Tangled Strings

Welcome to Crimson Thread Studios

Where every choice leaves a mark.

We're an independent adult visual novel studio building Tangled Strings — a story-driven game unlike anything you've played before.

Two protagonists. One city. Five years apart.

Meet Zan — an 21-year-old immigrant navigating university life in a new country. Brilliant, ambitious, and learning that survival sometimes demands compromise.

Meet Sam — a 21-year-old local student whose comfortable life is about to be quietly dismantled by the people closest to him.

Their stories run in parallel. You experience both. They never meet — until everything that happened in those five years suddenly matters.

What makes Tangled Strings different:

🎭 Dual perspective storytelling — switch between Zan and Sam chapter by chapter. You know things neither of them does.

❤️ Real relationship drama — love, betrayal, longing, compromise. Nothing is black and white.

🔀 Your choices ripple — decisions you make in Year 1 change what Year 5 looks like.

🔓 Side stories — unlock the full perspective of supporting characters. Everyone has a version of events.

🎬 Multiple endings — where you end up depends entirely on who you chose to be.

We're building this in the open.

Every update, every character reveal, every milestone — you'll see it here first. Your support directly funds development, more content, better art, and faster releases.

Join us at the beginning. Be part of where this goes.

Crimson Thread Studios — pulling at something real.

All characters, stories, and artwork featured on this page are entirely fictional. No real people are depicted.

All characters are 18 years of age or older. Character designs and images are created using AI tools and digital art.

This is a work of fiction intended for adult audiences (18+).