Whatever-the-title-is is a coming-of-age and romance visual novel that focuses on slice of life components intermixed with a unique (and admittedly, kind of strange) urban fantasy aesthetic.

The game is narrated from the perspective of Diana Sawyer, a twenty-something college student, who finds herself now trying to decide what major and direction she plans to take her life in. Which, honestly? No clue.

Exasperated with her lack of social life and frustrated with seemingly everything else wrong in her life, she decides to make the effort to change and pushes herself to go to a party that her friend, Robin, is hosting.

And that’s when everything goes horribly wrong.

She meets a vampire. Four, actually. Sebastian, who is both gentleman and almost comic relief more than anything else; Forrest, who is an all-American boy born and raised; Madison, her roommate and local edgy teen aesthetic nerd; and Yvonne, a mysterious and well-spoken #Instahoe.

Without getting into extraneous details, the game focuses on Diana and her cooperation with these vampires as they all struggle to contend with their pasts, their presents and their futures. All while getting through her classes, figuring out her own life and also occasionally doing a sick kegstand on spring break. The game’s general exploration is about “letting go.”

Also: The discussion of consent when a vampire preys on people to survive, Bigg character development, serial killers, DND, spring break.

CHARACTER BIOS
NAME: Diana Sawyer.
AGE: 20 (1?)
PERSONALITY: Calm, patient, approachable, empathetic, tenacious, more than a little impulsive.
LIKES: Makeup, home decorating, gardening, magical training, being special for once.
DISLIKES: Editing her videos, her roommate, crowded spaces, getting kidnapped.
FUN FACT: Thought she was going to have a fun time at this party.

Walks softly and takes no shit. Unless it’s from Madison, her roommate. Or her fellow makeup gurus. Or you know, the occasional internet gremlin. But only because patience is a virtue it saves her the headache, she swears. Unsatisfied with her social life, her romantic life, and her academic life, she figures she can at least try and solve the first two this Halloween. It’s not like it could be any worse than senior year.

NAME: Madison Lastname.
AGE: 20 (Era: No, literally.)
PERSONALITY: Strict, loyal, eager, hard working, more than a little confident.
LIKES: Strawberries, gacha games, petty teen rebellion, pretty girls, Yvonne, being better than you.
DISLIKES: Group projects, actual delinquency, Sebastián, her roommate, being told what to do.
FUN FACT: Disaster Lesbian.

After getting over a rocky start, she’s ready to live life to the fullest and won’t let anyone stop her. Except for the law, sometimes. And bad Wi-Fi. And class. And, of course, homework. Can’t forget that. Her roommate, sometimes, when she grows a spine. And the occasional stray dog too. But outside of that, she is unstoppable.

NAME: E. Forrest.
AGE: idk like 26? I’ll ask camilla. (Era: The Tubular 80s)
PERSONALITY: Easy going, encouraging, large golden retriever.
LIKES: Football, long drives, early mornings, a healthy bromance.
DISLIKES: Succubi, conflict, The Tree Jokes™, the inevitability of death, purple nurples.
FUN FACT: Gets concerned that no one actually remembers his first name.

Surprisingly, he was not born in a log cabin. A gentleman and frat boy all wrapped into one, he’s almost the complete package. Except he has terrible taste in food. And Halloween costumes. But sometimes, rocking yoga pants and a dazzling personality is enough.

NAME: Sebastián de la Vega.
AGE: Crusty. (Era: ~1200s).
PERSONALITY: Cheery, considerate, adventurous, honest, fatalistic, contradictory.
LIKES: MMOs, tabletop games, skincare, languages, big boats and he cannot lie. You other brothers can’t deny —
DISLIKES: rabbits, social media, boneless “wings,” historical dramas, apologizing.
FUN FACT: Would be the Wonderwall guy at a party if he actually knew the song.

He was a knight in another life. Then, he was a pirate. Then, an acrobat, a bank teller, a mime, a bouncer, a revolutionary. He is a man who wears many hats for someone who, well. Hates hats. He is the most interesting man in the world. Or at least, he says he was until the internet happened.

NAME: Yvonne (?) Soleil (??)
AGE: Fossil. (~200 BC)
PERSONALITY: Friendly, romantic, coy, secretive, vaguely mature.
LIKES: High society, tea, mythology and fairytales, kingmaking, [girlscout] troop running.
DISLIKES: Desktops, old fashion, her brother, coups she didn’t orchestrate, high shelves.
FUN FACT: Once caused the complete collapse of an empire after giggling once.

A self-made woman who enjoys acts of selflessness and enjoying the little things in life now that she’s settled down for a little bit. Her beauty has supposedly started at least one war, and most certainly has a body count. Currently engrossed in learning the fine exercise of foam latte art. Diana wishes she was as much of a disaster bi.