A cosy cocktail bar isn't a bad place to wake up in...until you realise it's on the doorstep to Hell!

Welcome to 'The Inbetween' - the passing place for souls who knew how to have a good time before they shuffled their mortal coils.

You're served by the cheeky but charming owner, The Hellion - it seems he has a soft spot for you...and a proposal.

🍸 Accessibility Options
🍸 Fully voiced
🍸2 endings with a demon who may have a crush on you
🍸 5-10 minutes gameplay


This game was made for Nanoreno 2024.

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I honestly loved the game! From the atmosphere, to the beautiful and colorful visuals and the charming voice acting was all very fun and captivating. I love how Hellion starts very confident and brave to get flustered as soon as we flirt with him, it genuinely made me chuckle. Both endings were absolutely perfect.

I hope we can see more of this cute dork(Affectionate) in the future.

Hi MissHC! Thanks so much for giving the delightful dork Hellion a chance! 

We're happy to let you know that Hellion will be back in the future ❀️ so he can try and win hearts over a second time. Who knows? Maybe we'll get that smooch πŸ’‹

Thanks again for playing! 🫢

This was an adorable visual novel!

Hellion was an absolute delight (and kind of a dork), and his responses to everything were just so much fun. He was way nicer than one would expect a demon to be, and very charming. 

I honestly laughed a lot during this VN. Both endings were delightful, and it was nice to see Hellion try to look after the player character either way. 

The art was also really nice. Hellion's expressions were adorable, and the color scheme was very aesthetically pleasing. On top of that, the voice acting was fantastic and the music suited the setting very well! 

The Inbetween really was a fun, short experience.
(Is it bad of me to kinda wish to see how Hellion and the player's adventures go on earth? πŸ˜‚)

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Thank you so much for your kind words Cryptid! He is a dork- actually a sweet boi! The voice acting from Noah was incredible and he brought so much to Hellion's character. It was a nice departure for us, a gentler story (despite the setting), a bright breezy colour scheme and a bit of jazz. 

Don't feel bad about wanting to see Hellion again and...maybe...you will get to see Hellion's adventures (we'll be making an announcement about that soon) 

Thanks again for the wonderful playthrough, it really makes us happy when we see them!

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Ohh, I'll be keeping an eye out for that announcement! 
I'm excited for a chance to see more of Hellion and his adventures πŸ’–

Thank you for the kind words, as well πŸ₯°  
And thank you all for your hard work! So far the VNs I've gotten to play by this team have been an utter delight, and I'm looking forward to playing even more of them!

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I love that Hellion is such a nice subvertion!! Like I thought he will turn sus or evil but no!! You're really not lying when you said that he has a soft spot for us or might have a crush on us ;; I wonder why that is the case? :0 I also expected a bad end if we refuse but no!! He came after us ;; What a guy :"3 What a game!!! <3 

Also the artwork is amazing I love the color palette and the bright highlights :) Love the VA too I totally listened closely everytime he speaks haha

Thank you so much for the amazing feedback Maho_anpu <3 

I think Hellion is such a fun liddle guy himself - despite him thinking he knows all the ropes and can't get flustered (immediately gets flustered).

Noah's voice acting delivery is absolutely amazing too! He's such a great talented guy!

A little slice of niceness in the hottest joint in the Underworld :) Thanks again for your kind words.

This was a really fun visual novel and I love how bright and colorful the backgrounds are and how hilarious The Hellion is! It was hard to go against my instinct to not take his offer the first time because he is quite charismatic! Thank you for this game :) and great work 😎

Thank you so much for the review! We're really glad you enjoyed your experience. ✨

We're looking forward to sharing more of Hellion's story with everyone one day

AWW this was SO cute!!! I absolutely loved the entire vibe of this entire game, with the poppy, saturated colors and the slightly jazzy feel of the bar. Hellion's sprite is gorgeously rendered, with an eye-popping design whose bold contrast pops off well against the neon-tinted background. His expressions were adorable (especially the ones where he got flustered, haha!) The writing is so fun, and I loved the color in Hellion's dialogue; even as this guy is giving me the worst news I've ever heard in my life, I just found him incredibly charming and endearing. Noah was absolutely BRILLIANT in this, and I loved his delivery! 

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This was such an oddly wholesome game overall, one that I wasn't really expecting when I was bargaining for my life with a demon. Honestly throughout I was thinking "YES go ahead and take my soul lets go be besties," so it was kinda painful having to reject him to get the second ending. I love how much of a softie Hellion is, he even goes after the MC after they reject him. I just know that the MC and Hellion will have a HEA in the overworld together~

Really great work, I had a lot of fun! This was a blast!

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Thanks so much for your feedback Chatter πŸ₯Ή

We had a lot of fun making this one - especially the leading man himself, his whole voice and tone came alive with Noah's voice acting, we're so grateful he was willing to help out. 

We're looking forward to sharing more of Hellion's shenanigans and times with MC in the future 🫢

Thank you so much for taking the time to play ✨

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Thank you so much for playing. ☺️

Hey! I played the gameand I didn't expect it to be that adorable! For some reason, I expected it to be darker, or to have some horror twist, so the fact it was all humour and fluff was VERY refreshing, and was a lot of fun!!

The Hellion was a very charming character: his expressions were adorable and the voice-acting gave him so much personality!! Despite being of a more sceptical nature, I could only but give in to his request, and I found myself happy to have helped a little demon making his dream come true!

The art was also gorgeous, and I particularly ADORED the use of colours, it looked wonderful! The little hints of saturated colours gave everything a hint of pop that really set the mood of the game.

Congrats on making this game, it was really fun and adorable!!

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Thank you so much for the comment! We really appreciate it 🫢

No spooks this time, just a sweet demon looking for his life in the big bold overworld. We wanted to try something a little different, dipping our toe into fluff as it were. Noah is such a fantastic VA and brought Hellion to life so well πŸ™‡

So grateful you took the time to play and give us a comment. We're so excited to check out all of the other entries once the jam is over. Rendez-Doug included πŸ‘€

liddle heli: heya sweetheart

me: aight im yours what kinda wedding you want?

LMAO PLZ mans got me from the very first second gah i hate him sm (lol no jk im gonna smooch him stupid fr) ALSO THE VOICE aahh please tell the voice actor i love them! <333

Thank youuuuu - Heli is absolutely bowled over <3 - you'll have to come to an arrangement on that wedding unless you want to end up in a casino! The voice is the fabulous Noah Belachew - we'll let him know :)

Thank you for playing!

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this was a fun little game! the art and voice acting is fantastic and I loved Hellion's character so much!

Thank you so much for playing it (and so quickly as well! A real 'hot off the press playthrough!) - we really enjoyed watching :)

We're hoping that Hellion might be able to fulfil his promise and give you that 'smoocharoo' (his words not ours) when he gets to the surface. Who knows? Maybe we'll see he again ;)

But thank you again for linking to our game and sharing your play experience, we really appreciate it