I Was a Teenage Vampire Rebuild
Game Information
Developer
FatalMasterpieceVersion
v0.8.1b
Engine
Ren'Py
Release Date
Mar 6, 2026
Last Update
Mar 7, 2026
Censorship
Uncensored
Overview
I Was a Teenage Vampire Rebuild is a story-driven visual novel for players who like 80s horror nostalgia mixed with teen comedy and romance. It plays things with a wink, balancing dread with lighthearted humor.
Story
In the summer of 1989, a small town called Silver Lake seems like the perfect backdrop for a last carefree stretch before adulthood. But people are vanishing, strange shadows move at the edges of town, and when a close friend disappears, the protagonist is pulled into a mystery involving something ancient and dangerous lurking beneath the surface of everyday life.
Gameplay
Players guide their character through the final days of the school year, balancing everyday goals like work and money with growing entanglements involving friends, romantic interests, and the town's darker secrets. Choices affect how other characters respond over time, and the story branches based on how relationships are handled and how the mystery is pursued. Light puzzle-solving and exploration break up the dialogue-driven scenes as the supernatural plot deepens.
Features
- Retro 80s setting with a horror-comedy tone drawn from teen slasher flicks
- Branching narrative where characters remember past choices
- Multiple romantic paths interwoven with the central mystery
- Animated scenes built for the visual novel format
Installation
1. Extract and run.
Changelog
v0.8.1
- Hundreds of grammatical fixes. (Sheesh who writes this stuff!?)
- Dialogue fixes to make the story more better.
- URM compatibility restored.
- Some minor graphics fixes.
- Restored an animation with Felicity that had been cut for time.
- Video sound no longer comes through on the music channel and is set to the SFX channel.
- Slightly reduced the default size of the font and fixed many word wrap issues.
- v0.7.5/6
- Added 4 new scenes including Cheddar's Pizza, Bellecorp, and after going home a scene with Lorie and a new ending scene for day 4.
- New music added
- Bug and dialogue error fixes
- Optimized some animations
v0.7.2
- Fixed a number of dialogue typos.
- Retouched select image frames to improve visual consistency.
- Resolved bugs affecting UI elements like the map area and menus.
- Updated dialogue fonts for better readability: main dialogue and inner monologue now have distinct, clearer styles.
- Rebuilt the Jodie diner bathroom scene (Day 3) as a test of a new format. The scene is now fully narrative driven, removing the previous multiple choice menu. This may become the standard for other intimate scenes in the game.
- Added opacity slider for the text box UI (thanks to Moonbox).
- New dialogue font options: choose between comic or pixel styles under settings.
- Added a new Chrissy school investigation scene (Day 3).
- Included an experimental Macintosh build. Note: this version is untested and not officially supported yet.
