Blood & Play [DEMO]

"Tithe your blood to me, and in exchange I'll ensure you spend the rest of your days in comfort."

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Blood & Play is a gay, safe for work, T4T visual novel about the intersection between debt, disability, & transgender healthcare that can be a romantic-comedy or a macabre psychological horror story depending on how you guide Santiago to interpret an offer that's hard to ignore.

Poor Santiago is unfortunately one of many hit by the latest wave of tech industry redundancies, and without a decent job offer he's willing to take, he's desperate for a stream of income; it's too bad that the blood plasma donation center near his apartment is indefinitely closed for renovations. Just before all hope is lost though, a stranger passing by offers him some company for the evening, and much, much more not too long after...

But... there's always a catch to these things, isn't there?

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Santiago Delgado

CV: Rex Rosario
Age: 29
Birthday: January 19 (Capricorn)
Gender: Transgender Male
Pronouns: he/him
Ethnicity: Mexican-American
Blood Type: O Positive
Occupation: Software Developer (formerly)

Santiago is the textbook example of the classic burnt-out gifted child trope, spending a lifetime studying to enter a workforce that would deny him promotion opportunities at every turn. After a few unlucky incidents that left him in a little more debt than he’s willing to admit, the final nail on the coffin was getting laid off from his job one morning. He enjoys a good horror movie or book while talking to his trusted rubber duck, Sir Java the First, when he’s not full of anxiety.

Matikas Baccay

CV: Sterling Barbett
Age: ??? (He looks 27...?)
Birthday: July 6 (Cancer)
Gender: Transgender Male
Pronouns: he/him
Ethnicity: Filipino
Blood Type: N/A
Occupation: "Independent Researcher"

Why hello there, dark and handsome. Matikas is well liked by those who know him as he aims to please, but something about his sweet and confident personality seems suspicious, to say the least. Even if everyone else has fallen for his suave demeanor, surely Santiago won’t fall for it so easily. After all, life is never this simple.

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Content Warnings:

• Alcohol Use
• Blood
• Living with Disabilities

  Allergies

  Chronic Fatigue

  Dietary Restrictions

  Portrayal of Acute Mental Illness Episode
• Medical Trauma

  Healthcare System Failures

  Institutional Medical Negligence
• Possible Death, Discussions of Death
• Sudden Loud Noises
• Suggestive/Sexual Themes
• Violence

Features:

• 2 Trans Masculine Gays
• 4 Endings (2 Good, 2 Bad)
• Partial Voice Acting in English
• Original Art & Audio
• Parallax & Animation Effects
• Current playable wordcount: 9K

Blood & Play was originally developed for Queer Vampire Game Jam and is in Early Access. The team largely consists of marginalized developers from various ethnic, transgender and queer, neurodivergent, and/or physically disabled communities.

Name	Pronouns	Role	Website
BáiYù	he/they	Project Lead, Writer, Programmer	itch
inkymaw	he/him	Character & Illustration Artist	Portfolio
bloodmachine	it/its	Background Artist	Notion
timepatches	she/her	UI Artist	itch
MysteryCorgi	fae/faer	Narrative Consultant	itch
Els White	he/him	Narrative Consultant	itch
Uraziel	they/he	Composer	Portfolio
ReverbInTheVoid	they/them	Audio Editor	Portfolio
Orianna Greene	they/them	Programmer	N/A
Rex Rosario	he/him	Voice of Santiago	carrd
Sterling Barbett	he/him	Voice of Matikas	Website

Resource	Author/Developer
Ren'Py Caption Tool	npckc
Ren'Py Save/Load Screen Overhaul	Knickknack PJ
yet another phone Ren'Py code	Nighten
Sylexiad Sans Font	Dr. Robert Hillier
Kinto Font	ookami Inc.

Please note that Blood & Play is intended to be a commercial game. At this time, we are reconsidering the retail price for the full game. If you liked what you've played so far, please consider leaving a tip on any of our other projects. Thank you!

Mac players: having trouble launching the game? Try playing it via the itchio app! Updates to the game will automatically be downloaded.