Hello everyone \o/

I’m writing a quick devlog to let you know that I’ve released a shiny VN, My Confounding Cat is Criminally Cute (that’s such an extra title lmao…)

Criminal Cat is a relatively short BL VN without any choices or branches. It follows a grumpy wizard, Aster, who lives a reclusive life deep in the woods and runs an apothecary to get by. Aster is taciturn by nature, and he swears he isn’t lonely! He’s perfectly fine keeping to himself, thank you very much…

Until a black cat tumbles down his chimney one day, and throws his whole life into disarray!

After taking the black cat in, Aster soon discovers this clumsy kitten is no ordinary feline. He is, in actuality, a young man called Blaise, who has been cursed by a witch to assume the form of a cat during the sunlight hours – but why? What did Blaise do to get cursed, and can Aster help him?

It’s a huge pain, but Aster will (reluctantly) do his best. He’ll never be able to get rid of Blaise if he can’t, and all Aster really wants is a quiet life. It’s not like he’s going to fall for his catboy companion or anything, right?

…Right?

Criminal Cat is a pretty sweet and light story, and it doesn’t contain any explicit content. The steamiest thing you’ll find here are a handful of kiss scenes (well, how else are you supposed to break a curse?!)

The adorable art is by Ekkoberry, who handled the character sprites, CGs, and the UI! I usually work with multiple artists per project, so having one person manage all of the art-related tasks was a pretty new experience for me. I’m really happy with how this VN turned out: I think it looks very cute and cohesive!

Actually, I mainly wrote this project because I wanted to create something with Ekkoberry after I read Just Kiss Him Already, so I’m very glad I was able to bring this sweet little story into fruition.

I hope you enjoy it – and, as always, do let me know if you see any spelling errors, glitches, or any other miscellaneous problems. I’ll try to fix them all up ASAP!

- ebi x