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How do you cope with your trauma? Do you run from it or face it head on?

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After Dark is a gripping visual novel that tells the story of a boy who hasn’t been able to sleep for over 10 years, haunted by the shadows of an event he can’t remember. Feeling disconnected from the world and struggling to forge meaningful connections, his life takes a sudden turn at the start of his final year of school. A chance encounter with a mysterious, mystical figure reveals that his destiny is far greater than he ever imagined.


⚠️ Content Warning: This game contains psychological themes and potentially disturbing content. Viewer discretion is advised.

After Dark aims to blend immersive storytelling with rich character development, psychological depth, and diverse adult themes. Below are the planned additions and features:

  • Expanded Narrative Arcs: Delve deeper into the protagonist’s past, unlocking forgotten memories and uncovering the mystical figure’s true intentions. Explore branching paths that offer multiple endings based on your choices.


  • Dynamic Sandbox: The game features  a day and night cycle, where your choices during different times of the day affect interactions, character availability, and events. Certain storylines and activities will only occur at specific times. at specific locations!


  • Romantic Routes: So far Izra has the most content available in her route. Whoever is voted in the discord and Patreon will be what route we do next!


  • Psychological Horror: After Dark is a horror game as much as it is a Dating simulator. Play at your own risk!



Development progresses with insights from players and regular polls hosted on Discord and Patreon, ensuring each update brings exciting new content and improvements.

Your feedback plays a vital role in refining the experience. Let me know what resonates with you and what you'd like to see added or improved.

If you're enjoying the game and its journey of continuous development, your support is greatly appreciated!





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New updated version of this game HERE

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The most terrifying screamer in this game is pyrocynical

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After 300 days of random clicking I'm just finding out there's quest details in the save/load menu screen....just wow. Was about at my limit. Wish there was a button on main screen for this. Almost lost me because of this. Great VN though. Love the characters, only reason i kept clicking for 300 days lol

I love this game, I loved it, both the story and the mechanics. Will there be a new version soon? And Merry Christmas!

love the game, could i ask you for the music that plays at night time? 

Please i need help, i am on the day 72 and nothing hapend, i only keep have chat whit the girls and nothing hapends, help

go into the quest tab in your pause menu then look at the girl you want to advanc

anyone got a guide?

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Hi, how do I see the girls' stats? like affection and other things, because I can't see any button that could be it (I'm on Windows, if that can help).

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Right click, click on quest, and click on the character you wanna see the affection counter for

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not too far into the game but honestly really good and as a black person surprisingly good black characters in here. Love seeing representation in my porn games LMAOO no but seriously good game dude :3

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Please add the operating system tags to the downloads (if it’s hosted on itch) so we can download through the itch app. I think that’s what lists it

Are you planning to add Spanish?

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Is there a hint system in this game because I don't know what to do in sandbox mode

When is the adopted sister's content going to be added to the game? When is more adult content going to be added to the game?

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idk man seems pretty peak to me

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this is one of those games where i could care less about the porn aspect of the game im just invested in the story the porn is just a added benefit at this point

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I could relate with the mainchar at the very start. I somehow teared up and cried. No not with his real parents or the trauma he has. I mean the other part (its been a while since i played so i cant tell u. I have adhd and forget stuff really fast) i really hope that the next update will be so good that i will replay the whole game.

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Yuki reminds me of a character i have 100% seen before i just dont remember what game and ngl this is up there with

 Out Of Touch in terms on how invested i am into the story and plotline of this game please continue making this masterpiece of a vn its a shame that no matter how hard i searched on the itch.io page i couldn't find this i haad an older version of the game from a few months ago and i couldn't find u on the itch.io games page until i searched up your itch.io account  

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This is a quirky "horror" sandbox VN that has a long way to go before anything substantial is around, but as it stands now I fw the vision. It's self-aware enough to know that it will always be compared to LiL, but to its credit it definitely attempts to create something unique. 

There's not a lot for 0.24-- hoping to see more sooner than later.

What's lil?

So I finally got around to playing 0.24, and interesting events. Again I think the most interesting thing is, I do feel the Main character feels natural, and I feel he has a lot of personality, like he is a guy who is very much in his own head, but in a heartwarming way, someone who actually really cares. Like I do feel you wrote where all the girls fall for him or like him, feel natural. What I am again interested in, after playing 0.23 I believe, is people he helped reappearing again.

I also do hope in the future, maybe we do stand up against Kitsune since I do still feel with that secret message and how she treat us in the main mission, she isn't here for the reasons she said, but I am curious with the truth. Like Kitsune feels very much against us, and I do hope with the real bonds we made, over  just listening to her, we actually maybe do prove ourselves. Since very much she is using us and our powers, trying to point us to one direction but what I love is, the MC just goes "What? No." to a lot and actually does actions that show a lot about him. 

I am very curious on the story, what *is* going on truthfully, and what it leads to. I still am iffy on the magic, but I do feel 0.24 does show promise, especially with the pull it gives us to do a lot, but also that going too far.

Now is there issues? Well yeah. Like the Jordyn changing scene did feel random or there to give any sexual stuff in this update, which I get but did feel out of place compared to everything else feeling natural and perfect. Oh also nothing for evenings on weekdays outside hanging with brooklyn, while I love her, she is nearly 50 on my save while everyone else is lucky to be like on 8. 

Also on that, I do love maybe it is just color or showing people is serious, but some of the other girls do seem to also have powers, maybe unknowingly but I do enjoy that. And again, the biggest praise is how original and amazing all the characters look. Like it is easily the biggest praise that is so underrated, how every girl just looks different, gives their personality so well, and how I can't compare them to anyone else in similar games

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Hey i tried your game even though i still haven't finish it but i must say it really impressive been looking for a game like this for a while and you have some good humor too i really like it currently my only problem was about Yuki i notice that her nose is really off in alot of angle and maybe shadow too since i don't know how to call it because it look way too different from how she supposed to look i will show you some of it but it happen in almost all current scene so i hope you can check them and fix it btw it happen after the introduction scene

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story so far is peak, got jumpscared multiple times, the pyrocynical bit was fucking hilarious

in the story tab it says that's it for now meaning the story is over for that particular version and would continue in the next update right ?

Yeah, duh

thanks dude you saved me :D

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M-M-Mustard???

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The start of the game nearly lost me with the dissonance between the presented 'darkness' of the protagonist and the actual childishness of his behavior. it comes off as more of a cartoon network wannabe drama than serious darkness when we go from speeches about 'wearing a mask' and 'the real you' into the protagonist dreading being called on to introduce himself in class, or otherwise girls ignoring him despite taking his desk. there is a time and place for such childishness, such as a cartoon network show, but I do not feel its place is in a porn game often wishing to present itself as grim, dark, or even grimdark. 

although this is merely my opinion, and I do not mean to present this as a universal fact regarding human behavior, I think that the game does not fully carry the gravitas of 'real' trauma, despite trauma being the centerpiece of the story. The thing about lessons in love is that sensei actually went through horrible shit and those with an even semi-observant eye can see the remnants of that in every action he takes. the defeatism, the apathy, etc, are all hallmarks of someone broken by trauma. this is not to say that every character has to respond to trauma the same way (much less those with amnesia), but it would have smacked far more of realism if Miles went to school completely apathetic or unbothered towards traditional school hijinks - a bit like we see in that one Harriet scene where she mocks him and he's unbothered. That kind of numb reaction is much more what I would have expected throughout the game, rather than him spazzing out about teachers potentially calling on him or having awkward pickup lines or Autumn slightly bothering him.

In short, I wish to convey that his angst is that of a teenager with a cushy life and feels completely at odds with both the themes of the game and how the 'darker' scenes are presented. In every horror scene yet (the flashbacks, each glowy eye moment, etc) I have mainly found myself laughing at the dissonance, like one might laugh at a 6 year old who spills milk and then proclaims his life is over or something. This is especially bad given the INCREDIBLY edgy backlog font which is often at extreme contrast with the cartoon network dialogue.

As an aside, I really do not mean to say that all trauma results in defeatist numbness. However, what I do mean to say is that as an outside observer, it is tough to relate to or feel the weight of a supposedly life-altering, world-shattering trauma which results in a teen boy acting like every other teen boy and concerned about the same things every other teen boy is. Something strikes me as poorly conceived when you could reasonably put Miles as the lead character in a cartoon network show and he would not particularly stand out. Were he put as a lead next to Mandy in Billy and Mandy, for example, I would have thought nothing of it as a 12 year old.

In any case, the final comment on this matter I want to give is that as time goes on, I feel that Miles becomes less and less 'Miles' as it were. While early on I felt a conscious effort for Miles to be an actively angsty and delinquent, once one enters the sandbox he transitions to a more 'normal dude saying normal dude things' kind of personality. This will be me stepping somewhat out of place, but it came across to me as an extremely common case of an author being drawn towards writing the protagonist wholly as themselves. It is most easy when writing to simply put to pen the stream of consciousness from one's own mind, and basically once we leave the prologue and start doing personal events with girls it felt like Miles fully became just a 'normal dude' instead of the character that had been built up. Not really ~that~ important, because it is more enjoyable to read scenes with a bland protagonist than an actively cringeworthy one, but I thought it may be pertinent to note this to put the idea out there since this is the kind of thing that can sometimes happen unconsciously. All my opinion, of course, and easily explained away with Kitsune shenanigans anyway.

As my final note, I would like to say I find the model quality and presentation of the game generally above-average, such that despite my issues above I wouldn't really mind continuing to play simply for the widespread appeal of harem battle action meme games or what have you. The core of the game is good and it's no wonder why it has reached early popularity despite what I may identify as early issues. However, I feel great concern for the game's future in that once again a LiL clone has taken it upon themselves to include like 20 heroines in their game without seeming proper awareness for the ungodly workload that entails. Selebus can have so many characters in his game because he's an insane workaholic with the writing output speed of a God on top of being dedicated to working nearly daily for 10 years straight. For almost anyone else, including so many heroines is simply a bad idea. I have already felt sour when after finishing the prologue most main characters I was interested in (Autumn, Lily, etc) had exactly like two short scenes of content after like a year (?) of development. This is not my place to say, and in fact will have no meaning whatsoever, but I strongly advise considering cutting down the main cast to like 5 or 6 characters. I know that Koikatsu gives one the godlike power of making as many hot characters as you want, and therefore one's dream game naturally is filled with every single hottie one can imagine, but if After Dark has gone from having 2 scenes per character to 4 or 5 scenes per character at 3-4 years of work then that will be the greatest death sentence there can be. Even for a work that actively intends to be harem, I think one will find a playerbase far more satisfied getting a decent amount of content for a core 5-6 characters over being strung along for a decade with barely any content for most of the cast. Even Karin in LiL went like 2 years without content at some point at Selebus's pace..

Anyway, this concludes my unsolicited advice and thoughts. Although I feel that the core themes and drama of After Dark are too childish for the presented dark atmosphere of the game, I would say this is one of the better LiL clones out there if only for the high model quality and respectably straightforward story. You should definitely be proud with what you have and I only hope that I don't need to put it no the backburner for 5 years then come back to play the 10 hours of content that has been added in that time. 

p.s. final note: I know the blackboard text is chosen by patreon subscribers, but you should reaaaaaaaally have enough of a backbone to say 'no' to whoever suggested it have "Play Lessons in Love, it's better than this shit." That is NOT the quote you want your playerbase seeing and I felt secondhand awkwardness witnessing it

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thanks for the feedback :)

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The words are sharp but quite precise.

To be honest, a favorability system might not be a very good choice for visual novels. Eternal World handles this quite well, though. However, I can say that this work has enormous potential. In my mind, it could reach the level of a masterpiece. I look forward to the updates.

I have to say that the brilliance of many places far exceeded my expectations, to the point of being exaggerated. It is almost the best visual novel among the hundreds of games I have played so far. The slightly horror elements are cautious but also a very attractive part. I even completely ignored the adult content. As for the harem aspect, it would be better if the main story and side stories could be more seamlessly integrated.

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i wasn't expecting horror when i downloaded a porn game

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You should add a gallery that is similar to dimension 69's gallery.

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I didn't understand the game after the prologue. I think it's cuz I didn't watch the damn prologue.

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honestly how do H game creators make more compelling looking games compared to some main line companys.... IM LOOKING AT YOU BANDI NAMCO even without the gooning content the characters and story are appealing on their own plus the artstyle

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but just one question tho...

who is damian?

Noli quaestiones rogare quibus responsum non vis.”

but i do wanna hear

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whoa nice game, am loving the story so far and the horror is pretty good really a good experience :D 

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man i absolutely love the diversity in the female cast, it is refreshing as fuck, fantastic job!!!

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The boondocks sound caught me off guard 10/10 👌

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BRUH I NEED THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THIS GAME. STR8T  FIRE

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Hello fella :3 big fan of your work and looking forward to more content I'm writing this just because I have a question Do you think you can give me a rough description or list of the requirements for Android? I've been having trouble with the character animations because they run at low FPS I'd like to think it's because of the device, but the text box and other features are running smoothly for me I hope you can answer and awesome work on this game bro <3

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im not really into horror... will i get scared?

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Most of the scares are skippable in someway and are in the prologue. I would say if you have a dislike to jumpscares just be wary. I have no clue what you find scary so I can't say for sure if this game will frighten you or not ^_^

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yeah im just not a huge fan of jumpscares... but the art looks great. i will have a look :)

Español?...

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I think you may have a bug or two i also have issues with imagines not showing it shows the text box I have to hit the back button to get the picture back on the screen

Hmm that is strange, you are the first person to get this bug so it may be to do with your device. I will have a look though.

Im on android version 15 when it loads the orination loads up and down and when I rotate my phone is when it happens I can hit back a couple of times and it corrects it self but when it happens it's all the menus and Icons other than this particular issue I've been dealing with the game is solid kinda creepy but I absolutely love it and can't wait for more 

I have the same issue. Seems to be related to the screen rotating from horizontal to vertical. Most renpy games don't allow that screen rotation.I don't know if it can be disabled somehow.

Its that picture of june above an event that is available did i miss it?

That is the first event for  june when she reaches 5 affection. Should have been the first one you saw

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