#where winter crows go vn

[ebonysplendor]

Where Winter Crows Go Review ❄️🐦‍⬛

TL;DR: Chaga mushrooms ain't the only thing that Crowe be foraging, but this time he doesn't want to share the spoils with the squad for research purposes.

Game Link: https://prikarin.itch.io/where-winter-crows-go

Notable Features: Gender Neutral MC, Optional Reader-Insert with choice of pronouns, Yandere LI, 17+ Spiciness: 1/5 -- It gets a little flirty, but it's sweet and innocent LI Red Flags: 3/5 -- Manipulative, little hands on, has a temper

Want to know more? Well, let's get into it!

Okay, so, the full release finally came, and ya girl was SO excited! The demo was very promising, but I needed a little more convincing. That being said, this wasn't by any means one of the one's that I was the most ecstatic about, but I was still excited enough about it to check back occasionally for the full release. I just so happened to get lucky recently and saw that it had actually dropped back in November. So, I was late, but not embarrassingly so. Now, this review on the other hand... But listen! I just recently decided to take the plunge and start making reviews, so mind ya business lol.

Anyways, this isn't about me and my tardiness, this is about this pleasant little game that really went for it in the full version, and boi, did they go for it!

I'd classify this as one of those "slow burn" visual novels, simply because it's not obvious that our LI is a lil' psycho off the rip, and there's nothing too unsettling from the jump aside from getting caught in a blizzard. Actually, since we're on the topic, the LI -- his name is Crowe Lynn, by the way -- is actually pretty damn hospitable, and he's a full blown scientist. The most shocking part is, he isn't even doing anything sketchy! for the most part. He is deadass living in the middle of nowhere for research purposes and is writing books to know why nature is...well, naturing, for lack of better wording.

That being said, I think the intro is long enough, and I'm really excited to tell you more about this game, because you guys have got to play this whenever you get the chance! As always, I'm going to tell you as much as possible about the game without ruining the game itself.

So, boom. We're -- or Aspen, should you decide to play through their eyes, but I prefer self-insert -- going on a trip in our favorite run down car to get to some town where there is supposed to be this really nice place to let off some steam via skiing. Trust me, we did research on this; we know what we're talking about. Anyways, while driving, we start noticing how we've been on this same road for a long time, and yet, we haven't seen anybody for an equally long time.

Run down car? Long road? No one for miles? You already know what's about to happen.

Yep, you guessed it, we get a flat, and as you've also probably guessed, we have no spare tire, but bear with me! The game isn't this predictable, I swear! You've gotta understand that it can just be a little hard to get away from certain tropes, and let's be real, they kind've have to happen for plot purposes. I mean, think about if we actually had a tire in the trunk. We would've been outtie, we would've had a great trip, and there would've been no game lol. Sometimes, you just gotta cut the devs some slack.

Anywho, so yeah, flat tire and no spare. Naturally, we hike it to try to find some help, but the weather kind've picks up, and the clothes that we have, while appropriate for the cold, aren't adequate enough for a full blown blizzard. No worries though, because guess who comes to the rescue? This guy!

Everybody, this is Crowe. Crowe, this is everybody.

As you'd expect (I know I keep saying that, but lmao it's not a overly predictable game, I swear!), Crowe is this really chill dude. Actually, more than a chill dude, he's a massive nature nerd. That's actually why he's out in the middle of the woods anyways! Like I mentioned before, he's researching why nature be naturing, specifically -- at least, his current topic from the way it was worded is -- partial migration. If you've never heard of that, don't even worry about it, in the game he explains it to us. Like, I'm telling you. This man is super into this stuff, and we love a smart man.

Getting away from that though, he basically ends up telling us that the town that we're in is pretty much deserted with the exception of like 13 other people, and because of the blizzard, the time it'd take to clean the roads, the likelihood of there being another blizzard right behind the one that just happened, and cleaning up after that blizzard, getting to our planned destination just wasn't going to happen. ...Well, shit.

What are we going to do then? Our car has a flat, we can't travel, and there's not any resorts nearby. No worries though, because the bae came through! He said "Oh, you can just stay with me!" Oh wooooooord???

So guess what we do? Make ourselves cozy in this bomb ass cabin. I'm not even exaggerating about that. Like, this cabin is REALLY nice! Take a peek!

That's just our room and the hallway. You can only imagine how bomb the rest of the place looks. Like, I'm telling y'all, it's super cozy up in here. But we must stay focused! And by we, I mean me, because I could go on and on about how nice this cabin looks.

Back to the topic at hand though, we've agreed to stay with Crowe, even though, we honestly don't have much of a choice, but it was just dope that Crowe was cool with everything. That being said, during our stay, we do all kinds of pretty cool stuff! We go foraging with him for chaga mushrooms and winterberries, we create some powders to add to other stuff, and we make some medicines. Everything was going super smoothly ... until it wasn't.

Crowe kind've has...a weird temper. Like, we had accidentally gotten hurt, and he had gotten super pissed about it. We love a man that cares about his guest, but he was a bit overdramatic about it. You'd think we would've lost a limb or something. The main thing that got him really pissed, though, was when we had mentioned our car and implied leaving. He did not like that, and when I say we got into it bad? Oh, the insults were flying. Like, look at this!

So, yeah, we fought, and what about it? It's whatever. Forget him...

...Actually, we felt really bad about the whole thing, and so did he. We talked it out, and everything was all good again; however, now he's acting really weird, we're getting really suspicious, and we still have to get home. That being said, we call it an early night, borrow one of his books, and pretty much make a gameplan so we can figure out how to get home as well as what the hell is going on that is not only making Crowe act weird, but what is going on in general.

And we do! We sneak out the next morning and ... we actually make things worse because now, we're REALLY confused. I'm not going to get into the details, but just know that there are more questions than answers at this point. So, yeah, while the investigating helped, it only helped a little, and I genuinely mean only a little.

One thing that we know for sure though...

This man is definitely crazy in love with us.

And that's all I'm going to tell you! Lol I'm sorry! But if I tell you the rest, it'll literally be the ending, and it'll ruin it! You know how much I want you guys to play it, so no way am I going to spill the details, but like most visual novels, how it ends is completely up to the choices that you make.

Guys...the full game delivered.

I prefer choice heavy visual novels like Darling Duality and Forcefully Yours, but this still wasn't bad by any means. I actually thought it was quite good! Like I said, the most shocking thing to me about all of this is that this man is deadass a scientist! Like, he really isn't doing anything entirely sketchy out there! That was the biggest plot twist of the century to me! But, anyways, letting go of that. Let me tell you more of my thoughts on the game, and why I feel like you should play it whenever you get the chance.

The visuals are absolutely stunning, first and foremost. So far, my favorite VN visual wise has been Mushroom Oasis, but this is definitely a solid number 2 spot. I absolutely adore the art style. I also appreciate the revamp that they did with Crowe. There is nothing wrong with femboys by any means, but to me, Crowe was a little girly looking, and he very much so looked like a small child lol. Like look at the difference in this.

This is the old Crowe Lynn

And this is the new Crowe Lynn

Lol you see what I mean? He looked like a child that wanted to be a scientist when he grew up versus the actual adult him that chose science as a profession. The redesign was definitely a good choice, and I love how he looks now, especially with the longer hair and worn out lab coat. What do you think, though? Which did you prefer?

Aside from that though, you know what one of my favorite things about the game was? The fact that -- and listen close, because this is about to be a tip! -- the endings that you get are based more on how the character feels about Crowe versus how Crowe feels about us. How curious is that?

In a majority of visual novels, the endings are literally dependent on how far we push the LI or their affinity for us, but it's not like that in this one. We get a different ending based on if we trust him or not, if we flirt back with him or ignore his remarks, and some other factors that I don't want to include and possible spoil the story. I just thought that was a really interesting take, and that was super creative of the developer. It was definitely refreshing to play as more of myself and base the gameplay on my -- or rather my character's -- feelings versus playing for the LI and his feelings.

With all that in mind, I definitely say give this game a go! It has a nice mystery/suspense to it, and not to mention, there is a really bomb song during the credits. I was so sad to see that it was not on Spotify! Well, let me clarify, it IS, but it's not available to me which sucks ass. It's not even on YouTube, and it hurts me so bad! Ugh!

Anyways, in case my feelings and opinions weren't clear -- play this game, play this game, play this game, play this game! As always, be sure to leave your comments on the dev's page if you feel like they've done a good job, and you want to give them that extra reassurance to keep making games. Of course, donations are always helpful to them as well! Like mentioned at the very top, here is a link to the game so that you can play it for yourself, and I really want you to play it for yourself!

That's all from me! Drink water, don't be dumb, and hope to see you around~!

Where Winter Crows Go

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[gatinho-troll]

Why, Crowe???? WHY??????

The new extended demo was so good!!!! ndasodqwuehusmiodfniofa

#Where winter crows go #Crowe #Where winter crows go vn #a gente não tem um momento de felicidade #gatinho-troll #gatinhotroll

[deerspherestudios]

I know that it's a bit stupid but I don't like the taste of meat since I was a child, so playing a game where someone actually cared if I liked such a common food or not made me feel oddly delighted. Tysm 😊

Aww this is honestly so sweet! I do try to keep dietary differences in mind when coming up with the food options for the game but I'm aware it's not perfect haha. But nevertheless I'm glad to know that!

#mushroom oasis vn #cheea chatter #reminds me of the system in where winter crows go #where you can choose if ur a vegetarian/vegan or none #and the dishes prepared is already based off your first choice #very neat!!!

[randomsum]

The VN vibes kinda matches 💞

Mychael/Mushroom Oasis VN made by @deerspherestudios

Crowe/Where the winter crows go VN made by @prikarin

I rly gotta post more..

#mushroom oasis vn #mushroom oasis fanart #mushroom oasis #where the winter crows go #where the winter crows go VN #yandere #yandere visual novel

[agaricfay]

XVIII. The Moon

delusions, mystery, deception, fear

#wwcgfanartcontest #crowe lynn #where winter crows go #wwcg #fanart #tarot #the moon #crow #yandere #vn #visual novel #thank you for the novel uwu

[samstellarr]

what’s the psychology behind bpd girlies and their favourite manic yandere visual novel boy

#visual novel #dating sim #otome game #john doe #14 days with you #the kid at the back vn #where winter crows go #mushroom oasis vn #bpd thoughts

[daliain]

New Fandoms:

•Reverse 1999

•Vincent: The Secret of Myers

•Therapy With Dr. Albert Krueger

•Morfosi

•Mushroom Oasis

•Kingdom (K-drama about Zombies-)

•Where The Winter Crows Go

•What in hell is bad

•A Date With Death

#New fandoms for y'all to request. #reverse 1999 #x reader #vincent: the secret of myers #vtsom #twdak #therapy with dr albert krueger #what in hell is bad #morfosi #Where The Winter Crows Go #mushroom oasis vn #Kingdom k-drama #A Date With Death

[takekawa]

i feel embarrassed for complementing you on your new theme before it was done, but it looks crazy good now lmao!! (>_<;;;;) the blue on red looks really good, and he CGs are awesome :DD (dead plate looks like a VERY fun game lol 👀). i love the little banners too. ^^

AWW DW THAMK YOU. Decorating incessantly is my passion. Dead plate is crazy good and also very short. Gay cannibalism forever

#off the top of my head i thiiink the cgs are mainly from where the winter crows go & dead wishes + btd #also dead plate. duh #ask #OH IM AN IDIOT. The banner gifs also from feed me billy. thats a wholeass 30 minute game and not a VN but close enough

[slutterhaus]

Quick Request List:

I'll write anything that doesn't have incest (blood or step), piss, scat, or ageplay. Any non-con will be written as cnc. Other than those, go wild~💕

Current Fandoms:

Cannibal Sweetheart

14 Days with You

YOU and HIM

Where Winter Crows Go

Binary Star Hero

Blush Blush

Fear & Hunger

More to be Added

I'd also do Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. Honestly I just want to write but sometimes I don't even have ideas. I need the practice, plis I'm on my knees I'll back if I have to just send help while I work on a proper FAQ and Rules lmao

ALSO BSOLUTELY NO MINORS ARE ALLOWED HERE

#—mobile upload #—cannibal sweetheart #—14 days with you #—you and him vn #—where winter crows go #—fear and hunger #—camp willowpeak #—request list

[endoxxx]

There you are! Let's go home...

(+ close-up)

Crowe from @prikarin 's visual novel, "Where Winter Crows Go"!!

This is very loosely based on the scene in one of the endings just before Aspen passes out after Crowe drugs them, just in terms of what's going on in the drawing (the setting is a little inaccurate, ik). But mostly I just wanted to draw Crowe looking cool :)

The art in this VN was so cool and I reallyyy loved the atmosphere in general. Also Crowe and Aspen are so cute together.. I was going to draw them both at first but I got distracted haha. I could talk more about it but I don't want to ramble on too much ;b

#I've really been meaning to draw (yandere) visual novel fanart in general for a while so I'm glad i got this done! #WWCGFanartContest #where winter crows go #wwcg #yandere #endoxxx #crowe lynn #male yandere

[spectral-rat]

Okay okay I just finished my first play through of “Where Winter Crows Go” by the lovely and amazing @prikarin and oh my goodness, it was amazing! I found this game ages ago when I was looking for Yandere itch.Io games to feed my appetite (started by 14DWY by CuteSai, thanks for getting me into this genre), and I found WWCG! It was in its beta, only four or so days but even with that I had already fallen in love! I followed the game very closely after that, signed up to the newsletter to get info quicker, and last night I waited with bated breathe, continuously reloading the web page until I saw that little download link (I almost screamed when I saw it <3 ). This is probably one of the best VN’s I’ve ever played, and I just want to congratulate and thank Pri for working so hard and making this amazing game!

#where winter crows go #omg I love this game so fucking much #Crowe is just amazing <333333 #I will be making fanart of him soon #thank you again pri #for making this game that will forever live in my head rent free #because a masterpiece like it doesn’t need to pay to live in my head <33333

[gatinho-troll]

POV: Crowe is lecturing about nature facts for you.

@prikarin

#Where Winter Crows Go #Crowe #Where Winter Crows Go vn #visual novel #gatinhotroll #gatinho-troll

[deerspherestudios]

Here's a funky set! Mychael was meant to have four arms (his second pair of hands would've grabbed the mug instead of his tail, hence the reveal) but I was worried it was too much for one character. Instead I swapped it out for a tail and his design was finalized!

It was at this point I removed the mole by his chin. I was looking through itch.io for inspiration and realized it was uncannily the same spot as prikarin's Where the Winter Crows Go's love interest, Crowe. I honestly haven't seen the VN before working on Mychael, but I knew I'd probably have someone call me out on it so I decided to remove it </3

His colors were another thing. I almost didn't go for the green skin tone worried it'll turn people off but my partner assured me it was fine. And thus lil green gremlin man was made! <3

#mushroom oasis vn #bts #cheea chatter

[bubblegum-snowdrop]

OMG YOURE INTO YAN VNS WHICH ONES DO YOU LIKE

LMAO;;;;; YES I HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM XD

Something's Wrong With Sunny Day Jack is probably my favourite so far, Jack [who I call Jackie so much it's invaded my vocab for him] is a man who is too soft for me to cope with. Well;;; with the MC anyway XD I love him!!!

But the other ones I also really enjoy are [not exhaustive rip];

-YOU and HIM I'm gonna punch Adam and then kiss him and punch him again

-14 Days With You

-My Dear Hatchet Man

-Br0kenColors, which I keep trying to spell as Br0kenColours because we spell it as "colours" in Canada hjbfdvbhjkbhjvfbjhdbjdfbjfbjhvdfj

-Where Winter Crows Go

-Camp Willow Peak [excited vibrating as I wait for it hjbfvjhbfdbhjfdv]

-See Thru Need a Friend

-Duality I got the ending where you like them both and realized it too late lnjbgbnbjnbfjn

They are all in pre-release stages [some don't have demos yet] but 0^0 I am watching like a hawk and waiting for them. Anything that can be wishlisted is wishlisted. Anything I can wishlist later will be there the moment I know of it. In the meantime, I draw my MC girl and cry.

#yandere #yandere vns #yandere visual novels #My MC gal is the same but with 'quality of life' changes to interact better with the world #She's also always Canadian tho lmfao #she wants love but is oblivious as fuck #''oh haha he wants to be my friend!'' catch Harper screaming in the corner. Jack is growing more frustrated but quietly #Ren is slamming his head into the wall. All of them can't deal with how dense she is #Alan could hand her chocolates and roses and she'd think it's friendly she so so dense bro #Yandere and Romantically Comatose Girl. My brand of comedy hjbvhbdvbhvbhjdfvjhd #ANYWAY I'LL SHUT UP NOW HJVBHJJVDHBF

[fablehaftbios]

⊰  Odette Odomye ≬30 ≬ Mermaid ≬Night⊱                                               ⊰      Clerk at the WinterCourt ≬ Female ≬ Open   ⊱

Biography:

Once upon a time….

Odette was born into a strange position. Her mother was, and still is, the Council Member of the Water faction: Yael Odomye. A woman that is known to be as cold as a fish and as uncaring as a predator on the prowl. More secretly, her father is Cartwright, the Leader of the Crows of Hell, a career criminal that works for her mother. 

She hadn’t been the consequence of love or violence, but just of two people sometimes sleeping with one another. 

Therefore there wasn’t a family structure or the wish of having a ‘normal’ family structure by either of her parents. There was never a time when her parents lived together. She would either be at the Castle where the Council reigned or with her father and or Aunt Lavinia, who happened to be the crown princess of the Winter Court. 

Her life had always sounded like a bizarre and senseless novel but to her it made sense. 

From early on her mother had done her best to teach her how to be tough, but since Yael wasn’t a warm person their relationship wasn’t openly loving and soft. Sometimes, at the end of the day Yael would sneak into her room and sit with her, maybe read her a story. She would always tell her that she loved her, but that she knew she would never be a good mother, which is why she had found a nanny that would be this warm influence in her life. 

As a child she hadn’t understood and as a teenager she had rebelled against her mother and hated her. Now that she was older she saw things differently. Of course she would’ve still prefered to have a loving mother, but she honestly believed that Yael had done the best that she could. Her mother did love her and did care about her, she just wasn’t able to openly act like that. Granted she wasn’t very close to her mother and she hardly ever reached out to her. But every few weeks Yael would contact her to ask her how she was. 

One good thing was that her mother had picked a good nanny. Mary, a mermaid as well, had cared for her as if she had been her own so she had never lacked a person that would hold her if she was upset or kissed a sore knee. 

Her father had also been a loving influence. Like her mother he tended to be reserved in public and he wasn’t too open about his emotions to most people, but despite being a surprise, she had been a good surprise for him. Whenever she wasn’t being schooled or he was busy with work, he would pick her up and spend time with her. Often he would teach her some tricks of the trade too.

He never planned to get her into his business, but he always thought that picking locks and the like were handy skills to have.

And then there was Lavinia, her fun aunt. While they weren’t related by blood, Lavinia was Carwright’s closest and most trusted friend. They were family, and so Odette was family to Lavinia as well. Since Lavinia had raised her own little brother, she knew how to handle children and had even bought a house in Fabledale to have a place where they could have sleepovers and just live, a home that wasn’t part of a crime business or the Council. 

Being with her Dad and her Aunt were some of the fondest memories she had, and she was still close with both of them. 

Her mother had wanted her to get a good education and her father was for it as well as long as it was something she wanted and so she went to college.

Maybe it was because she had spent so much free time working at the law firm Winter Court during summers or because it did help a lot to know the law when you wanted to do borderline illegal stuff, but it was a central point in her life. Even with her mother. 

So she studied to be a lawyer. Now she is working at the law firm Winter Court and preparing to do her final exams to become a full fledged lawyer. While some people might think that she had gotten her job via nepotism, most people didn’t have a qualm with her working at her Aunt’s firm since she had been working there during the summers already and had been kept on her own merit. She might’ve gotten her first job there because the boss loved her but Lavinia would’ve never kept her as an employee if she hadn’t worked hard.

Despite the corrupt nature of her parents, she held a strong belief of justice in her heart. Maybe it was because Mary had instilled it in her or maybe Lavinia had done it, or maybe both. But she did believe in helping those less fortunate than herself and so it’s not a huge surprise that when she learned about the Vox Nomini the voice of the namegivers, the voice of everyone who was seen as a person by the laws of Naraya, standing for those who didn’t belong to a faction or were born Hybrids, she was interested.

She searched for the members and carefully let it be known that she was interested in what they were doing and one day she found a note in her letterbox, telling her where to go at a specific time. 

It was the most reckless thing she had done in her life but she went, and just like her father, she was blessed with luck, because she god to meet an Agent of the VN and since then she helped wherever she could, using both her knowledge about the Council, her knowledge about the crimeworld, and her knowledge of law to further this organisation’s goals.

Connections:

❖ Cartwright❖  Her loving father and sometimes partner in crime

❖ Yael Odomye❖ Her mother. She really tries, well at least she claims she is

❖ Lavinia DeChevin❖ Her Aunti and boss. The strong female rolemodel that would picks her up at 3 in the morning and will keep her secrets

❖ Rami❖ Her contact to the Vox Nomini

Possible Plot Ideas:

❖ She is trying to fight the good fight for the less fortunate in Fabedale, especially the ones that didn’t have representation in the Council. She has an easier access to the castle but has to be careful as her mother wouldn’t take the fall for it.

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Gifhunts for Gemma Arterton: X x X

#gemma arterton #gemma arterton fc #open rp #literate rp #island rp #open #female #water #merfolk

[takekawa]

finished 'from madness with love' (unless theres some secret true route idk about) & i need to bite through a fiber optic cable. that would fix me

#very short VN duh but soooooo cute auuguuhhhhh. genders never stated for protagonist iirc either but CGs imply dude which made me smile #i love when VNs have no 'happy' endings. get your shit fucked up and die NOW #'i have to do this so youll be perfect forever' = crack cocaine to me #now time for 'where winter crows go' that released so recently yay #blue moon personal post