
Vampliar
Tristen lives a boring average life...that all changes one Halloween night when he goes to an abandoned mansion. There he meets a strange young man named Laurie who claims to be a vampire.
Is he really a vampire? Tristen sure as hell doesn't think so…
Vampliar is a short boys' love kinetic novel that was originally intended to be submitted to the Spooktober VN jam by DevTalk 2021.
Features:
7000+ words
2 CGs by Hatoge (1 with 4 variations.)
Lame jokes
Lots of blushing
Trigger warning: depictions of blood and mild cursing.


Credits:
Story, writing and programming by Foxpancakes
Character sprites and CG art by Hatoge
Cat sprite by squidcolas
Proofreading and editing by PyrrhaIphis
Backgrounds by Minikle
Music by Jahzzar , Tim Beek, Maou Tamashi and Stefan Großmann
Sound effects from Freesound
Thanks for playing! <3
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, HTML5 |
| Rating | Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (134 total ratings) |
| Authors | Foxpancakes, Hatoge |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | Ren'Py |
| Tags | Boys' Love, Cute, Gay, Halloween, Kinetic Novel, LGBT, Romance, Slice Of Life, Vampire, Yaoi |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
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Development log
- Happy Valentines! + Thank youFeb 15, 2022
- Vampliar Postmortem!Oct 31, 2021
- Updated Music + Thank You!Oct 23, 2021



Comments
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This is soooo cute!! Love the art style of your games. Really hope for more in the future. <3
Yes. <3
AW I loved this! It’s so cute and I love the idea of vampires not being able to turn into the generic vampire bat but instead turning into an animal that they are assigned!
this is so cutee i lovee itt!!<333
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. <3
this visual novel was adorable! the story line was super cute and i really enjoyed the characters! the art is absolutely gorgeous and so well done! i also really enjoyed the small interactions with tristens mom, it was just such a sweet little add on!
Aw, thank you very much! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed both the story and the art. <3
I'm glad you liked the scenes with Tristen's mum too hehe. Those were fun to write. Thanks for playing and leaving a comment! :D
10/10 They're so cute <3 (beautiful art btw)
Thank you very much! <3
This game is gold. Especially how the story is executed and I love how much thought has been put in to the characters. Also I smiled almost the whole time when I played your game.
Aw, thank you so much! I'm really happy you enjoyed the story and the characters. When I wrote this I doubted myself and my writing so it's always nice to read comments like this. Thank you for playing! <3
I played this month ago but I don't think i ever left an appreciation comment. Veryyyyy cute♥️
Aw, thank you very much. I'm glad you think so. <3
If I have kids I'm gonna tell them this was the first Visual novel ever made! Loved it!
Oh wow! Thank you very much! I'm happy to hear you liked it so much. :D
opening song is such a banger
Thank you! I'm glad you like it. :D
A lot of people seem to so I will leave the link to the song here in case anyone would like to download it: Free Music Archive - Jahzzar - Shoegaze
Hey ! So first thing first, thank you soooo much for this game ! It was incredibily cute and wholesome. The narration was well made and I honestly didn't know who to fell for at some point between the "average" writer (like who are you kidding his design is beautiful and his sass is real who are you calling plain xD) and the Vampliar (I want his style, his aesthetic is so cool and the way he acts made him so cute <3)
The music went really good with all the events, and i really liked how their relashionship developped and the Illustrations... I'd rather not talk about that, it just made me remember again how fiction is one hundred time more beautiful than anything. I actually struggled a lot to find a game with a couple dynamic like that, and I had so much fun playing this one. It was amazing. Best of luck for your future projects, you'll have my full support ^^
(Thank you again and take care :D)
Aww, thank you so much. It makes me really happy when people tell me they liked the story. <3
I agree, Tristen is very beautiful! And I'm glad you liked his sass haha. I'm also glad you found Laurie to be cute. I also love his aesthetic! Hatoge did such a great job with both of their designs. :D
That's such a big compliment! If my stories can make people feel something then I feel like I've done something right. Thank you for all your kind words and for your support! It means a lot. :)
cute^^
really easygoing and pleasan read;D
Thank you so much! <3
hi!! i actually commented on this before (7 months ago lol.......) and i was wondering if there was still plans to create a sequel! ive been coming back every few months to check if there was one because i rlly do like this story.
Hey! I'm really honoured that you like the story and keep checking back for a sequel. I also feel bad because at one point I did plan to make a sequel and briefly talked with Hatoge about it, but then I got busy with other projects and kinda forgot about it.
Now I'm not sure I have the time or energy to make one sadly. That might change in the future, but I don't want to make any promises I can't keep.
I'm really sorry to disappoint you and anyone else that may have been waiting. :(
Super cute story. I really liked how the characters were subtlety trying not to flirt with each other.
Thank you so much! I'm very happy you enjoyed it and it's nice to see a playthrough of it. Thanks for sharing the video here. <3
I`ve had a pretty bad week and I decoded to download itchio and try and ease my mind a bit. This is the first game I~ve played and I doubt that I will ever find a game as calming and heartwarming as this one ! The characters are amazing as well as the story and the music, the game really made me happy and I will always have it in mind !
I relate to Tristen`s character a lot and that fact makes the whole game even closer to my heart ! <3
What else there is to say except to keep up the good work ~! <33
Hey, firstly thank you so much for playing! I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad week. Though I'm glad playing this helped you feel a little better. Reading comments like this always makes my day, so thank you for sharing your thoughts here. I'm happy you found Tristen relatable! <3
one word. bootiful.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. <3
This visual novel is so adorable, especially Laurie and his cat ears! :"3 I love the whole premise of the story and Tristan's relatable but snarky personality whilst Laurie is an absolute dork.
The music in one part seemed out of place for me, but didn't ruin any of the experience whilst playing. The art is just too adorable, I couldn't stop myself from squealing whenever the boys blushed or when Laurie's cat ears drooped!
P.S I just became a huge Laurie fan and I need his shirt :"3
Story: 5/5
Charcters: 100/5 (Laurie is too bloody cute! :"3)
Art: 5/5
Music: 4.5/5
Aw, thank you so much! This comment made my day and I'm happy that Laurie has a fan hehe. <3
I am head over heels for this game when I saw this, I saw it with the bottom of my heart I love this game and I love the characters they are adorable, and I just am in love these characters and story I will forever have this story in the back of my mind and heart I will carry this story with my heart to my grave this story will have a special file in my bad memory of a brain my biggest appreciation to whoever put effort into this game<3
Aw, thank you very much for your lovely comment. It means a lot to me to know that you enjoyed it so much. <3
Omg this game was legendary!!! The music is so friggin good!! The story was amazing, art is spot-on!! Anything you could wish for!! Thank you for making this masterpiece! Sending lots of hugs and kisses~
Aw, thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind comment. <3
This game is absolutely adorable. I really enjoyed it! The story of it is really nice and I love the personalities of both of the characters. Overall this game is very amazing. So sweet!
Thank you so much! I'm very happy to know you enjoyed it. <3
Omgg this game is so cute and fun to play! I also loved the music a lot so I was wondering if there's anywhere I can listen the music on like youtube and stuff?
Hey! Thanks so much for the nice comment. I'm super happy you enjoyed it. :D
As for the music, I don't think any of it is on Youtube, not that I know of. But you can listen to the music in the game files because I didn't archive them. So once you're in the main folder of the game (Vampliar 1.1) you go to game>audio>music. All the music will be in that music folder and there is a text doc with credits to the songs. I hope that helps. :)
Edit: That will only work on a computer though I think. So if you're on your phone or played in the web browser then I'm sorry, it won't be much help.
Ok! Thank you for telling me I'll make sure to check the music out later. <3
very cute game!
I also would like to ask if it's okay if I took inspiration off this and made characters! Obviously not these exact ones and the characters wouldn't be similar, but I love the story line and would love to make my own version to it with my own characters!
I love the art and everything about the game!
Hey! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it! :D
I think it's fine to take inspiration from it. As long as you're not copying the storyline and characters completely. I'm glad it has inspired you!
Though if it's something you're making for yourself for personal use and you're not sharing it anywhere, then I don't mind if you copy the storyline.
Thanks for asking and thank you for playing. :)
God this game is too cute!!
Thanks hehe <3
i may or may not have made an account to comment that this was unbelievably cute omg?
the art is also super cute. i really love the style too, i always had to look at the expressions then down at the text.
i was also pleasantly surprised at just being able to read/enjoy the story, not needing to make any choices (first itch.io game and i was scared it'd be a game game with the save option lmao)
i actually liked that it's short! really nice break from other stuff i'm doing in my life without burning too much of my time. that's why i haven't touched any games here before, so im glad i clicked this one first!
and it's just a very soft story overall. i'm soft for them (*/ω\*) a good first itch.io experience, thank you for them <3
Hello! Thank you so much for playing and leaving such a nice comment.
I'm honoured this was your first itch.io experience and that you enjoyed it so much. I'm glad you found the story cute!
I agree on the art! Hatoge did an awesome job with the character sprites. I love all their expressions too hehe. ♡
I'm the same way! I love short visual novels where I can just read and not worry about making choices. So I'm happy you enjoyed that aspect too. :)
Thanks again. Ahhh, your comment made me really happy. ♡ 😭
The story is as endearing as it is fast huhu.
Vampliar is well written, both the characters are cute, the art is AMAZING, the progression of the story is natural, digestible, and doesn't show too much fast-paced context if that makes sense. Some fiction/games are just fast with the relationship development that it takes me out of the story because my brain thinks it wasn't organic enough and is concludes with it being silly but this one is different for me for some reason, the ending hit me differently, and I'm ok with that.
Thank you creators for your hard work. I enjoyed their story. I was even flustered for the both of them numerous times as I joined their blushing sessions like a lunatic. I wish there were more stories like these that I am aware of. I'm happy I found out about your creation sooner than later. Best of luck with your future projects!
(pls if someone is reading this give me vampire fluff recs if you have the time because a sis been thirsting for some cute vampiric reads since 2012, I can't find anything lmaooo)Thank you so much! I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed it and liked the pacing. ♡
I wish there were more stories like this too lol. 😭
Thanks again for your comment. Hearing your thoughts makes me happy. :D
Very intresting game!!
WHEN THEY KISSED IT WAS LIKE GOD WAS ACENDING ME-
but the story is very cute, and adorable! I would love to see more of them :))
The Novel is very intruging where it makes you wanna keep reading more and more intill you finish it, which i love alot! This inspries me to make a novel myself, ive been actully reading a bunch of visual novels to get a good feel of what I should do for my own Novel, Thanks so much for this intresting BL story, Keep up the great work!! :D
Thank you so much! Your comment made me very happy. I'm glad you enjoyed it and that it has inspired you! <3
I wish you good luck with making your own visual novel. It is a lot of work but it's all worth it in the end. :)
This is absolutely amazing I loved every second of it!
Thank you so much! I'm really happy you loved it. It makes me happy to hear. ♡
This is so sweet and I love it
Aw, thank you! So glad you loved it. ♡ :D
Laurie must be protected
loved this! hope to see more content of these two, love them. this was really well made and the art is super cute.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you saying so. I do want to write more about them so there will probably be a sequel in the future. :D
I'm crying now 💙
I hope they're happy tears. ♡
"I love them" + "I want what they have." 😭
Awww! Me too! I'm glad you enjoyed it. <3
THIS WAS SO GOOD, I HOPE YOU ADD MORE OF THESE TWO CAUSE THEY ARE SO GOOD TOGETHER AND YOU WROTE THEM PERFECTLY <33333
Thanks so much for the kind comment! I'm super happy you enjoyed it. <3
Thanks for sharing! For others this is short but ever so sweet :)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D
Ahh this was really good! Maybe it's just me, but I have such a hard time finding BL visual novels that are as wholesome and well-written as this. Really enjoyed everyone's character and the art was awesome.
Thank you! These type of comments make me really happy. ♡
It's not just you, I think so too. My goal is to make more BL stories like this for people to enjoy.
Thanks for your kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D
This was really cute!
Thank you! I'm glad you think so. ♡♡
I just would have loved to see Laurie meet Tristen's mom
Me too! We may make a sequel in the future, so it could happen. :)
Nice game for a cozy evening <3
Aw, I'm glad you think so. Thanks for playing ♡
I love the chill music and the character designs (and the interactions)!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D
I saw you on Twitter also doing a VN for Devtober and thought I'd give your game a try! It was short, sweet, and had adorable characters! I liked the Twilight references, lol. Amazing work to all of you!
Aw, thank you for checking it out! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it and that you liked the Twilight references. That was one of my favourite books when I was in high school lol.
Thanks for the kind words ♡
Charming characters and cute story!
Aww! Thanks so much, Pempille <3
the art is just good soup 10/10 :D
Thank you! <3