Cryptid Crush
A downloadable VNRPG for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Cryptid Crush is a TTRPG inspired Monster Visual Novel with eldritch elements!
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Haunted. Cursed. Single.
You arrive in the seaside town of Longhope surrounded by monsters of urban myth- including your Mothman best friend, Atlas, and Jamie, the wingless Jersey Devil. Test your luck in love and life as you form bonds with the denizens (living, dead, and demonic) of Longhope.
Cryptid Crush will feature at least FIVE monster singles, and will receive updates with new content every few months!
Major thanks to our playtesters, friends and folk heroes like you!
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Development log
- Quick fixDec 31, 2023
- Cryptid Crush Oneironaut UpdateDec 30, 2023
- Pretending to be CCNov 01, 2022
- Cryptid Crush Graveyard UpdateOct 28, 2022
- Cryptid Crush Preview Build up on PatreonJul 31, 2022
- Quick Patch: Android 1.0Jan 01, 2022
- Cryptid Crush 1.0 UpdateDec 31, 2021
- Cold Moon PreviewDec 19, 2021
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I was bored so I decided to play this and was so pleasantly surprised!! I cant wait to see what is added in the future!! I love Oz so much and the art was amazing!!!! X3333
i haven't been positively surprised by a visual novel in SO LONG, this is so refreshing and truly a work of art. i can't wait for more updates
loved the game! only problem i had was with the customization, i thought it was a self insert game so i was very uncomfortable playing as a black person the whole time LOL not that theres anything wrong with it, im literally mixed but idk it threw me off and made me kinda lose interest in the game </3 amazing development though! voice actors did amazing and so did everyone who worked on this! :^)
the black MC is in the promo art & trailer? also, everyone else who isn’t white has to deal with “blank slate” main characters always being white, so it’s wild to hear playing as a black character once made you uncomfortable.
glad you liked the game though ig.
It kinda threw me off aswell, it gets rid of the feel that it's me acting. I'm just used to dating games (and these type of games) that make you a blank anon so you can imagine easier or give you character customization.
Well anyways, this shit is fuckin' good
I'm not even into buff guys or anything with (Or similar to) a beard, but the Moth dude and Tessie made me have a girl boner
The issue is that in many visual novels or dating sims, you don't even see your character. Just the fact that this game allows you to customize your character and doesn't give you the option to change skin color—and personally, I do not like that I cannot choose other hairstyles—is upsetting. This would be discriminatory to lighter-skinned people.
This is a dating sim where the desc even says "You arrive at the town of Longhope" so it is or make more options for skin colors and such or outright place a blank character (gray person or silhouette with Y/N)
And you brought up other games with white characters that represents your character- would you refer to these? (and if its possible do not reference asian visual novels since they do it because most of its player base are light-skinned) refer to some visual novels or dating sims that do insert your character- since there are a few that do not insert the characters from the players and instead insert an OC from the creator itself.
Conclusion if you have an idea comply with it to its fullest and do not cut it short- Add more customization.
This might be slightly biased since I hate the customization options- this is supposed to be a self-insert game but instead its just the creators OC with slight changes- its fine if the creators do not wish to change the character so much but that would need them to change the description to not say that its you who is in that world since the customization its just make up, no make up, beanie, no beanie, and changes that really do NOT makes the character custom and its just Robin in a different outfit with or without beard.
that sounds like racism
honestly I self insert anyway and I'm white so get over it
I agree that the customization should be more complete, but come on. Would you think it's an issue if it was the other way around?
I NEED AUGUST SO BAD
Mike is such a real one <3
Vc é um gênio
played this for about 2 hours now, loving my time :D
DEVS!!! GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON ATTICUS, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!
mama an bunch of players hungry for updates behind you
bro i need more of this game PLEASE
also i need jamie :D
the designs are TOP NOTCH, the writing is smart humorous well thought out and just RIGHT UP MY ALLEY, the characters are UNIQUE, LOVELY AND ohhh do i love fun mechanics
i reaaallly wanted to share some screenshots but aha spoilers - all i can say is-
good day to be bisexual
The mothman can definitely see our future of getting married/j
Please iOS Port
I started playing this last night and let me just say, I AM FLOORED!! /pos. I adore the art style, music and the voice acting so much. You can really tell that a lot of love and work has been put into this game so far and I eagerly await for future updates! :D I do have one question however, who are the current romance options in the game? (Part of me is hoping that Oz is/or may become one in future updates XD)
iirc, currently it's: atlas, mike, jamie, gus and tessie (though Oz *does* seem to be popular, so...who knows)
LOVE LOVE!!!!
the character designs are so cool!! ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧..
I NEED AUGUST .·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·.
This game is awesome! The art style, the animations, the writing, the story... EVERYTHING! I hope we get to see more of Atlas as a dateable! I LOVE HIM SM! Hope there are more updates soon!
I finished a couple days ago, will be checking daily for updates, also did i fuck up by choosing the august romance option? (I fucking need madhouse mike)
this is gonna be fun. a love sim with... COMBAT!!!! :DD
So cool I just finished the game and I love it
Everythign about this is AMAZING RRRAAAAAGH
where are u bro...
when will there be another update?
We're currently hard at work with the next update, it shouldn't be too much longer but it's taken a bit to get it to where we're satisfied with the result!
I want a new chapter so bad, I'm missing Mike so much :,(
Other than that, this game is wonderful, I love it so much, the art style, the characters, and especially the music in the game, everything is so lovely. I hope everything is going well in the creation of the game.
We love you drowsy!
In the future, will there be certain routes for each dateable character, or will it be a linear story, dating everyone you come across?
For a game tagged Dating Sim, the page here on Itch.io doesn't really convey how the whole dating thing works/will work, is it more clear in the actual game itself?
Is there dating in this game or is it just fighting?
Just got to the werewolf scene and so far the game is fantastic
well written, amazing art, and unique gameplay (at least unique for me) great game so far 10/10
PS: love the joke about the moth driving into a lamp post
Just out of curiosity when will we get more character customization options? Not complaining, I am just a really big fan of character customs and want to make a even cooler character!
there is so much to love about this game, so thank you for creating these characters and sharing their world!!! <3 <3 <3
i need more mike desperately
live laugh august
Does anyone know how to download this on Linux I tried the android version and it kept crashing.
For me it seems fine (I am on android) so I dont realy know, maybe you have the wrong version installed? Idk
Grr-
If you use linux just download the pc build, open terminal in it (Or use CD to where the game is) and just run "sh" followed by the name of the SH file!
If you're new to linux i suggest you looking at Ubuntu's documentation and tutorials- this could help.
is it bl tho?
Well you get to chose your own pronouns so yeah I'd say so
thx....def playing it
Just wondering when is the new update going to be released because I miss seeing my precious boi Atlas who's my fave out of the cast of characters.
LÄMP
would hug everyone ngl the artstyle is so cool
Damn, I'm a dude but ngl i wanna kiss the frog guy.
I give him a few months.
a few months for what?
Everyone wants to kiss madhouse.
can confirm
I also can confirm
how do you download it on iPad?
It's not available unless using a paid app using Ren'py reader, which won't work on it.
OOOOR
If you have a pretty good ipad, you could sideload QEMU and Virtual box to run Windows or Linux and install the game on it.
Ty
haven't gone far in the game yet, but OH MY GOD is this a great visual novel
the story, puns and gameplay are all fire but the artstyle😭🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️ it somehow outshines em all, I wish I could eat it
too bad that atlas and mike won't appear in the next chapters cuz im taking them🛒🛒
uhh good luck on mike I already took him
THE best game ive ever played i hope to see more mike soon
Real i NEED him
i relate to atlas on a spiritual level
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(im adding this to my favorites list IMMEDIATELY!!!)