Overview

Horingar: Darkside is a hand-drawn adult dark fantasy RPG featuring turn-based combat, choice-driven relationships, and a semi-open world..

You play as the prince of a fallen kingdom on the brink of collapse under relentless reparations. A mysterious note draws you beyond the castle walls, where power, loyalty, and desire intertwine. Your choices – both political and personal – will shape your relationships, your pleasures, and the fate of your kingdom.

Core Gameplay

• Turn-Based Combat – Engage in strategic battles where equipment, abilities, and preparation matter.
• Multiple Playstyles – Overcome challenges through direct combat, stealth-based approaches, or puzzle-solving, each offering different outcomes and rewards.
• Semi-Open World Exploration – Travel between cities, ruins, wilderness zones, and hidden locations, uncovering side quests, secrets, and lore.

Character Progression

• Talent System – Customize your party’s growth through talents that shape each character’s role.
• Professions & Crafting – Gather resources through activities like mining and herbalism, then craft equipment, consumables, and upgrades to support your preferred playstyle.
• Meaningful Choices – Decisions affect story progression, character relationships, available quests, and endings.

Relationships & Adult Content

• Choice-Based Romance System – Build relationships through dialogue, actions, and trust.
• Adult Content – Features consensual, vanilla adult scenes with light harem elements, integrated naturally into character routes and story progression.
• Relationship Consequences – Romantic and personal choices influence alliances, loyalty, and narrative outcomes.

Visual & Narrative Style

• Hand-drawn characters, scenes and environments
• Dark fantasy atmosphere with mature themes
• Multiple endings based on player choices
• Over 90 adult scenes unlocked through story and relationship choices

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Chapter 12

Chapter 12 serves as a soft conclusion to the current storyline. The Steam version will expand on this with additional endings and factions tied to the final quest.

• Multiple endings with variations based on previous choices
• 6 new scenes in total (3 are locked behind endings, so make sure to save before starting the final quest)
• Sia and Selena’s quest can now be completed
• Stonehaven is partially completed, though most buildings will remain inaccessible for now

Balancing Adjustments

• Bosses are now immune to Deadly Poison, Light Touched, and Confuse
• Increased Lust Shard drop rate in Hell Rifts
• Reduced Hell Rift clears for hidden scene from 10 to 5

Bug Fixes

• Bloodthorns quest should now work even if the book is not in your inventory when starting it
• Corrected several typos
• Fixed minor visual issues and map lighting bugs

Chapter 11

Story, Quests, and Events

• The main story continues with major developments and meaningful choices in the main questline.
• Slatefort is now accessible through the portal room.
• Parts of Slatefort are still a work in progress (some shops are closed).
• New side quest for Sia and Selena.
• New relationship quest for Denver at 65 RL.
• A new Rare Rift event has been added.
• Balinda’s Infinite Pool fishing spot has been introduced.

Enhancements and Crafting

• Excellent Enhancements now have a unique new icon.
• Excellent Nature, Wrath, Air, Corruption, and Arcane enhancements are now craftable.

Other Changes

• New character art for Selena and Seraphina.
• New tiles added for Slatefort’s exterior and interior.
• New sprites and battlers introduced.
• Fixed tile issues, including unwalkable and ghost tiles.
• New music tracks have been added to the game.
• Balance Adjustments
• Several items have been rebalanced.
• Drop rates have been adjusted for smoother gameplay.
• Improved gallery performance.
• Minor non-story changes to Chapters 1, 3, and 6.
• Fixed typos.
• Rift RNG has been tweaked.
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Chapter 10

• 7 New Scenes, including one with a long-requested character
• Hell Rifts: Open portals to hell across the world map. Each portal leads to a dungeon with high-level loot, special relationship-enhancing items, and gold
• Three New Routes:
  • Puzzle Route: Color and memory-based challenges
  • Combat Route: Three fights featuring some familiar names
  • Stealth Route: A maze with traps and a unique avoidance room
• New Side Quests for Talia, Nixie and Lola, Farah, Balinda, and Denver

Fixes and System Updates:

• Multiple bug and typo fixes, including some game-breaking issues
• Siri’s inner dialogue is now fully functional and includes new images (note: some are still placeholders)
• Improvements have also been made to Chapters 8 and 9
• Loot System Overhaul:
  • New system includes bad luck protection
  • Improved RNG to prevent excessive grinding (e.g., the Human Flesh issue)
• Gift System Rework: Temporarily postponed. For now, new gifts will be clickable and apply their effects instantly to avoid save file issues

Hotfix 8/23/25

Fixed one of the Hell Rifts that wasn’t walkable when entered through a specific point.

Added an event that removes the “Farewell Gift” quest from the quest log after it has been competed.

Fixed a bugged NPC in Chapter 5s routes (Bar maid standing on the bar).

Hotfix 9/14/25

Fixed another issue with the Bloodthorn Quest (book triggering the last event if you don’t have the book before you start the quest).

Made bosses immune to Deadly Poison, Light Touched, Confuse.

Hotfix 9/15/25

Fixed missing files issue with Siri’s quest.
Fixed minor typos.

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