Threads of You: Beyond the Bay
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Threads of You: Beyond the Bay is a visual novel of love, friendship and life that invites you to explore seven different routes, each offering a unique outcome on the story. With over 14 possible endings, the story and fates of 7 potential love interests shift based on the decisions you make. Create your own main character with various customisable options, tailor the tale to your liking, and immerse yourself in the sun-soaked town of Brine Bay.
✦ DEMO OUT NOW! ✦
You're on a much needed road trip to visit back home after being away for college when your car suddenly breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, a sheriff drives past and takes you to the humble town of Brine Bay until your car gets fixed.
As you settle in, you'll have the chance to get to know seven interesting men: Caring yet stern Jean; high-maintenance and pompous Wyatt; determined and talented Kevin; masterfully flirtatious Kai; loyal and gentle Chris; nonchalant and brooding Vince and supportive and friendly, Andrew.
Get to know them over the course of two weeks and learn all about them. Will you pursue a relationship or choose to make lifelong friends instead? Maybe you want more than one partner or want to see them with each other? Either way, it was clear you were meant to be in their lives and them in yours.
Meet Jean, the 27-year-old sheriff of Brine Bay. With a strong sense of justice and responsibility, he's grown to become a beloved pillar in Brine Bay. Despite growing up in a dangerous environment, he uses it as a stepping stone to become a positive figure for his community.
Meet Kai, the 22-year-old mechanic. Beaming with a loud voice and flirtatious personality, he's someone you can easily get close to! However, don't flirt back too hard if you do- you might break him!
Meet Andrew, the 26-year-old bookstore clerk. Too afraid to open up, he chooses to keep to himself and shut everyone else out. Reading happy ending after happy ending, it may be time he find his own.
Meet Wyatt, the 30-year-old CEO. He may have everything one would ever want in life, but he's missing one final key: connection. Being significantly new to the town too, you may find to have more in common with him than anyone would think.
Meet Vince, the 26-year-old stay-at-home. Lost in life, he spends each day simply looking for a purpose. Lover of cats, guitars and anything black- he could use a little light in his life.
Meet Kevin, the 25-year-old aspiring Broadway star. With big dreams and an even bigger heart, Kevin's ready to hype up any room he's in! Built for more than the small confines of Brine Bay, he yearns for much more than his small town could ever offer.
- 7 love interests with unique stories.
- Partial voice acting.
- 7 CGS + 1 Mini CG
- Appearance and pronoun customization for the main character (Feminine, Masculine, Non-binary & custom).
- Various choices to describe your traits or personality.
- Room customisation.
- A calling system to talk to love interests.
- Choice system that affects the story and the character's thoughts on you.
- Various accessibility options (OpenDyslexic font, sound & voice captions).
- Custom OST made to match each character's personality.
⸺ DEVELOPMENT ⸺
- GUI Artist & Programmer: Sitraxis
- Programming assistance: DragoonHP
- Pronouns code: Feniks
- Key Art: Somate Studios
- Standee merch art: Luii Lafete
- Keychain/Chibi art: Mochibunny
- CG Artist: SHARUMIK0
- Background art assistance: Emma Guan & Marc M
- Soundtrack: Benjamin Sigerson, lolurio
- SFX: Pixabay
- Game trailer: suduk_
⸺ VOICE ACTING ⸺
- Jean: Noir Thornton
- Kai: KEED0
- Andrew: Phil Ava
- Chris: Raymond Comeros
- Wyatt: Cameron Raleigh
- Vince: Noah Keawekane
- Kevin: Jerron Bacat
Lavendeer Studios is formed out of 5 young BIPOC women primarily based in South East Asia who each have contributed greatly to the development of the game despite being fairly new to game developing.
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Development log
- ✦ DEMO REVIEWS ON STEAM!Aug 02, 2024
- ✦ LAST DAY OF CROWDFUNDING !Apr 15, 2024
- ✦ DEMO REHAUL & CAMPAIGN ENDING!Apr 07, 2024
- ✦ FIXED CONTACTSMar 11, 2024
- ✦ QUALITY-OF-LIFE FIXES !Mar 06, 2024
- ✦ CROWDFUNDING LIVE!Feb 25, 2024
- ✦ DEMO UPDATE!Feb 25, 2024
- ✦ DEMO BUG FIXES!Feb 22, 2024
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Can't wait to play the full game!! I'm pretty sure it will be incredible.
i love this game
I got bored and decided to guess Vince's job.
with the clue I got from the driver's license, while its scribbled, I can try getting references on the other letters from the picture. Most of the are capital, so I dont need to worry about lowercase letters.
I can make out a letter N at the beginning, and then an L in the end.
So already, I have a good start on clues.
But, I can go even further with the second to last letter. it doesnt look like an E or T since the top isnt too long, not an I either since its too far from last letter.
most of the letters I noticed were close to other letters, unless they were spaced or maybe had a comma, period, etc.
I came to the conclusion that the second last letter was yet another L.
So, an N and two LLs at the end.
The scribble isnt that long, and since its all capital, I can assume that it would take much space. I deduced that it possibly only has 4 letters.
and after some thought, the scribbled word was: NULL
well.... it doesnt say much about his job, but then again, if I were to use context clues to explain that answer-- his description did say "26-year-old stay-at-home. Lost in life, he spends each day simply looking for a purpose."
it does fit his description too.
then again, I could be terribly wrong-- I'm too sleep deprived for this HSDVDSFJGVFSDJV
orrrr maybe it was already said somewhere in the game, in that case-- I missed it LOL
anyways-- if you read this nonsense of mine, uhhh.... sorry ehehe...
I LOVE VINCE SM. HE IS SO CUTE. My favorite so far? I can't wait to learn more about him in the full game!
OMG I love Vince sm!! He's so cute 😭 I really like everyone else too but so far all my love to my vampire ❤️ Keep up the good work and can't wait for the full game!!!
This is probably just a me issue but when I try downloading it, it says no compatible downloads :((
Can someone please tell me what that means?
happening to me too :( Not sure why :/
update: You can just download it through itchis browser app :) it won't be in your app (at least I don't think, but you can play the game fine! They should def fix this in app issue tho :)
Thank you!!!
我迫不及待地想玩完整版的游戏，每个角色都太有趣了，我真的很期待！感谢所有参与制作这个游戏的人，你们太棒了！！
I didnt know where to ask this buut we cant have andrews number yet or is it just me?
I loved this game a lot by the way the art is awesome!
nope! i dont think we can, i went through the dialogue options myself, thinking i screwed up and i just didn't get it, but no, you just don't get it yet.
(was so sad I couldn't get his number just yet)
UI slayed, art slayed, music slayed, writing slayed, ty to everyone who put this together !! I was so sad when the demo ended ahh I can't wait for more ( ˊᵕˋ )♡
THE ARTSYLE IS SO CUTE AND BEAUTIFUL all the characters were fun to talk to as well !!!
The style is just wowww and I like all the characters excited for their routes!
I love the demo so much, currently I'm using an emulator to play it on Android and I've encountered one problem😅, when customizing the room I can't scroll down to the other options like the "wall" and "desk" 😅
sorry, could you tell me which emulator you are using please? I have an android too and I would like to play this...
joiplay, it used to be available on play store but now it isn't, You can download it on google duo. There's video tutorials on how to set the emulator up:D
uuhh, I did everything correctly, but the game does not open...are you using the latest version of the game?
yea, when you added the game did you add it by "ThreadsofYou.exe"?
yeah, after that the game was added, I clicked on it to enter, but it didn't open
The painting style is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for the full version to be online
So Chris is transgender? So that means he's female -> male, unless i got this wrong. If i got this right shouldn't in his ID it should say his sex is female since sex means the gender you were born with? Please correct me if i'm wrong.
Trans people can get it changed on identification and other documents like that :)
Oh ok thank you!
haven't played it yet but the art style kinda reminds me of beginning and always so I'm excited to check it out!
i love this game and i need more rn
I AM SO MAD. I LOVE this game and i didnt realise it was a demo. You guys better work on this and finish it soon. Im about to cry
I really wish I could play but for some reason the game won't open for me. I'm on PC.
I downloaded it from Steam instead and then I was able to play it.
I loved the demo so much, and I'm super excited for when the full game will be out! I litirally realized at the very end of the demo that I could've actually colorized my OC, so I might re-do the demo for the sake of proper customization. I'm taking a HUGE liking to Chris and Vince, their so cute! I love the cuter guys! Looking forward to the upcoming developments and full game, tysm for making this:))
honestly for being a demo is pretty good! i really liked it, looking forward for the full release 6.6
THEY ARE SO CHARMING! EVEN YOU ANDREW (WHO WON'T GIVE ME THE DIGITS /J) (can't wait for the full release! much love to everyone who is involved with making this game <3 )
I liked this a lot! I was able to get 6 of the contacts. But not sure how to get Andrew's number. I really liked the customization and the voiced phone chat..made me swoon (of course I reloaded a save to call all 6). I'm so into Jean and Andrew right now. The art and backgrounds are great too..very appealing and professional looking. I'm looking forward to more developments. Thank you for your hard work!
If you went with Vince the whole way then im pretty sure thats why. I think if you said no to going with Vince you would have met him.
I love the fact Chris has a trans pin!! This game is amazing I'm so excited for more content aaa
i NEED the full game.....
im struggling to download on my windows laptop
struggle to download it anyone got any tips
MAC book
I LOVED LOVED THE DEMO. The characters are all so full of life and fun to listen to. I loved bonding with Vince and Jean, helping out Chris, and meeting Andrew, Kai, Kevin, and even the demanding CEO Wyatt. I can't wait for more content in the future! Keep up the great work!
OH MY GAWD IT'S WAS AMAZING 💗💗💗 IM WAITING FOR FULL GAME
Почему нельзя скачать на андроид? (Извините, я просто не разбираюсь в играх)
I can't click on the pronouns and change mines :(
i .....LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i will gladly pay for this game. When is the full game planned to be released?
2025-2026! :)
Omg the demo was soo good! The art style is literally so beautiful I can't wait for the full game to come out!
this demo was incredible, I'm loving all of the characters so far and I love the character customization aspect! I'm so excited for the full release
Hey! I just finished trying out what you've released so far, and I've gotta say, I'm impressed! It's got a wonderful vibe to it and I love all the characters (Some more than others) - I can't wait for the full release!
One recommendation I will make is a feature that showcases which options raise affection and which ones don't - I noticed that I accidentally raised affection for a character I didn't intend to raise affection for on the phone app. I think it'd be good to allow for an optional visual indicator for the people who don't want to go through the hassle of checking!
Apart from that, it's all sunshine and daisies for me! I'll be keeping a close eye on the game and its development - I hope all goes well!
My my my ways to make someone fall deeply in love with a game just with the demo! From the aesthetic to the characters, everything was so dreamy and I legit felt like I was in vacation too lol! I'm truly excited for the full release because this was so promising !
Also, Kai is my loveee
I finally played the demo (not "entierly", didn't play around with all the different answers and all) but omg wowwwwwwww
First thing first : the UI and OST are so refreshing and NEATT, really giving off that small town near the sea vibes and all 💕💕💕
The customisation is niceeee, the chibi are so cute and being able to pick between 3 different shades of black (I'm not including the "tan" in this category) is awesome 😭💕
Idk if there's a plan to expand a bit this, but I think I would definitely love seeing more "braids" patterns as an option (but it's already good like it is tho !!)
I am not dyslexic but knowing how I can be picky/sensitive and upset with "wrong" font, I love the add-on to change the font and size ✨
Really, it felt soft and fluffy, quite exhausting too meeting all those characters (might be a "me" problem tho www), but so fun as the game is so pleasant !!
Also, Chris and Vince absolutely melted my heart awwwwwn 😭💕💕💕 They are absolutely adorable, soft and cuties aaaaaaa
A huge thanks AND congratulations to all the developpers because y'all are doing a great job ✨ Can't wait for the full game aaa
i was super excited going into this and MAN it did not disappoint! the art, the dialogue, EVERYTHING was so good <3 i also completely forgot that kevin was filipino and was so surpised seeing "pre" on the screen~
the representation was absolutely amazing here and i'm looking forward to the full game in the future <3
It's totally worth giving the game a chance. Personally I was more attracted by the aesthetics, the style and the colors, and let's not even talk about the backgrounds! It's a game that has a lot of future and it's worth waiting for it to be released<3
KAI OMG IDGGFVHDCBNADH
so excited for this ^_^!!