Greed and Fear and the Rest
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
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7 itemsAbout the Game
Navigate an English graduate student's life between greed and fear in the last 6 hours in his life (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
story
Dai Yan (Rene), a frail and introverted graduate student, is emotionally dependent on his controlling uncle while secretly nursing a crush on the sincere and passionate fellow student, Li You (Olive).
Aware that he has only 6 hours left to live, Dai Yan prepares to bid farewell to his only friend and uncle. However, at this moment, he accidentally crosses paths with the mysterious junior student, Rong Tong (Chester). Can this enigmatic underclassman, shrouded in mysteries, bring more truths into Dai Yan's life?
Dai Yan is already prepared to bid adieu to his life... but is he ready to confront the truth and say goodbye to his current way of living?
routes
A zealous classmate of many years.
A mysterious freshmen who seems to know everything.
features
2 romanceable characters, 3 branching storylines, leading to 10 profound endings.
(Spoiler!) The protagonist does have survival endings, and even some (rare) good endings!
Around 4.5 hours of gameplay to full achievement.
Much drama (literally), little romance.
Toggleable built-in guides with visual representation of value changes and checks
trilogy
"The Mind Deceivers" Trilogy is a series of pyschology science fantasy BL cinematic novels. Titles in this trilogy shares the same world view but can be played independently. Each title has its own characters and story, with only 1-2 recurring characters as cameos.
This is part I of "The Mind Deceivers" Trilogy.
