Keyframes
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
OUT NOW: YOUR FIRST SPRING SEMESTER!
Between exams, friendships, and figuring out what a savings account is, college might just be one of the busiest times of your life. No one said adulthood was going to be easy, but it’ll be a little less painful to navigate with your two best friends by your side ... and three new chance acquaintances, who happen to be the right people at the right time.
Welcome to Wryn Mayer!
Bumble headfirst into the last two weeks of your second Spring Semester. With an ensemble cast of five, you'll find yourself in silly situations, entertaining impulse decisions, and forging new friendships— or maybe even romance?
Features
✦⠀~280k words
✦⠀3 Love interests
✦⠀Customizable name, pronouns, and a personality quiz that determines what type of seasonal MC you are
✦⠀8 CGs
✦⠀In-game phone where you get calls and chats
✦⠀Partial voice acting
✦⠀An insane amount of replayability
Be warned, this game contains cursing and suggestive humor.
Other features include the tears of the team, and an upcoming Kickstarter! You can follow the campaign's pre-launch page before it officially starts in the latter half of October, 2024.
NOTE: This game is scoped to have multiple chaptered segments we have dubbed "Seasons". The entirety of your first Spring Season with our cast is playable!
Cast
Love Interests
Friends
Credits
*To be updated again as we release more of the game!*
— Project Lead & Director —
Marina
— Writers —
Marina, Lilly, Floss (Twitter), and Rachel (Twitter)
— Artists —
Tsy (Twitter), Khoai (Tumblr), Roisale (Twitter), Alexis (Twitter), Krstina Mastilovic (Twitter| IG), Robin (Twitter), Poob (Twitter | IG), Cameron Felt (Twitter)
— Sound —
Diantre’ “HI-T3C” Butler (Website) and Charles Craggs (Soundcloud)
— Voices —
Peach (Twitter) as Cameron
Zoe (Twitter) as Deja
Katrielle (Twitter | Twitch) as Reynah
Charlatean (Twitter) as Jamie
Noah Keawekane(Twitter) as Elio
— VO Casting Director —
Orpheo Fenn (Twitter)
— Programmers —
Shawna (Website), Marina, Marionette (Itch.io), and Crescence (Twitter)
Download
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Development log
- Keyframes: Summer Kickstarter is LIVE9 days ago
- Keyframes 1.1 Patch and more KS FAQ!14 days ago
- Spring Release Announcement & KS FAQ29 days ago
- Kickstarter Launch Page44 days ago
- Another Mini Update!May 31, 2024
- Keyframes Devlog #1Dec 05, 2023
- Mini demo release!Jul 07, 2023
Comments
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I'D SELL MY ENTIRE KIDNEY TO ROMANCE CAMMM SOBSBSBSBS
cam is literally so me its terrifying. do u have cameras in my brain???
And yes, a scooter is way better
DEJA CANON XYX LOVER?!?!?!???! I NEED HER SO BAD 😩
cam and deja <3
OMG OMG BRO I JUST FINISHED WATCHING CARD CAPTOR SAKURA YESTERDAY SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN REPLAYING KEY FRAMES I SEE SAKURA'S STAFF IN CAM'S CAR!!!!! WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!!!!!!
ID PAY TO HAVE CAMERON DATEABLE OH MY GOSH. They're so cute
Is there a discord, this game desperately needs a community!
I need to unlock 2 more photos and I can't do it jnfierhyfgbv8eywdhdwdchqgdwvugdihsbayuda
Which ones do you need ? :)
the third in the row from the top and the first in the row from the bottom 😔
Okay I see !
The first in the second line it's pretty simple, you need to let the guys win the scavenger hunt at the BBQ Party :) miss the QTE and you have this one !
For the third on top, when you have the first group chat after the BBQ Party, you can choose the event, don't choose to study,(I think it's "nothing much, u ?" ) you will have the rainy day event. At the end, don't invite guys to come over, Cam are not confortable enough to invite them neither, when you came back home Percy will send a photo to the group chat!
And your collection is complet, for now ;)
I mean yeah, Jamie is my cute little Howl Pendragon, but Cam??? I think I've fallen for them really hard :( please give us a Cam route DLC😭 I'm willing to pay for it, pay for it, pay for it (bad pun intended)
Cam and Elio singing Super Shy killed me lmao
this game srsly has my heart. everyone is such a lovable character, but i found myself loving the non-dateables the most LOL. cam n deja u guys r my everything
omg yes, I've got a big ol' crush on Cam
ahh!! i loved the demo so so much :3 you all are doing an excellent job and i cant wait for more to come! (i must kiss percy..)
A-MA-ZING! you dont know how excited i am for more semesters to come out- i already love everything abt this (and jamie... holy MOLY i must smooch him)
is there a guide for this game? or maybe just tips on how to romance Jamie?
and another thing- if at Reynah's party I choose the option "as unlikely as it seemed, you did hope you could become friends with him" for Jamie- does it lock you into a friendship route? or can we still get more crushing options as the story progresses?
any help is appreciated, thanks!
I'm not part of the blank house team, but with that being said....
If you follow blank house on tumblr (or...wherever else, idk their other social media if they have any) they say it's a slow burn romance, at least on the love interests end. So at the end of spring, they'll see you as, at most, a new friend. They've only known you for two weeks so it's makes sense.
You can come right out the gate and crush on one of them from the start(or... all of them? I haven't tried it but it seems like you can do that) but it also gives you the options at the end of spring so it can track whether your feelings changed. I don't know if it locks you into friendship at some point down the line. We'll find out as more of the game comes out, but I don't think it will completely lock you out of those options anytime soon, even if it ever does. I think it'll be similar for the other seasons going forward, until you've locked in yourself (please don't quote me on this, I recommend following their tumblr because they get a lot of asks that answer the trajectory and aims for the visual novel)
As for romancing Jamie... Generally respect his boundaries, spend time with him when you can and don't pick on his friends. But once again, spring is the first season so the most you can do, atm, is become closest with them out of the ROs. I don't know how far you've played the spring demo, but I recommend playing it once through if you haven't already. You'll know you're on the right track if, by the end of spring, the ro you want the most affection with talks with you... I'm trying to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, lol.
As for guides, blank house has a kickstarter going on right now where one of the rewards is a guide. Along with game keys, merch, a lot of stuff. They have mentioned that they generally want players to go with their gut when picking their choices, so I don't believe there's a way to completely lock yourself out of a romance (unless you're actively doing so, like not spending time with them, picking on the others, and generally being distant.)
TL;DR- with the spring demo, love isn't really in the cards yet. It's a foundation, and you'll be able to explore more as blank house release more seasons.
Sorry for the ramble, I hope this helps!
yeah I actually already finished the demo with close to the maximum amount of "romance" points with Jamie. I'm still missing one dialog I think? in the leaf boats scene,but over all I'm happy with my outcome! thanks so much anyways!!!
playing a this game when I should be studying for my finals is at the same time the best and the worst descision I have ever made
update:As expected I didn't pass the exam (like the 22/27 other people who take that class lol) I have to take it again next week tho
Cam watches Haikyuu canon?
I love this game and every character <3 Love the relationship with Cam, it's so precious !! I crushed on Percy with only this page haha ! Really my type... But in game.... This his my husband ! No for real I love him so much ToT
I want to do every other route, because Jamie is very handsome too and mysterious, calm and all, Elio was my least favorite but his personnality won my little heart, the little sunshine of the group. Aahh everything make every events absolutely.... amazing, wholesome.
Looking forward to spending the summer with my crush, after in the coop co-op I wish good luck with my crush hihi~
I love them all so much. I literally cannot choose my favourite, and usually that's the easiest part!!! Everyone is so loveable arghh. I think it might be either Percy or Jamie?
Keagan I feel u bro ly even if you're just a side character
"MC just called me hot!"
"Should I not have said that?"
"No. I mean- yes. I mean- Lord I am NOT your strongest soldier!"
dropping by here to express my utmost admiration for Cameron omfg I wish they were an LI as well but I still love our platonic relationship, getting to playfully flirt with them and fluster them can tide me over for now lmfao
I love this game and its characters so much!! All of the LIs are so loveable I'm actually having a hard time choosing favorites >< The vibes are so cozy and I loved exploring the differences between the experience and dialogue of each one of the MC's personalities! This game is so intricate and well made you could really feel all the love poured into making it <3
Love this game! just made a pledge on the Kickstarter, looking forward to seeing more of this project :D
Hey guys! been replaying the game for while and I wanted to ask if is it possible for me to get Jamie to ride the slide with me?
Hi! I was able to get Jamie to ride the slide with the MC, if you want some advice for how to do it below.
So it seems like a lot of the choices you make affect some kind of point counter for each of the love interests, and the higher the point counter, the closer your MC is to that LI, which unlocks some unique interactions when you get enough points. Jamie is sooo hard to get close to tho lmao compared to the other interests, I had to make a playthrough just for him.
What I did was:
1. Always choose Jamie if given the choice to choose him (i.e. choose the petting zoo in the spring festival after splitting up). When Jamie wasn't a choice, I chose one of the besties instead.
2. Make sure not to choose options that could affect his perception of MC negatively (i.e. DON'T fail the skill check with the volunteers in the kitchen during the barbeque event or keep staring at him in the study event IF you don't have enough points yet).
3. Finally, I made sure the rainy day event was my last played event so that I had the most points possible.
Not only was I able to get him to slide down with MC, there's some unique dialogue when you walk with him to make the leaf boats! Alternatively, there's unique interactions for the other events when you get close enough to him (one of my favs is a hidden choice when you get the tattoos in the spring festival event).
Good luck! :)
Thank you very much T^T!
wait, rainy day event? slide? leaf boats? I didn't get that event at all! Am I missing something?
edit: ok I managed to trigger the rainy day event instead of the Diner event after the Fair event, but how can I make sur that I trigger it after getting enough points with Jaime?
Hi! So, you've probably realized by now that the text conversations in between each event decides what the following event is going to be. As long as you know what text reply will lead to what event, you can make sure you get events in a certain order.
To ensure the rainy day event is your last event, you just need to avoid triggering it for the first two text convos and then pick the right text for the third one.
1. In the first text convo after the scavenger hunt, make sure NOT to choose "Nothing much, u?" since that's the rainy day trigger.
2. The second one is a bit more complex. You'll get a phone call first from either one of the LI's or Cam (based on points). Your choice in the phone call will either funnel you directly into the study event or into a text convo to pick a different event. If you pick the other choice that goes to text convo, just make sure NOT to choose "Yeah get on board Deja!"
3. For the third text convo, you have to pick the right text to trigger the rainy day event. The exact text will be different depending on what events you already played, but to my knowledge, these are the ones that get you the rainy day event:
- "Can we take oneee more day off?"
- Idk about u all bur for once I have no chores left, soo I'm taking an off day!"
- I'll study LATER!! u can't make me do it rn!!"
Hope that helped! :)
you're a godsend!!! thank you! (:
this is such a wholesome and cute game, loved every second of it (ESPECIALLY jamie 🥹) SO EXCITED FOR SUMMER!!!!
I NEED MORE GAMES LIKE THIS OMg
Omg i love this game so much i can definitely apply my chaoticness in the mc (Elio's def my type btw teehee LMAO) and when Reynah said "Ay nako" I literally screamed KABAYANNN!! i love it when I meet filipino characters on a visual novel, it feels like meeting a relative. and i did not expect it to be long for a demo, but did i enjoyed it? YESSS and i still want MOREEEEEE i love it XOXO
IKR PHILIPPINES!!!
This game has me obssesed!! i cannot tell you how much i had fun trying out the different personalities you can get for the mc. I seriously love the way the dialogue differs with each season you get! that's just such a nice detail to have and I seriously love it T-T
Thanks a lot for making such a fun and interactive game!!
Love that there are some snippets of creole on deja's lines. Bon travay mesye, jwèt la bèl!
do i want to be cameron or be with cameron? we'll never know....
this game is amazing, as a novice programmer on Ren'Py i'd love to see a tutorial on the main menu!! it absolutely stunned me<3
this game is amazing and i can't wait for the next season!
CAMERON! I THOUGHT THEY WERE A LOVE INTERESTTTT. Oh well. In my heart they are. Love the vibe of the gameee
THE WAY I WAS CRASHING OUT AS SOON AS I SAW REFERENCES LIKE BLOOMING PANIC?!?! ICONIC GAME OMG
this game has a grip on my SOUL. AND THE REFERENCES? I simply cant get enough this is just amazing
I love this game💖
I CANNOT get Percy! I swear it feels like I’ve done every option. I don’t know what to do😭
pretty much what I do is 1) make myself unlikeable to Jamie (so open the door to the volunteers and call out for him) and 2) don’t be so competitive around Elio (lose the QTE’s and choose a more casual volleyball game). And joke around with Percy when you get the chance, as well as choose to search the front of the house and win the QTE there (IIRC I THIINK). I hope that helps?
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! I’ve been trying to get him for the past two days. I needed to fail the QTE’s!
i love this so much! all the branching events and unique playthroughs are really cool, im looking forward to seeing more!
wait is this just a demo?? its so long i thought this was the whole thing lmaoo
Hello, Blankhouse team! My name is Sonsoles, I'm an English to Spanish (Spain) translator. I love playing otome games and coming of age is probably one of my favorite themes ever, so I'd really love to volunteer to translate Keyframes if that's something you're interested in! I would love to translate a game that allows for creativity thanks to its humor and fun dialogues, like this one.
There are two examples of my Itchio translations on my profile, but my contact email is sonsolesmendezalv@gmail.com, if you have any questions!
absolutely fantastic, that is the only way that i can put it!
the blooming panic cameo was unexpected to say the least, though...
thats so funny lol where was the blooming panic cameo???
I think it's that Jamie's VA (Charlatean) is also NakedToaster's VA
The Demo for this game was longer than I expected, and it left me falling in love with all the characters even more than the original Demo. The interactions with each of the characters is so unique and warm, I absolutely loved it. It felt as if the bickering and funny moments with everyone was actually happening in the moment. I really love the options of having romance or friendship. I am excited for when the rest of the game comes out, no matter how long it takes. This game is very well written and wonderfully made, the moments, the characters, the art, the scripts, etc. It is one of the best games I have played on here, congrats on the extended Demo release and great work on Keyframes, it is work to be proud of!
I LOVE THISSSSS THIS IS SO GOOD
I expected the Demo to end after the BBQ but then it just kept going and going and going!!!~ Utterly hooked and in love with all of the characters!! I got so protective of Jamie so quickly goodness. The art, the voice acting, the different mechanics (I'm so shit at QTEs but they're so fun!!!) everything is so amazing!!! My MC/SI has stats!!! It sounds like there's a lot going on but it never feels overwhelmingly so!! Oh I'm so looking forward to more of this. Sorry, time for me to dive into the the fandom side of this now (fanart pls im begging artists). P.S Take my money <33