Demons Within
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
"A soldier of the renowned Dawnbreak Order, the world's frontier against demons and those who worship them, finds himself with something inside him. That something is you. As a weakened demon of Lust, you are bound to this soldier and must accompany him through both joy and hardship while using your powers to help influence him and those around him."
Demons Within is a furry, adult gay-focused visual novel where you see the world through the eyes of Resnick, a simple wolf soldier fighting to make the world better. Accompany the wolf from within as he interacts with his companions, friends... and enemies.
In Demons Within, you will:
- Accompany Resnick in an involving story to learn the truths of the world as it stands from within him.
- Use your emotion-based powers to influence the wolf and those around him at key moments of the story to change their behavior in different ways. It's up to you to either help or hinder the wolf, setting him on the path you want to see him on.
- Witness plenty of spicy scenes! As a demon of Lust, making him feel Lust makes you stronger, and becoming stronger is essential to increase your influence...
Demons Within is developed and written as a standalone, individual project by me, Sleth. My craft has always been writing stories and Demons Within is a new way to express this special story! This is why Demons Within aims to feel more like a 'novel' than anything else. You won't find some things you usually see in visual novels here, such as character routes, but hopefully, you'll like what you see nevertheless!
If you'd like to see more of what I've written in the past or other games I've made, you can do so on my website!
The beautiful sprite art you see in this project is made by the incredibly talented artist, Blain!
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Note: Demons Within is currently in development, which means that everything seen before the game is complete is not final and subject to change.
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Development log
- Demons Within Special Update 7.5 out on Patreon!15 days ago
- Update 7 is OUT!42 days ago
- Demons Within Update 7 out on Patreon!71 days ago
- Update 6 is OUT!Dec 29, 2023
- Demons Within Update 6 out on Patreon!Dec 02, 2023
- Update 5.5 is OUT!Nov 10, 2023
- Demons Within Update 5.5 out on Patreon!Oct 13, 2023
- Update 5 is OUT!Aug 18, 2023
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I'm probably in the minority that doesn't care too much for the smut in these VNs so it's pleasant surprise reading one about a nascent sex demon that offers much more. The characters well-realized through both the expressive, clean art and the detailed characterization. I found their interactions very endearing. Many of them got a good chuckle out of me too. The writing also doesn't linger too much one character or scene when it doesn't need to and this is very much appreciated.
One thing I don't see often in other VNs is how detailed the action scenes are in this one. You did a great job weaving together techniques and tactics while escalating the action. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do with them as the influence wheel fills out.
Hey. This vn is truly something! it stands out with its shape, and I like it. I was wondering about one topic, tho. Will "We" (demon) be able to talk with our wolf? I was thinking about that since I started to play.
That would make essence manipulation for Ress pointless, aside from overinfusing him, so that's unlikely. He may eventually remember what happened when he was overinfused tho. Or just feel our presence.
I never really give answers to future questions because a lot is subject to change and it's best to experience things in-game anyway, IMO! I really appreciate your kind words, though, and I'm very happy to hear that people are enjoying the story and game so far! :D
Thx for a reply! Yeah, I understand what you're talking about and agreeing with you. I'll look forward for new updates and stuff!
Usually VN text rich style is not my favorite, but this one hits different. The text appears bit a bit so I do not feel tired when read it. What a pleasant experience.
This remind me with Lust Desire, it is text rich VN but they write the story in a very tight style at small space. So the text size become small, hard to read and make my eyes feel tired so quickly.
Next paragraph bellow contain SPOILER !!!
I kinda curious with sexuality of every character, so here are my understanding about them :
Resnick and Edward basically are straight, but due to Lust's influence they are open to try new things.
Boris is straight but muzzle is a muzzle and hole is a hole.
Captain is Bi.
Bull mercenary is gay as af and I love him, hope to see more him in future.
Sam and Ludwig are not confirmed yet in VN.
Started reading this gem about a week ago and finished it today. I'm obsessed with this VN! The demon mechanic of the story is amazing, and the squad of characters are all great. I can't wait to see all 6 parts of that deadly sins wheel glowing ☀️
Can't wait til the next update 👌
Hey... one thing I need to ask - Contain spoiler from update 7 ->
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Did Resnick just absorved the sloth shard from Ludwig? or it's still withim him? so how come that Lust has now aquired the power of sloth? I didn't get that.
Also... good Work, and Nice writing.
Just reread vn attentively, all answers are there.
very good game! i suggest adding the bara Tag to it, it definitely fits!
Good suggestion! Done :D
I entered the game. And I realized that two days had passed when I reached the end (I tried to immediately look at all the options for developing the plot). The plot is captivating. I'm really looking forward to the continuation.
Heck yeah! Very glad to hear that, thank you!
I'm playing this again after there've been a few updates. I've just hit the Weary Soldier, and there's mention of Resnick having sex with women. Is Resnick canonically bisexual? Or is he supposed to be straight and we're "corrupting" him to want m/m sex?
More like we're sharing some of our preferences with him.
Unless you have some involvement with this game that I'm not aware of, I'd prefer a response from the dev.
I never personally reply to lore or character-focused questions because I know a bunch and everything, especially future stuff, is subject to change! Some things are intentionally left to interpretation as well, so mostly I suggest discussing it with similar-minded folk! The Discord server is a great place for that too! :D
...Okay. I'm really not comfortable with that. Like, at all. This has such major ramifications for the core nature of the player character that I'm not comfortable with it being subject to either change or interpretation. I guess, you do you, but... I can't play this anymore. Gonna have to uninstall.
Weh-hey! Way to start this update off kinky~ 😁 just like "bam!" Bear cock 😅
Oh my freaking gosh, this update was sooo amazing! 😯 Like, I was on the edge of my seat 😐 really great writing, I was so enthralled. Action scenes can sometimes fail miserably with bad writing, but this was awesome, perfect in every way 😋
Amazing job as always 😌 I'm really excited to see where the story goes from here~! ☺️
i'm a bit confused
spoiler alert!
near the end, it's clear that we can somewhat cast sloth's power, but i'm confused on how we able to do that. did sloth merges with resnick? but i don't remember sloth left ludwig's body, or did lust just able to harness sloth (or perhaps the other's sin too in this case) power all of a sudden?
I mean it says why right there, do you wanna reread that scene?
Additionally to comment above, that was previously mentioned in vn as being possible as the story goes on.
Thank you, now this clear some of my confusion
Ok so I was expecting it to go like this, so it wasn't much of a surprise, but now I'm wondering if this is gonna be like Power Rangers or something
Also Ludwig's new sprites look great! Never thought he could be any more bear-shaped.
I had no idea what you meant by power ranges until i read the build lol this vn is crazy and i love it
I was intentionally keeping it vague to avoid spoiling lol
28 days ago wooo
where da update...
It's out NOW :)
lovely
I want a big cutie Sam, heck D:
SUCH a cool concept that ive never seen before, im shocked this isnt more popular.
spanish is integrated in the game?
Unfortunately, no!
I definitely plan on looking into making the game available in some other languages, but since it's still somewhat early in development, that's a feature I plan on adding later down the line
ok
Hello, i want to say i'm enyoing the game so far but i think I have a little problem, I can't see Resnick and Jayden sprites. Is that a bug o is not avalible yet?
Hey hey!
I've never had a bug report like this. What device are you playing the game on? Android of PC?
That's very unusual! I don't know how they can be missing. Has this always been the case for you or did it start in a recent update? Perhaps uninstalling and reinstalling the game can fix it? It's definitely not supposed to be like that!
I play the android version and I just recently download the last version. First time playing it, also about the new CG I think I misunderstood when appears it, and about the sprites they appear locked. So i'm gonna try uninstalling to see what happens
I uninstalling it and erase everything so i'm gonna play again from the begining. Hope this help!
thanks for answering :)
Good! The CG appears later down the line in the first night between Edwin and Resnick. Go through it all and it should appear, more or less of it depending on choices, but it always appears!
Do you mean the sprites are locked in the Memorium? To unlock those, you have to see the character's memory in-game, which you can do by clicking their highlighted name when it appears in the story! If you've never unlocked them, they won't show up!
Thanks for the help! :D
they appear now! Glad to replay the game again xD
I can't wait for the next updated. Good work!
Maybe it was the intension but I kinda miss the colorful text that is usually used with VNs. like make all people a diffferent color so its easier to follow. like bear is orange, wolf is blue and so on.
Essences are already bound to be colorful, so I think characters won't get colors, because otherwise it would seem like certain characters may have something to do with essence of similar color. Just my guess though.
I thought about doing this but it's hard in the format that Demons Within's writing is made. We'd have a very colorful continuous text! I hope that the writing's context and descriptions are usually good enough to help the reader know who is speaking, but I'll keep that in mind for the future!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this game
10/10, you dont often see a second person narrative done this well
the player acting as a lust demon who can only influence choices through spreading their own lust infectiously is a really smart idea writing wise as the player will probably be jerking off, and even in a porn game it's nice to see those details which hightten the erotocism of the game
I want to thank and compliment xou on implementing the ability to choose between being dominant or submissive, as most VNs really struggle with this. After skipping to get all the sprites, I realised how simple yet clever this solution was! 😋
Great work as always, I love where the story's going! 😁 Happy new year~
this game touched all of my buttons 👌
I sent this in my review but I send it again I am SCREAMING after the most recent update. Nothing here because I patreoned (I HAD TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!)
It's one of my most requested things to add! I promise it's coming ASAP! ;)
Got it thanks you 😉
Am I too old to understand what you just asked him to do
It's my waiting 😉
This was great until I read sheath and barbs. I really liked the influence system and the lore but I can't with that.
I need to know the reason why i didn't read this visual novel sooner...😞 it's so good, keep it up guys!
Hey~! 😁 Quick question: While I know that paths branch off into good, bad, and neutral, how many actual character based routes will there be? I like to keep my saves organised, so I was just wondering 😋
Hey hey!
I'm sorry, there are no planned specific character routes like some other VNs have! The story will move linearly, but the choices you make and what happens can affect some events in the future, as well as add or remove some scenes, so it's hard to tell exactly. We had a big branch on the story just now but I don't think we'll have too many of these!
Thankx for responding! 😁 It's really silly, but I like to keep my saves all nice and neat, so I appreciate the heads up! 😋 I'll just stick to my current good, bad, and neutral slots and keep seperate files so I don't miss anything 😌
I loved this latest update, btw! Xou're doing an amazing job 😊 xou really know how to -nail- them sex scenes~ 😉
Now I see why this took so long even though it's just a half update, there are so many changes. Great work on this one!
Is the story linear?
I'm playing it for the first time, and I saw that there is a spare day with Ludwig, but I didn't reached it... Would love to know if I'm just playing wrong or the game is rather linear (which I think it isn't lol)
Loving the game so far! The idea to not "be" the protagonist, but influence him is genially good!
I just saw that the story isn't linear... I was just at the early part yet...
Still, gonna play more bc I want to keep up with all the routes hehe
Add #NSFW tag to your game :point_gun:
:raised_arms: Okay, okay! Added! Please don't shoot!
;)
Heck yeah! Thank you :D
Really like this vn, but I do have to ask about how I can get my hands on the soundtracks?
I'm happy to hear you like the music to the point of asking for it! :D
Unfortunately, the sound and music I use come from packs of music for games that I bought specifically for use in games. They're really good, but not customized or anything (yet)!
I'll see what I can do regarding making it available somewhere at some point, but for now, we're not quite there yet! Apologies!
That's good to know! Also thank you for replying.
Hey! I'm loving the new update! I just wanted to point out that a word is left out in Jayden's entry.
"The wolf has never much with Jayden but has seen him around the tavern enough to know him by name."
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"The wolf has never talked much with Jayden but has seen him around the tavern enough to know him by name."
I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying the update! :D Thank you!
Thanks for the bug report as well! Appreciate it! That typo was on my fixlist from a Discord report and will be fixed in the next update. ;)
Ludwig cg soon o.o?
Loving the game so far, and the latest update is really engaging and intriguing to where I am very interested to see where the story may go in the following updates to come. Fantastic work so far, keep it up.
On a more personal preference, I am really intrigued and eager to see where the story would go if the ambush with the bull and his bandits continued after Resnick gets captured. Like see what would happen if the Bull got what he wanted, and who the people who hired him and his crew to kidnapp Resnick are and their motives. I would love to see the outcome of that path. But that's more my own personal preference.
Overall I just love this little gem of a game and can't wait to see where it goes and where you decide to take it.
这个主题对我很有吸引力，但它没有中文，我玩起来很困难。我希望将来有中文
Enjoying the hell out of this so far but I've noticed what I think might be a bug. I didn't sign up for either of the two options for free day but it defaulted to one as though I had. Is that supposed to happen?
Hey hey!
Yes, it is :) Up to Update 4, although a choice is presented, there was no content for one of the options yet, so you always fell on the same one regardless of choosing it or not!
As of the very soon upcoming Update 5, all choice paths will be present, and the stuff that happens if you choose neither has changed a little so all of it should make sense then!
Okay! Thank you I wasn't sure if I missed something so I appreciate the clarification.
Hi, I wanted to say that I found this little gem last night, and I was immediately hooked. It is a different approach. We, as players, aren't bound to do anything but I like the idea that we kinda have the choice to meddle or not.
Like the last public scene (Update 4 public). You can let Res to find out more or hinder him rendless with the intrusive feelings we would infuse him to get different information or funny scenes.
I'm totally invested to know more about the demon we as a player can control but sometimes the intrusive thoughts tell us otherwise. XD
As soon as I get my paycheck, I might consider following it on Patreon.
Great work! ^^
Don't gave to answer but PS:
Maybe it's early to ask, but why are 7 different, let's call them "emotions" as soon as the opportunities arise? Is it supposed to maybe have control over more of them later in the story or should it match with the storytelling that 7 great demons exist (iirc it from the story)?
First of all, there are six demons/essences/whatever else they may be. And I believe story mentions that you can influence all of them, you just need to start with the one that resonates with you most.
Ah, ok. Didn't have the exact number in mind. And ok thanks for the clear up. It was very late for me to remember exactly everything. ^^' But still thanks :D
No problem, I just often find myself unable to ignore when somebody gets something wrong. It could sometimes ruin interest or cause a conflict. Anyway, glad to be helpful!
In a game where I should feel objectively less powerful due to not having a character to control, I somehow feel the opposite. Very well executed concept that I can only hope realizes its potential.
It's not like you don't have a control over characters, it's just clearly stated that you're nothing but a faceless puppeteer, pulling strings from where no one can see you.
Faceless isn't wholly accurate, between certain irl grimoires, the silhouettes in the affinity wheel and descriptions in game we can presume our player character is a goat.
I kinda thought those icons are just way mortals are giving shape to indescribable immortal creatures without physical body. But you may have a point. We'll have to be patient to find that out. Also, maybe it's just me, but I think it looks more like a serpent.
I thought it was a stylized goat head. Which makes sense because the goat represents Lust in the Ancrene Wisse
I really find the game has a lot of potential, there is plenty of neat detail and it looks really visually stunning be it the characters who have unique style and personality in just their art or the world around them while also having a unqiue concept in you not being Ress but are able to influence him in some ways by playing around his emotions or those of others.
This update I find quite nicely done as it carries so many new possibilities for the future and how Ress and Ludwig will interact.
I am happy to see what is to follow, my biggest hope is that the different choices made on "Do I Influence him here or not" have a big effect on the story later on as this has so much promise story telling wise on the characters and how they interact further.
We're still early in the development of the story and anything I say here could change, but as of right now...
While there are plans for the choices you make to have consequences later on, some more than others, the story itself is planned to be mostly linear and not an extremely branching story. The later we go into the story, the more different consequences of previous choices we will see! I have a few planned and I'm sure many others will still come up. Mind that this can vary a lot and can be a few lines of dialogue added or changed in accordance to a previous event all the way to an entire scene that only happens under certain conditions.
I guess I do recommend keeping a save where you make all the choices you want to make as Lust regarding Resnick and those around him. :)
On adroid im getting a bug that causes the game to crash after getting out of the infermry in the bedroom when the player (the one you play as) is remembering something. Then it crashes ;‐;
Hmmm...
Could you tell me after what line(s) of dialogue this crash occurs? That way I can try to pinpoint exactly where it happens and figure out why it could be the case.
I haven't heard other reports of this bug on Android but if anyone else experienced it I'd like to know and I'll look into it!
Well i updated my game and it occored less but i still get crashes at random points '‐' and it was "you remember..." here's a screen shot tho.
Hmmmmm.
There was animated text at parts like these that I know could cause crashes on Android, but on Update 4 I added an option in settings to change animations to limited (which comes like that by default on Android devices) and doesn't show these heavier animations to avoid crashes.
From the screenshot I can tell that the setting for animations is off and there is nothing in particular that happens in that spot in the game...
I'm not sure how to handle these random crashes as I haven't received any other reports of them, but I'll dig around a little and see if there's something I can do in future updates as well
Haven't encountered this issue, but mayhaps it has something to do with old saves? (just a guess)
Yeah i got it before i updated.
Ahw... :( No animalistic ursine willy? T__T I mean... There are plenty 'o references out there... Or was this just an artistic decision? Xou don't see many realistic feral cocks beyond canine, feline, and (especially) equine, which is kinda sad, because there's such a vast variety of dicks to appreciate ^///^
I agree
It is alas how it is, sad that its a typical human one but that does not change the appeal of the writen text for me and how hot I find it so it is not a giant letdown for me it still is kinda sad though as all the previous ones did follow the animals real word penis shape and anathomy
Agreed. It kinda throws me off sometimes, especially since DW has a medieval setting. Extracurricular Activities does the same thing, but play it off as a "genetic throwback", which I thought is a nice way to handle it
Apologies! We, unfortunately, can never please everybody in that subject. :(
The game will feature a mix of animalistic and non-animalistic anatomy in that regard! Some species are just too unwieldy to go 100% correct with (like hyenas) and, therefore, we're taking creative liberty to set up the world in a way that we think will please people when it comes to that. I know a lot of people prefer humanoid anatomy as well over animalistic, so we're hoping that we can make things mixed with our choices of anatomy in a way that people can just gravitate more toward their personal preferences and have fun that way. :)
Thankx for responding :) and I sadly get where xou're coming from. The furry community is so diverse, and the kinks so specific, that as creators, we can't always please every1ne, but I do believe xou've made the right choice to add a mix of dongs to appeal to a wider crowd :p I guess I just hate waiting to find out what them boys have in their pants xD the scene was still really fun regardless~! ;)
Well, some devs are making specific toggle in preferences for that, but it may be a bit difficult to implement. Especially considering memorium.
Your teeg is a TEEG so I am a very happy camper.
Bear time =j
Bearest time =D