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Completed v2.0.0

Christmas Eve

4.6

(28 votes)

Game Information

Developer

Jonesy

Version

v2.0.0

Engine

Ren'Py

Release Date

Apr 26, 2025

Last Update

Nov 20, 2025

Censorship

Uncensored

Overview

Christmas Eve is a linear visual novel for players who want a quiet, character-focused holiday romance story. The tone stays intimate and reflective rather than comedic.

Story

A single father and his stepdaughter set out on a road trip before Christmas, but a snowstorm forces them to stop and shelter in a cabin for several days. Away from their normal routine, their relationship starts to shift, and the father is pushed to confront feelings about his stepdaughter and the grief he still carries over his late wife.

Gameplay

The game plays as a kinetic novel told through 3D-rendered scenes, moving forward through dialogue and narration without branching choices. Progress comes from reading through the father and stepdaughter's days in the cabin as their bond changes, with the snowstorm setting keeping the story confined to a small, personal cast.

Features

3D-rendered visuals built around a single continuous holiday storyline
Close, dialogue-driven pacing centered on two characters snowed in together
A story that pairs romantic tension with a father's unresolved grief

Installation

1. Extract and run.

Changelog

v2.0.0

Today I'm releasing Christmas Eve 2.0. I've been slowly plugging away at this over the past few months in my free time. While I didn't change much of the essence of the story or the game itself, I did do a lot of work to fine tune things a bit. While the changes aren't mind-blowing, I think they significantly improve the overall game quality. In short, you won't be missing much story-wise if you decide not to download and play it again.
The first and most obvious change is to the images. They are now de-noised (for the most part). This may be more obvious to those of you on a desktop or laptop, but I think the change is striking. I also converted the entire image library to .webp so it takes up a lot less space.
The next change is to the script. I did make a LOT of corrections. I fixed a bunch of grammatical errors as well as all of the switches in perspective from 3rd person to 1st and back again. I also made some changes to the story. I added a few continuity corrections between CE and NYD. I also threw in a few subtle hints and foreshadowing elements to help tie the two stories together even more. I also made some stylistic changes to some parts just to make the wording flow a little more smoothly.
Finally, I reworked the UI a bit and added a gallery. The gallery images unlock as you play through the game. Oh, and by the way, before you ask:
OLD SAVES WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS VERSION!!!
...and neither will the mods for v1.0, or at least I don't think so.
Overall, I think this is a much more polished version and it will be the canon that I base my further development from. However, you will still be able to get v1.0 on my Patreon and Subscribestar pages. I know a bunch of you have modded that version and enjoy it that way.

Things I did not do:

Change relationship statuses (as they are integral to the story)
Redo the “animations” into "real" animations (although I did smooth out what was there a little)
Anyway, I hope you enjoy what I've done. I continue to be surprised by how much people like this story. I mean, I like this story, but I'm more than a little biased.
Let me know what you think in the comments. If I made any mistakes or something isn't working correctly, let me know.
Thanks!
Love y'all
~ Jonesy

v1.0.0