Secrets in Focus

by Studio BMK

4.1 (28 votes)

Ren'Py Day 8

Game Details

Version: Day 8
Developer: Studio BMK
Engine: Ren'Py
Status: Ongoing
OS
Language: English
Censored: No
Updated: 31 July 2026

About

A model has vanished, and the trail leads straight back into the family of the redheaded roommate you live with. That's the hook here: humor and romance sitting on top of a mystery that keeps getting more personal.

You play the male MC, fresh into a systems engineer job at a modeling agency run by a suspiciously cagey former model, surrounded by a cast that ranges from a goth IT lead with no patience for anyone to a management-buzzword-spouting boss who's never once used those buzzwords correctly. Ember, the roommate funding her fashion-influencer lifestyle off an inheritance, is at the center of it, and the deeper you dig into Mara's disappearance, the closer it gets to her family's secrets.

Day to day, you work the job, talk to coworkers, and chase relationships with five possible love interests, with choices branching the story toward endings that range from happy to bittersweet to genuinely rough. The game sticks to one-on-one romances rather than harem or shared-partner setups, with a single optional FFM relationship that includes threesome scenes but can be skipped entirely if it's not your thing. Multiple playthroughs are needed to see everything, since the branching is real rather than cosmetic.

Changelog

2026-08-01: Day 8

A full beach day with the entire cast together for the first time
5 different afternoon routes, 4 of which end in sex
Massage room session with Anaru
Bedroom scene with Lea, all about handing over control
Shy but very brave Hana in the massage room
Shower scene with Ember
Optional evening date with Blair, ending at her apartment (same as Day7 if you didn't get it there)
Optional throuple conversation and progress between MC, Ember and Blair
A troublesome cliffhanger for one LI
Numbers:
42,661 words
6,890 lines of code
10 new backgrounds
2 new songs, now 43 in total
4 sex scenes with 44 animations (Anaru, Ember, Hana and Lea)
2026-05-22: Day 7 - part 2
Further character development and peek into the lives of the LI's
5 different evening dates, 4 of which result in sex, sex and more sex
Dinner and sex with Ember
Dinner and sex with Blair
Dinner and sex with Lea
Painting session at Anaru's studio, ending in sex
50 amazing sex animations
First anal sex scene
Cliffhanger with development of the disappearance of Mara
Numbers:
24,650 words
4,280 lines of code
13 new backgrounds
Several new songs, now 40 in total
4 sex scenes with 50 animations (Ember, Blair, Lea and Anaru)
2026-04-10: Day 7 - part 1
Dialogue polish (Day 1–6) The most common piece of feedback I've received is that the humor and sarcasm between characters can be a bit much. I've gone back and rewritten quite a few dialogue sections across Day 1 through 6 to tone it down. Not removing the humor entirely, just making it a little more balanced.
Lea is now a Love Interest! After many requests, Lea has been officially upgraded to a full Love Interest. She'll have a much bigger role in the story going forward. The full relationship overview (with points per girl) will be shown at the end of Day 7 Part 2. The current LIs are: Anaru, Blair, Ember, Hana, and Lea.
New animation + mobile phone rework Lea's OnlyCheers scene in Day 6 has been updated, the final image has been replaced with an animation (a treat for feet lovers ). Due to the explicite nature, I'm not allowed to add it here separately. This change required a rework of the in-game phone system, which can now also play videos.
Mark's love life Mark's romantic future is in your hands. If you're not pursuing Anaru or Lea yourself, there will be a possibility to set Mark up with one of them, this will become part of the story.
Numbers:
15,750 words
2,430 lines of code
10 new backgrounds
Several new songs, now 35 in total
2 sex scenes with 9 animations (one with Blair, one with a somewhat new character, it's a surprise )
2026-02-13: Chapter 3 - Day 6 (version 2, with animations)
Added the first animations!
Previous sex scenes rewritten to incorporate the animations
UI overhaul
Added Start of Day images, including day titles
2026-01-23: Chapter 3 - Day 6
Over 3500 lines of code
Roughly 2.20h of gameplay for one single branch
Walking lunch in the park with Hana
Flirting and an invitation from Vanessa
More images from Lea for her OnlyCheers page
A large scene at the punk rock show with Blair and Ember
A large scene at home playing Truth or Dare
Start of the possible FFM relationship
A cliffhanger ending
2025-11-23: Chapter 3 - Day 5 patch (Ember as a friend)
For the very few not on the Ember path, I've added a small patch of the day4 file. There was one error in it, which meant the branch where you are just friends with Ember didn't work. Download the Chapter2_day4.rpy file and overwrite the existing file in your Game folder. You would then need to load a save from Day 4, before your choice of your relationship with Ember (exclusive, open or friends).
2025-11-23: Chapter 3 - Day 5
Over 2000 lines of code
Lunchdate with Anaru
Big shopping and pizza experience with Ember
Helping Lea with her OnlyCheers page, she shares a bit too much
A dreamy ending of the day
Deepening of the relationship with Blair
2025-10-27: version 0.22
To comply with Patreon and Steam rules: Rewrote the script so that Ember always is your roommate, no choice anymore for her being your stepsister. Use the incest patch if you want Ember to be your sister. The patch will never be available on Patreon or Steam. The patch will work for all future versions.
Added an in-game phone gui. Rewrote the several text messages so that it uses the phone. The phone will be used for messages to and from other characters, plus for receiving photos from the other characters. I'm unable to test myself, but it should work on the Android port once a new version is released by KoGa3.
2025-10-25: version 0.21
Added incest patch functionality (download the zip and put file zzz_ember.rpy in your game folder)
Corrected the maximum relation points to be earned for Blair
Fixed a spelling error
2025-10-19: Chapter 2 (version 0.20)
Over 3500 lines of code
4 new locations
Introduction (and more ;-) of new character Indica
Introduction of new character Lea
Reworked main menu
Relationship points overview at the end of the chapter
Characters now blink naturally for a more immersive experience
Thank you page at the end of the chapter
Reworked some dialogue and multiple images in Chapter 1
Updated the tags and planned tags
2025-10-04: Chapter 1 (version 0.12)
Added an option to set the relationship status with Ember (to avoid problems with Patreon)
Fixed a few small bugs
Changes some background art
2025-09-20: Chapter 1 (version 0.11)
Fixed a bug with mc's name
Removed the dev 4th wall breaks
2025-09-19: Chapter 1 (version 0.10)
Initial Release