devotion

Devotion is an 18+ role-playing game built around themes of survival horror, psychological horror, and obsessive love.

SHE NEEDS YOU

Enter the life of Red, a young, mentally-ill woman seeking out the love of her life, in order to save her from a tragic fate. She knows the dark place she's going to, she's suffered in it herself. Red will make sure she doesn't have to go through it, not now, not ever.

As she traverses her home and town, Red witnesses strange visions, entities pressing into the world around her, and otherworldly forces that want to use her for their own gain. A myriad of potential fates await her as she tries to secure the fate of her love.

EXPLORE THE WORLD

Ranging from cluttered apartments and a poorly maintained mental institution to a psychically projected 'other world', Red must contend with many challenges and puzzles (For those without the patience for puzzles, all required ones have skip buttons included).

Nearly every feature can be examined and interacted with, giving insight into Red's psyche and priorities. With nearly 35,000 words of dialogue text, there is plenty to explore.

FIGHT ODD MONSTERS

Perverse and/or cruel beings crawl through the woodwork of Red's life, seeking to use her or end her however they like. Whether she comes out on top against them or suffers a grim and exploitative end at their hands is up to you.

Her mind, body, and the elements are at your disposal. Uncover enemies' weaknesses and make them your strength in uphill battles against abstract thoughtforms. With 7 unique elements and 11 applicable status effects, some combats may play out more as a puzzle than a slug fest. Examining enemies in combat provides insight on their weaknesses, strength, and how they fit into the world.

With these tools at your disposal, let her devotion stand strong against all else. 

INVITE ODD WOMEN

Recruit party members to aid you in your goals. Love them or loathe them as they do the same to you. Your choices will influence your shared bond and open up different opportunities borne from love or hate.

Talk with your party, find humor and insight in their remarks, or watch as they make their own advances and put their desires on display. Their love can be as toxic as yours. It's up to you to encourage what they do with you.

(Current demo only has one party member to recruit, another will be introduced in the future.)

EXPERIENCE TRAUMA UNFOLDING

Witness moments from the past that made your girl the person she is today. Form new, exciting memories that are foundational to your budding love-hate relationships. Think about her nonstop, even when the game is over. Bond with the idea of her. Learn her every detail, her every aspect. Fall in love with her anew daily. Avoid speaking with her or interacting at all, just to be certain that you have complete control when the time is right. Share your trauma with her.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT

Devotion was written and developed by Sophie Starr for the Toxic Yuri VN Jam, with assistance from contributors and preliminary playtesters.

Great thanks are given to:

Nekyua - All character portraits and most talking faces. One erotic ending art. Continuous support and playtest editing.
Penny Lapin - Status icon art. In-depth playtesting. Puzzle advice. Unending support 
controllerjar - Icons for weapons as well as many armors and some items.
Paperweightdude - Musical work on ambient tracks and Chase Scene. Provided cover art for this page.
lexycat - Permitting me to use her music in my project.

And the Jam's judges for allowing an RPG as the medium for storytelling.

CONTENT WARNING: Game contains various themes of fetishistic sexual acts, violence, cruelty and abuse, self-harm, and more. The game will warn prior to many scenes about what contents are contained, and a SFW/NSFW content trigger is available at any time to turn off or replace many of these scenes.

Note that despite the sensitive nature of the themes of this game, what scenes you experience will depend on your choices and combat ability/luck. You may play through this game and not see a single explicit scene, or you may hit your head on every rock in your descent into the chasm of abusive women.