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Content notice: This game contains mature themes, including strong language, criminal activity, period-specific bigotry and homophobic slurs, use of alcohol, and depictions of violence. Use of slurs can be censored via the settings menu. Future episodes of the game will include scenes with non-explicit sexual content. These may explore adult relationships, emotional manipulation, and morally ambiguous situations. All such content will be clearly signposted with content warnings and an option will be provided to censor sexual content via the settings menu.
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Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes story with a romantic heart, featuring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. Set in 1920s New York, this episodic visual novel follows an audacious conman juggling friends, enemies, and the most outrageous scam he’s ever tried to pull.
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Explore the high-stakes world of 1920s New York through the eyes of an audacious conman in The Left Eye, an episodic visual novel from Haunted Trumpet. Dive into a honey-trapping story filled with backstabbing and romance.
About this game
...and Emile de la Roche is many things to many people. A French aristocrat, leaving a slew of proposals unanswered in Calais. A visiting bon vivant, sampling the finest of the Big Apple. The 'Queen of France', a performer and fleeting star of the pansy scene.
The truth? Emile de la Roche is an illiterate con artist.
He might not even be French.
And then Emile meets Alex Warren, a mobster's closeted son exiled from Seattle when family affairs got messy. Rich, naïve and out of his depth in New York's underworld, it should be easy to rip him off and hop the next train.
And that's precisely what Emile and Jackie, his best friend and fixer, intend to do.
But you know how these stories go, right?
Our heroes are con artists, thieves, and murderers. They’re Great War deserters and draft dodgers, carrying night terrors and trauma, and they're lying to survive every day.
In an era where prohibition forced the best of high society down into the same underground drinking holes as the lowest of the low, they may rub shoulders with old money or mobsters... but they're always faking it.
An LGBTQ crime-capering romance set in the roaring twenties
Script by award-winning stage & TV writer Conway McDermott
Developed by an indie team of approximately three queers in a trenchcoat
Hand-drawn CGs and sprites
Passwords, secrets, and Easter eggs, oh my!
Optional film grain filter for that old-timey feel
Original arrangements of jazz standards
Episodes one, two & three available now
Serialized over six planned episodes, with future episodes to be added in updates during Early Access
Don't worry about making bad decisions, just enjoy the consequences. But who knows what might come back to haunt you?
Be gay
Do crime
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 (4th Gen or newer)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics (Intel HD 4000 or equivalent; supports DX10/OpenGL 4.1)
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
August Update
It's been a busy summer for Haunted Trumpet! The Left Eye was part of the Power of Pride bundle on itch.io and the Nonbinary Coded Games event here on Steam, so we want to say a big thank you to everyone who bought or wishlisted the game!We're finalising the script for episode 4 now, which is going to be a big one, with lots more branching based on what Emile's been getting up to in the prior three episodes... who knew the outcome of the episode three poker game would be so important? And there'll be lots more bad decisions to be made throughout the episode, as per usual. We're aiming to release it later this year, but watch this space, as we'll give a firmer date as soon as we're able to!If you'd like to get a bit more behind-the-scenes info, our lead writer Conway has been sharing some insights on our Tumblr. We've also got new sprites, new backgrounds and a whole bunch of new CGs in progress, and we'll be sharing WIPs on our socials over the coming weeks :)🎺 👻 Haunted TrumpetRead full article on Community Announcements (Sticky Edward)Patch NotesOfficial
May Update: Polishing, Fixing and Progress
Patch Notes & UpdatesWe've just released a small update for The Left Eye that squashes a few bugs and typos, as well as adds a few more polished versions of CGs, one of which you can see here:Here's the full changelog:👁️ Replaced 7 CGs in episode 1 with new/refreshed versions👁️ Typo fixes👁️ Added more camerawork & movement to episode 1👁️ The art deco flourishes in the text printer now change per-episode👁️ In-game menus can now be dismissed with the esc keyEpisode 4 is on the way! We've finished the introduction completely, and we're making good progress on the art, sprites and writing. More news soon!By the way, did you know The Left Eye has a password system for unlocking easter eggs? There's a guide here on how to unlock different color modes, change who wins thhe poker game in episode 3, and more! 🎺 👻 Haunted TrumpetRead full article on Community Announcements (Sticky Edward)AnnouncementsOfficial
Episode 3 Is Out Now!
It's time to return to New York for a fresh new episode of The Left Eye!Emile is forced to juggle diamond magnates, temper tantrums, high-stakes poker games, and the consequences of his own actions, as he struggles to keep his eye on the con through it all.Episode 3 features: ⭐️ 19000 new words (and a total of ~45000 words so far!) ⭐️ A heap of new CGs ⭐️ Achievements! And a special one for failing spectacularly at something 👀 ⭐️ Incredible new music by Kymberley Cochrane ⭐️ High-stakes poker (emotionally, not financially) ⭐️ A gun introduced in the first act that may go off in the second ⭐️ Sybaritic socialites slumming it in speakeasies ⭐️ 25% off in the Steam Spring Sale! There's also been some UI upgrades: the codex and backlog have been overhauled, and we've been adding some 1920s deco flourishes to our title cards and text printers. Our new film grain effect can be toggled in the settings menu, and we've even hidden a few easter eggs for the eagle-eyed among you!We really hope you enjoy episode 3. Work on episode 4 has already started, and we have plans for more side stories, improvements and easter eggs, so keep an eye out for more news :)🎺 👻 Haunted TrumpetRead full article on Community Announcements (Sticky Edward)AnnouncementsOfficial
Episode 3 Release Date and Teaser!
After lots of hard work we're ready to announce the release date for The Left Eye Episode 3: Pas de Chance! You can watch the teaser trailer down below, and it'll be available on the 19th of March (along with a Spring Sale discount!)Music by the incredible Kymberley Cochrane and video editing by San Organes ❤️🎺 👻 Haunted TrumpetRead full article on Community Announcements (Sticky Edward)Patch NotesOfficial
New Year Update
New year, new update for you!We've added in a side story mode so that we can share short stories set in the Left Eye world with you in between full episodes.Our first side story is Harmless Types, an optional prologue that we originally released as a Twine game in February last year. It's been spruced up a bit and rewritten to work in our new engine, and we hope that you enjoy it!You can find side stories by clicking 'extras' on the title screen, then 'side stories'.Slightly belated New Year artOur CG artist sanorganes has drawn us this picture of Jackie, Alex & Emile regretting their decisions after a lively New Year's Eve:🎺 👻 Haunted TrumpetRead full article on Community Announcements (Sticky Edward)
