Crimson High
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
When Ren (or whatever you decide to call him) is assigned to investigate a murder at Crimson High, he expects to face some challenges. However, he soon realizes that the school's secrets are far more complex than he could have ever imagined. And with a cast of quirky characters, including some adorable girls, Ren's adventure was only just beginning.
Join him on his quest to solve a murder case and find himself, all while trying not to get distracted by the cute girls around him.
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Important to note:
Crimson High is a story-focused game, first and foremost.
For those of you interested, here's a list of some fetishes I'm confident I will add eventually (in no particular order; non-exhaustive):
- Objectification
- BDSM (not sure to which degree yet)
- Edging/Teasing
- Feet
- Spanking
- Role playing
- Impact Play
- Dom/Sub Relationships
- Voyeurism
- Anal
- Free Use (as in the free use kink (google it), NOT sharing LIs with others)
- probably a bunch more that I can't think of right now
Just for the sake of it, here's also a list of fetishes that won't ever be in the game (again, no particular order; non-exhaustive):
- NTR/Cuckolding
- Scat
- Urination
- Pregnancy/Lactation/Breeding
- Vore
- Sounding
- Age play
- Female domination
- CBT
- probably a bunch more that I can't think of right now
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Hey there!
My name is Vertigo and I'm the developer of Crimson High, a visual novel made in RenPy with a bunch of romance, mystery, humor and more! Welcome to my itch.io page!
Being a huge fan of visual novels, I decided to give it a try myself and funnel my imagination into creating a fantastic world, filled with cute girls, a bunch of weirdness, and some secrets to uncover.
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Development log
- Crimson High v0.38 now available for everyone!17 days ago
- Crimson High v0.38.0 Now available in T1 Early Access!24 days ago
- Crimson High v0.37.0 Now available in Early Access!31 days ago
- Crimson High v0.38 Release Schedule34 days ago
- Crimson High v0.37 now available for everyone!59 days ago
- Crimson High v0.37.0 Now available in T1 Early Access!66 days ago
- Crimson High v0.37.0 Now available in Early Access!73 days ago
- Crimson High v0.37 Release Schedule76 days ago
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just finished playing the game and it's simply awesome, enjoyed every minute of it and can't wait for future updates. Everything about the game is great, love the characters and their personalities and their development is great too, plus the comedy side of the vn is actually funny, which is a really nice part of the game. Will make sure to support when I can, hoping for the best on finishing the game.
Thanks a lot, mate! Really happy to hear that you enjoyed CH this much. Feel free to join the Discord, too, if you haven't already. :)
So when there is that one unknown text message you can only use if you picked a specific girl, will we need to have chosen her for more scenes later on and if so is there a variable that can be changed with a save editor to not have to go all the way back?
Yeah, the choice will lock a few of her future scenes. There might come another point where you can acquire her phone number, but until then, all her individual scenes are tied to that choice.
Set >C2S93_hottie = "tsubaki"< to get onto her path (but off the others').
Nice game; tried Crimson High while waiting for updates on other games, but now I'm keeping it and waiting for updates here too. Quick question about the hamsters: missed a lot especially in the beginning. I know, my own fault. But to try to find them, do I have to start over, or can I simply try from the various saves I got?
Thanks, glad you like it!
For the hamsters, you can absolutely try from previous saves. They are persistently unlocked across all save files. :)
Thank you for replying, gonna give it a try!
I'm surprised we reached so far and no one bothered to mention how hard to read the text is with the blinding white borders around gray color, can't move past tutorial with that distraction! hope this gets fixed
Pretty sure in the tutorial it also mentions that you can change the text and textbox from MC's phone. Just have to bear with it for a little longer.
The font color and outlines (as well as some other things) can indeed be changed in the in-game phone, as mentioned by the tutorial at the beginning.
I'll reverse the default font color and outlines to white with a black border, though. That was intended to be the default anyway, but apparently something went wrong with that. So, thanks for letting me know.
Edit: I just checked and it was even worse than I had expected. The gray color wasn't even intended to be available as a choice at all. It's crazy that no one has mentioned it thus far, because it's been like that for way longer than I want to admit without me knowing about it.
So, again, thank you for letting me know. This needed to be fixed real bad.
Alright, so I've spent about 19 hours reading this over the past week and - holy shit did it blow my expectations out of the water. The story, the characters & the world are so capturing I can't wait for more. My singular complaint is that some of the hamsters are nigh impossible to get on mobile with how small they are - I definitely would get hardly any without the hints.
That's awesome! I'm glad to hear that CH was able to entertain you :P
The hamsters are indeed pretty small on mobile - I'm aware of that. They were never intended for the mobile version in the first place. I added them back when CH only had the PC/Linux/Mac versions and left them in for the Android version because of player feedback. For anyone who doesn't want to hunt tiny pixel-sized hamsters, though, I've added a button to simply unlock the whole hamster gallery on mobile. It can be found in the in-game phone's hamster gallery, to the right of the phone itself.
It's not the greatest solution, but it lets people choose whether they want to kill their eyes looking for the tiny buggers, or just unlock the (optional) images and focus on the story.
Ok..... Let's just say thst waiting 3 updates is the Best Decision I've had man.... A lot Happened and Also Loved what you did with Mei 1 for the prize of 6,also Nice of you to give lore to the Heirs, the blood brides and the gods responsible for this AND the Development of the Relationship between OKAMI and EMICA also love to see that he went from Awoochie to Itchyro XD. Man.... I just love reading/playing this can't say anything than this cuz if I can the Dictionary would've ran out of Words to Describe how LOVELY and AMAZING this is.
I'm waiting for the Next Updates soon See you at 0.41!
Haha, thanks a lot, mate. Yeah, waiting a couple updates is probably not a bad call. I'd likely do the same as a player. I wish I could create more content faster, but to do that, I'd have to sacrifice quality in some way, and I'm just not willing to do that.
Glad you enjoyed the game so far. See you in three updates. :P
Nah, Keep going as you are now since it's still a Win-Win for us You don't have to Sacrifice anything just to release earlier than necessary as long as the content/story is running we're good.
Yo Vertigo! This development given to Okami is really good. I've been waiting for this since the first time she appeared. It warms the heart! I can say for sure, I follow Crimson High for its story, all the ecchi is a bonus.
Hey, thanks, mate! Love to hear it! Okami is one of my personal favorites from the cast, so it's great to see that her story is received well. :)
Listen i really love the story but the update had me hyped for me to just finish it in 10 mins :( PLEASE I BEG FOR MORE
Damn, how fast do you read?! I wish I could give you more, but I gotta create the content first lol
Next update will be out within a few weeks, though!
Carta de amor al cine, 10/10
discord link is brokie
Which one? There are quite a few. I thought I had fixed all of the broken ones.
(If you're not playing on the newest version, chances are that the link you're talking about is already fixed)
the one on itch, here. im able to use any other discord link, but this one returns an error, and just says that i cant accept invite, so im sure its this link
Hmm, I assume you're talking about the image of Nagisa holding up the Discord invite sign? If so, I just checked that again and it's set to the correct link and works for me when I click it. I'm not sure why it doesn't work for you. Maybe something about your browser or something?
k, ill figure it out
Hey vertigo wanna let you know I had a problem downloading the new update, I kept getting this forbidden error no matter how many times I tried redownloading it so I ended up going to a different site I download from just to get the new update. Not sure if that's a link error or on my end cause this is the first time I've gotten that
Hey there! Thanks for letting me know.
As far as I can tell, the download works as intended, so I'm inclined to say it's something on your end. The game is uploaded directly to itch.io, so the only other option would be some issue with their download servers at the time. I assume it works by now.
Let me know if you have similar issues in the future and I'll see what I can do. :)
Hey Vertigo I've got a question: since you are german, why the japanese setting? Nothing wrong with that - I was just wondering...
Btw, nice update ;-)
Hey there!
Honestly, that's mainly due to availability of assets in the software I use. A lot of the assets are Japanese in some way or another, so going with that made sense at the time. (I didn't know what I know now about texture editing etc.)
Besides that, a Japanese setting appeals to a lot of people and is certainly more "interesting" than boring ol' Germany. Not to mention that I can't see myself making the characters visit an Oktoberfest or something lol
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the update!
Crash Report: Game keeps crashing in the school right after hanging out with Jun
Can you elaborate a bit further? Which scene with Jun is it and what does the error message say?
new version, let's goooooo
Hi Vertigo, how are you? Man, I loved the game, the story is incredible, characters with good and complex stories and bro I have just one more thing to say SUZU IS LIFE THIS PRINCESS IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD please vertigo make a little suzu doll and give it to me.kk sorry that was a joke but anyway vertigo I hope you are well and healthy I don't want the incredible creator of this wonderful game to get sick or anything hugs ❤️
Hi there! I'm doing well, thank you for caring. :)
If everything goes according to plan, Crimson High merch (possibly including Suzu dolls?) will be available sometime next year, so your wish might not be as far-fetched as you may think. :P
Anyway, thanks for your kind words! I'll make sure to take care of myself and I hope you do the same for yourself. :)
Hey Vertigo, I dont know if I have said this before mate but I am so damned impressed by how quickly you release new content. Seems like its once every month and half at most. Its not a huge amount of content but it all adds up!
If I compare you to other AVN creators, you come out way ahead of the pack. Most creators struggle to release new content once every 6 months. Some only manage 1 per year!
But you, you're a machine! A Beast!
And I love the story! I always look forward to the next content release.
SUZU FOR LIFE!!
Heya, mate!
Not sure if you did, either, but I appreciate it anyway! It's nice to hear that my effort isn't in vain. :)
And yes, you're correct. CH's updates release roughly every 4-5 weeks with the occasional outlier in one direction or the other. As you said, they aren't the biggest updates, but they add up, and I put a big focus on consistent(-ly improving) quality.
Thank you, my friend! Messages like this do wonders for my motivation and faith in what I do. :)
I hope you have a wonderful time! Cheers!
Just returning to say great game and good luck in development. Take care of yourself(selves) VertigoAVN.
Thank you and will do!
Will there be any miko lewd scenes or just screen time and story in the hotel cause I think she was kinda forgotten for a bit like 3-4 in game days + she's just the goat🔥
There will be Miko stuff at some point, yes. Let's call it soon™ :P
EDIT: Added a review. SPOILER ALERT
Downloaded the latest version from F95 so I'm not sure if it's the same in here but I encountered some kind of, well, not-exactly-a-bug.
Auto-Forward and Text Speed labels are switched in the settings. Text Speed slider is labeled as Auto-Forward and vice versa.
Great game tho. Really love the humor and characters. I'm bummed out that pregnancy isn't a (future) content but still, really nice VN.
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Five Stars. I contemplated about using the proper review submission but thought I should put the comment here instead to let the other possible readers of the VN know what they can expect.
Well, first things first. Let's start with the protagonist. He is an extremely likeable character. As a detective, he is extremely quick-witted. I have seen other novels that established a character as smart/intelligent but forgot about it somewhere in the story to give way to unamusing cliches. His everyday schedule is somewhat laughable (in a good way) though since nobody has that kind of body to handle multiple important events back to back and still have the energy to somehow have time for his girls. I'd let that one pass though since it kinda works and it's fiction anyways.
Second, other protagonists and side characters. They are very likeable in their own way. Suzu, for example, is first established as a somewhat tsundere type but oh. GOD DAYUM. I did not expect that character development. Definitely a favorite. What bothers me somewhat is Miko being the first introduced of the girls from the class (Touka not included) but kinda forgot about her in the current version. Happy to see her get more screentime in the Hotel arc tho and hoping to see more of her in the future. I would've expected her to be the main/first romanced character (or Kana at the very least) but Suzu being it is still a really nice story development.
Third, something that bugs me are the hamsters. I'm a perfectionist so I wanted to collect them all but the first half of the little shits was kinda hard to click on Android. Glad to see the hamsters' hitbox got a lot bigger in the later part of the story.
Fourth, as I said in the previous point, I'm a perfectionist. And that's where this point comes in. Some content are hidden in a branching path. Hamsters, unlockable scenes and the like. It's not exactly a gamebreaking issue but it would be nice if this kind of branching doesn't spread to the story (i.e. choosing someone over someone). This is more of a personal issue/request so you don't have to take this point seriously.
That's about it, I think? TLDR: Good story, good characters, good protagonist. Would love to have more Yuu and Takashi screentime (No, not lewd scenes, goodness). They are just one of the most likeable characters aside from the main ones.
Cheers!
Hey there!
Usually the version on F95 is the same as the one on here (I'm the one uploading CH there during the public release of each version) so I'm a bit confused as to why your labels are switched in the settings. I haven't touched the relevant code in months and in my version of the game, the sliders are labeled correctly. Should you play the next version and the issue persists, let me know and I'll see what I can do, okay?
Aside from that, thanks for your lovely review of CH! I appreciate that a lot, and I'm confident it'll help convince undecided players to give the game a try when they read it. :)
Hello! I write through a translator to make it easier to read, I want to ask for a translation of the entire text in the game so that Russian players can read normally, and I just treat them, otherwise I don't know English super well and I want to go through the new version :) and I also want to say that the game is just super! Russian Russian version was passed, and now I want to go through the new version with the Russian language
Sorry, mate, no official Russian version before the game is complete. Any Russian versions out there are fan-made and thus out of my control. I'd assume the newest update will get translated eventually, though?
Your discord invite is not working.
But from what I have seen of this fine game it is a game I'll enjoy, so I'll give it a spin.
If you're referring to the in-game link, it's already fixed for the next release :)
Thanks for letting me know, though!
Edit: Fixed the link on here, too. I assume that's the one you were referring to lol
Yes, sorry for not getting back to you sooner, been taking care of my folks and thank you for fixing the link.
May I ask what the menu music is?
"CHasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley :)
This game really deserves a lot more attention - I found it through a cameo in World Crossing Academy and was expecting the usual mid porn VN story - main plot goes nowhere, while everyone falls in love with MC, because he showed them his dick once. Meanwhile I got an immersive plot with well thought out worldbuilding and likeable, human (heh) characters. I would honesty play it even without the sexual content (although some of them actually work wonders for emotional attachment - recent Suzu stuff was one of a few examples of how sex scenes can enrich a story and not just provide eye candy). In short I like the game, can't wait to see more. My ynly complaint would be some hamsters being on branching paths, I don't enjoy checking every choice for a clickable.
This game could EASILY be turned into a commercially successful Anime!! I wish I was rich enough to produce it!!
I really want to see them invent and utilize vampire fang condoms
The storyline is very good I like it
Alright I've played this game enough times to figure out somewhat what everyone is myth wise but the only two that I can't seem to figure out are Nagisa and Nene, I have a small idea what kind of myth they are but I'm not 100% sure (PS love this game from the first time I played it came for the porn stayed for the plot and story keep up the amazing work)
In the latest public version they flat out tell you what Nene is, and give significant hints towards Nagisa.
(Slight spoiler) I'm pretty certain Nagisa is an animal spirit, with her hair making me think Skunk, or with what she did in her her early memories something like a Racoon.
i think she is a cat, a stray maybe
My guess is she's a raccoon. But still she is best girl no matter what she is.
Just started this game, and I gotta say for an ero-game the lore and story had me hooked on rather than the segs scenes.
Like I'm curious if the MC is really human, you know after that pan to the back of his head incident (lol).
Love to hear (well, read) it!
This was the first time I downloaded the update instead of downloading the entire game and replacing the folder. It's definitely a time saver.
Why did you pick a font almost impossible to read? Nevermind, found way to fix under Accessibility menu.
The font is perfectly legible and most definitely not "almost impossible to read".
I had some problems with reading in v0.7-0.8 - not sure exactly, but that was cause of font colour and background, not font itself. Never experienced it in later versions even with default settings.
The Discord link no longer works
pls update the discord link next update
It seems like I missed updating one of the old links. It's fixed now and shall release with the public version in a few hours.
Thanks for letting me know.
Ok, real quick and sorry in advance, but screw you for the sudden cliffhanger. Once again I'm sorry but that needed to be said as I've been looking forward to that reveal. (good thing I just need to wait a few days)
Anyways, 10/10 game. I love everything about it so far, lots of wholesome moments, quite a few sad ones too, lots of mystery and drama. Comedy's pretty great too. But I especially like how you've handled all the different mythological stuff too as well as the characters in general. There isn't a single character in this game that I don't find interesting in some way. Each of them are incredibly unique each with their own well-written pasts/stories and almost all of them seem to mesh fluidly into the main story as well either teaching you something about the world in general or just progressing the actual main story. Though that's technically always progressing. There's already a great deal of content in the game too and it's only just starting day 12 out of who knows how many. And 12 days doesn't even sound like a lot but these 12 days are packed full of content. Great game, love it so far and it's been immediately added to my list of favorites. Looking forward to more.
Heh. Not sorry about the cliffhanger but sorry that you had to suffer, I guess. :P
Thank you for your kind words, mate! Very nice to read. :)
Come on! The cliffhangers in this vn are a separate type of art.Really)
Nagisa is such a confusing creature and I love her for it.
а будут ли другие языки RU UKR? не сейчас но может хотя бы в обозримом будущем?
Will there be other languages of RU UKR? Not now, but maybe at least in the foreseeable future?
buddy, I asked the same question 2-3 days ago, check
но ведь тебе не ответили)
может если данный вопрос будет всплывать в коментах регулярно то автор игры заметит, что есть спрос на перевод ... и кто знает ... кто знает)))
вряд ли будут переводить на русский, многие шутки/двусмысленности/игры слов (которых в игре дофига) непереводимы с английского, а многие из них смысловые и сюжетные
ну как то ж переводят ... и эту игру тоже переводили версия 0,13 есть на русском поэтому я и спрашиваю "шо с переводом?"))) на английском мне в принцыпе не понятно я владею только техническим я понимаю о чем написано на BSOD и от куда ошибка а смысловые обороты речи и какуюто игру слов извините для этого надо жить там где так говорят и самому общатсяруский даже корявый в любом случае будут понятнее чем оригинал.
я просто поиграл прошел доступный контент а дальше всё... нет... учи английский... я на это не готов даже ради игры))
At some point, yeah. At the very latest, once the game is finished. Most likely not before that point, though.
ну тогда подождем окончания проэкта.. что бы пройти всю игру ))) игра очень понравилась но языковой барьер... мешает погружению..
Okay, I've played games with hidden objects that unlock images before but these hamsters are VERY well hidden. Thank god for that hint system or I wouldn't even know there's one on the screen.
i usually play every version twice. Second time just for hamsters. Cause i'm so immersed in the story that i don't notice even hints.
Hello dear developers, I am interested in one question: when will other languages such as Russian, Ukrainian, German, etc. be available? and I wanted to thank you for the good content, I’m looking forward to further updates, I didn’t think that just a random game could be so addictive
Hey there, mate. Thanks for your kind words!
The game will most likely only get translated once it's complete, seeing as that seems to be the most sensible approach to me. I might change my mind on this and hire a professional translator before that, but as it currently stands, there are no plans for it.
hi, buddy, I really liked the game, but I already played 0.11.1 from translation Spaun.it would be fun to play further, but all this time I studied not English, but German, but I understand some words and even in this text a translator is used in some places.I like your desire, continue in the same spirit and you will definitely become the most famous game business, Demonenok wrote with love
First a statement then a question.
I wanna say this is amazing, I just started Chapter 4. There is only one other game that I have found that has sucked me in like this one has. The pacing is so amazing! I find myself in different emotions like I am watching a really good movie asking myself why is the mc doing this or why not do this!? After I get my funds right I'm def going to be subbing on patreon.
As far as my question. I'm trying not to look at the Development logs incase of spoilers and rather ask here. I've played through the first 3 chapters since I found your game and have yet to hit the end until next update. I see there has been quite a few updates so I would like to ask with the updates how many/often does it take to get at least another full day? I'd hate to continue and get stopped in the middle of a day and have to wait for another update lol.
Sorry for the long message, again love the game and can't wait to see how it ends! Only "complaint" I have is the story is so good I forget to look for the collectables (thanks for adding the feature in the phone for the notification setting for them!)
Hi there! Sorry for the late reply.
First of all, thank you so much for your kind words! I'd, of course, appreciate any kind of support you can give, too. Thanks for even considering it. :)
As for the length of days, I can't give an exact estimate. The current content goes up to Day 12, Tuesday, in the late afternoon. The current day should finish during v0.39. Generally, days range from 3-6 updates in length, with me trying to decrease the number of updates after things have gotten a bit out of hand in that regard. I hope this answers your question sufficiently. :)
No worries, mate! This kind of positive feedback does wonders for my motivation, so I don't mind reading through even the longest of messages. And sorry for distracting you from collecting rodents. :P
Im going to be sad when this is finished
hey i cant check the message from the mystery person in the morning at the hotel room i dont know what to do or if you know how to fix or if its something on my end even just thought it needed mentioned(edit: dont remember when this is from found it when i went to comment
Hey there. The mystery person is Tsubaki and you can only access her message if you got her number earlier in the story.
Como puedo bajar la ultima version en eapañol? Me interesa mucho el juego!!!!
There is no Spanish version, I'm afraid. I don't speak Spanish myself and I won't commission any official translations before the game is complete. Sorry, mate.
I'll wait until the game is complete. I really liked your game, I know intermediate English, so I would like a translation in the future, I'll wait.
Hi good game i wondering when the new update comes out and its a good story tho but im done wthe the full story that is out and my favorite character is miko to be honest Ill stay tuned for next update maybe reply so i know more
About when is comes and one more question
Did you make miko? i think shes cute in the game!
-hampus
Hey, thanks a lot.
Next update will be out for public within the month (can't give an exact date yet because I don't have one yet). It'll be out two weeks earlier for high tier patrons, too.
Yes, I did make Miko, as well as all the other characters. Glad you like her :)