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When a young man heads off to art school after a major upheaval in his life, he has no idea that someone from his past is waiting there to potentially cause further disaster.

This is a visual novel that will have multiple endings, in which choices will play a major part in how the story resolves.

This download includes chapters 1-4 of the game.

If you've already purchased the game, you can request the new download links following the instructions located located here.

If for whatever reason you can't get download links to work through that process, you can email us at alterworldsgames@gmail.com with the email address associated with the PayPal account you used to purchase the game, and we'll send you the links in response.

Support AlterWorlds in the development of this game and future games!



StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Android
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(132 total ratings)
AuthorAlterWorlds
GenreVisual Novel
Tags3D, Adult, Dating Sim, Funny, Male protagonist, Ren'Py, Romance

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In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $9.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Bare Witness Chapter 4 (Bugfix) PC
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Bare Witness Chapter 4 (Bugfix) Mac
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Bare Witness Chapter 4 (Bugfix) Android
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i've been waiting for the game's steam release for about 2 years.

but steam release and my still-in-shipping avon fm53... i wonder which will arrive first...

When is the update?

So where can i find to free chapters to try out?
Why is it always so diff to find?

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Chapters 1-3 are free to play. You can find them at our Patreon: patreon.com/alterworlds. Click the About tab to find the download link.

Thank you for your quik reply.

I wait for the impossible, but it comes. Why the hell is this unseen!

It's coming! We're almost done with the final chapter. Keep an eye out for the announcement in the coming weeks.

Will it be downloaded soon or what?

It has been 60 days since the last notice.?

any news?????

Блин было бы хорошо с мультимодом  очень классно получилось бы

We have translators working in the game now, including Russian. The final release will have a full Russian translation.

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The update has been long overdue I've got bored 

А ещё можно встроенный мультимод сделать и ещё эта игра гарем или как тут спросить

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Hi, can you make sure that in the new version you can spend time with everyone without denying other girls

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Nope. 🙂

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So you have just started the game, just getting to know people, and WHAM! 7 months later and a montage of you sleeping with unknown women? I thought these games were about your character growing, this 7 month gap, with like a different game now, is just confusing and irritating.

I saw the new price and was excited for a moment that Chapter 5 is out 😕

Apologies for the confusion. We wanted to make the price change slightly more incremental than just jumping straight to $12.99 (which will be the final price once the game is complete). But we appreciate the excitement! We're nearly done with the 9th ending of 11, so keep an eye open for announcements regarding our chapter 5 release.

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I want to give this a try before supporting on patreon, but I can't seem to find a mac version? The link on patreon for up to chapter 3 seems only for pc (the google drive link)

Also just tried looking on the discord and found a link to a patreon post with mac download link. But it doesn't work anymore. Patreon post from Nov 2021 Ch3 public release.  The Mega link doesn't work anymore

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Odd. I'll have Slockie update links for both downloads as soon as he can. I'll respond here when he does. Apologies for the delay in response! Slockie has been on vacation and I've been sick, so we haven't been on Itch in a bit.

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Thanks for the response! I look forward to trying it out when the links are updated. I'm sure it'll be good enough to support and get chapter 4, I've just been burned in the past so I'm a little more cautious now

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Hello comment section! I came this way from the game come home. After checking up on the updated content involving my favorite girl there I saw the goth goddess Athena and just had to check out this game And oh boy am I glad I did. The writing is wonderful the girls are lovable and gorgeous. Also always got to appreciate and erotic story that knows how to make you shed a tear. My standard for these erotic stories is that the storytelling is so good you forget your playing an erotic game and almost caught off guard when there's a sex scene. I have to say this definitely meets that criteria. You can't go wrong when you put story first.

Um is there no demo for android the release i find on patreon is pc only ?

Unfortunately, we don't have a demo version of our Android port, and it isn't something we plan on building soon. That might change in the future, but we have other priorities at the moment.

It certainly looks interesting,  Is there a demo avalable?  And would this include updates until completion?

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You can check out chapters 1-3 for free on our Patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/AlterWorlds

Thanks!  I'll give it a look

Great! We hope you enjoy it. And to answer the second part of your question: yes. Purchasing the game now will entitle you to download the complete game upon it's next (and final) update.

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I started checking it out and I like where it's heading.  It's a little more linear than my favorites, but the story is plausible and interesting, and the characters have some depth to them, so I'm going all in-at the sale price!

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I just wanted to say; you do nice work!  I am not through the novel yet, but your characters have a lot of depth, and even your side characters (like people passing on the street, the park, in stores, baristas, chauffeurs, librarians, and clerks) are gorgeous, and should be in some sort of extra content or a new project!  If there was an award for design and story, you'd be at the top!  Some developers don't do a lot of detail on the landscape, but you really took your time with this project!  I'll be looking forward to your other projects.  Good job and good luck!

is this a full game 10-15 chapters either later or already?

There are currently four chapters, with the fifth being the final one. The chapters each increase with size, however, so there is a lot of content to play through, with significant replayability, as there will be 11 potential endings to the game.

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hey i'm half way through the game love it man good job, anyone who see's this comment should know i think this is one of the better vn 

Any plans for Linux support? I tend to play VN type games on a steam deck

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We plan on releasing on Steam, and it should be compatible there, if that's an option for you. Keep an eye open for our announcement regarding that.

Actually when unzupping there what a .sh file right there, was able to add as a non steam game and it worked just fine on Steam Deck.

Ah, glad to hear it! Hope you enjoy.

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Hello! I am tremmi and I would like to have a shout out post on itch and patreon with you :) What do you think about it? 

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I bought it and I'll definitely buy it on steam when it releases

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Animated?

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Yes! Many, many animations.

Any update on being able to pay with a debit card?

Yes! We're now accepting credit and debit cards.

Yes! Thank you

Hi guys, why on MEGA ? It's kind of one another site who wants my CV just for a link. I used to DL from DrPinkCake patreon and mega is an option. Here they try to force me with all their trash app etc honestly.

We're working on hosting the files ourselves. We'll update the download links accordingly once that's ready. We'll have that done well in advance of chapter 5, but if you're waiting to download chapter 4 then keep an eye out for the announcement of that change of host.

I am actually having a slight heart attack in not being a 100% sure wether chapter 5 is coming out or not. If (I fucking hope it is) it comes out, when would that be?

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It's gonna take some time. There are 11 paths to write and render. We considered posting them as we completed them, but a poll of our patrons resulted in an overwhelming majority wanting us to wait until they're all complete before release.

But have no fear: we absolutely are going to finish.

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Thank God, now I can sleep in peace. Thank you for the incredibly quick response!

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Is there going to be an Android release

We don't have an official Android port for chapter 4, but we will have one for chapter 5, so keep an eye open.

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This visual novel is absolutely brilliant. Awesome beautiful renders, extremely well-written characters that each feel unique, choices that actually determine the relationships and events, and music that matches well with the atmosphere of what's happening in any given scene. This visual novel has definitely earned a spot in my top 5.

Hm, with the latest build I'm encountering an error after Heidi wakes you up the thursday you go dancing with her for the first time:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:

  File "game/Chapter2.rpy", line 3571, in script

    mc "Yeah. It's taking every ounce of willpower not to strangle you right now."

  File "game/Chapter2.rpy", line 3571, in script

    mc "Yeah. It's taking every ounce of willpower not to strangle you right now."

NameError: global name 'name' is not defined

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:

  File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 326, in bootstrap

    renpy.main.main()

  File "renpy/main.py", line 617, in main

    run(restart)

  File "renpy/main.py", line 148, in run

    renpy.execution.run_context(True)

  File "renpy/execution.py", line 922, in run_context

    context.run()

  File "game/Chapter2.rpy", line 3571, in script

    mc "Yeah. It's taking every ounce of willpower not to strangle you right now."

  File "game/Chapter2.rpy", line 3571, in script

    mc "Yeah. It's taking every ounce of willpower not to strangle you right now."

  File "renpy/ast.py", line 715, in execute

    renpy.exports.say(who, what, *args, **kwargs)

  File "renpy/exports.py", line 1393, in say

    who(what, *args, **kwargs)

  File "renpy/character.py", line 1205, in __call__

    self.do_display(who, what, cb_args=self.cb_args, dtt=dtt, **display_args)

  File "renpy/character.py", line 871, in do_display

    **display_args)

  File "renpy/character.py", line 621, in display_say

    rv = renpy.ui.interact(mouse='say', type=type, roll_forward=roll_forward)

  File "renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact

    rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)

  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3101, in interact

    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, **kwargs)

  File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3897, in interact_core

    renpy.display.behavior.skipping(ev)

  File "renpy/display/behavior.py", line 272, in skipping

    if map_keyup(ev, "skip") or map_event(ev, "stop_skipping"):

  File "renpy/display/behavior.py", line 242, in map_keyup

    if (name in ev.eventnames) and ev.up:

NameError: global name 'name' is not defined

Windows-10-10.0.19041

Ren'Py 7.4.3.1414

Bare Witness 0.4

Sun Oct 23 16:10:51 2022

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That's a Ren'Py version issue. If you have another Ren'Py game, copy the renpy folder from the game folder and paste it into the game folder for Bare Witness. Overwrite the existing folder and you should be good.

DL link not working

Apologies! We've since corrected that issue with the new links to Chapter 4.

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thank you for the quick responce:)

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link to download the game doesnt work just paid for it. it says you cant download the file because the link was removed for violating terms of service.

Apologies! We've since corrected that issue with the new links to Chapter 4. Let us know if you have any issues downloading!

Deleted 102 days ago

Apologies! We've since corrected that issue with the new links to Chapter 4. Let us know if you have any issues downloading!

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Thank you for creating a game like this! Rejecting all girls exapt Athena to get the best love Story i have so far. It is Perfect!! I also LOVE the Sondtracks. They were choose perfect for every scene. One of my favorit games i played so far. Please hurry up for the next Episode! U did a VERY good Job so far!

I don't have paypal will y'all add the option for debit/credit card?

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We will be adding that option soon.

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Got scared literally 20 seconds into the game. Accidentally hit enter before I typed in my name and got the default name. Then I’m like “woah wait what the fuck HOW DOES IT KNOW MY NAME” but I’m just an idiot with a common name

How do you get Chapter 1 and 2?

They're included with chapter 3. Chapters 4 & 5 will also be included when they release, so if you buy the chapter 3 release you'll get all later updates for free.

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Oh wow .. that EQ screenshot takes me back. Very cool VN so far.  : )

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While I'm used to recognising a park or a coffee shop in one of these games from another one, this is the first time I've burst out laughing on the very first image because I've recognised something.

Daft as it may sound, I recognised the pattern on the seats on the train.  A couple of images later I got definite confirmation when I saw the map of the train lines behind the MCs head. Even if it's blurred, I could name every station marked on the map. I've lived at two of the ones visible, worked at another, and if he'd leant back a bit, there'd be two more I've lived at and two more I've worked at.

For a short while I expected the game to be set in the UK, especially when he spoke to the woman nearby. While I think those trains have now been withdrawn, I still travel to work every day on that map, and I reckon I spent fifteen years or so sitting on those seats  staring at that pattern opposite me.

 I am enjoying the game but I'm afraid the amusement of the train seat pattern remains the most entertaining bit for me so far.

Sorry!

Eh, we'll take the wins where we can get 'em.

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charging money for incomplete games? thats how games go bust.
you don't ask your employees, (beta testers), to pay their own damn wages. oh wait, yr not even paying us wages for our services.
finish yr damn game, then put a price on it.

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Bare Witness was free for well over a year. In that time, there have been nearly 13,000 downloads, of which only about 65 chose to pay anything for the game. While the project is still in development, we felt it was no longer fair to continue to offer it for free as there have been thousands of hours put into the game's development. However, we are offering it at a discount, which we believed was appropriate for an early-access game. If you choose to wait until chapter 5 (the final chapter) is released, you'll be paying a few dollars more. But that is, of course, your call.

As far as beta testing goes, we already have an editor and half a dozen beta testers. Our patrons on Patreon also get access prior to the public, and while sometimes things slip past our testers, they've yet to slip past our patrons. While we appreciate your offer to help with beta testing, we've got it covered.

If you feel that you can't justify paying for a game that isn't yet complete, we understand. Hopefully you'll give Bare Witness a go once it's complete.

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If this game had continued building. It looks like it could be a really good game. but it looks like it is not gone be more since it is so long since any has been done here

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if you check their patreon, you can see its still going but theres been a bunch of setbacks on chapter 4, as of 5 days ago theyve paused pledges cause they dont want to keep chargign people with allt he setbacks that keep happening

just hope it will come more on Itch.io or steam

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They are planning a steam release

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I would add a payment method other than PayPal. Personally hate the company and refuse to use their service. Also not a fan of downloading the game free (hard work deserves compensation) as it feels wrong. Ill find a way to donate.

We're working on that now. We put aside all the financial stuff for a while so we could focus solely on getting chapter 4 done. Now that we're nearing completion of chapter 4, we can actually address the other stuff, including payment providers.

If you like, you can always head over to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/alterworlds) and support us there. Even the $1 options helps! We're glad you enjoy the game enough to want to support it, and we hope you'll like chapter 4.

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