Leas: City of the Sun—Magic sleeps in the city, and it's waking up.

Originally published at: https://www.choiceofgames.com/2025/03/leas-city-of-the-sun-magic-sleeps-in-the-city-and-its-waking-up/

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Enter the desert city of Leas, where humans dwell in safety behind their walls while strange and powerful fae roam the wilds. Play as one of a rare few skilled enough to explore the outside world: an agent of Den Zarel.

Leas: City of the Sun is 40% off until March 13th!

After making a dangerous discovery, you are sent on a mission by your Den that unfolds into an adventure that will unearth more than expected, and more than you alone can handle.

Fortunately, you’ll have help along the way. A lifelong friend hiding a dangerous secret, a mysterious and taciturn rogue, and a brilliant and charming mage unite under your banner to help save your city, and possibly, the world.

Leas: City of the Sun is a 400,000-word interactive novel by Jax Ivy where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based — without graphics or sound effects — and fuelled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination!

  • Play as female, male, or nonbinary — with options to be straight, gay, bisexual, or pansexual.
  • Explore in-depth romances with your companions.
  • Define relationships with family, friends, and mentors.
  • Set your personality through choices.
  • Brave the wilds and face off with fae, friendly and dangerous alike.
  • Tour the city of Leas, from dancing at festivals to infiltrating warehouses.
  • Choose your skillset: focus on combat and stealth, magic, or charisma to complete missions.
  • Solve a magical mystery – and step into the world’s next cycle.

Jax developed this game using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice interactive novels like these. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience. Write your own game and Hosted Games will publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.

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Congrats on the release, @Sailingshells !

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Yay! Been waiting for this one!

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Thank you @JBento! And thanks for your help as a beta tester :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@AnneWest thank you! I hope you have fun playing it! :partying_face:

@Queen_Zelda omg, thanks so much!! This makes me so happy to hear! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Forgot to say, congratulations!

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Oh thank you lol! Don’t worry, I took it as congrats :revolving_hearts:

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Woohoo, congratulations :confetti_ball::confetti_ball: I bought it already and love it :heart:

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Congrats! Take my money and let’s go! :smiley:

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Congrats on the release @Sailingshells
I ones found time to play it’s Wip version and I liked much.

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Congrats on the release! I can’t wait to try it out.

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Wow, this was fantastic. I remember reading pretty deeply into the WIP a year or so ago, but I’d forgotten how well-realized the setting is. The representation of the fae and the Wilds are mesmerizing. I also found the stats fairly easy to manage; I rarely had a situation in which I didn’t know which skill I was using for checks, which I appreciated.

All-in-all, a great story with a captivating setting and enjoyable characters. I’m really looking forward to the sequels.

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Seems pretty interesting

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@thedahoraa Aaayyyy let’s go! Hope it’s a super fun ride!!

@LeannaMandragoran Thank you!! I’m really happy you liked the wip ~

@CC_Hill Thank you!! I hope it lives up to your work :wink:

@Jenna_V Omg thanks so much! The fae/wilds parts are some of my favorite to write. I’m so happy they resonated with you!! And that’s great feedback to have on the stats! The sequel is already in-progress so hopefully it won’t be too long of a wait :smiley:

@Adam_Cay glad to hear it’s piqued your interest!

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Thanks for the answer @Sailingshells
Your game is very good.

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