TCM Intro Chapter - Mori

TCM Intro Chapter - Mori is Studio Peaches' 2021 proof-of-concept for what would become the full Tri City Monsters project. It's a character-focused visual novel introducing Mori, a chaotic punk rocker with a major secret: he's a shapeshifting bakeneko, a Japanese cat-beast monster, and he's looking for someone who can handle that particular revelation.

The roughly 45-minute experience lets you customize your character's name and pronouns before diving into Mori's orbit. The core mechanic revolves around intimate scenes that adapt to your stated body preferences, with three distinct endings branching from your choices. Cloud's writing leans into the irreverent energy of the premise—expect profanity, alcohol use, and the kind of blood-and-violence undertones you'd find in edgy urban fantasy. Atlas's character art is the standout technical element here, rendering Mori and his monstrous form with genuine appeal rather than caricature.

It's worth noting this is explicitly labeled as beta material, a time capsule from the game's early development. Story beats may not align perfectly with the expanded Tri City Monsters available separately on Itch and Steam. If you're playing in-browser rather than on PC, Linux, or Mac, expect graphical hiccups—Ren'Py's engine doesn't translate seamlessly to HTML5. The inclusion of stream-safe audio suggests this was designed with accessibility for content creators in mind, a thoughtful touch that doesn't diminish the adult content warnings (graphic depictions of sex, mild body horror) that follow.