"The Influence Of A Mother In The Lives Of Her Children Is Beyond Calculation."

"The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."

- James E. Faust

Presenting: That's My Boy

Ever since he was young, Riley knew that he wasn't normal. Psychiatrists tried to give him every diagnosis under the sun, peers looked at him with fear and disgust, and his mother literally hung herself in his bedroom. Mothers of normal kids don't do that.

But as a young adult, Riley's beginning to turn a new leaf for himself. His best friend Amber is the most cheerful person on the planet, his coworker Ollie is pretty cool, and he even has an apartment! That means something in this economy.

But one day at work, Riley finds himself with a strange book; It calls out to him, alters his perception of reality, and it looks brand new despite the contents being at least a few hundred years old.

Riley has found himself one of the few copies of what's known as The Doctrine, a book filled with demonic secrets, satanic rituals, and most importantly the secret to resurrecting the dead, and he plans to use it for his mother.

It's exactly what she deserves.

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That's My Boy is a visual novel, but doesn't center on romance. The main story is a tale of horrific traumas and a victim's gruesome outlets.

That being said, there are two potential love interests in the game: Faust, a flesh and soul-eating demon with a demented sense of humor, and Amber, Riley's bubbly best friend with a brain as big as her personality who also has a few secrets of her own...

The game largely falls under the slasher genre, with elements of demonic, supernatural, and analog horror.

Grab onto your axes, friends, and get ready to enter a bloodbath, because Riley won't stop until he has what he wants, and Faust is hungry...

(Find it on itch.io right here)

Development Status: Pre-Production/Pre-Alpha (Unreleased)

...I haven't even finished act one of this game and I'm close to 1000 lines of code...

😈 You are not bound by the Hays code.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who are not punished by the narrative by the end of the story.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who win.

😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who make evil look fun and cool.

😈 You are allowed to make your fun, cool evil character the protagonist.

😈 You are allowed to glorify, romanticize and eroticize evil characters and villainous acts.

😈 You are not obligated to teach your audience a moral lesson.

oh dear god I need help

If anyone who knows ren'py can help me figure this out I'll be in your debt forever. The game runs fine but if I try to open the gallery then an error occurs.

I've been trying to figure this out for hours and something always goes wrong

(DON'T CLICK KEEP READING UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE MADE YOUR CHOICE!!!)

So you've picked your character. Do you really like them? Do you wanna know more? If the answer is yes, then I encourage you to keep an eye out for my slasher visual novel That's My Boy

It follows Riley, the third option in the poll above, as he dabbles in the occult and summons a demon to help him summon his dead mother. There's murder-y homoeroticism, dark humor, a polyamorous romance option, original music composed by me, and BLOOD!!!! :D

You can follow me here and also find me on itch.io if you wanna stay updated and be among the first to play the game when I release the first chapter.

Feel free to ask questions in the comments or my inbox if you have questions (I won't reveal any spoilers though)

my friend's reactions to some of my original music so far:

Bonus: Me talking about one of the characters