In a world where every myth is history, every folklore a reality, and urban legends are nightly occurrences, you are the linchpin. Gods squabble like petty mortals, immortals stalk the night, and monsters skulk in hidden corners—each a threat unto itself.
For millennia, the Arcane Conclave has stood as humanity’s bulwark against the dark, an organization steeped in mystery and power. Their ranks are filled with blademasters who can level forests, arcane gunslingers whose bullets snuff out monstrosities, pyromancers who command flames, aeromancers who harness the wind, and spectromancers who commune with spirits.
But you? You’re something else entirely. You bend time to your will, turning seconds into eternities and moments into epochs. In a labyrinth of secrets, where the fate of gods and mortals teeters on a precipice, your power could tip the scales. Your existence poses a paradox that even the oldest deities find unnerving; your abilities hold the key to unravelling a grand conspiracy that threatens to plunge the world into a twilight unlike any other.
But beware: not all monsters are evil incarnate, and not every defender dons the mantle of a hero. In the labyrinthine corridors of power and ancient prophecies, you find yourself at the very heart of a web spun from treachery and deceit. Allies become enemies; myths become menaces. With every tick of the clock, you’re drawing closer to an unimaginable cataclysm—one that not even the timeless Arcane Conclave has foreseen. The shadows lengthen and darken as you navigate through enigmatic puzzles, each more confounding than the last. The very elements—fire, wind, water and even spirit—are no longer reliable companions, manipulated by unseen hands for nefarious ends.
As you traverse different epochs—from ancient Sumer to Camelot—you realize your actions have cosmic consequences, affecting not just one era but the very fabric of time. Your moral compass spins as ethical lines blur; every decision could either save reality or doom it.
Brace yourself. The conspiracy unfolds, the gears of destiny grind ever closer, and the twilight of all existence hovers on the horizon. In this high-stakes game where gods gamble and mortals are pawns, your moves could herald a new dawn—or cast the world into everlasting night. Time’s ticking, and it waits for no one—but for you, it might just bend.
this is your 3rd wip now? crazy! idk how you got the time writing 3 wip which is quite the feat. anyway the wip demo looks solid so far. good luck! hope you will succeed in completing this and reminiscence
Oh wait Its you!! You are back!!!. And damn, you certainly have put effort for this one. My hope is that this one doesnt suffer the same as your previous two. I was so excited for them and was sad after you stopped work on them, but now you are back!. Excited to read this one. Already notice you have planned a lot more for this than the others
The mc is too casual with people they just met and don’t know anything about you’d think they were friends for years lol the game is still good though unique plot and great lore
Also, I noticed some things while playing the demo.
Summary
First, when I was first introduced to Callum in Arcane Coven, he asked “Is it him?” even though I played as a female. Second, I tried the cheats but they didn’t work until I tried again in chapter 2. Third, there was an error when I wanted to choose pistols after fighting with blades in the forest.
@Den Thanks. Still working on Reminiscence, but I don’t want it to be my first work. Lest I screw it up. You know, since first works are usually for experience. It is kind of my pet project.
@Big_fan1231 Thanks! I’m still working on RMOE. As for KoE, what can I say, it’s not something I don’t ever plan to work on. At best, I’ll probably reuse the characters some day. Perhaps, I’ll make a post about the complete reason one day. But I am glad and thankful you liked it.
@Xoromin Don’t worry, you’ll be able to do some neat things with your power. I am considering posting the list of abilities, but then it might be fun to discover them yourself.
@Mei_Hiroshi Yes, there will be character customization. I had forgotten to add the option to choose the detailed customization route. Thanks for the reports. Most should be fixed. As for the cheat thing, I’m still trying to figure out what went wrong.
Yo I’ve yet to see such descriptive summary of a WIP and RO’s too. It’s really awesome. Usually people hate info dumps but I’m the kind that really likes info dump
This is gonna sound really, really greedy but I wanna romance Athena. Like, a lot. The one Greek God who is impossible to romance, I wanna romance! But seriously, this looks interesting.
Can I suggest not to describe the surroundings so much. While I understand that some readers are into it. I just can’t read a whole page about how a floor is so rustic.
Thanks! I appreciate it, but I might have gone a little overboard with it.
Athena is one of my favorite Greek Gods too. She has a meaty role in the story, but regarding her romance, the problem is her vow of eternal maidenhood. And I am not confident about writing an asexual romance. For now, I am trying to see if I can make it something intellectual, along the lines of her relationship with someone like Odysseus or Diomedes perhaps.
Lmao! This made me laugh out loud. I’ll keep your advice in mind.
I’m going to check this out! On first blush though… I believe this was just released? Dropping a 100k demo is insanely impressive! I hope you are proud of that, if nothing else, I’m curious what the future will hold!
As a Queer Reader…
On another note, it would be nice if there would be some interesting gay mythological characters since you have quite a few straight and bisexual ones. I just think it kinda hurts to have hard locked straight characters but then there isn’t any gay locked characters .
Also, as a nonbinary reader, I feel a little uncomfortable with being forced to pick between binary options and not having the choice to be trans. I do understand though that the demo is just released and nothing is finalized, considering our character is from the modern era it would be nice to have a bit more option in terms of variation in our presentation. [If the Chronomancer was, for example, from 1840s England or something, I could kind of see them being locked into a binary, but since they are from a modern[ish] setting it doesn’t really make sense to me.]
I know it can be kind of annoying to deal with the variables, but it can be a real downer when you can’t pick the choice you are comfortable with as a reader regarding gender [even with pronouns]. At the very least, even if keeping singular pronouns, having a way to manually input custom variables would be valuable [even if you don’t want to code in plural support].
@Phenrex Hello! Thanks for the input. First, I would like to talk about including the option to play as a nonbinary character. I am open to it. As for a transgender character, I will have to read up on how the coding for that would work and see if it can be done by me without a lot of extra complications.
Coming to the orientation of the characters, I kind of followed their lores for the most part. As a warning, the following has what can be construed as spoilers.
Except for Hiroshi and Aditi, the rest of the ROs aren’t original characters. So I have tried to follow their lores. Here are bits of what I have considered.
As far as I know, there aren’t any documentations of Inanna having had female lovers, however, it’s not a stretch to imagine that as a goddess of love she would be open to all forms of love. Ditto for Clíodhna.
Now, coming to why Gilgamesh is bisexual despite not being described as such in The Epic of Gilgamesh. I must say I took some of the scholarly interpretations that posit his relationship with Enkidu as romantic and ran with it. Same with Vlad Dracul.
Finally, Isolde and Callum’s orientations are what they are because of how their stories have been told. I can’t get into it in detail without spoiling massive plot points.
As for Death, I suppose making her gender selectable would have been the sensible thing to do, but I am trying to avoid gender selectable ROs as they are a nightmare to keep track of. Plus, she is heavily “inspired” by my one of my favorite characters: Neil Gaiman’s Death.
All that being said, the list of ROs isn’t final, and my search continues for more diverse characters. If I can find non straight locked characters, I will be happy to include them. The thing is, exclusively gay characters are rare in mythology. At least in the popular mythologies that I am familiar with. There is Ganymede, but I don’t have anything interesting to do with him plotwise. Regardless,I will keep looking as I love to read up on various mythologies. For this game, I learned a lot about Celtic Mythology and it was fun.
Once again, thanks for the suggestions. Ever bit helps.
I would suggest this too. Its not really a game breaking issue but it is a chore to read through all the extensive descriptions. Sometimes i just wanna get to the next scene and not be explained in detail about the air, forest and what not. While more details certainly help to visualise better, they get a bit much in long scenes and break the flow of story
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