---
title: "Caught by a Lure"
description: "-Do you love me or the idea of loving me-  This is a story of a young researcher who, despite working at a laboratory for the study of oceanic cryptids, has nev"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/81/29881.jpg"
---

# Caught by a Lure

![Caught by a Lure](https://t.vndb.org/cv/81/29881.jpg)

**Developer:** MakioKuta

**Release date:** Jul 3, 2016

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 6.0/10 (7 votes)

## Description
-Do you love me or the idea of loving me-

This is a story of a young researcher who, despite working at a laboratory for the study of oceanic cryptids, has never seen anything of the sort. When they help bring in a mermaid, the beauty and mystery of the creature instantly captivates them. The two struggle with their feelings and soon a big choice has to be made.

[From [itch.io](https://makiokuta.itch.io/caught-by-a-lure)]

Created for [iluJam 2](https://itch.io/jam/ilujam2).

## Characters
### Researcher
- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Parted to Side
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Glasses, T-shirt, Belt, Lab Coat
- **Eyes:** Grey, Sanpaku Eyes
- **Body:** Scar
- **Role:** Employee, Coworker, Nameable, Pet Owner, Researcher
- **Subject of:** Teasing, Disappointment
- **Personality:** Serious, Non-Binary

### Mermaid
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blue, Waist Length+, Wavy
- **Eyes:** Blue, Sanpaku Eyes
- **Body:** Dark, Fang, Androgynous, Claw, Scales, Fish Fins
- **Clothes:** Half-naked, Transparent
- **Role:** Princess, Nameable, Merperson
- **Engages in:** Teasing, Escape From Confinement
- **Subject of:** Confinement
- **Personality:** Mysterious, Dishonest

### Aleida
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Waist Length+, Wavy, Ringlet, Parted to Side
- **Body:** Overweight, Dark, Body Piercing
- **Role:** Employee, Hacker, Coworker, Researcher
- **Clothes:** Lab Coat, Pendant Necklace, Pendant Earrings
- **Personality:** Kind

### Iwasaki
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Professor Iwasaki
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Straight, Stubble
- **Eyes:** Black, Hidden
- **Body:** Young-adult, Wrinkles
- **Role:** Employer, Researcher
- **Clothes:** Lab Coat, Turtleneck Sweater, Name Tag, Coke-bottle Glasses
- **Personality:** Eccentric

## Shops
- [Itch](https://makiokuta.itch.io/caught-by-a-lure)

## Releases
### English
- **2016-07-03**: Caught by a Lure - [Itch.io](https://makiokuta.itch.io/caught-by-a-lure)

## Tags
ADV, Multiple Endings, Nameable Protagonist, Only a Single Heroine, Cats, Dark Skinned Heroine, Protagonist with a Face, Scientist Protagonist, Mermaid Heroine, Unrequited Love, Only Bad Endings, Nameable Heroine(s), Colored Texts, Colored Name-tags, Protagonist with a Sprite, Game Jam, Non-Binary Characters, No Gallery, Non-Binary Protagonist, Forbidden Love

## More Games from MakioKuta
- [11.02 The Shoreline](https://pinovel.net/v43574)
- [Caught by a Lure](https://pinovel.net/v19666)
- [Dia:Dol - Diamond Idol](https://pinovel.net/v38716)
- [All That Ales Yew](https://pinovel.net/v38715)

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*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v19666](https://pinovel.net/v19666).*

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