? I need MOOOOOOOOOOOOORE😭
I love this game so much! The characters are amazing and the plot is excellent. I can't wait for the update
I can't even explain how much I loved this game, the Demo is amazing and the characters are so perfect! When will the full game be out? I can't wait to play it
what is the age rating for this demo before i download it
Absolutely loved the demo!
Really enjoyed the demo, and I really hope this isn't abandoned. I'd love some sign of life from the creator in one of their socials, because this is good stuff!
Commenting in case i forgot to when i played the game. I love this demo!!! Can't wait for more content. I love the choices and customization
When will more be released? Im addicted and wont let that Vampire have my blood😝
Already really liked this! And actually made me chuckle several times. E.g. at the GIF of a small bat flying me through the night, lol, or when Nicolae said something along the lines of, "No, you'd slit your own throat if you danced with sabers like I do. And I won't eat off the floor like a dog." Honestly there were several funny moments, really enjoy the humor of this game, haha. I also found it funny how accurate this game got me already (e.g. when Nicolae fronted me for staying up so late).
But just in general this was a v fun experience, I'm hooked. I wonder when you'll release the full game 🧛♀️ really excited to play it!
I hope you're doing well.
I am really do hope you can have good ending with Nicolae >3> together forever <3 if catch my dift ( I also fell funny about Nicolae as well being sweet to his dinner XD it's like me flirting with my turkey dinner XD)
when will the full game released?
I LOVE IT cant wait to play the whole thing!!!
OHOHOHOHOHO THIS GAME GOT ME EXICTED
Being insanely attracted to Nicolae while bat shit scared of flirting with him is a real struggle </3
When will the full game be released?
Absolutely fantastic writing and characters. SO intriguing. I love it already!!!
I LOVE IT (even though this is just the demo-) The artstyle, EVERYTHING!
You need to play it (if you still don't have) :")
I'm excited for the full game!
(Do you have a release date for the full game?)
ILV IT LIKEEE IT'S SO GOOD IM SO EXCITED FOR THE FULL VERSION TY FOR YOUR WORK AND HOPE YOU HAVE FREE TIME TO MAKE THE FULL VERSION OF THE GAME!!✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
I tried the demo but already when I entered the name I couldn't press any further or do anything else, after the 3 times repeat I gave up.
I already love it so much >_<
I'm a sucker for more "traditional" portray of vampires (pun not intended). Also, when will the full game be released???
i couldn't get more than 2 ways of die💀
I LIVE LAUGH LOVE THIS SO MUCH OMGGG I can't wait for more!!
This is so well done!!
I really liked this demo. The characters and situation are super intriguing, and I appreciate how high-quality the writing was. Going the extra mile to let me pick my body type and pronouns did wonders for immersion and made the atmosphere even better.
Loved it! Keep us the good work <3
OH my gosh this was so much fun!! I had to come on here and say something because I couldn't stop thinking about this game after I played it! The art is already gorgeous as is the music, it's the perfect type of "Vampiery vibe" that I adore! I expected myself to be all for Nicolae but all the interacts with Ramsey really stole my heart (even the bad ones)! I'm so glad you can impress him as well! I'd love to know more about both of these characters, and I can already tell a lot of love and hard work has been put into this! this is setting up to be an amazing game ! I will put a link to my playthrough here when it's done, I hope you enjoy it!
Here is my playthrough! I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed playing it!
huge fan, looking forward to the full thing. question; would the full thing be free, or would it cost money? either way, i would be happy to pay or just play!
Heyo! The final version will be free with the option to tip!
sweet! not to nag, but any idea when that will be?
I had hoped to get it done in a month but at the speed I'm working it's probably more like two, haha.
still, looking forward to the full thing! thanks for answering the questions, hope to see the full thing soon!
oh wow, you work quicker than most authors I know lol. No need to worry about working slower than you wanted to.
This was so much fun and I loved, loved, loved this demo! Both Nicolae and Ramsey are so entertaining, and I'm so hyped for the full game.
I can't go past that card where you enter your name and stuff??
I'm on mobile, it just doesn't let me turn the keyboard down. I can only enter my name, any other option is covered by keyboard.
Sorry about that! I find that after typing in the name, swiping back a couple of times will close the keyboard. I plan to change the card system out so that the name entry is a separate screen on mobile in the future because of this issue.
THIS LOOKS FUN
Very fun demo. Also the animated image of Nicolae just carrying people as a tiny bat is too cute <3
Loving what I see! I will note that when the screen zooms in it shakes, I was in windows mode so that might've been a factor. But other then that it ran smoothly and I can't wait for the full game!