With Bruised Blood
Who will you turn into?
A murder investigation swallows your charming, east coast city of Norwich, Maine, when your best friend, along with three others, goes missing. You, a college junior at Neumann University, are the prime suspect. Even worse, you find yourself with the same, strange symptoms she had before she disappeared.
With suspicions swirling, and your need for blood becoming a wicked craving, will you be able to keep your humanity?
This game is intended for mature audiences (18+) and includes references to and interactions with darker subjects.
Content Warnings: racism, violence, smoking, drinking, language, harm to children, body horror, gore, cannibalism
- Choose your gender and pronouns; Play as female, non-binary, or male -- cis or trans
- Choose your appearance and style
- Befriend, romance, or antagonize the cast. It's up to you.
- 4 romance options + 1 mystery RO
- Make choices that will test your relationships and morality
- Navigate a vampiric transformation
- Investigate mysteries
- Try not to drop out of college
Angelina Lecrone (she/her)
You've know her since the first grade, and have been inseperable ever since. She's rich, moody, and strong-willed, which makes her an expert at bossing you around.
She has long, slightly wavy dark brown hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. She's 6'2" ft tall.
romanceable by women.
Harrison Lee (he/him)
Your bestfriend's boyfriend, known to most as the school's star quarterback. Many are intimidated by his large stature, before he tells his first stupid joke and they realize he wouldn't hurt a fly--not unless it's in the way of his touchdown.
He has tan skin, curly, dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. He's 6 ft tall.
romanceable by any gender.
Elizabeth (he/him)
A contractor of the Hounds, an influential and secretive organization of vampires. He is just as secretive as an individual, prefering to keep most forms of expression to a minimum.
He has brown skin, dark brown eyes, and short, coily black hair with a white streak in the front. He stands at 5'8".
romanceable by any gender.
Kitty (she/her)
Kitty is among the elite members of the Hounds. Self-assured and cunning, charming and dangerous in equal measure, she is not one to underestimate.
She has brown skin, black eyes, and short, wavy black hair. She is 5'3".
romanceable by any gender.
??? (??/???)
A secret ;)
from top to bottom, left to right: Elizabeth, Harrison, Kitty, Angelina
follow the games progress here: https://www.tumblr.com/withbruisedblood-if
Development log
- 🦇 CHAPTER TWO UPDATE 🦇91 days ago
- 🎉NEW CHARACTER PORTRAITS 🎉Jul 12, 2026
Comments
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This is SO GOOD. The writing, the worldbuilding, EVERYTHING. I'm a sucker for a good IF and this is looking like one I will be hooked on for a while now❤️
I like how you put "loc'd" instead of "dreadlocks" :D
:D I learned when I was coding that part that was a way to write it, and I thought it was clearer than saying "locked" hair
Loved it. Thanks. We love vampires. We hope you'll check our games, too.
I shouldn't have played this before going to bed. It's so good that I can't sleep now! ಥ╭╮ಥ
ty!! ^o^ (sorry :( sleep is important)
It's fine! I did manage to fall asleep like 2h after closing the game xD. I also wanted to ask something about playing a trans character: would it be possible to have maybe like a glitch effect option instead of entering a past name? If not that's fine too! I'll just add some keyboard smashing to my next character xD.
I don't know how to do that, but I could add an option to blur their past name, so it doesn't really matter what you enter. It'd look something like this:
What do you think?
Ooh yeah that would be awesome! (≧▽≦)
I'm so excited for more!!!! <3
thank you! :) <3
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INCREDIBLE WRITING! I CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE!!!
😁<3
Really good writing, I was already fed up with the manager from just one text lol
lmao thank you 😭
This was so cool!
thanks sm!!
This is so good! I love the background music and the characters are so cute!! The story totally drew me in. I can't wait for what comes next! <3
I'm happy to hear that, thank you! <3
jsyk after the ch2 update my save disappeared🥲not sure what could be done to prevent this in the future. this is a reminder to download your saves just in case guys（。＾▽＾）
okay this chapter is pretty cool
spoilers
and as a previous commenter said it delighted me as well when you had to be careful where you clicked. reading through the second chapter made me feel unsettled cause i sort of felt that angelina changed us that night and it was just developing. during the part that decides what type of vampire we are i played through it multiple times and i couldnt tell which of the choices led to which type which is good! as usual, cant wait to see more from you! ♪(´▽｀)
(yeah sorry about the saves, it shouldn't happen next update!)
There is a logic behind the dream results, but it's supposed to be abstract so I'm glad that you couldn't tell haha. Thank you for playing!! <3
I'm hooked! The writing is so well done and you can't help but care for the characters. I look forward to any future updates!
so kind thank you! :)
Damn. That intro music really brought the atmosphere immediately and what I should imagine the environment and vibe to be! I love it!
This was a very interesting journey! The choices most of the time left me uncertain only because I had no idea where each would go and honestly? I loved it! It allowed me to stop focusing in the results and just go through the story with what I had imagined my little MC to be.
I am so worried for Angel but my goodness I loved what happened afterwards. The transformation and how painful it was? Chef's kiss! I winced at the teeth part asndksad both delighted and oh so in pain that I couldn't help but feel for my own fangs with my tongue snrks.
I am so excited to read more of this tory! It's all so interesting!
yay! glad you're enjoying it, thank you for playing! :D
Wow! Your writing is such a delight! The characters and all the options and building up in chapter 2... Can't wait to read more!
thank you very much! :D
Loved the update! Can't wait for more!
thx sm! stay tuned :D
this is a super good game :3
<3 thank you!!
Love the new chapter. Wonder what's this about the MC's family with all the ominious hints. Harrison is surprisingly more sweet than I give him credit for. Hope we can see Angel soon very worries for her. Also, very exciting resisting choices in the end of the chapter. I like that we should be super attentive to not let the MC slip.
Thank you!! Glad you liked the resisting part, I liked the effect it gave, and yeah if you want MC's morality intact you'll have to be careful.
At least for me it always defaults to your gender being w9man no matter the pronouns or anythijg ypu select
you likely missed the first gender choice, it's before you pick your outfit at angelina's apartment, when she asks what style you want to dress in.
Neat update!
Just a question: Is the incompatible saves from ch1 intentional? They seemed to work fine after bit of editing.
Thanks!
That's not intentional and I didn't know they were incompatible, what'd you do to edit it?
From what little i know of twine , you really should edit the "id" if you want to have compatible saves(Mind you i know wery little.)
ok, thank you!!
ANGELLL nooo :( This is so good!! Really excited for future updates<3 I love the different options and I am eating the writing. Very yummy. Hurry or I shall consume all/silly (take your time and take care of yourself!!)
yay thank you so much! <3
fear not, more writing for you to eat is coming soon...
Interesting start, lookin forward to more
thank you! :D
I'm hooked already! I look forward to future updates <3
:D thank you for playing!!
wohh, i love this so much already! def cant wait for more (though ofc no rush or im eating your walls respectfully)
thank you!! (I will try my best to avoid any wall consuming on your part)
Tall lesbian romance option?????? I'm getting on this stat
real.
Great beginning, can't wait for more.
Appreciate it! <3
Really good. I was suprised about and enjoyed the fact that they recongnize wearing diffrent clothing types than your gender. Great work so far
thank you!!
This is so good !
thank you for playing! <3
pretty cool so far, cant wait to see more from you!
thank you very much! :)