Hemotropic Friendship Virus: Occultation
A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, and Linux
(Note: This game has been made to be more accessible to players relying on Ren'Py's Self-Voicing accessibility feature. If Self-Voicing is enabled, images will have alt text provided, characters' appearances will be described when they first debut on-screen, and extra notes only available through Self-Voicing will be added in to further accommodate visually impaired readers. Pressing the "V" key anytime while in-game will toggle Self-Voicing.)
"Nobody REALLY wants to be Ximun's friend. So...what could Adair possibly see in him that keeps her coming back?"
After quitting his school’s track team, Ximun Ibarra searches for another extracurricular activity to keep him entertained for the remaining few months of the school year. He ends up feeling drawn to the Creative Writing club; and, as a result, he happens to catch the attention of current club member (and local micro-celebrity) Adair Olivares Hernandez. For whatever reason, Adair is incredibly interested in him… She seems nice enough on the surface, but are her true intentions so innocent?
The story periodically switches perspectives between Ximun and Adair, indicated by the changing color and design of the textbox. Depending on your reading speed, this game will likely take you somewhere between two to three hours to complete (estimates based on times it took beta-readers to complete.) A much shorter bonus story has also been included, accessible separately on the title screen; this story will likely take around thirty minutes to one hour to complete, should you choose to read it as well. Both stories are entirely linear, having no dialogue choices or additional endings.
This work is a part of the larger Hemotropic Friendship Virus series. For more information, you can check out the timeline on my website here.
CONTENT WARNINGS (click to expand)
Main Story: Horror/blood/first-person POV violence (in a dream setting), implied past child abuse/neglect, brief discussion of child death/sibling death/terminal illness, homophobia/homophobic language
Bonus Story: Depiction of a failed suicide attempt*, suicidal ideation, self-harm, child abuse/neglect, bullying/ablesim
* There is an option to read a text-only summary of the scene depicting the suicide attempt
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I haven't gotten too far into this but I wanted to comment that this story is so nice and has put a smile on my face the whole way through. It's super charming and sweet.
Also nice to see a plural character like this :-) it's done nicely and I enjoy the headbanter.
Aw, thank you so much!! ^_^ I actually planned to create an updated version of this story too with more of an emphasis on system equality among the three of them. But that's all I'll say about that for now~
excited for the full series.!
thanks for adding support for blind players.!
look forward.
OMG!! This is so sweet!! Thank you so much!! I'm already hard at work on the next part. I will continue to add support for blind players to all of the series!
will the series be free or paid
and, sorry for being impatient, but when'll it be released?
The series will be available for free, paying will be optional starting with the next part. Based on the time it took me to complete this part, it will likely be finished within the next four months or so.