There were two sisters sat in a bower;

Binnorie, O Binnorie

There came a knight to be their wooer.

By the bonny mill-dams of Binnorie   

He courted the eldest with glove and ring,

Binnorie, O Binnorie

But he loved the youngest above all things.

The eldest she was vexed sore,

Binnorie, O Binnorie…

But if it were sung again, would this tale of the psyche and betrayed love end the same?

Content Warning

Death, morally gray characters, violence.


  • 1 route.
  • The number of endings is only 1 or maybe 4 because that's how the story goes.
  • 5k+ words in one playthrough, and about 15K+ total.
  • A bewitching knight to keep to yourself love.
  • A sweet sister to get rid of cherish.
  • Original art.
  • Original soundtrack.






Name

Role(s)

Links

zho

Co-creative lead, art lead, sprite artist, CG artist

https://zhoartu.carrd.co/ and https://zhooo.itch.io/

Flat

BG artist

https://ko-fi.com/flatbrushhttps://x.com/flatbrushed, and https://bsky.app/profile/justflat.bsky.social

https://justflat.itch.io/

S0m1ra

GUI artist

https://itch.io/profile/s0m1ra

Wyrm

Logo artist

https://heliowyrm.itch.io/

Endysis

Page Designer

https://endysis.itch.io/

A. Villarroel/The Sloth

Co-creative lead, writer, project manager

https://a-villarroel.itch.io/ and https://avillarroelakathesloth.carrd.co/

Cups

Editor

https://anawfullotofcups.carrd.co/

Luunircia Procella

Proofreader

https://bsky.app/profile/luunalii.bsky.social

Small_Quinn

Composer

https://smallquinn.carrd.co/

halnye

Programmer

https://halnye.carrd.co/ and https://halnye.itch.io/

Breezy

Programmer

https://breezy-the-cat.carrd.co/

Jaylin Dunn

QA tester

Periwellie

QA tester

https://itch.io/profile/periwellie

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There'll be a couple updates with new features after this jams' version of the game so if you'd like to catch updates you can follow on Bluesky, Tumblr, or on Itch.io.

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Updated 12 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorsA. Villarroel, Zho
GenreVisual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Made withRen'Py
TagsDark Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Female Protagonist, Horror, Mystery, Otome, Psychological Horror, Romance
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilitySubtitles, High-contrast, One button

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Binnorie-v1.0-release-pc.zip 135 MB
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Comments

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This was so beautiful. It's a retelling of a classical story, right? I felt like Sir William being this entity guiding the story to its gruesome ending was so interesting. Purposefully misleading Helen, while still harboring some affection for her. The art is absolutely ethereal too. Really made it feel like reading a fairy tale book.

Big props to everyone involved. 

(-1)

Where's the save and load buttons? oO

I really liked the first play-trough.
Beautiful story. Wonderful end. ^_^

The artwork is ethereal.

I do wish I understood what the knights motivation is tho.
What's going on in his pretty head?
Why does he do what he does?

This is one of those cunning games that changes with each play-trough.
Although I AM happy to see it has a reset game button.
Some adventures like this lacks them, and it's so annoying to not be able to reset the game, especially if it's a good game and you reach the end.

It feels like there's far too few choices tho.

Very good use of the Unreliable Narrator style.

I like William more and more. ^_^

The ending of the second walktrough sucked.
I wish I got a choice over her -actions-, and not just whether she asked questions or not. *sigh*

Is there only variants over two endings?

Or is there something I'm not seeing.

I can't figure out how the choices in any way connects to the endings.
Asking questions shouldn't change what happens, actions should.

And I still don't understand who ,-what-  the knight is or why he does what he does.

Non the less this is a very good game.

(+2)

This was so amazing! The art was delicious (if you know what I mean)

Sacre bleu

(+2)

The vibes here were excellent, really built up the ominous tone really well! I loved the character & background art, it was beautiful. But also, the UI design was lovely, especially how it changed during the story. In particular I loved the little curtains opening and closing!

(+2)

I loved the artstyle and dark tone

(+2)

Gorgeous