Nightingale Manor (Demo)
A downloadable game
You're on your own, looking for a fresh new start - and you find one when you're hired by the owner of Nightingale Manor.
Aaron and Xander Nightingale live alone in the isolated mansion, still adjusting after a tragic family loss. Xander is a rather distant kid, and despite being the son of a wealthy movie director, he's anything but happy and well-adjusted. But, when the two take on a new live-in nanny, things begin to change.
You feel as if you might just be able to help the two lonesome Nightingales - but there's something off about the place, some dark, bizarre presence, something you can't quite put your finger on, something far more unsettling than anything you've ever seen in a horror movie.
To call the Nightingale "haunted" wouldn't even begin to cover it all.
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Nightingale Manor was my very first visual novel, and I am now recreating it.
If you enjoy my art or storytelling at all, I would greatly appreciate some support on my other platforms, mainly regarding my novels and mangas. You can find my published works from the link in my profile, and you can hop into my dirt-cheap Patreon right here; Konspiracy's Patreon
I have to give a shoutout to copyright-free music creators whose music I used in the game, so here is a playlist containing those creators. I highly recommend em for anyone else making a free game like this! Here ya go; Music I Use in my Games
The demo has been updated, and there's more to come soon.
Download
Install instructions
Just download the zip folder (you need winrar), open it up, and click the application launcher for Nightingale Manor.
Development log
- The Download is Fixed NowMar 22, 2024
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a fun, short spooky vn (has the nostalgic vibes of old flash games like those made back then in 2000s or few years ago I played) with natural realistic interactions/dynamic where Aaron the father isn't like the neglectful or abusive kind despite being the tired, hard-working type he makes me love him instead, and Xander well he's not outright a jerk emo, i think of him like this important young brother (I think there's two ends where you can straight up be a nanny who just cares about doing her job, though i only had the heart and will to go for the good end only, i love the found family trope). i think even if this is the first vn, it's already pretty good on pulling my interest in, especially for the narrative aspect. i don't encounter any bugs, but there are some things that do bug me for a bit like the color of Xander's jacket that doesn't really blend well with his sprite, the kitchen background that doesn't fit like the other realistic BGs, the backlog with white colored text almost unreadable, the skip feature that can't skip only texts that has been read, and the recording without subtitle.
Thanks for the feedback! I do plan to come back to this someday and give it a total revising whenever I have time (and more practice using Tyranobuilder). It was definitely experimental, just to see if I could put something together, but your feedback is very helpful, and I'm glad you liked the story! Thanks so much!