A downloadable game



_______________________________________________________________________________________

Story

The story takes place in a small town in Vermont. The town itself is known for its urban legends and tales. The townsfolk are proud of their history and what they're known for, often playing into it to draw in tourists. The high school's basketball team is even named "The VereWolves" to comment on its supposed "werewolf" sightings.

You move into town because of the death of your brother, it's your parents' way to reconnect with old family and history. It definitely brings back memories, whether that's a good thing or not is up to interpretation. Moving is hard and getting along with the other teens is harder. You luckily (Not so much) end up in a situation where you can bond with 5 other people from your school. Together you form your own sort of investigation team, as the police in town think what you and the others saw is straight up bogus.....With evidence to back it up. While the town is known for supernatural happenings, it isn't all true....Right?

While the rest of the gang is unsure of what's happening, you can be sure that it's something supernatural. Especially when the man that has taken residence in your mind (and mirrors) straight up tell you that's the case.  All he wants is to help you...With the condition of you helping him get out of his "prison". Will you trust him or is he one of the many residents that just want to use you for their own benefit?

______________________________________________________________________________________________


FEATURES

In the demo ofc

  • Play as a boy or a girl
  • At least 5 romanceable options (With more coming)
  • Original soundtrack

All the romanceable characters have different sexualities. 

Everything in the demo is made by us (But we were kinda stressing its release hghghgj) the final version will look more polished and clean. The backgrounds most notably, the characters may recieve a visual update as well, but we're currently fine with their looks and don't necessarily plan on it.

The game is very focused on the characters and the romance. 

Since this is a demo there isn't that much content in the game yet. This is mostly to show off the game as a concept. The full game will have 5 chapters and even though we have a kickstarter for it the full game will be free. :) 

Stuff like the backgrounds etc are also placeholders (as some of the funding from the kickstarter will go into comissioning background art). So some of the pictures are straight up real life photos with some touch ups and filters nsvinsoeiv. I'll keep updating the demo though, with a possibility of straight up posting the entirety of chapter 1 sometime soon.

Price: Free-to-Play (It's still a demo tho. The game will be free for 2 days before costing 15 dollars)

Age rating:  16+. Verbena DOES contain some violence and does deal with subjects like death etc.

Download

Download
Verbena-1.0-mac.zip 218 MB
Download
Verbena-1.0-pc.zip 223 MB

Development log

Comments

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

(+5)(-2)

will there be an option to play as a gender-neutral mc in the future?

(+4)(-1)

I've been postponing from playing this game for a while (I'm a huge procrastinator lolll) but I'm so glad I finally did!!!! I really like the characters (even the mc! It's not always that I find a game with a funny mc like this one) and the art is so charming, not to mention the story! I liked the pace and the writing a whole lot :) I usually don't comment on games (just leave a review) buuut from this demo alone I can tell this one is gonna be one of my favorites lolol

Amazing work!!! And sorry for the long ass comment 💀

(+4)(-1)

AAA thank youuuuuu! I'm really glad you like the demo <3

(1 edit) (+3)(-1)

THIS WAS SO GOOD !!!! cant believe i havent found this sooner, cant wait for the release :3  

also maddie and evan are literally the best i love them SO MUCH

(+4)(-1)

I love timothy so much!!!!!!!!!!

also im pretty sure he's kind aware of the player replaying the game cuz theres new dialouge if you keep choosing him at the end of the game lol. (I keep replaying just to see him blush again eheygbeyrfurigbatkvjuwtk)

great game!! :D can't wait for an update <3

(+2)(-1)

Congrats! Happy to be a backer<3

(+4)

I just found the game a couple of hours ago and i loved (i mean just see my name honestly) i hope this get the recognition it deserves and i hope to see the full game!!

Deleted 346 days ago
(+5)

Their sexualities change based on the gender you pick :) 

(+3)

So I can date with Maddie as a female or date with Jason as a male?

(+3)

Yup! 

(+1)

Where is the new kickstarter?

(+1)(-1)

It's not released yet, it's still under review lol. It should be out by the 20th :)

The game keeps crashing everytime I meet Pandora in the mirror the first time. Is there something I am doing wrong?

It depends on where it crashes, the demo ends right after he says "Let's talk, shall we?" so it might just be the game ending 

(+1)(-1)

I am quite interested. I'm backing on Kickstarter, hope you make it!<3

(+2)(-1)

Thank you for supporting the project, I appreciate it a lot <333

(+2)

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT TWIST. WAT???

(+3)

timothy is so precious! ^^

(+1)

ok woah so much to unpact and not enough answers 

LIKE HELLO ?? i just stumbled across this and no regrets super cool the characters are mwah 

THE DRAWING PART WAS SO FUNNY AND SILLY TOO I LOVED IT HEHE

(+1)

BDKSKD IM SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT, you're so kind aaaa <3333

can you please tell us characters' sexualities? ^^''

(+5)

out of the current love interests:

Timothy: pan
Maddie: straight
Evan: bi
Steph: Lesbian
Jason: straight

<3

(+1)

So I can't romance Madeleine NOOOOOOOOO :'(

Are their sexualities able to fluctuate/change or are they locked in? Like if your playing a guy and want to romance Jason or a girl with Maddie will you be able to, or no?

(+4)

So originally I planned on making them locked in but I might change it so they change based on which gender you pick bc I honestly really like the idea of that lol 

(+1)

Yeah that would be really cool! That change would offer more replayability and it could help to flesh out the characters more.

May I ask what game engine you used?

I use renpy :) 

Thank you! I only have an android device, so I can use an app called Joiplay to play this game.

Did it work?

(+1)

Sorry for the late reply. No, it wouldn't play at all. Could you please make a web or android version of the game?

I'll definitely try :)