Emily: Between Shame and Desire
by Manticore Studio
Game Details
- Version
- v0.2
- Developer
- Manticore Studio
- Engine
- Ren'Py
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 29 July 2026
About
Emily trades her quiet life for a new apartment, a new university, and a city that keeps finding ways to test her. It's a slow-burn setup, more about pressure and choice than shock.
She arrives wanting to study, settle in, and keep things under control, but the people around her have other ideas, and the city itself seems built to push her past her comfort zone.
You steer her reactions rather than her destiny: how she handles attention, where she draws lines, who she lets close. The game tracks her confidence and boundaries through a growing city map and free-time activities, so the same days can shape a cautious Emily or a bolder one. There are no wrong choices here, just different versions of her.
Changelog
- Added Chapter 2, continuing the main story through Day 4.
- Added the first interactive city map and free-time structure.
- Added optional activities.
- Added new scenes and choices involving Sara, Daniel, Amanda, Toni, Marcus, and Ethan.
- Expanded the Gallery, Replay, and Extras menus.
- Updated the Android version to v0.2.
- Saves made at the end of v0.01 should continue into Chapter 2.
- [2026-05-25] v0.01
- Added Android version.
- [2026-05-22] v0.01
- Initial public release.
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