The mist never lets anyone go.

You wake up in a fog-covered swamp. The trees are all the same. The path never leads anywhere. And in the distance, a figure stands motionless in the mist.

You don't know how you got here. You don't know if you can leave...

Mistbound is a short, atmospheric visual novel created for the O2A2 Visual Novel Jam. The entire game was planned, written, and coded within one week, using only one character sprite, one background, and one BGM.


  • ~1000 Words
  • 1 Background
  • 1 Sprite
  • 1 BGM Track
  • Interactive Choices
  • Multiple Endings

  • Writing & Code & GUI: SmileFlower
  • Art: yosei, Mikei
  • Music: K’z Art Storage

Disclaimer

This is a short experience—approximately 5–10 minutes of reading time.

Contains mild horror themes and unsettling dialogue.

Published 11 hours ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorYoruBox
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py, Adobe Photoshop
TagsFantasy, Female Protagonist, Narrative, No AI, Otome, Ren'Py, Romance, Short, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish, Chinese, Chinese (Traditional)
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
ContentNo generative AI was used

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Mistbound-1.0-mac.zip 92 MB
Mistbound-1.0-pc.zip 98 MB

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Beautiful artwork, and a clever use of fog, silhouettes and colour to get the most out of it within the bounds of the O2A2 restrictions. The music was very fitting too, I liked the chimes. UI was gorgeous too!

I enjoyed the writing, the situation felt very fey or yokai-esque. It felt like there was probably some secret folklore solution to escape the situation the player wasn't privy to. I got three different endings which is impressive given the word limit. Great work!  

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Thank you for such detailed feedback! Will probably add an ending where the MC can escape after the jam o( ̄︶ ̄)o

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Came from a yt video HAHAGAHA

Omo, did someone stream the game? I’m gonna check it out~~