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Love at First Bite

Swipe, match, savor: a dating sim where you play a vampire. Coming to Steam.

Play the demo ↗See the art ↓
Love at First Bite key art: a vampire holding a glass of wine and a human holding flowers, each inside a phone screen
My role
UI/UX designer, illustrator & character artist
Team
Aitor (game & narrative design), SlowpokeSama (sound)
Genre
Dating sim with narrative & investigation
Tools
Figma, Procreate, Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint
Timeline
2023 jam → 2024 demo → Steam
Ending screen, "Vampire valentine": you romanced a vampire
Swipe screen on Night 2: a "Yum!" stamp on Gemma, 27, under the thirst bar and daily matches
Chat screen: messages with a match called Charls
  1. 01

    Snatching humans is out of fashion, so you hunt on a dating app: swipe, match, chat, bite.

  2. 02

    Feel like a real dating app, so the joke lands without a tutorial.

  3. 03

    Every screen in Figma, the “cute but bloodthirsty” identity and all the character art.

Art direction

Swipe through the game

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Jam build swipe screen: a "Yuck" stamp on Hyacinth, 35
Jam build swipe screen: a "Yum!" stamp on Hyacinth, 24
Jam build result screen: "You got lucky... what a great catch! Your thirst has been quenched"

Yum or yuck: swipe through the profiles and spot the vampires hiding among the humans.

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From jam to Steam

  1. Indie Spain Jam 2023One-week prototypeSwipe, eat, survive the night. Reviewers loved the dating-app satire.
  2. 2023 to 2024Vertical sliceThe art redrawn and the full loop built: chat and date, not just swipe.
  3. Sept 2024 to nowPlaytest & SteamPlaytested at Indie Dev Day 2024, then a demo on itch.io. Steam date to come.