Ghost Sweet as Sugar
A cute girl gets bullied by a cute ghost girl.
Story
Penny Bun has just moved to a new apartment, but it soon becomes clear to her that the rent was cheap for a reason: The place is haunted! But little does she know what the ghost really wants of her...
Features
- Girl x girl
- Thirsty main character
- Thirsty ghost
- Movement mechanics
- Built-in ghost wiki
- Several static CGs
- Some animated cutscenes
- Narrated sound effects
- 8500 words long
Controls
Use arrow keys during the moment mode to move the character and enter or space bar to interact with things. During the visual novel segments, the normal Ren'Py keys apply.
Warnings
The game tiptoes somewhat of a fine line between thirsty and safe. There is nothing sexually explicit, neither images nor text, but you might still not want to play the game at work or such due to some of the delicious situations.
There is no blood, gore or monsters in the game, but it can still come off a little spooky at times. The bad end is pretty well telegraphed, so it should be easy avoid if you pay attention.
Content warnings: Spooky, thirsty protagonist, thirsty ghost, sexually suggestive language, mild coarse language, mentions of sex, mentions of death, mentions of Covid-19, and an optional bad end.
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (30 total ratings) |
Author | LezLiz |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Made with | LMMS, Audacity, GIMP, Ren'Py |
Tags | Female Protagonist, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQIA, Spooky, Yuri |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | Subtitles |
Download
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Development log
- Fixed menu-based navigationOct 04, 2023
- Browser build, accessibility features and more fixesOct 02, 2023
- Fixed bugs and typos and added a few hints on what to explore nextSep 28, 2023
- Fixed some bugs and input issuesSep 25, 2023
Comments
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Like everyone else said, this game was cute and sweet, and I enjoyed the art and writing. I also happen to be from Rochester, NY, so it was a nice treat to see it show up in the wiki! But I liked the wiki in general, you did a great job with the tone and all that.
Aww, thank you! ๐
Ahhhh, this is really good! Sweet and hot ๐ฌ๐ถ
Your art is great as always; Penny is really cute, and I like her outfit! I really liked how you used the pandemic setting to force Penny and the player to stay inside. Tiny apartment is very relatable.
Point & click element was interesting and I liked how some parts, such as when waiting for the Swiss roll to cool, leave it to the player to decide what to do next. That said, the controls were a bit awkward at times
The scene with the blanket is really good! The wiki was a cool surprise (Enhance Your Ectoplasm!), too, and the glitter on the blade edge was a nice touch!
Great job; I got the good ending and loved it <3
Aww, thank you! I'm glad you liked it. ๐
Cute and bite-sized, just in time for ghost season. I wish it was longer, as it felt a little abbreviated towards the end, but you fit a lot into the jam period.
I liked the little bit of interactivity as it gave the experience a bit more bulk. I particularly enjoyed browsing the ghost wiki. This added a lot more interest than plain narration.
The art is cute and very clean, and the ghost being totally silent was a nice touch. I did think it was a little odd that Penny Bun always seems to have the lights turned off, but it's spookier that way.
Thank you for the well thought out comment! Yeah, I was in a huge hurry to finish the game at all for the jam, and it shows a little bit. On the last day, the ending was in shambles, two big CGs were missing and there was no music at all, among other things. But it came out decent enough, all things considered. ๐
I got the bad ending first like an idiot ๐ญ
I didn't know you could interact with the cardboard.
Other than that 10/10 short story
Oh, well, at least it ended on a good note, I guess. It's probably a better experience than getting the good end first and then going back for the bad end somehow. Thank you for the comment and for playing! ๐
Ghost, sugar, spice, all things niceโฆ
Full review
Thank you for the review! I appreciate it. ๐
This was quite enjoying and wholesome, and a little thirsty, haha, but i enjoyed reading through this, and i like the actual gameplay section despite it not being that much but still fun to explore, great job, keep up the good work
i also did a video on it
Aww, thank you! ๐
Very nice game !
I really like how the ghost was portrayed throughout the story, and the "Ghost Wiki" page on the computer, however i have some criticism to make (in good faith):
Problems:
The Good Stuff:
Suggestions:
I hope you continue on making such good games, and i wish you good luck !
Ooh, sweet! Thank you for the awesome feedback. I really appreciate it! ๐ฎ
I patched in some hints, among other things. It's not much, but I hope it'll help a little bit with the most common pitfalls at least.
I have something in mind for the movement issues, but it's going to take some time to code. Fancy fonts will also take some time to figure out because I'd like to keep the default font as an option. Some people prefer it for readability, from what I have heard.
Thank you for the encouraging words! I'll do my best to keep at it, even if it's tough at times. It's so hard to get seen these days. ๐
This was a nice and well-written story. I liked the added ghostwiki section.
Thank you! ๐
It's super cute so far, but for some reason I can't get past the part where she puts the roll in the fridge:( will update with how I managed to resolve it
figured it out! You just have to sit on the couch. Took me like ten minutes lmao
Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I wish I had had more time to script alternative interactions for progressing the story, but the time limit of the game jam was too rough for that. I might patch in some later, for whatever it's worth. ๐
Enjoyable story taking place during the year of loneliness. Very UwU.
Thank you! ๐
that was enjoyable story, cute and well written. i like these characters, they gently treat each other despite the bullying thing. the jokes work well within the story without making it overly comedic and i like that consent thing really matters despite what title pic could possible suggest :)
Thank you! Writing this kind of character dynamics is a bit tricky, but I think it came out pretty decent. I wish I had had a bit more time to add more romance scenes, but no such luxury with game jams. ๐