sweet instincts

sweet instincts is a short horror visual novel by 3005jin, made in Ren'Py for the Spooktober 2026 Game Jam and released on itch.io in late September 2026. You follow Bea, who is stuck spending the summer with her father. One morning she wakes up with an odd craving – and a voice in her head that doesn't belong to her. What follows is a creepypasta-style story about growing up and becoming the vessel for something that eats flesh. It plays in the browser and is also available as a download for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Press the play button above, then "Run game" on itch.io. Like most Ren'Py visual novels, you click (or press Space/Enter) to advance the text and read the story as it unfolds. A full run takes about 15–30 minutes. The game has one ending with two variations, so a second playthrough is enough to see both.

The developer lists blood, cannibalism, patricide and crude language. It's a horror story aimed at older players, so read the warnings before you start.

Art and writing are by 3005jin, programming by vistaofchaos and music by Dagan al, with kinetic text by wattson and a Ren'Py shader by Grimumu; backgrounds come from Pexels. The artwork and music are original to the game. An early update fixed audio problems – if sound misbehaves, check the developer's devlog on itch.io.