Red Spider: Vengeance

Red Spider: Vengeance is a Hong Kong noir-style visual novel with six story routes, totaling approximately 105,000 words. The story follows Yvet, an orphan from the Mainland who was taken in by a crime syndicate as a child and trained as an assassin. After killing many people, she breaks away from the group, escapes and marries Francis, leader of the Red Flower Society, an underworld mob operating in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

The investigation

When Francis is shot in a nightclub, a doctor says he is highly unlikely to regain consciousness. Yvet takes over his responsibilities and searches for the person behind the shooting, aided by her bodyguards and a private detective she knows.

Story routes

The game uses multiple choices to tell its story across six routes, each following different characters. A full playthrough takes approximately 7–8 hours, or just over an hour per route.

Hong Kong noir

The story pays homage to classic Hong Kong noir films, including the Infernal Affairs series and films by Johnnie To. Each character was written with a specific Hong Kong movie star in mind as the imagined actor for the role. The in-game Cyclopedia explains the film references in scenes and the actors who inspired the characters.