
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
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"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel
Xu Mingjing, the protagonist cursed by a "ghost", finds eerie dark shadows lurking in every photo he takes.
Once choosing to escape reality, he is forced by fate to face his fears head-on again.
To uncover the truth behind the curse, Xu Mingjing and two close friends embark on a terrifying and unknown journey...
◈Total storyline features approximately 100,000 words of text, nearly 40 exquisite CGs, and offers 2–5 hours of gameplay.
◈The game includes 2 romanceable characters, with endings covering 6 Bad Endings (BE) + 2 Happy Endings (HE). Each HE is followed by an epilogue chapter.
◈The game contains supernatural horror, death, blood, paranormal elements, and BL (Boys' Love) content (accounting for about 15%, with horror as the main focus). Please purchase as needed.
◈The game contains adult content such as suicide, self-harm, and extreme violence. Minors should not purchase it.
◈The values and ways of thinking conveyed in the game's plot are relatively subjective and personal, lacking rigorous reasoning and logic. Please purchase at your discretion.
◈This work shares the same worldview as the previous title " PinYuAn Tales" but is set in a different timeline. The two protagonists from the previous game will make guest appearances here. This is a standalone work—no need to play the previous game to enjoy it.





◈小青蛙妙妙制作组
An indie game Team formed by two friends from college.
◈Script - Programming - UI - Art - Video:青蛙梨
◈Character Design - Art:阿猹
◈weibo:@小青蛙妙妙制作组
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Languages: Simplified Chinese, English
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NO...主要是因为抄袭给了差评。。我真的不能再不看评价买游戏了 主线剧情其实还不错,有一点小恐怖,几个支线分支都还挺带感的。只是涉及到有童年猥亵阴影真的让人很难受,小宝心理扭曲到bed结局杀了主控再一起去死何尝不是He( 但是感情线太短,完全没有一丁点缓冲,竹马线还好,天降完全莫名其妙主控就读懂天降小狗暗示了,后面莫名其妙又谈上了。。作为买断来说真的有点太短了
除了cg好看,看得出作者真的上过大学以外真的无聊。本以为是吃上国产菠萝饭了,结果,你菠萝干圈就这么大,受众就这么些人,生怕玩家看不出来吗。抄都抄不明白,就算只是擦边,你制作这边态度也是牛大了。 敲击妹真的是被做局了,真喜欢吃这款的去玩敲击好吗,搞了半天是让我花钱来吃这坨,真把你滴答声男神逗笑了。
美术不错,剧情垃圾,感情线莫名其妙,其中一个攻的人设经历还抄袭了桥姬,避雷。
原本因为挺喜欢画风入的,结果打完全成就才发现抄袭石锤。抛开人物塑造寡淡无味 夏的感情线逻辑莫名其妙 结局秘密被发现时过于牵强完全就是作者不考虑人物行动合理性导致的烂尾外,【创作者对抄袭的态度实在无耻到令人想给一拳,建议大家自行搜索此作者在社交平台上发表的言论留档】😐 另外注意本作体量很小我玩文游向来拖拉喜欢反复回看剧情,因此游玩时长不供参考,大概只有不到3h。原本还打算买上一作的,现在看来真是拜拜了您内
我真不行了啊,打完了想去补成就才刷到了游戏抄袭的石锤。 首先我是直接从盒上别人发的悬疑游戏合集里看了一眼感觉还行就买了,完全不知道有bl元素(本人不雷),但是作者要在悬疑游戏里搞bl的话,写的这段感情线真的太敷衍了。 其次,本来一无所知的我由于徐在多个选项明显表现的很需要依赖朋友,且开头一系列剧情铺垫都感觉本游戏想撮合夏和徐,于是也是看夏格外顺眼,加上阴湿男总是对我有好奇心吸引,所以能选夏的选项我都选了夏。但是徐和夏在某个结局kiss我真的觉得很突然。前面这么多根本看不到他俩有任何的爱情萌芽,而且虽然前面有几个灵异事件吧但是诡异氛围和紧张感没有拉上去,我个人感觉徐不至于因为和夏解开了误会+知道夏背负的痛苦+一起经历了这几件事就产生了爱情了。毕竟陈也和他俩一起参与了灵异事件。 还有剧情很短是真的,我一边玩游戏一边一直刷切煤软件就差两个成就没齐也才花了两个小时不到一点。没懂陈的作用,是只是徐的朋友辅助推进剧情的作用还是什么,反正好像没怎么吃到他和徐的粮,而且另两位角色白和杨的剧情感觉连支线都算不上,真的只是剧情需要出现那么一会儿而已。我本来还以为他俩会和主角们在一起有更多的除灵剧情。 说到最后最烦的还是我打完才发现是抄袭的,而且看了作者的回应观感也不是很好,我希望能看到自证没有抄袭的部分和真诚回应的态度,结果是阴阳怪气的话也看不到有哪里明确的反证。如果是这样的态度的话,我只能说避雷吧。
时长是工作挂机导致的,实际游戏时长大概在4-5h。可以不看攻略全打完,推理难度比较低。作者的制作还是蛮清晰的,CG做的也不错。虽然游戏的质量还算可以,但是确有我无法接受的部分,在青梅竹马线的最后,我认为夏的角色人设的确有抄袭某名作的嫌疑,两边我都是全流程完整打完,并没有在借鉴的内容之上感到新的创意,我认为过度借鉴或抄袭的印象并没有改变,因为涉及剧透所以不在这里说了,并没有看到作者给出让人信服的解释。介意这游戏在我库中,之后我会把这款游戏从我的账号移除,不知道到时候评价还在不在。感到失望。
It's finally in English and we can read it!!!!!!!!!!! Supernatural. Horror. BL! Was it worth it the wait? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I actually really enjoyed the mystery/supernatural aspect of it and the sweet BL moments are adorable! The CGs/characters were drawn superbly wells too! Now I really gotta figure out how to read the other novel by the same Developers by using a translator... Because I know it'll be worth the effort. ^-^ Thank you for translating and I really enjoyed it!!! <3 (I also gotta commend you for that "musician's soul pendant" and everything around it/MCs use of it. It's a very interesting touch.)
说实话感觉可玩性很一般量特别小而且主角人设很一般塑造和感情线都比较少我觉得惊艳的cg也没有很多
Visual Novel Horror with a honey slant of BL? Sign me up! Finally in English, it is a must try out for those who like the horror genre and ambient jumpscares rather than cheap flashes. This review contains slight spoilers of locations, but is mostly spoiler free storywise. The art style is fantastic and the game's story telling is impeccable. It is not for the faint hearted as it contains a lot of heavy subjects. Still, the game's resolution and message is rather clear and the players may find a satisfying outcome(or not, depending on your choices you may get bad endings too!) There were a few mistranslations, like calling Yang Qing female pronouns when the cast goes to Shanghai(it goes a bit back and forth between female and male pronouns in one go) and some parts of the journal entries not being complete or cut off. There is also a line not translated when you visit Xia Shixian the second time. Thank you so much for taking the time to translate the game to English! I hope Pinyuan Tales will have an english dub too, but unfortunately it is not currently planned for release(confirmed in the gallery) I will wait patiently for when - if - the day comes. Thanks for such an amazing experience!
单元剧式的短篇小说 美术和UI都很舒适,音乐渲染到位,恐怖氛围烘托的不错 关于人物: 陈熙:金毛大狗狗。虽然自己对灵异鬼怪什么的完全应付不来,但是坚决不让主角落单。对主角的感情是尊重与喜爱并肩的,所以很多时候会优先顾虑对方的感受反而压下自己的感情。后日谈的沉重算是弥补了一点主线结局存在感的遗憾 夏思贤:腹黑小蛇。开局给我一种强烈的重男感,通关过程中发现意外的理智好相处(?)。收集完个人线结局后觉得性格塑造有点矛盾,比如能感受到对主角沉重的爱意,但是他不介意两人相处空间被挤占。又比如想要成为优秀的存在也在意他人的目光但是并不会刻意隐藏腹黑属性。带着这种矛盾来到结局,非常突然地摒弃了所有爱意(要)杀了主角 怎么说呢,那种执拗并没有很好的展现。沉重的感情既没有挽救他,也没有毁灭他,更没有改变或是掌控他。虽然是贯穿主线的真相线,但是人物塑造比较割裂,有种夹在中间不上不下的感觉 顺便吐槽[spoiler]主角这个咋呼性格上一刻差点被掐死,下一刻就这么淡定地表白接吻了真的对劲吗[/spoiler] 挺喜欢单元剧的,就是剧情太短加主线太浅,如果可以再扩展一下就好了
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