
"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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二次元基友爱上我之与男鬼发小的爱恨情仇 玩完以后得知被鉴抄了那好吧,基友线简直就是[spoiler] 主人公我爱你但是算代餐 [/spoiler]但没有发小线灾难 发小线简直就是为了麦麸而麦麸,你的意思是说[spoiler] 这条单相思就这样被主人公得知啊我是杀人犯你跟我在一起吧接受了吗,正常人当下应付完了早跑了吧,,总之be还可以但是he一言难尽,该说不说你们死直脑回路,高材生发小之能冲985偏偏留市里追竹马之你猜我为什么学吉他,,咱们就是说这个真的看不出来吗![/spoiler]
剧情有点莫名其妙,三位突然就变成男同了,cg很丰富,恐怖效果可以
场外的信息不讨论了纯粹探讨游戏本身,美术挺好看的直接吸引我盲狙了。流程很短,故事倒是不复杂,但是看完会发现竹马线才是故事重心,绝对绕不开的程度,虽然2选1我也会更吃竹马但感觉另一条线像超市促销有买有送有点难蚌()感觉兄弟线确实太兄弟了虽然喜欢脸但又不是很好磕,竹马线又感觉这个执念来得太奇怪了虽然不是不行。还有师兄的2人组cp感太明显了感觉为另一作作做联动( 为了恐怖来的话可以一玩虽然故事都蛮简单的,为了磕cp的话就不太推荐吧()除非特别喜欢重男竹马这个xp
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很短小的bi微恐游戏,四五个小时即可全结局(可能因为网卡了我的游戏时间记录只有三小时);剧情比较普通,但是cg立绘是在美丽。[strike]大学生活的描写太写实了,令期末周还在玩这个游戏的我感到一阵由内而外的恐惧[/strike]
立绘尚可,故事舞台设在无锡、上海,都是我生活过的地方,亲切感很强。但整体剧情比较勉强,游戏的恐怖氛围与感情线都比较薄弱,平淡内容占比偏高,精彩情节篇幅短,每每剧情刚勾起人的兴致,便戛然而止。感情的部分缺少足够的情感铺垫,标榜为蔷薇向,但角色之间的羁绊很难让人代入
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
bl and horror what more can i ask
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剧情很一般并且很短,感觉有些事件结束都很草率,两位男主端水不平,我们陈熙甚至连亲密cg都无
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