Sinister or sweet? Pick your poison...

On one fateful night in the middle of winter, a lonely soul's wish is granted. In a world where everything is often black or white, which path will you take when you encounter the living, breathing version of a love interest from the most recent visual novel that you've been playing?

Please note, the game is currently in development and I hope to add more character routes in the future. For now, the demo only contains the beginning of Castor/ia's route.

To discover the origin story of a couple of other characters who will have their own route in the game sometime in the future, check out Dawn of the Damned.

(Check out the screenshots for an enlarged version of the profile images. MORE CHARACTERS TO COME.)

• 2 versions of the same character - Choose between Castor (M) and Castoria (F)
  
  
• Choose your name & pronouns
  
  
• Roleplay/ASMR-like scenario with full English voice acting
  
  
• Different endings depending on your choices
  
  
• Lots of expression changes that match the voice acting
  
  
• Adaptive UI (text boxes change depending on a character's mood)
  
  
• Use the scroll wheel on your mouse to fast forward or rewind through the game (you cannot rewind after making a choice)

Please note that the game was designed so that the expression changes match the pacing of the voice acting, so if you choose to turn the voice acting off, the expression changes will appear to match up strangely with the text. Also, if you change the text speed in the settings, it will mess with the timing of the expression changes. It's supposed to be more like a roleplay scenario that you listen to (or play through on auto) rather than doing a lot of reading.

• Flashing lights
• Self-harm (in order to try and wake up from a dream)
  
• Yandere-esque shenanigans
• Suggestive situations
• Depictions of blood
• Physical violence

Written & Created by Melancholy Marionette

Castor VA: Kevin Rineer
www.kevinrineer.com
@kevinrineervo

Castoria VA: Aria Marisa

Voice Director: Anthony Rodriguez
www.anthonyrodriguezvo.com
twitter.com/Cryshulvo

For full credits, please see the document inside the game folder.

Darling Duality is a game that I hope to develop further :3 I have many more character routes planned, along with additional scenarios with Castor + Castoria! The current version/free demo serves as a standalone episode but is more like an introduction to one of many characters in a much larger project that is currently in development.

The original version of the game (Darling Duality - Winter Wish) was a game I made for a combination of the Secret Santa Jam + the Winter VN Jam, based on a short story that I wrote called: Say My Name.

It was created in just under 1 month and was the first game I made using Naninovel x Unity, so it was pretty tough trying to finish something to upload in time for the jam deadline while also learning how to use a new engine. The original jam version of the game can still be downloaded. Since then, I have made numerous changes to the current version to better reflect my future vision for the project :3

If you're here because you saw ManlyBadassHero's video, and you're thinking of supporting the game's development, please check out this post I made first :3

Aaaand if you're thinking of making a donation towards development (especially if you're planning on adding a tip), please check out this post as well.

Current funding goal progress.

As always, there are bound to be some small bugs! Aaaand, I'm unable to test the Mac + Linux versions, as I only have access to Windows, so it's entirely possible that those versions don't work >.< I will do my best to fix any bugs encountered anyhow :3

Please use this thread here to comment on any bugs that you find :D

Need help getting the game to open on Mac? Check out this post I made with a few possible fixes!

Or need a walkthrough to discover all the stuff the current demo has to offer?
Check out this post here!

(Or download the text document from the downloads section of the game page :3)

Contact:

If you enjoyed playing through the game demo (or even if you didn't xD), I'd really appreciate hearing your feedback in the comments + ratings are much appreciated too ^-^

If you need help with anything, or just wanna drop me a message about the game, feel free to post a comment, or send me an email: melancholicmarionette@gmail.com

You're welcome to buy me a coffee, or support the projects I'm working on by becoming a patron :3