History VideoGame / Bonds

The game can be bought on both Itch.to and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} for PC, Mac and Android.

* BuxomIsBetter: In the special event added post-game, the girls are asked to tie and gag themselves and pose in a bikini, Robin states that she doesn't have a bikini for Celine's larger breast size, something that flusters Celine who immediately tells her that she can't talk about her stuff like that.

The story revolves around two college students; [[CuteClumsyGirl Robin]] and [[BrainsAndBondage Alicia]], who after seeing a terrible BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene in a movie, Robin suggest Alicia to tie her up to see if she could tie better knots, their little game eventually becomes both a passion and a business when they create a forum for Bondage enthusiasts where they get paid for photo commissions. Eventually a third girl named [[{{Tomboy}} Celine]] joins them after revealing her interest in bondage.

The game's story is told from Robin's narration and excerpts from her diary and the player is given the choice of being caring towards Alicia or prioritizing their bondage business which can lead to two different endings.

* {{Animesque}}: The art style is inspired by anime.

* BondageIsBad: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. A major fear of Alicia is that people will judge her negatively if her love for bondage goes public, Robin claims that she doesn't care as she's proud of it and making money.

* BittersweetEnding: In the ending where Robin cares more about their business ends [[spoiler:with Robin and Alicia slowly drifting apart after graduating college with Robin regretting not having told Alicia about her feelings for her.]]
** In both endings [[spoiler: Celine "is left behind" as she puts it after graduating as she stays in town while Robin and Alicia move away to get jobs in the city. However, in the Good Ending they keep contact with each other.]]

* {{Fanservice}}: The game was made for softcore bondage enthusiasts so its a given.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The bad BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene that Robin and Alicia see at the beginning of the story is clearly from the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' cartoon with a shot of a bound and gagged April O'Neil with her eyes blocked with a censor bar.
* MinimalistCast: There are only three onscreen characters; Robin, Alicia and Celine.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:In the Good Ending, Robin and Alicia become a couple and are still together after graduating college, eventually moving together to a city.]]

* SelfDeprecatingHumor: Celine believes that their commissioners are a bunch of "pervy losers", does she know that the game was made by and bought by "pervy losers".

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Celine's hair color is dark purple. However, it's stated by Robin that her natural color was blonde meaning she dyed her hair.

* {{Animesque}}: The artstyle is inspired by anime.

** In both endings [[spoiler: Celine "is left behind" as she puts it after graduating as she stays in town while Robin and Alicia move away to get jobs in the city. However, in the Good Ending they keep contact with eachother.]]

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The bad BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene that Robin and Alicia see at the beginning of the story is clearly from the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' cartoon with a shot of a bound and gagged April O'Neil with her eyes blocked with a censor bar.

The game can be bought on Itch.to for PC, Mac and Android.

The story revolves around two college students; [[ClumsyGirl Robin]] and [[BrainsAndBondage Alicia]], who after seeing a terrible BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene in a movie, Robin suggest Alicia to tie her up to see if she could tie better knots, their little game eventually becomes both a passion and a business when they create a forum for Bondage enthusiasts where they get paid for photo commissions. Eventually a third girl named [[{{Tomboy}} Celine]] joins them after revealing her interest in bondage.

* {{Adorkable}}: Robin, even Alicia admits it.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Alicia didn't knew about her sexuality due to her focus of her studies for most of her school life. Eventually she would date a Football jock but would dump him after two month due to not really feeling a thing for him. It wouldn't be until her college years that she would finally discover that she is a closet-lesbian but still gets asked by men for dates.

* MinimalistCast:

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Celine's hair color is dark purple. However, its stated by Robin that her natural color was blond meaning she dyed her hair.

* BondageIsBad: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. A major fear of Alicia is that people will judge her negatively if her love for bondage goes public, Robin couldn't care less as she's proud of it and making money.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The bad BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene that Robin and Alicia see at the beginning of the story is clearly an original ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' episode with a shot of a bound and gagged April O'Neil with her eyes blocked with a censor bar.

* SelfDeprecatingHumor: Celine believes that their commissioners are a bunch of pervy losers, does she know that the game was made by and bought by pervy losers.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Alicia she didn't knew about her sexuality due to her focus of her studies for most of her school life. Eventually she would date a Football jock but would dump him after two month due to not really feeling a thing for him. It wouldn't be until her college years that she would finally discover that she is a closet-lesbian but still gets asked by men for dates.

''Bonds'' is a visual novel-style game developed by the same people that [[TroubledProduction finished the development]] ''VideoGame/DIDNapper''.

''Bonds'' is a visual novel-style game developed by the same people that finished the development ''VideoGame/DIDNapper''.

* SelfDeprecatingHumor: Celine believes that their commissioners are a bunch of pervy losers, does she know that the game was made by and bought by pervy loser.

* CreatorCameo: One of the random commissioners is named ''Kendrianus'' as of Kendrian, one of the major developers of the game.

* SelfDeprecatingHumor: Celine believes that their commissioners are a bunch of pervy losers.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Celine's hair color is dark purple. However, its stated by Robin that her natural color was blond so she dyed her hair.

The story revolves around two college students; [[ClumsyGirl Robin]] and [[BrainsAndBondage Alicia]], who after seeing a terrible BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene in a movie, Robin suggest Alicia to tie her up to see if she could tie better knots, their little game eventually becomes both a passion and a bussiness when they create a forum for Bondage enthusiasts where they get paid for photo commissions. Eventually a third girl named [[{{Tomboy}} Celine]] joins them after revealing her interest in bondage.

The game's story is told from Robin's narration and excerpts from her diary and the player is given the choice of being caring towards Alicia or prioritizing their bondage bussiness which can lead to two different endings.

* BoundAndGagged: The main theme of the game is about two friends discovering their passion for bondage and making a bussiness out of it.

* BittersweetEnding: In the ending where Robin cares more about their bussiness ends [[spoiler:with Robin and Alicia slowly drifting apart after graduating college with Robin regretting not having told Alicia about her feelings for her.]]

When not following the story, the gameplay changes to a minigame named ''Sessions'' where the player has to dress, bound and gag the girls to complete photo commissions in order to unlock the next chapter of the story.

* VirtualPaperDoll: The ''Sessions'' mode that allows the player to dress, bound and gag the girls with a variety of different clothes and bindings to complete photo commissions and earn money.

The game's story is told from Robin's narration and excepts from her diary and the player is given the choice of being caring towards Alicia or prioritizing their bondage bussiness which can lead to two different endings.

* YouGonnaHaveBlueHair: Celine's hair color is dark purple. However, its stated by Robin that her natural color was blond so she dyed her hair.

The story revolves around two college students; [[ClumsyGirl Robin]] and [[BrainsAndBondage Alicia]], who after seeing a terrible BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene in a movie, Robin suggest Alicia to tie her up to see if she could tie better knots, their little game eventually becomes both a passion and a bussiness when they create a forum for Bondage enthusiasts where they get paid for photo commissions.

* BondageIsBad: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] A major fear of Alicia is that people will judge her negatively if her love for bondage goes public, Robin couldn't care less as she's proud of it and making money.

** In both endings [[spoiler: Celine "is left behind" as she puts it after graduating as she stays in town while Robin and Alicia move away to get jobs in the city.]]

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:In the Good Ending, both Robin and Alicia become a couple and are still together after graduating.]]

* VideoGameCaringPotential / VideoGameCrueltyPotential: A major feature of the game is how you treat Alicia during the course of the game, leading to two different endings.

The story revolves around two college students; [[GenkiGirl Robin]] and [[BrainsAndBondage Alicia]], who after seeing a terrible BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene in a movie, Robin suggest Alicia to tie her up to see if she could tie better knots, their little game eventually becomes both a passion and a bussiness when they create a forum for Bondage enthusiasts where they get paid for photo commissions.

The game's story is told from entries of Robin's diary and the player is given the choice of being caring towards Alicia or prioritizing their bondage bussiness which can lead to two different endings.

The game has a light-hearted tone with romance, drama and comedy sprinkled in.

* AuthorAppeal: The game was made by bondage enthusiasts of the DamselInDistress kind.

* GuiltyPleasure: Alicia sees her love for bondage as this.

The story revolves around two college students; Robin and Alicia, who after seeing a terrible BoundAndGagged DamselInDistress scene in a movie, Robin suggest Alicia to tie her up to see if she could do better knots, their little game eventually becomes both a passion and a bussiness when they create a forum for Bondage enthusiasts where they get paid for photo commissions.

The game is told from entries of Robin's diary and the player is given the choice of being caring towards Alicia or prioritizing their bondage bussiness which can lead to two different endings.

* BittersweetEnding: In the ending where Robin cares more about their bussiness ends [[spoiler:with Robin and Alicia slowly drifting apart after graduating college with Robin regretting not having told Alicia about her feeling for her.]]

* AmazonianBeauty: Celine is stated to be very muscular in comparison to both Robin and Alicia since she's a volleyball player and goes regularly to the gym and is stated that Celine gets as much commissions as Robin.

* CovertPervert: Celine was always tied up by her older brothers when she was young and started liking it but eventually her brothers drifted apart as they grew up and she was left with a desire to be tied up once again.