A Journey Beyond Home
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
A Journey Beyond Home is a male-focused, furry visual novel centered on a young adult tiger, Tyler, haunted by his father's mysterious disappearance in the woods during his cubhood. Growing up in foster care, Tyler yearns for belonging and a connection to his roots.
One day, Tyler reconnects with his foster "sibling", Leo, deciding to leave his familiar surroundings to start anew. The story follows Tyler and Blake in a slow-burn adventure through love, as they navigate life's complexities, confront inner demons, and overcome challenges. Their journey reveals the true meaning of family, friendship, and resilience.
Every decision you make impacts the story, leading to encounters with unique characters and shaping Tyler and Blake's relationship. Together, they discover that family is about bonds forged through shared struggles and unwavering support, creating a new definition of home based on trust, love, and togetherness.
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Mature Content?
Absolutely.
Side-splitting Humor?
You bet!
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Introducing the characters!
Tyler
A tiger who’s a little bit lost in the midst of life. Soft and a little bit introverted but always open to new adventures.
Blake
The protein-powered gym enthusiast, brimming with wit and dairy-fueled charm, gradually integrates into Tyler's inner circle, perhaps even sparking for something.....more.
Leo
The friendly and fatherly, wise old and charming lion. Ask him about what book he read last and maybe you'll become one of his friends too.
Miguel
Head of a loved restaurant, and with a charismatic and magnetic personality. This rhino is always ready to make you feel at home. Let him give you his best food, dad jokes, or ask him for a hug. I'm sure he'll accept.
Isaac
The mischievous and flirty yeen. This hyena is the captain of the swimming team and a good company sometimes. Need advice on romance? Ask him, he has a lot of good ideas, but be careful watching your pants cause you never know what will happen next!
Marcel
Always ready for service, always looking forward to get his job done, and uncover mysteries, Marcel is investigating into a mystery that could change his and his friends' lives, Tyler included, forever.
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Game in Continuous Development
We appreciate your interest in our game! We're committed to ongoing improvements and your feedback is invaluable in helping us enhance the experience.
Please leave your thoughts below. Your opinions and constructive criticism are most welcome. They play a crucial role in the development process and help us make the game better for everyone.
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Development log
- Big Update For AJBH14 days ago
- AJBH 2ND ANNIVERSARY UPDATE!!!28 days ago
- Public build 1.5b is now available!79 days ago
- Public build 1.0a is now available!Mar 12, 2026
- Patreon build 1.0a is now available!Feb 27, 2026
- AJBH is BackJan 18, 2026
- VN Info UpdateDec 20, 2025
- Devlog #4Sep 10, 2025
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I do enjoy reading this, and I like the characters, but I'm going to scream if Blake doesn't stop calling me 'Stripy'
Spanglish heheheh
When update patreon?
I don't know, we don't have a planned schedule for now, so please be patient for the upcoming update release dates and so much more
Hurrayyy new update 💕 💕
How to go to day 2 I finished playing day 1 and The game sent me to main menu I want to read more story ;-; I'm a phone player.
On May 26th, there will be a big update where you all will get to play from day 1 till day 4, except that update will be for Patreon but with a 10% discount and an additional thing that I'm sure everyone will enjoy, stay tuned cause this journey will be spectacular :p
Irá ter em português? E além disso estou a ter um problema de não conseguir ir para o dia seguinte (estou preso no dia 1) sugestão?
Estará disponível em português? Além disso, estou com dificuldades para avançar para o próximo dia (estou preso no dia 1). Alguma sugestão?
I cannot get to day 2, game keeps crashing :(
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Uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/script.rpy" , line 124, in script
renpy.game.JumpException: chapter_1_day_2
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback {most recent call last} :
File "game/script.rpy", line 124, in script renpy.script.LableNotFound: could not find label 'Chapter_1_day_2' . Did you mean: 'chapter_1_day_1' ?
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I hope this helps, I'd like to play day 2! :)
Love the visual novel, I just wanted to say what maybe bothered me in my playthrough is that there's a lack of some kind visuals for the backgrounds that could me replaced with some that are royalty free and maybe some moments where Tyler says something about the fact that Blake is always so energetic in the morning even though they just met 2 days ago also a lot of the text has some words lackong letters and doubled words I can take shots of those for you to correct if needed i just want to see this novel shine like the star it is, but i need to say that i really like the novel so far and i'm just saying this because it bothered me a bit.
Keep up the good work! I'm eager to see the next builds >w<
Estará en español?
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Impressive visuals and smooth gameplay!
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Loved playing this! Very well made.
We're glad to hear that! Stay tuned for more soonz.
No spanish? 😔
we're working on trasnalting the vn in other languages too, so please have some patience :p
Hello
Hi :o
How are you? I have a question, mainly about the choices in the game.
Basically, do the choices we make affect the game’s routes and all the characters in it?*
I'm alrighty!
Yes, some choices you make will affect your relationship with Blake, but not all, some choices just influence what will happen during that one day or the day after, but only on small stuff. But there will be two ways to approach Blake through the choices you make, either lover or being your brother.
Hmm, I see. So it’s going to depend on the choices we make, but how can we know what each choice actually does? I mean, how can we tell if the choices we make will make him sad, or happy, or see us as a brother, or as a lover?
My plan for the future was to make a feature where you can see the characters info in-game and on Blake's info it should appear a heart (for lover) and a like (for brother) and since we are rewriting the story, we are adding the awareness of the choiches you make. The mechanism of character info will be added later in the future though.
Damn, the evolution of this project is incredible! There have been so many changes — the further we go into the story, the more interesting it gets. Honestly man, I’m speechless, it’s just amazing. Plus, I was there at the very beginning of the project, and it has grown so much. OwO
And also, how are you?
I appreciate that so much! It really means a lot that you’ve been here since day one and got to see it grow step by step. I’m glad the story keeps pulling you in — it motivates me and my team to push it even further. :D
I’ve been doing good, just keeping busy with this project, we're working on a lot of new things. How about you? :p
Sorry for the delay ;o but yes, I’m doing well, and you’re welcome. I can’t wait to see what you’re preparing 👀
Woohoo good job Derry xD btw its me Laz 🙋
Thanks and heyo
Hey no worries hope you feel better soon hope to see more but if it doesn't happen I understand
Hey. Idk if its just me but I couldn't continue after this scene. I tried pressing "rollback" & "ignore" a lot of times but it still shows error. Can anyone help?
We fixed it, and you can continue :3
Woohoo it’s finally here! *sucks big dog*
No horny here >:(
Just wondering whatever happened to the Android version
We are working for it and hopefully it'll be out today or the upcoming days. Sorry for the long wait, and thanks for understanding.
Will there be a Leo route?
Unfortunately no. Leo will play the role as our step dad and that'd be a bit weird, but stay tuned cause there will be new routes in the future. 😀
ok!! :)
What a shame, but I understand for Patreon's sake though you ought to do SubscribeStar for that if you want to cause they allow incent
That's too bad, Leo would've normally been my first choice in this style of game. It's not like you're actually related to him, but I guess I can understand it being "weird" for some people.
Holyyy molyyy I just saw Isaac he's gorg 😭!!
Yeah! He is :3
Android woo woo woo...
The android version will be delayed a little more, I apologize for the inconvenience. :[
I'll just wait, woo woo woo
*sad violin playing* we're trying our best to get the android version faster for y'all
Yeah need android
just started this and was wondering why the character cards look different from the models [also loven this so far]
That's the model we could work with. Thanks for loving it so far, stay tuned for 2 updates in one soon. :p
IS LEO A PLAYABLE ROUTE OR IS BLAKE THE ONLY ROUTE?? I NEEEEED TO KNOW
Leo is so hot man
Well, only Blake is the only route but Leo doesn't have a route because he'll be more like a father figure, but stay tuned for the future. :o
I think that's the Wolfes bf or something like that has died and that is how he is in our friendly neighborhood lion came to the rscue and I think the boyfriend was the tiger
:3
For the moment the new update remains excellent I know that you still have at the beginning of your novel just one thing he should talk about the characters how to say as you can see in this sreenshot he literally speaks to himself in the void I don't know don't turn him around he has to talk with the other because otherwise it's weird don't worry it's just an example and advice x)
give him time, he will improve ;o
In the end there is a typo and there's a glitch that change the name from what ever I choose to Tylor
Other than that I love it❤
We've noticed and we will fix it in the next update, and thank you that you love it, I'm sure you'll be much invested in reading what is next because there will be a lot of new things upcoming ^^
Good
Legend has it that only a few have been able to see the tylor jumpscare...
It was so scary, hopefully I get through this trauma D;
lol
lol
The only thing I can say about the places where there were black backgrounds and frankly I find the car beautiful x)
Thank you! I also love that car, it’s my favorite, so I couldn’t resist including it, haha :p
Hey devs! Will this game eventually be available for MacOS?
Yes, we will also add the phone and MacOs versions in the future, that way, you all can enjoy amazing content from me :3
Wow! You are so generous :)
Hi, I had a quick question: will there be other language versions of the game like
(Russia, French, Italian, Spanish,)?
Hello there, yes, the languages I intend to add are Spanish and Chinese :o
Very good then I leave my rating at 5 I can't wait to see what you prepare :D
Hehe, I have a feeling you'd like what I have made for day 2 :D
Excuse me, Can we translate this game into Chinese?
We have interesting in this game, hope can get authorized to do it.
Of course, we can talk more on my discord @dhderry
For a start of this VN it's incredible,😁👍 the characters and the scenario👌 frankly the only rating I can give is a 5 stars
(be careful, I will change it in the future but in any case congratulations)
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! I look forward to seeing how your views may change as the story progresses. Hopefully, you'll like everything I've got planned >:3
Oh then I will post a comment at least when there are chapters 2 and 3 or even four, that way it will give me time to see the plans you have in mind :))
Yo will there be Android ver in th future?
Of course, I plan to make one because I know many people are mobile users, hope you will enjoy our project once we add that version :)
Yep I am glad to say yes of course
before starting I shared this VN with my friends I hope they will rate it and leave a comment
so to begin with I think it looks really incredible nice the animations of the characters, the environment the apartment incredible I like the style of the characters (weird I've already seen this style somewhere or maybe it's me who imagines it), the story the scenario OK frankly even if the beginning is promising
Question
let's start right away, this VN is (SFW or NSFW or both), so can you explain the objective to me a little?, like the MC and the wolf because I didn't understand towards the end of the story finally I understood that the panther was dead (I hope I don't spoil anything because I didn't understand anything)
Bug
I didn't find it, so we can continue
Noté
it's a very good VN ultimately especially for a start I hesitate to give a 3 star rating I tell myself that it would be a little too mean on my part so I think there was a 5 star neither more nor less maybe I will change my mind until later for the moment I hope there will be a sequel and frankly congratulations incredible
We're committed to improving our game, but it will require time and patience.
As for the two main characters, Tyler's journey revolves around finding his father. Along the way, he faces many challenges but also discovers that family isn't always defined by blood. Sometimes, the connections we make with others can be just as strong. To learn more about his journey, you'll have to experience it yourself.
Blake's path is more complex. He's learning to heal from his past, with Tyler by his side, helping him find a happier and more fulfilling future.
Keep in mind, that this is just the beginning, so the story is still in its early stages, but it's shaping up to be a wonderful journey. Otherwise thanks for your kind words!. ^^
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! (Sry, thank you very much for the VN)
You're welcome and I hope you enjoyed it ^^
It was really good I enjoyed a lot. Also was that Blake's ex boyfriend or something cause that what it was giving fr. 👀👀
I'm so excited
I need this now!!!
Hahah, in a few weeks the vn will be out 👀
I am so excited bro
We all doooo