Dating a werewolf is always a wild ride–even more so when she’s a princess!

But the two of you have been living a surprisingly quiet life in the countryside. Your tranquil life is interrupted, however, when royal guards come knocking, demanding the return of their “kidnapped” princess.

You never kidnapped her, and she doesn’t want to go back. Will you escape the guards, or...?

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Rescue Refused is a micro visual novel made for Only One of Any Asset VN Jam 2025, a jam with strict asset restrictions and a 1000-word limit.

Features:

• Yuri (f/f) story about two characters in an established relationship
• Your girlfriend is a werewolf! She's adorable! (Her enemies might disagree.)
• Cozy fantasy setting with a dark streak
• Font selection (Spectral, Sylexiad Serif, Atkinson Hyperlegible Next)
• Options for sound captions and image captions (can be used with Ren'Py's built-in text-to-speech by pressing V on the keyboard)
• Exactly 1,000 words long
• Kinetic novel with 4 possible endings
• Wait, what?

Credits:

Director, Writing, Programming

Natasha Luna [itch.io] [Bluesky]

Sprite Art

Lavlillac [itch.io]

Background Art

Tonnks The Cat [itch.io] [Carrd]

GUI Art

Otoke Neko [Carrd] [Bluesky]

Additional resources used (click to view)

• Easy Ren'Py GUI by Feniks
• Sound captions from Sound Disabler and Captions Tool for Ren'Py by Feniks and Alaric
• Image captions from Ren'Py All-In-One GUI Template
• Ren'Py Staging Enhancement Pack by Stella
• Speech Pauses for Ren'Py by Kigyo
• Ren'Py Action Editor 3 by kyouryuukunn
• Spectral by Production Type
• Magic vs. Magic by coochi
• Stab_Knife_01.wav by LittleRobotSoundFactory