Threads of You: Beyond the Bay
A downloadable game
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
- ✦ LAST DAY OF CROWDFUNDING !11 days ago
- ✦ DEMO REHAUL & CAMPAIGN ENDING!19 days ago
- ✦ FIXED CONTACTS47 days ago
- ✦ QUALITY-OF-LIFE FIXES !52 days ago
- ✦ CROWDFUNDING LIVE!61 days ago
- ✦ DEMO UPDATE!62 days ago
- ✦ DEMO BUG FIXES!65 days ago
- ✦ DEMO OUT NOW!65 days ago
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This game is freaking awesome sauce
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH ALREADYYY
Love it!
please COME OUT I CAN BE WITH MY BABY VINCE HE CUTE AND introverted heart, heart, kiss, kiss, love, love, can't what to see my baby vince
It giveing our life beginning and always and our life now and forever
I LOVE THE HELL OUT OF THIS GAME GO TEAM VINCE, KAI, AND ANDREW :3
just finished the game! the art is very cute and im vert intrigued about the story
I fell inlove
real
this is amazing! and the art is soooo good
streamed this game on discord and had a whole debate with my friend on what eyecolor andrew had. i argued it was black, and he said it was purple, only to find out that we were both wrong, and it was actually blue.
10/10, will play again to mess around with the character customization
This looks incredible already! I can't wait to see what the full release looks like, I'll be waiting in anticipation!
i created an account just to comment and say how cute the game is, the story is adorable and im in love with all the boys, but im sad because it ended so quickly :(( i already want moreee!!
Yuurrr cant play there isnt a data for ut to extract but gonna save it
Sooooo i could finally play the game so far so good but when is the full game coming!!!!
May I ask how are you planning to price the full game cause I liked it sooo muuuch...;;
(edit: why's people giving me -1s? Should I not ask this?)
This was a wonderful little demo to play, and I LOVED the choices I could make, and the self-insert customization! I wish it had full voice acting, and I didn't really feel like Kai's voice fit him, but it was VERY charming and fun to play through. I already have two, maybe three, love interests I want to go down routes for when the full game comes out! <3
I look forward to the full release whenever it arrives~
will this game be free after the full release? I just wanna know cause this game is awesome
We'll be pricing it at around $15!
I tried the game and loved it tho why isnt there custom option of the hair and eyes?
marry me VinceYou can find it by either scrolling down or looking to the bottom right/left for page turners!
Respectfully proposing to Vince as soon as I get the chance
this is rlly good nd i was surprised when it suddenly ended cuz i didnt realise it was a demo anyway jean is rlly fine
I loved this demo! Kai is definitely my favorite, he jumped out to me first, but Kevin and Vince are also really cute! Then again, they all are. I can't wait for the full game. :)
One suggestion though is that the other pages in the character customization were really hard for me to find at first. That might just be a me thing, but I totally didn't notice them my first time and I skipped over them wondering why I couldn't find where to change things with my appearance like my hair.
Me pasó lo mismo con la apariencia, hasta que leí este comentario no supe que se podían modificar los otros aspectos, creí que era aleatorio
For some reason my account view button is broken. Gives errors.
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Not sure if its just me or not. But I can't download to windows
Please make sure you're installing the PC build and running the .exe file! If not, Itch has a "download not starting?" button that you can click instead ^^
If it still doesn't work, you can try installing via Steam!
Thank you!!! :)
Many thanks for the supporter's pack. Jean (my namesake) is now starring/staring at me on my background/wallpaper.
How long will the funding campaign go on for?
We're ending in about 2 weeks!
waiting anxiously for the complete story!!! I love this game, super cute! <33333
WYATT IS JUST... ANNOYINGLY CUTE AND I LOVE HIM WHILE KAI'S VOICE ITS SO UGGHHH
oh dear,Kai is Vietnamese:33333 urgh i just love him
i LOVED it!!!!!! i can't wait for it to come out, i loved this start of story and the characters are so cool and intriguing i'm gonna love discovering their different stories and personalities through out the game^^
ngl my vince won my heart which was a great surprise tbh hehehi just wanted to add something, idk if it's just me but it took me a while to notice that we could fold the page in the customizetion part, it just wasn't noticable enough to me but again maybe that's just a me problem and everyone else noticed it from the start :'')
This is the first ever Visual Novel i've played that is still in demo version and left me frustrated yet happy at the same time.
I LOVE LOVE LOOVEEE the characters, the idea of making your own character, and BASICALLY ALL OF THEM. I'll be waiting for this to finish, gripping my table right now. This is a well made game even though it's still in demo.
Thank you for feeding us the appetizers, make sure to take breaks and rest very well Lavendeer studio, lv u guys honestly.
-love, Jean's future wyfe
BRO I BARELY EVEN STARTED THE GAME IM IN LOVE FJVIEVRJI3NIN
Hi hi! is their going to be a window ver of this anytime soon? Because the Pc ver wont let me download T-T
Both versions are available, just need to make sure you’re downloading the right one
Hey quick question. At the start of the game when you're making your character and establishing pronouns, how do you customize your hair? I can't find where to do it on character selection. Sorry for the inconvenience!
There’s a little fold on the page, on the bottom right corner
CHRIS!!!! CHRIS I LOVE YOU!!!! and the trans badge oh i love my little schmoopie pie
I believe Chris Topher deserves the world, in this 800 page essay I will...
This needs to come out like right now...
Because the wait will actually kill me and im not ready to die before I play this game. I'll give you the greatest sombrero you got it please just release the full game I'm going to cry.
(Nah but fr take your time I would rather play a good game later than a rushed game now) Yall are going to do great
<3
I want to kiss u all this is so beautiful- I can't-
I just finished playing it and I LOVE it! I love everything about it from the interface design to the whole story and characters it was AMAZING! I can't even pick who to romance first, but Kai, Andrew, and Vince totally left an impression to me. I'll wait for this game to be fully released, thank you for making this and goodluck on your journey.
Is it okay to ask a random question? I just want to know if you used a code editor like VS Code or etc. I know that you used Ren'Py as an engine to make this game, I'm just curious if y'all used another code editor or not, because lately I want to try coding a VN and I want to know what other used. That's all and Thanks again!
Thank you for enjoying our game!
And yes, we used VSC to code the game! Good luck with making your own VN, and be sure to take regular breaks & not to overwork yourself! We're cheering you on !! 🎉
dante route when? jk, I am in love with all of the love interests though. especially vince :hearteyes:
Soon... 👀
(And thank you for enjoying our game!)
DANTE ROUTE CONFIRMED?!
It wont let me download the game for some reason! It says "an error occurred during installation. Cannot read property "build" of undefined"
I'm so sorry to hear! Did you download the Mac or PC version?
I downloaded the PC version
I've been following your page for quite some time now, and i can say this has the potential to become one of the best visual novels out there!! Keep up the good work🌻
The character custom already got me in a blink. Definitely watching this one.