Hello! gahh, this is a bit nerve-wracking, but I’ve finally mustered the courage to post my first-ever WiP.
I’ve been working on these first couple of chapters for a few months now. It’s not the most polished and not nearly complete, but I thought that it’d be best for me to get some feedback first before I continue writing.
Updates will be sparse for now, not just because I’ll be chest-deep in exams soon, but also because I happen to be a slow writer – but I plan on regular updates afterward (as regular as I can make them, anyway)!
STORY & GAMEPLAY
Synopsis
After the lost Kingdom of Aldia bursts into existence once more, humanity is thrust into a new age of darkness they could never have prepared for. The land begins to crumble: the gods are angry and weakening, and the Veil has already begun to tear. Abyssal beasts the people have kept at bay for a century have grown larger, deadlier, and increasingly harder to keep out.
This is the Kingdom of Eiosoth, disparate from the rest of the continent by the largest Tear of them all. Here, magic is guided by the stars, and seen as a blessing from the gods themselves: a gift that has granted even the most ordinary individuals a fraction of true power. When you emerge into an autumn far from home, little more than a child and oblivious to the greater evil afoot, you grow to realise that a lot more hangs on the line than you’d thought.
And at the end of the day, you must have hailed from somewhere … right? Who were you, and who are you, really?
(Planned) Features
- Play as male, female, or non-binary.
- Define who you are in character, and watch how your actions and beliefs can shape the world around you—both past and present
- Customise your appearance and the shade of your eyes that belies your heritage.
- Grow up alongside a cast of eight characters (and pursue a romance with them, if you so choose), each with their own arcs and backstories for you to discover.
- Befriend and ally with a number more!
- Possibly gain the loyalty of two dragons (among a troop of other, smaller critters along the way).
- Sculpt and refine your powers as you learn how to control them – at a cost – or find ways to fight without, when the time comes …
- Delve deep to uncover the mysteries of your arrival into Eiosoth. What are the gods after, and why do they seek such destruction and ruin?
(Planned) ROs
There are eight planned so far: three male, three female, and two gender-selectable. I’ll only reveal their names for now, mostly because I don’t really know what they’ll all be like yet.
[M] Elasdair Reinhart
[F] Ealyx Reinhart
[M] Caius Tarrenward
[F] Han Nyuwa
[M] Kenzo Druass
[F] Han Tienfei
[M/F] Nihilo
[M/F] Geil/Geila Baranac
Just to clarify, I’ve taken inspiration from Chinese culture for both Nyuwa & Tienfei—their surname, Han, comes before their first names!
Content Warnings
This list will be updated when more content is added!
The demo contains:
- Strong language
- Descriptions of violence, gore, and death
- Mentions of grief
- Suggestions of manipulation, emotional and otherwise
- Suggestions of suicide
- Mild (to moderate?) horror elements, such as descriptions of nightmarish monsters
- (Of the player character) An implied descent into madness
LINKS
Demo
The demo contains everything I’ve written so far, and currently sits at around 8k words. I haven’t yet implemented stats!
Play the demo here!
MISC
Feedback
All feedback is welcome! Please be as nit-picky as you’d like—it helps the story and my writing grow a lot quicker. Though, if you could attach a screenshot of any problems you encounter, that’d be most helpful! If you don’t really know what to feedback on, I’d really appreciate comments on:
- my prose & general grammatical errors
- the flow of the story
- choices and parts of the story you think should be added/taken out
If you have any questions, ask away! Or, if you’re a little shy to do so, don’t be afraid to drop me a message :))
Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by! It really means a lot <3