
A Motley Bind
A downloadable game
As court jester, Isa is tasked with helping the princess cheer up before her coronation. A tall order, considering that Her Highness laughs only at her pain.
A linear visual novel (~20k words) made for Toxic Yuri VN Game Jam 2025.
CW: Violence & sexual harassment.
Story and art by: me(!)
Music:
Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke - Musicke & Mirth (Lady Hattons Delight), Phillip Serna, License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Greensleeves to a Ground, Paul Arden-Taylor, Carol Holt, License: Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal
Uppon la mi re, Peter van der Zwaag, License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Uppon la mi re, Michael Schopen, License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Anon - Medieval Dance Tunes, Paul Arden-Taylor, License: Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal
Background images: Pixabay and Unsplash
| Status | Released |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (7 total ratings) |
| Author | howleki |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Tags | Adult, Female Protagonist, Lesbian, LGBT, Medieval, Queer, Story Rich, Yuri |




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Now THIS is the type of slow burn toxic yuri I love to see~ I'll fully admit that I wasn't quite sure what to expect at first, following along unsuspectingly with the day-to-day goings-on of our jester heroine as she struggled to entertain the princess before her big day—only for the finger scene to smash into me like a freight train, heheheheh~ And it only escalated from there...!
The art and visual presentation as well were great! In particular, the small face sprites in the corner really stood out to me, with how they seemed almost to animate with all of their small changes in expression as the character spoke, heheheh~
Excellent work on this VN! God help poor Isa as she starts her new toxic yuri life, heh heh heh.
Thank you! Everything I write turns into slow burn regardless of if I wanted it or not :D So I'm glad you liked it! I went with the small face sprites this time around due to the time constraint, but I ended up pretty happy with them too.
God help her! She ought to help herself as well, but I don't know if she'll get around to that anytime soon...
this was great! really toxic, so many twists and turns, beautiful ui, loved the jester, loved the princess, loved ester, loved that ester and jester rhyme. loved the, um, finger scene. really cool, im going to tell all my friends to read it. congratulations
Thank you so much for the kind words!!! That scene was also my favorite to write so I'm super glad you liked it!
The Princess will be tried by the Jester Rights Committee for jester abuse.
A story of a shitty princess and her poor, poor jester. You get to understand Isa and her coworkers and friends, and the lady of the house who feels hated by everyone.
Great writing, albeit some typos but they don't effect the quality of the writing much if at all.
Thank you so much for the kind words! And yeah I would hope the Committee gets on this asap :( they've got a big backlog.
Great writing! It’s a slow burn and the game really let me get to know the world of the jester deeply. Its believable, with a lot of dark subtlety and reading between the lines. I liked seeing the struggles that all the servants had to put up with in a princess story. It made me feel like I really was behind the scenes in a real castle. Wonderful toxic stuff. Thank you for sharing this.
ps: I think you meant to write “her molars push up” instead of “her morals push up” in one part.
Thank you :,)) I'm glad to hear that you found it interesting. Your comment has made me really happy, waahh...
And thanks for the note about the typo! I def did mean to write molars, there are probably some more left over from the last minute read-through :D