Love by the Water [v.0.3] (2023) (Eng) [Ren'Py] [Linux] [Android] [Demo] [lbtw] [CURE]

v0.3 - 2024-07-09
5,000+ new lines of code
1,600+ new images
25 new animations
125+ voiced lines
100+ new sound effects
10 new music tracks
Minor QoL changes (name and delete saves, credits page, minor UI updates, began updating early game renders)

v0.2 - 2023-11-08
- 8,000 lines of code
- 2,250 images
- 110 animations
- 25 new music tracks
- 80 new sounds
- Minor QoL changes (opacity slider, 0.1 typos and visual errors, extended some 0.1 scenes with additional dialogue and renders, added game dev splash screen, and new game menu screens)

v0.1
- 7,000 lines of code
- 2,250 renders
- 40 animations
- 30 unique music tracks
- 155 unique sound effects

Demo hot-fix
- Complete code re-write to fix some lag and crash issues

Pre-release demo (0.001)
- New story
- 1,100 new images
- 3,700+ new lines of code

- The AVN is a story-focused harem romance with urban fantasy elements. Equal parts sex-comedy and supernatural drama, the game is heavily inspired by the mystery and horror genres, as well anime and great Western novels.

- While majorly focused on school and romance, main plot points see the protagonist grappling with his supernatural heritage (and both the abilities and crutches this gives him), as well as aggressive offers to buy his family home from a newly arrived industrialist kingpin.

- There are currently over 15 planned romanceable characters of varying depth, including fellow students, teachers, villains, and random encounter characters. Additional characters include villains in the form of a sketchy industrialist and his employees, bullies, and friends you meet throughout the game.

- Every love interest and h-scene involving the MC is optional and fully avoidable.

FAQ:
Every love interest and h-scene involving the MC is optional and fully avoidable.
There is no NTR.
The futa/trans tag refers to Frankie, a trans-girl, who is an optional love interest and friend to the MC.
The 'rape' tag refers to avoidable sleep sex had with the MC and references to rape that occurred in the past. I did not add this tag myself, but I assume those are the reasons. The MC does not do these things.
If you have any questions, it's likely it has already been answered in the thread, but feel free to ask me here or join my Discord for faster responses. I'm happy to answer any questions asked in good faith and talk about the game!
If you do me the honor of giving my game a chance, it would mean so much if you let me know your thoughts, whether positive or negative. I have no intentions of slowing down and any feedback would really help me going forward. I've dedicated all of my time over the last few months to this, and I really hope you guys like it. Thanks for all of the support. It's meant the world to me. :')