Captive
A downloadable Visual Novel for Windows and macOS
Val, a half elf healer living among the elves, has been kidnapped by one of the deadliest (and hottest) dark elves of the Abyss to be sold under the ground.
Will he be able to overcome the challenges on his way?
And where will this destiny lead him?
Trigger Warning:
This videogame addresses strong themes that may trigger and are not recommended for some people.
These themes include strong language, violence, manipulation, sexual abuse, sexually explicit content and slavery.
This videogame is intended to treat these sensitive topics as respectfully as possible. Always take care of your mental health and if you think that these issues may harm it, we do not recommend playing.
The video game is restricted to minors.
(You have the choice to skip the explicit content.)
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS |
Release date | Aug 31, 2021 |
Rating | Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (19 total ratings) |
Author | E5M01 |
Genre | Visual Novel, Adventure |
Made with | Ren'Py |
Tags | Boys' Love, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance, Yaoi |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English, Italian |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Links | Twitter/X, Community, The Artist, The Programmer |
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Development log
- Announcements: Thank you! and the Captive ArtbookMay 08, 2022
- Chapter 4 Release!!!Apr 11, 2022
- Chapter 4 release coming soon!Apr 02, 2022
- New sprite, Team UpdateFeb 20, 2022
- New sprite and updated CGJan 16, 2022
- Chapter 3 fixesJan 06, 2022
- Merry Xmas!Dec 26, 2021
- Art block...Dec 14, 2021
Comments
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Is this game still under development? I really enjoyed it hahaha
THAT CLIFFHANGER!! Glad to know he didn't abandon us!
Choices-wise, I loved how we're able to make MC bratty which made ra'zah (?) beat us. The story overall is super enjoyable, and I want to add how Leah (Is that her name?? The sweet one who helps us) is so precious ; ;
Anyways, thank you very much Authors!
Hello! I am very very thankful that you have enjoyed all of it!
I really wanted to give agency to the player and give them meaninful choices that would change the events or, if not possible, even just give a different narrative and point of view to the story, so that it would be more personal to each player!
I also thought that it was really needed to have someone next to Val during the toughest part of the story, even just to have someone to talk to, so I created Letha (that's her!) for this purpose. She wasn't in the original story but she did fit in pretty well! And I liked writing her.
Thank you again, so much, for appreciating our work!!! I hope you'll be there for the comic as well once I start to release it, so we can see what happens next :3
Thank you a lot, we appreciate it! I hope we'll be able to post a new update next month!
This is the beginning of an interesting story.
I really liked the whole artistic design of the game.
Zahads creepy gaze converts perfectly his character. Nice work there.
There is also a good choice of background music, that adds to the atmosphere.
I hope Val get´s his opportunity to fight his way back to freedom. Can´t wait for the next chapter.
Keep it up:)!
Thanks Traumer! I really appreciate your opinion on the project. It's nice to see that we gave Zahad the right look, and I'd love to make his own sprite soon. We'll have some updates in the next weeks! ps. I love the soundtrack too, we went looking for good royalty free music and Im still loving what we found. Unbelievable to find something so nice to hear in the royalty free field!
Hey, heads up that when I tried to download your game via the itch.io app, I got some weird error? It just didn't work.
Anyway, I grabbed it via the web and loved it, A++ on the dark content. I was definitely going out of my way to give Val the worst time possible XD
I think some feedback I have (aside from some text editing/SPAG issues) would be to make the font a simpler one, so it's easier to read. And I hope you have plans to add more character images. Zahad deserves to be seen in his full glory! :3
Hi! Huh, that's weird! Thanks a lot for letting us know, we'll upload a better version asap so there's no problem downloading. Did you download it for Windows by chance?
I think that one of the things you can enjoy in this game is sadistically put Val in the worst position because you wanted so, and this is a pleasure I wouldn't rip off from the players! Hahaha, so I'm very happy that you enjoyed it. I don't want the game to be simply an excuse for that, but it's definitely something I can understand (oh if I do).
(I guess this is why Zahad exists)
Thanks very much for all the feedback. I'll post an update about the text editing right now, and I hope that the updates about it will help. For the simpler font... oh, my heart cries because I really like this one, but I've already had another feedback on the not-so-readable font, so it looks like we'll have to change it sooner or later. Sad me!
Yeah, I'm planning on drawing chatacter sprites of Letha and Zahad because they are totally needed. I want to show you Zahad in all his hot evilness and also Letha because even though she is a secondary character, I like her a lot and I hope it's going to be the same for you.
Thanks again for this precious feedback Ruthless! Keep checking out the game page for the next updates because we're working on it!
i loved this so much, wish it were longer, but i get it. Val's personality was just *chief kisses* i love it so much! hoping to see the next chapters, congrats!
Thank you, I really appreciate your feedback, and I really appreciate that you liked Val. He's one of my favorite characters as well! I really learn a lot from his strength. Anyway! The game will continue, so :3 in a month or so, we should have some news on the next chaps!
too short!!!! wanted to be rescued and flee the underdark and live happily ever after with the rescuer :D
I know! I want that too! As the game was made for the Yaoi Game Jam, we managed to arrive only here, but the story goes for at least 6 chapters more! We'll just need to take a break after all the work done in only 2 months, but I'm sure we'll go back on working on the rest of the game in the next months!
Binged it. And now, all I want is the continuation of their story! TT_TT
I'm so happy you checked it out! Very happy to share it. The story will continue of course! I'll update everything here as soon as we have news +^+
I can't wait! I'm a sucker for drow narratives that explore how they've been conditioned to delude themselves, being in denial about both their feelings and relationships.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! it's such an awesome and interesting narrative to explore! you can write a lot of things about it! i really want(ed) to explore it in this story because it would be a waste not to, being it fascinating and kind of a very good metaphor for some situation that we also have in real life!
(though these are not real drows. drows are probably copyrighted hehe)