Lost in your eyes (WIP) [February 4 2026 Update] [6 Ch, 260K words] [Vampires/Romance/Modern Dark Fantasy]

Update time!

Sorry for the late updates the past week, been extremely busy >.<

I have also decided to postpone the release date of chapter 3.2 and will release it with chapter 3.3 The reason is that you can skip the entire chapter, and M. Blaine can summarize the entire chapter when you come back from the date with John/Elizabeth in chapter 3.3 which is causing a few bug issues.

Spoiler for chapter 3.3: Chapter 3.3 Will also be skippable, and you can meet Adrian much sooner. (Since the entire point of chapter 3.3 was getting to know John/Elizabeth and introducing how the MC is being protected by the Pendant.)

There will be a lot of changes in chapter 3.3 as well

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Update time!

I tried my best to update chapter 3.4 (the last part of the third chapter) this week but unfortunately trying to rewrite 18K is a bit too much and I kinda failed :confused: HOWEVER I did try my best and was able to rewrite almost 13K words! Unfortunately it’s not only the rewrite that I have to write but also the skipped parts, and part where Adrian is revealed much earlier. That’s pretty much it! I’ll hopefully be able to update the Patreon version next wednesday-thursday!

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Update time!

My brain kinda mush rn BUT

chapter 3.3 is almost done,

Need to finish up writing up Adrian’s Scenes (They won’t be too long don’t worry!)

Need to write up M’s scenes where they give the summary of the mission that was done if you choose to skip the chapter.

A lot of John/Elizabeth’s dialogues were changed and since they’re healers, and can sense pulses and blood circulation in someone’s body, they’re the best for anyone playing a shy MC that isn’t vocal (Idk if I explained it correctly but long story short, a few options for characters who are silent type and want to romance John/Elizabeth)

Massive, and I mean MASSIVE thanks to @Vanya for pointing out M’s faults, those issues have been fixed and (Good lord I’m so sorry you guys had to read all that stuff, Idek what goes with my brain sometimes :sob:) John/Elizabeth’s issues have also been fixed!

I’ll be releasing the Patreon version on wednesday-thursday and then the updated version next week’s wednesday-thursday. Thanks for your patience and I deeply apologise!

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Can’t wait to read it! :slightly_smiling_face: Unfortunately I can’t pay for patreon but I’ll wait patiently. I already miss my cutie M. :heart:

Oh, and thank you for being so receptive of criticism. :slightly_smiling_face: At the end of the day it’s your story and you will always know best what you want to write and what’s best for your story, so you actually listening to what I had to say was very nice.

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Haha no worriess! And I am a firm believer that people can’t grow unless they don’t recieve criticism and re-reading it again, your criticism were worth their weight in gold so thankksss ^-^

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I like that you’ve included some thoughtful question prompts, and am looking forward to chewing on them and sharing! But for now, here are some things I’ve noticed that are less introspective :sweat_smile:

Bugs/Typos/Thoughts

The red-headed woman thought to herself. [Natasha is blonde?]

Sure, it was hard to deal with ${hhim} from time to time, but overall, ${pc_name} was fun to be around. [should be ${pc_his} instead of haye’s pronouns]

"Focus on both attack and defence [defense]

And then ${hhis} eyes fluttered open lazily and ${bname} froze in panic.
[should be pc’s pronouns instead of haye’s]

“Of course, it won’t,” You scoffed. “You’ve had my back for nine years. I won’t let anything like this come between us.” [wait what??? i thought MC and Blaine haven’t known each other for that long??? MC is 18, so they’d have to have met at 9]

${bhis} face in ${bhis} hands, then peeked from between her fingers [forgot to make that her a ${bhis}]

Flaky croissants, gooey cinnamon rolls and macarons. [just a suggestion, but “colorful macarons” to continue the adj noun pattern.]

by the friendly smile of a female cashier [I feel like the “female” part is unnecessary; it made me pause while reading to consider the implications, interrupting the flow.]

I felt my cheeks grow warm and fed him. ⇑♄/⇓60 [not sure what the 60 is?]

I mean, look at me," she slowly turned around as if showing off himself. ${Vhe} slowly turned around as if showing off ${bhim}self [used b’s pronouns instead of v’s here]

$!{Vhe} pulled ${Vhis} hands back and punched the wall, hard enough that his arm sank all the way to the elbow. [missed putting v’s pronouns there instead of “his”]

Vivian cleared his throat awkwardly. ${vname} cleared ${bhis} throat awkwardly. [using b’s pronouns instead of v’s]

partitioned by curtains. Th [extra th in an odd place]

I didn’t like him at all. [j’s pronouns should be her here for me, looking at the code *set Jhim "him" should be “her”]

Living with your parents, you often suspected they had mixed blood into your food, which explained why your hunger never felt satisfied.

Throughout the years of living with your parents, you suspected they added a few drops in your food to keep you from starving. It explained why you were always hungry for something more. [worded differently, but both sentences convey the same thing, so it feels like an oversight to have the repetition?]

$!{PC_name} has been tugged left and right like a rope in a tug of war. [I chose to use a fake name for infiltration]

Gregory glared at the doctor. "A week? Did you not see his fighting skills? She’s better than our veterans "A week? Did you not see ${pcb_his} fighting skills? [my pcb should be her, but it’s coded as “his”]

Especially after the test you just went through, ${pc_name}." [also should be fake name here]

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There were some tweaks but Natasha is red, firey hair now Cause witch has witch hair

That is genuinely such a good catch cause, yeah I did a lore change, and it’s supposed to be 5 years, and I wouldn’t have even realized it until you pointed it out XD

The amount of brain cells I have :weary_face: (Fixed it, sorry :sweat_smile:)

Fixed! I didn’t even use ${pcb_his} in the beginning, thanks a tonne!

Thanks for everything!! I really REALLY appreciate the help cause damn, some of those problems, I wouldn’t have caught at all :sob:

(ALSO I WILL POST AN UPDATE IN A FEW HOURS SORRY FOR MAKING YA’LL WAIT!!)

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Update time! Very, very sorry about delaying it so much, the past two days have been hectic to the point my brain felt mush :sweat_smile: HOWEVER, that doesn’t mean this week was spent dilly dallying!

More improvements and bugs were fixed in the game. Massive thanks to @Vanya and @saltwaterwitch

The last part of chapter 3 is now being worked on. After that, I’ll move onto chapter 4!

Chapter 3.3 went from 19K to 14K with around 4k new words added! (New choices and how John/Elizabeth acts and how a stoic/silent MC acts)

rewrote 3.5K words of chapter 3.4! Will be releasing it for Patreon on Wednesday-Thursday! And it’s public release the week after the next!

Will be making the public release tomorrow so look forward to that ^-^

Thanks for your patience, and I apologize!

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I’m so very sorry about not being able to update yesterday, I couldn’t find the time >.<

BUT

The book is now updated! I.e Chapter 3.2 and 3.3 has now been updated!

Chapter 3.2 went from 14K to close to being 11k.

A few new choices, personality changes (Depending on your option)

Lots of bug and typo fixes.

Chapter 3.3 went from 19K to 14K

And other things! Hope you guys enjoy!

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Her description in the story was missed when updating her hair color :sweat_smile:

Natasha’s faint whisper brought him out of his thoughts. Her yellow eyes, once blazing with fire, now gazed at him softly. Her blond hair, brushed by the air, trailed behind her.

I am back at it

bugs/thoughts

She said kindly. "I am someone your father trusted to watch over – (Probably should be MC pronouns here? Unless MC and Haye’s are actually half-sibs)

She was having a nightmare and I couldn’t reach her. Thank you for helping him." and I couldn't reach ${pc_him}. Thank you for helping ${hhim}. (used haye’s pronouns here instead of MC’s)

$!{pc_she} met that tired and scared gaze and felt nothing but the need to protect ${pc_him}. (I think it should be Haye’s pronouns where I bolded instead of MC’s this time)

or those flawless ${skintone} skin (“that” works better in this context rather than “those”. or probably the ${pc_his} would be best)

his eyes had slits like those of a goat. (wait, is Bertrand’s pupils horizontally slit/rectangular? is he a vampire and is this common for vamps? or is it unique? or is he not a vampire but something else?)

At least you weren’t alone because $!{Bhis} (the pronoun here doesn’t need to be capitalized (!))

The cut on ${bhis} clothes was just a small bruise (I think MC’s pronouns should be here and clothes should be stomach or abdomen, because I think that’s what Blaine is cleaning rn?)

His hair fell to the side, resting against his shoulder. (I don’t think Marcus has long hair? may want to have an *if for Melissa and else that’s specific to Marcus or nothing.)

  • A flutter in my heart but
 I’m sure that it’s nothing.⇑S/⇑♄/⇑P (I think this is meant to decrease pervert)

The woman had long hair, full lips, and fair skin that was like a lovely shade of quartz (I thought Vivian had short hair?)

Later in the game

The woman stood at 5’5 and carried herself with confidence. Her hair was cut in a stylish bob (also, mourning the loss of 5’8" Viv RIP)

“Much more powerful,” Vigil said with a hint of reverence. She might even surpass me." (missing a " in front of the PC’s pronouns to indicate speech)

You don’t have to fill anyone’s shows. ⇑F (shoes?)

You, Marcus, Marcus, the twins and Micheal. Hell, you’ll even bring Vigil in as a referee. (kill your double lol I’m guessing one of the Blaines are supposed to be a Hayes)

Of course! Black goes with everything and isn’t just for Vampires!
*set BodyArmor “Enchanted Camouflage Brown vest.”

I’m now imagining Selene from Underworld in camo lol

The Bowie Knife came with a sheath which you strapped to your waist. “Anything else?” Fin said.

The warmth of the sunlight brushed against your body and, even if it made you feel weaker, it felt soothing somehow.
(The jump from the first sentence to the next sentence feels incomplete for the scene change.)

Marcus and I must be and Marcus must be different than other Vampires because most can’t stay long under the sun. (think that was left there by accident?)

        on your head. 
        shoulder1
        *goto shoulder1

(extra shoulder1 that ends up being text. also, forgot to put head at the front, as well)

The current playthrough, my MC is dating Blaine, but the romantic relationship is at 59, so I got the

Marcus distanced himself from you, which made you sigh. “Is there something that you’d like to talk about Marcus?” You asked, but instead of answering, he just looked outside.

Hopefully, he won’t cause too many problems during the mission.

I think it having the *if rel_B > 60 with an or ro_b=true or fren_b > 60 (I am not actually sure how to code lol) but the sentence feels off when MC is either dating Blaine or good friends with them.

Nothing happens after choosing the option for Blaine to grab Valentine’s shirt? It just jumps to “Vivian led all three of you into the Church that smelled of faint incense.–”

Carrying me was a test to see if you’d listen to orders, especially under orders. (pressure?)

So, I’d say
" $!{Jhe} looked away from you, rubbing his lips. (missed j’s pronoun code here)

Especially after the test you just went through, ${pc_name}." (The fake name didn’t show up here)

Vigil was Blond. Marcus, chestnut. Vigil had ocean-blue eyes, while Marcus had chestnut-brown eyes (I thought Blaine’s eyes were hazel?)

It would’ve felt better if ${hhe} had threatened ${hhim}. (one of these are supposed to be j’s pronouns? I think the second?)

away by asking about
 [i]"${Pc_him}."[/i]. (are the quotations supposed to be around the pronoun?)

${vNAMe} grumbled, muttering something no man of Solathis (probably have $(vgender) here?)

${vNAME} interrupted. “Last time I met ${vHim}, he had control of the wind.” (I don’t think Valentine’s pronoun is needed there, they’re talking about Ahrem)

He walked towards ${vname}, fingers pointed towards him. “Get out of my damn house-” (missed inputting v’s pronoun)

Vivian sighed and rose to her feet. “You’re lucky these two are here, Klein.” She muttered softly. (but I chose the “let valentine do it” option?)

Visit the infirmary, where John hardly ever showed up, (missed $(jname) here)

him and since he was taller than John and Vigil, (missed $(jname) here)

You glanced at her wrist and swallowed thickly. You glanced at her wrist and swallowed thickly. (doubled sentence)

Any more and you wouldn’t stop until you had sucked him dry. (missed j’s pronouns here)

Even if he were, you would be under supervision (missed Valentine’s pronouns here)

laying next to you, head resting on your stomach (i think “head” is supposed to be “hand”?)

time line related

There a short scene that jumps “5 years later” at the end of chapter one when the MC is 9, bringing them to 14 (the one that shows MC broken and Haye’s begging them not to blame themself). And then at the top of chapter 2, it says “9 years later
”. I understand it’s 9 years after the MC is 9 because I know the MC is 18 in this chapter, but it would be confusing without that knowledge. e.g. thinking that the MC goes from 9, 14, then 23. Unless the MC is supposed to be 23? And the stats page is wrong?

Nine years had passed since your childhood friend, and arguably your only friend, vanished. Nine long years where you bottled up your feelings, believing you were to blame.

Nine Years after the scene where the MC is 14, would bring them to 23. Or is it supposed to be four years later?

And the only way to salvation was to open up, little by little, to someone you’ve been partnered up with for the past eight years.

This whole section (beginning of chapter 2) may need to edited? Going with the MC being 18 and it being 4 years after the loss of Hayes, and if there was a years gap between partners, would be three years with Blaine?

But after seven years of working side by side, you finally came out of your shell.

You sucked in a deep breath and let it out slowly. “That was nine years ago,” you whispered with a heavy heart.

It has been nine years since you’ve seen

It has been ten years since Nathan, Alfie, and Conner were taken and we still haven’t recovered from it (has it been ten?)

“We’ve doing this for the last 8 years. This is our life.”

You thought about 6 years ago when you first met Marcus

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Holy shit, I’m going to put up your name in a platinum case and hang it in the after credits scenes :sob:

Replies!

Bertand, like many, is one of the Church’s experiments. I shouuld point that out somewhere.

Vivian does, but the hair style, change in clothing (and eye patch) comes after the attack

Ironically that’s who I had in mind when I made black clothes :skull:

Yeah, I should change Rel_B into Fren_B unless it’s a romantic option (Just did that, sorry!)

Yeap

btw, I accidentally put M instead of N, it’s Ahrem which means “mountain of strength” (Fixed both errors! Thanks!)

As for the time-line related thing, it is a hot mess BUT I sat down and started to do all the mapping on when thing happens when and (Kudos to a good friend of mine) managed to put it to paper the entire time line, so that type of mistake shouldn’t appear any more after the next public update (Which is the next week)! Thank you so SO much for pointing those out!! <3

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Ohh, gotcha.

It’s one of the more aesthetically iconic western vampire movies. If it were bulkier, I would have thought of Blade. Also, not related to the black body armor, but while I’m pondering y2k vampire movies that live in my head, is Adrien’s current look inspired by Alucard from Hellsing (anime)? The jacket reminiscent of a cape made my brain conjure up Alucard’s duster.

Ah, I think you might have just did it again :sweat_smile: Ahren?

Depending on the amount of expirements and the MC’s awareness of them, it could be inserted in either of these sentences e.g.

The large hall was filled with Werewolves, vampires, experiments, and a few Magi battling either with each other or attacking wooden dummies.

There were a lot of werewolves, vampires, and a few experiments milling about this time.

Or, if the MC is unfamiliar with them, you could have them brought up in the scene where Hayes and MC are with Vigil in his office where Vigil explains to them that they’re operating under the church’s nose, since the church is already a topic being discussed :thinking: also to give them a little warning of why some people look a little (or a lot) different than expected

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He’s actually a mix of apperance of Alucard from Castlevania (but with red hair and more color instead of being chalk white) and the clothing of Helsing Ultimate with a mixture of both their personalities. (Male Adrian btw, Female Adrian is entirely different)

I don’t know why my brain keeps turning Ahren into Ahrem :sob: (Literally typed m first, deleted it and then wrote Ahren properly again :weary_face:)

yeah the MC is unfamiliar with them seeing that they only knew of werewolves and Vampires since childhood and Nathan wanted the MC to not go to this part of the world, it’d be wierd for them to know what’s an experimental. There aren’t a lot of Experimental, so far there are only 3, Bertand, Micheal and Vigil and even then, it’s hard to tell an Experimental through apperance alone (Bertand being the only exception who can be told) so I’ll add the MC being surprised and Vigil explaining the rest.

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Update time!

public version was updated last week

Patreon will be on wed-thursday

Chapter 3.4 is almost done. Around 1K words were rewritten with the book being 12K on the spot with only 300 words decreased from the origional number.

Jinwa’s appearance has changed to look like the proper regent of darkness.

There were a few bug fixes here and there.

There was another option in chapter 3.3 for those who want a poly route between John/Elizabeth and M. It won’t be a “Yes, no” thing, but it is there to pave the path (You’re going to need to increase both their relationship stats or else at the end where things solidifies, it’s gonna bite you in the butt)

That’s pretty much it! Hope you guys have a great rest of your week! <3 Massive thanks to @saltwaterwitch (You’re amazing :heart:)

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Update time!

An update?! On monday!? Me being on time?!? :fearful: :scream: IMPASSIBAL :ogre:

I need sleep.

ANYWAYS

Patreon version has now been released!

Working on chapter 4.1 now, it’s almost halfway complete! Patreon release will be next Wed-Thursday

Public release of 3.4 will be on Wed-thursday

I’m also mapping out what needs to be done after chapter 5.2 and also mapping out the end of the book. This won’t cause any delays since I already put a set word count I have to achieve each day so ya’ll don’t need to worry. Just adding this here to let ya’ll know that I’M TIRED OF THE REWRITE AND I WANNA GET BACK TO WRITING

Anyways yeah, hope you guys have a better day then what I’m having!

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Okay, so not only is the public version updated all the way to chapter 3.4, I also updated the Patreon version to chapter 4.1!

Time line changes.

More options added where MC can express themselves.

More dialogue options for a stoic/silent MC.

Lots of grammar, pronoun and code error fixed.

Hope you guys enjoy the newer version!

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:clap::tada::scream: yay! I love the new choices

list of errors/suggestions

  • In the stat explanation did u mean ⇓A - Decreases Timid stat. Or that it increases the timid stat?

  • Also top has no description for A?

  • The info abt RO page isn’t working, it goes back to character description

  • Ammunition isn’t listed in inventory

  • Will there be a relationship stat bar for Virgil?

  • Have u considered more skirt options or even dresses for clothing? I kinda hate wearing pants irl lol

I believe that the stat bar for john is inverted?

by Katherine

Return to the Game Restart Achievements Menu Saved Games Quick Save Code

Alex adores you and sees you as a good friend

Friendship with Alex: 56%

Relationship with Alex: 0%

Marcus tries to spend more time around you

Friendship with Marcus: 50%

Relationship with Marcus: 10%

You’re nothing more then an acquaintance to John.

Relationship with John: 50%

Friend with John: 10%

Vale sees you as an aquaintance.

friend with Vale: 50%

Relationship with Vale: 10%

Sagittarius reintroduced self after we ate lunch together alrdy

4th choice is missing an indicator

4th choice says handsome in description twice

Highlighted sentence missing a word or two

Indicator error

Last choice affects no stats

Image glitch

  • 1st opportunity to flirt w V adds pts to friendship instead of relationship

Off topic, I still can’t get the ‘adorable’ achievement and I’m driving myself insane I can’t get the wardrobe combo :sob:

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In the stat explanation

Yep! Sorry :sweat_smile:

Also top has no description for A?

Errr, What do you mean?

Ammo not listed in invent

Fixed!

Will there be a relationship stat bar for Virgil?

Hmm, I was thinking of taking out Alex/Alice’s Relationship stats but on second thoughts I should probably add it. (It won’t be the usual friendship/relationship stat though heh)

This is so weird cause there shouldn’t be that error, Might have to do a couple tests myself to check

I’m sorryyyyyy, fixed it though! (I used a lower case letter instead of upper case >.<)

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Update time!

The patreon version of chapter 4.1 has been edited. That means I edited around 10K words!

4K words of chapter 4.2 has been edited as well. No promises but I’ll try to post a Patreon update this week and release 4.1 publicly next week.

Lots of errors and inconsistencies fixed, massive thanks to @hapamama93 (You’re a blessing :sob:)

That’s pretty much it! Hope you guys have an enjoyable week! Till next time!

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Vale when’s he flirting with me:

Me when I flirt with Vale:

“I’m not gay.”

10/10 absolute cinema :raised_hand:t2::raised_back_of_hand:t2:

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