Kurou Connect (DEMO)
welcome to the demo of the spiritual sequel of cryptid coffeehouse, in which you and kurou— your best-worst-frenemy— are lost, alone, and together in the city for 24 hours due to stressful and unforeseen circumstances. this guy really does get under your skin and he makes you want to peel your face off, but he's kind of hot, so... what will you do?
this demo is approximately 20% of the full game and takes around 20-30 minutes to play, being 1 out of the 5 acts that create a single, full route cycle. there are currently 5 routes planned, and the first act is shared between all five routes. to keep up with my development of the full game, follow me on my twitter or my tumblr, or join the official cryptid coffeehouse discord server :-) if you would like to support me and my work, you can tip me on my ko-fi page. all proceeds will go to making kurou as hot and evilnasty as possible!!!
when you are finished playing, please also feel free to submit some feedback on this google form. i would love to hear from you!
content warnings: lots of swearing, sexual tension, some risqué jokes, mild threats of violence, and one big annoying sexy demon boy.
★★★
FYI: if the game is really slow, to the point that it's almost unplayable (especially in google chrome), try switching to a different browser (basically anything but google chrome). the game runs very beautifully in desktop safari, and i would imagine it would work well in any browser that doesn't viciously datamine and gobble up 99% of your ram :P
★★★
story, character illustration, gui design, and programming by nyewks. welcome to nukes nation, baby!
background art by robin yao. follow them on twitter!
music and sound design by gnommen (louis martini). stream his music on spotify and soundcloud!
Development log
- version 1.0.1 up until april 27!Apr 23, 2024
Comments
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I am so unbelievably excited for this game. A Kurou dating sim??? Enemies to lovers??? I cannot wait for this to come out omg
question, i saw on pinterest text messages about how the storyline is going to go for Kurou connect, and was wondering if that'd be the canon ending/storyline? no spoilers obvi to anyone else reading this, but is that gonna be the story?
yes, but with a couple of edits!! the storyline depicted in those texts is story for the "true" route, but i've edited quite a bit of smaller details to make it more streamlined. there are going to be other routes aside from the true route and things will change as i write it naturally, but for now you can take those messages as a rough outline of what's going to happen :-) if you have any more questions about it, i'd be happy to answer them in a more longform way on my tumblr :D
ohh okay !! Thank you !! :D
I wont him
yooo im loving this gameee , when are we gonna get the full game ?
this is a stunning brilliant question LOLLLL... well... i'm currently working on the final final final version of cryptid coffeehouse (version 3.1), and after that i have a silly dlc that i'm going to be writing for cryptid coffeehouse as well. once that's finished, i'll be locking in full time on kurou connect soo.... i hope to get started on that by mid-2025? cryptid coffeehouse has taken me about three years to make to completion, and i hope that kurou connect won't take that long lol sooooo....... hopefully full game will be out 2026? there will be ways to play in-progress demos though. i've got a lot brewing over here :-)
yippiieeeeee aahhhh and good luck too hehe ngl my best friend has a persona kinda alike kurou and it was that which got my attention and lmao even the character itself reminds me of my friend wich was hilarious cus personality is comp. different lol but yea good luck :>
I have an old ver. of Cryptid coffeehouse on a USB, that's the one I remember even through I been played the current one and for some reason I got surprised that Kurou has hair. I'm stupid.
OH MY GOODNESS!!
This game is so so good! I love how we get an introduction to all of the characters before the story starts! I really enjoy the character designs and how significant they are. I wish we could've had more options to be nicer to Kurou but it's nothing bad! I overall really enjoyed this demo and wished it was longer. The art style is also just YAYAYAY. UGHHH ONE OF MY FAV GAMES ON ITCH.IO
RAHH when I first played cryptid coffeehouse i was like: 'Kurou is kinda fine...' AND NOW THERES A GAME FO RHIM AND IM SO HAPPYYYY
Dude cant wait for the 'update' in-which 'we' as in 'us' as in...'player'???
This story is pretty dope and i hope I can read the rest of it once it's finished..
Hamburger for your troubles😛🍔
I already played the entire game of Cryptid Coffeehouse and adored it! The nice, warm ambiance of getting to know the love interest personally and emotionally. I've always had an interest with the other characters and was really excited to play this demo. I've already completed it and fell in love with Kurou and I can't wait for more demo content!
i really wish i could play the main game :(( i don't think my chromebook can handle downloads... so this is all the lore i can get without reading an essay.. really fun and great game though!! i love all the characters so much
damn bruh, I have no patience
i'm starting to see this man in my dreams now. i keep coming back to replay this demo so many times to feel something. I. LOVE. HIM! (and my baby boo artemis💜)
smash
IM THIRSTING> yeya me likey
I AM SO EXCITED I LOVED KUROU IN THE MAIN GAME AND CRYPTID COFFEEHOUSE IS MY FAVOURITE GAME IVE PLAYED IT START TO FINISH SO MANY TIMES
maybe you've done this already, but i couldn't find the button for it. do you think you could make it so you can change your pronouns? i'm genderflux so i don't like sticking with just the one set
basically no one says your pronouns, at least i couldn't find many instances, so i dont think this would be added. good idea though, i would like to have people refer to me with multiple pronouns..
NAH I'M WITH KOROU. WHEN I GET THAT CAR THEIF I'M KILLING THEIR ASSES DEAD.
You have no idea how LONG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS OH EM GEE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!
another day...another day of being a kurou lover. artemis, babygirl, y'all will have to share the #1 spot, I can't choose!! 😣
I keep seeing my mc as a angel like cryptid ( I know angel arn't cryptid but want something close) between him and Huruo the love be odd but sweet
mine is a silly goth vampire :3
I'm so excited for this!! he was one of my favorites in Cryptid Coffehouse!
this is so damn good!! i love itttt.
everytime i see artemis i just wanna hug them XD but damn dw kurou we will find your baby.
I love this!
But who the fuck took the car >:I
fell to my knees when artemis was on screen and didn't run into my arms. THIS IS SO GOOD THO NUKES!! keep it up! love ur work as always <
BABBABABABBA I LOVE THIS- hes so sillyyy /pos
here i am again to insult him lovingly <3
here once again to get another fill of my love, kurou. i could write a 100-page essay on how much I love him and want to smooch (and smoosh) him!!!!
i need him to run me over w that beat up toyota
i love him, let me dropkick him into the sun with a car
so hard to see artemis and not kiss them on the mouth but i'm ready for more kurou time can't wait to annoy him into loving me
FFS I love this guy so much fr
the way i went feral seeing kurou content
so happy to have been a part of this project!! nyewks is an amazing dev, incredible to work with, and a great friend :3 Can't wait to work on the full release
I'm so excited!
Absolutely loved it. Good luck with the progress of this game! It looks very interesting and nice!! <з
OH???
I love him can't wait till more come out >3> and my mc and him having a fiery passionate romantic relationship <3
ohygah where's the fucking carrr
here for kurou, stayed for bobby /jk
i'm soooooooooo excited TT i wonder who are the other love interests. i'm really fond of this enemies to lovers troupe ><
LOVED ITTTTT!!!!! i will now be patiently waiting for the full release
kurou, my beloved, unfortunately.
the demo went by in a flash and it def left me wanting more! he is so annoying but in that way where you want to keep talking to him and want him to keep talking to you. I feel like it's easy to fumble that sorta dynamic but the way you written it here is done so well !! the player character is also being just as evil as kurou is extremely funny LOL like omg... hater x hater love is real.
the work and care that went into this demo is clear, you and everyone who contributed did great nukes!!