[VN] [Ren'Py] Emily: Between Shame and Desire [v0.01] [Manticore Studio]

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Overview:

Emily has left her quiet life behind. A new apartment, a new university, new friends, and a city full of temptation are waiting for her. She wants to study, settle in, and keep control of her life, but the city keeps pushing her out of her comfort zone.

In Emily: Between Shame and Desire, you guide Emily through the first steps of her new life. Your choices influence her confidence, her boundaries, her relationships, and the way she responds to the world around her. Will she stay careful and reserved? Become bolder and more dominant? Let others guide her? Or lean into temptation faster than anyone expected?

There are no wrong choices, only different versions of Emily.

 

Release Date: 2026-05-22

Developer: Manticore Studio Patreon - itch.io - linktr.ee

Censored: No

Version: 0.01

OS: Windows, Linux, Android

Language: English

Store: itch.io

Genre:

2DCG, Female Protagonist, Corruption, Voyeurism, Sexual Harassment, Romance, School Setting

 

 

Installation:

Windows/Linux: Extract the .zip file and run the executable.

Android: Download and install the .apk file on your device.

 

 

Developer Notes:

This is the first public build of Emily: Between Shame and Desire and our first game as Manticore Studio.

 

The current version is mainly an introduction to Emily, her new city life, her friend - Sara, university, and the first choices that begin shaping her personality. At this stage, the game is mostly linear, with several choices that represent different directions for Emily's future development.

 

The current build includes the opening chapter, character introductions, early personality choices, beach/university/cheerleading scenes, gallery/replay features, and the first setup for future story paths.

 

Future updates are planned to expand the game with more freedom, additional locations, relationship routes, repeatable events, and more choice-based adult content. These systems are not fully implemented in the current build yet.

 

We are a small team working on the game after hours, so feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are very welcome.

 

FAQ & Future Features:

Here is a breakdown of what we want to achieve with Emily: Between Shame and Desire, our design philosophy, and what you can expect from future updates:

 

1. Adult Content & Fetishes:

The game is designed as a slow-burn corruption story. You can expect a heavy focus on psychological changes, exhibitionism/voyeuristic situations (especially with locations like the beach, gym, cafe, and university), and mature slice-of-life erotica. In fact, as Emily explores her boundaries, it is highly likely that we will be featuring things like lewd outfits/cosplay and toy play as part of her journey.

The pace of this corruption depends entirely on your choices. Please keep in mind that these are just our preliminary, general concepts for now. We love listening to our community, so if players express a strong interest in seeing specific themes or content down the road, we are absolutely open to expanding our plans and adding them.

 

2. Lesbian Routes & Romance:

Since you are playing as Emily, her relationships with female characters (like her best friend Sara) will feature girl-on-girl/lesbian romance and adult content. We are going to listen closely to our community here-if we see from player comments and feedback that there is a high demand for more lesbian content and specific pairings, we will definitely expand those routes and add more of it based on what you guys want to see.

 

3. The 4 Playstyles & Workload:

To keep the project manageable and ensure steady updates, the 4 personality paths (Pure, Dominant, Submissive, Corrupt) act as an overlapping trait system. They will primarily alter dialogue, flavor text, and character reactions, or trigger specific variations of a scene, rather than splitting the game into 4 completely different parallel universes. This keeps the narrative tight while giving you real agency over who Emily becomes. However, on a larger scale, these choices will carry massive weight. We are planning to develop completely unique endings (and potentially an entirely different final chapter) tailored to each specific version of Emily, so her ultimate fate will depend entirely on the cumulative path you've built throughout the game.

 

4. Romance Options (RO):

Your choices will shape the dynamic of the relationships rather than strictly locking you out of content. Instead of a character outright refusing to talk to you, the context and nature of the adult scenes, as well as Emily's behavior during them, will change depending on the choices you make.

 

 

Ultimately, we want to emphasize that we are making this game for YOU, the players, and not just for ourselves. That is exactly why we place such a high value on your feedback. We want to actively listen to your opinions and constantly change, adapt, or add new things to the game based on what you want to experience.

 

 

 

 

DOWNLOAD

 

Win/Linux: MEGA- MEDIAFIRE - PIXELDRAIN - BUZZHEAVIER - DATANODES 

Android: MEGA - MEDIAFIRE - PIXELDRAIN

 

 

You can also play this game in browser here:

itch.io