People would argue the "True" one, you know which one I'm talking about (itch doesn't seem to have a spoiler feature for comments) is positive, as that was her entire destiny and what she was meant to be.
I also would've preferred to see an ending where she gets to reincarnate as a companion to the protagonist, living the real world and growing as an individual or something close to that.
What an awesome game. I don't usually comment but this one just made me feel so many emotions. Character development was top notch, actually made me feel like I was the queen trapped in my never-ending cycle of killing the hero and trapped in my castle for an eternity. 11/10.
Hey, I'm Loving the gameplay & characters, always thought a game like this could be quite interesting, nice to see it done so well
I did notice a bug where one of the "hurt boxes" doesn't go away sometimes (possibly while the hero is dying?) so the next fight there is a area around the queen that just does damage.
It also seems to ignore the third health level & doesn't show it properly, instead removing the second heart & then first heart after it hits the hero again killing them while leaving the third heart untouched?
it showed up when playing on desktop & laptop (both running windows). I'm not sure what causes it... but the way I play seems to set it off? (twice in my 4... maybe 5? runs)
Sorry if that description isn't very helpful for recreating/finding the error
Thank you for the great little game & I wish you good luck hunting any bugs down
Thanks for the bug report, it's appreeciated! I'll look into the sticky hurt boxes. Do you mean that it's only the "stuck" hurt box that causes weird things to happen with the Hero health display, or does the latter happen in other situations too?
I recorded a video of it happening on the latest version. It seems indeed an issue with hurt boxes.
Maybe you can just clear all of them at the start of each dialogue section? But might still not solve things (e.g. if attacks then do not recreate them). Could I ask if you are using Godot? Great game by the way, very interesting to take the opposite perspective than that of most games!
There's this super loud crackling that starts around 5 minutes in that keeps getting worse - I thought it was surround sound first but after turning it off it was still there ;; Still a super fun experience though!
I might need some help here as when I try to download the . exe it fails every time. Haven't found a solution through google yet.
Update: After trying to download it 20+ times it has finally allowed itself to fully download. Now to have fun playing this interesting concept of a game.
honestly thats what i was hoping would happen and idk if you beat him one more time when you are being nice to him and then you get the ending where they both live. i am not good enough to get there though because when he says one more try it like super hard and i managed to get him to 1 heart but he killed me with bow unfortunely.
This was actually incredible to play, it's solemn. I think it hit me so hard since this is how people actually act in the world. Some just won't change, no matter what. And that costs themselves and everyone else. I feel like you also managed to kind of point at the cost of in-action, which is not something I expected to write about a game (anti-game? interactive thingie) ever. I won't forget about this soon. Fantastic work.
The HOLD this game has over my brain after playing it for the first time. It's such a touching story delivered in such a short time. I can't help but really feel for the Queen! Wish we could've like, I dunno, defeated her and just befriended her. Let her join our party! :D lol, ok, but seriously! The art of this game is so gorgeous and I'd often get distracted just staring at the Queen's animations. That title screen art?? I think I'll make it my wallpaper, it's SO neat. I'll definitely be checking out your other games.
10/10 very beautiful story even though it isn't very long, the dialogue options are just MWAH, and The art style and detail are just a cherry on top! In the end there was only two problems for me. The game isn't that long and the ending glitched out a bit. but the game not being that long is kinda just a part of the charm so I'll let it slide teehee. Please keep making more games. This world needs people like you who actually put depth into their stories even if they're short. I loved this experience and would recommend to any story lover. Please move on to do great things in your future. ;
Yes. If you simply stay at the bottom of the stairs of the throne, you can just spam 3, and 1 when the hero gets close enough to trick him into going into the 3 circle. Eventually, you win, but it takes a while.
Hello, I just happened upon this game on a Youtube showcase just now, and I am absolutely *in love* with the premise! Would it be alright if I created an animated comic series based on this game? I will not profit from it in any way, and will be sure to credit the original. Even with me saying this, I lose motivation for things incredibly easily, so this is mostly just an "in case I actually fully follow through with it" ask, rather than a "I plan to fully finish and release it within a set time frame". ^^'
If you even like start with that hit me up I would love to make the sound design (original soundtrack, soundeffects and so on) for this (I too am in love with this game) Discord: celeritas_lucis. email: celeritaslucis.business@gmail.com
I’m trying to install the game on Linux via the itch app, but the installation silently fails. I had to download it from the website manually. There, I had to chmod +x the binary and then I could run the game. Could you have a look?
(nice to have a Linux build anyway - and fast to export with Godot!)
Amazing, just amazing work! The atmosphere of the throne of the Dark Palace was so great, the decisive battles that take place there, the conversations with the heroes, all very amazing. I was frightened by the heroes who were getting stronger and stronger towards the end, and even more surprised by the psychological changes of the Queen of Darkness. A great love game, meow~!
Simple concept executed extremely well with all the lifelike dialogue and iterations on player-like behaviour needed to sell the idea. As well as an unexpected number of diverging paths. Really impressed by this little game.
That was a very enjoyable experience! The change of perspective from being the hero to being the boss is a very fresh and welcome one, and the progression felt natural, as if the hero really was a player learning the boss' tricks. The dialogues were also very well written. Short and (bitter)sweet, 10/10 experience :)
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The way we humans touch on the ephemerality of eternality is astonishing.
This game does that extraordinarily well.
I have a question (not trying to be mean). Did you search that word up on google?
I did search "ephemerality" since I wasn't sure if it existed, yes.
Nice
It wont let me pay you for it with my card maybe cause im australian idk. But in any case this game is amazing and Ive greatly enjoyed it.
aww, I was hopin for somethin more than just the hero always wins...
There are three endings you know.
I did not, only just started playin, thanks for the heads up ^^
I just finished it, the game has very intriguing details with dialogue in it. Enjoy finding them.
hm...yeah 3 endings but there is no positive end for her...
People would argue the "True" one, you know which one I'm talking about (itch doesn't seem to have a spoiler feature for comments) is positive, as that was her entire destiny and what she was meant to be.
I also would've preferred to see an ending where she gets to reincarnate as a companion to the protagonist, living the real world and growing as an individual or something close to that.
There are at least 5
in facts, yes but that dont change a lot
it has 6 endings now
We need romance ending please ( •̀ ω •́ )y
I hope to see a 50000 word long romance fanfic with extensive smut and fluff.
I actively avoid smut fanfic but even I would read this just to get more of these characters.
This is a good game
yessssss
That was to most terrifying horror game I've played
I worked hard, I won... and yet all I felt was lonely.
10/10 - great real life simulator.
What an awesome game. I don't usually comment but this one just made me feel so many emotions. Character development was top notch, actually made me feel like I was the queen trapped in my never-ending cycle of killing the hero and trapped in my castle for an eternity. 11/10.
Imagine if this were an animated short film...
Hey, I'm Loving the gameplay & characters, always thought a game like this could be quite interesting, nice to see it done so well
I did notice a bug where one of the "hurt boxes" doesn't go away sometimes (possibly while the hero is dying?) so the next fight there is a area around the queen that just does damage.
It also seems to ignore the third health level & doesn't show it properly, instead removing the second heart & then first heart after it hits the hero again killing them while leaving the third heart untouched?
it showed up when playing on desktop & laptop (both running windows). I'm not sure what causes it... but the way I play seems to set it off? (twice in my 4... maybe 5? runs)
Sorry if that description isn't very helpful for recreating/finding the error
Thank you for the great little game & I wish you good luck hunting any bugs down
Thanks for the bug report, it's appreeciated! I'll look into the sticky hurt boxes. Do you mean that it's only the "stuck" hurt box that causes weird things to happen with the Hero health display, or does the latter happen in other situations too?
I only saw it with the stuck hurt box & It happened both times? So I assume they are linked
I recorded a video of it happening on the latest version. It seems indeed an issue with hurt boxes.
Maybe you can just clear all of them at the start of each dialogue section? But might still not solve things (e.g. if attacks then do not recreate them). Could I ask if you are using Godot? Great game by the way, very interesting to take the opposite perspective than that of most games!
Could we get an Android version?
its a 20 min game...
On vacation rn, don't have a PC to play it.
what an amazing game, so inspiring
There's this super loud crackling that starts around 5 minutes in that keeps getting worse - I thought it was surround sound first but after turning it off it was still there ;; Still a super fun experience though!
this, too, is yuri
This too is yuri.
I might need some help here as when I try to download the . exe it fails every time. Haven't found a solution through google yet.
Update: After trying to download it 20+ times it has finally allowed itself to fully download. Now to have fun playing this interesting concept of a game.
Great game, something truly new.
I'll be thinking about these two for much longer than the 20 minutes it took to experience their stories. Wonderfully written and beautiful artwork ^^
Honestly love it and hope it gets an update of some sort, maybe he can free us, or maybe even more boss forms :)
(if that's in the developer's interest)
honestly thats what i was hoping would happen and idk if you beat him one more time when you are being nice to him and then you get the ending where they both live. i am not good enough to get there though because when he says one more try it like super hard and i managed to get him to 1 heart but he killed me with bow unfortunely.
This was actually incredible to play, it's solemn. I think it hit me so hard since this is how people actually act in the world. Some just won't change, no matter what. And that costs themselves and everyone else. I feel like you also managed to kind of point at the cost of in-action, which is not something I expected to write about a game (anti-game? interactive thingie) ever. I won't forget about this soon. Fantastic work.
The HOLD this game has over my brain after playing it for the first time. It's such a touching story delivered in such a short time. I can't help but really feel for the Queen! Wish we could've like, I dunno, defeated her and just befriended her. Let her join our party! :D
lol, ok, but seriously! The art of this game is so gorgeous and I'd often get distracted just staring at the Queen's animations. That title screen art?? I think I'll make it my wallpaper, it's SO neat.
I'll definitely be checking out your other games.
10/10 very beautiful story even though it isn't very long, the dialogue options are just MWAH, and The art style and detail are just a cherry on top! In the end there was only two problems for me. The game isn't that long and the ending glitched out a bit. but the game not being that long is kinda just a part of the charm so I'll let it slide teehee. Please keep making more games. This world needs people like you who actually put depth into their stories even if they're short. I loved this experience and would recommend to any story lover. Please move on to do great things in your future. ;
This might be my favorite game of 2024.
This is one of the best game i have played.Hope it will update more content and endings
touching story qwq
Is there a way to win?
Yes if you beat him enough in your first phase the Queen will be sad but you win
Yes. If you simply stay at the bottom of the stairs of the throne, you can just spam 3, and 1 when the hero gets close enough to trick him into going into the 3 circle. Eventually, you win, but it takes a while.
Petition to add "let me solo her" for when the queen wins too much.
Hello, I just happened upon this game on a Youtube showcase just now, and I am absolutely *in love* with the premise! Would it be alright if I created an animated comic series based on this game? I will not profit from it in any way, and will be sure to credit the original. Even with me saying this, I lose motivation for things incredibly easily, so this is mostly just an "in case I actually fully follow through with it" ask, rather than a "I plan to fully finish and release it within a set time frame". ^^'
If you even like start with that hit me up I would love to make the sound design (original soundtrack, soundeffects and so on) for this (I too am in love with this game)
Discord: celeritas_lucis.
email: celeritaslucis.business@gmail.com
This SICK, GJ!!
I’m trying to install the game on Linux via the itch app, but the installation silently fails. I had to download it from the website manually. There, I had to chmod +x the binary and then I could run the game. Could you have a look?
(nice to have a Linux build anyway - and fast to export with Godot!)
Beautiful
Damn you for making me feel
Awesome game and concept
Some relationships are meant to end, but that doesn't make them less important or impactful.
Amazing, just amazing work!
The atmosphere of the throne of the Dark Palace was so great, the decisive battles that take place there, the conversations with the heroes, all very amazing.
I was frightened by the heroes who were getting stronger and stronger towards the end, and even more surprised by the psychological changes of the Queen of Darkness.
A great love game, meow~!
wait, this is interesting. so there are 4 endings then lol
I've gotten 5 so far.
Simple concept executed extremely well with all the lifelike dialogue and iterations on player-like behaviour needed to sell the idea. As well as an unexpected number of diverging paths. Really impressed by this little game.
short, simple, ending was abit sad. over all 10/10
That was a very enjoyable experience! The change of perspective from being the hero to being the boss is a very fresh and welcome one, and the progression felt natural, as if the hero really was a player learning the boss' tricks. The dialogues were also very well written. Short and (bitter)sweet, 10/10 experience :)
Great Experience :)
Great work! Very poignant. :)