Overview

The story follows the renameable main character Biorn as the world he knows gives way to change that causes him to discover a deeper purpose. Biorn lives a simple life with his friends in a remote frontier town at the edge of the known world, an impassable ring of dense forest filled with deadly beasts. Events take place that cause him to journey to the enormous capital city of Faruwine where he will inevitably encounter many interesting characters and situations. How will Biorn and his friends react to the strange new world they find themselves in?​

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Changelog

Version 0.20:

• Script increased to 44,740 words with additions to Raisa romance path
• New Raisa h-scene
• New character
• New locations

Version 0.19:

• Script increased to 39,097 words with additions to Lucine romance path
• Added new Lucine animated h-scene (in the stable, 1 static scene, 2 loops, 2 climax animations)
• Added new main story scene (Murfi blocking road, 10 eyes, 11 mouths, 2 poses)
• Added new background burnt down mill stable
• New parallax animated scene (morning sky with clouds)
• Created sprite for Murfi with 3 eye options
• Added a new MC sprite pose (holding shirt)
• Added a new Aline sprite pose (holding MC’s shirt)
• Updated gallery to have all scenes for the new act-2 characters
• Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations

Version 0.18:
Script increased to 34,729 words with additions to main story path
Major story revision surrounding Remi in act-1
Added new Evana scene (bathing, 3 eyes, 4 mouths)
Added new Evana scene (leaving hot spring, 2 poses, 4 eyes, 3 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new main story scene (Remi training part-1, 4 poses)
Added new main story scene (Remi training part-2, 3 new poses, 7 eyes, 11 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new animated background temple bathhouse
Added new background temple garden daytime (1 prop)
Added new background temple garden night
Added 2 new impact frames to the new training scenes
Added new animated fog effect
Added option at the end to jump back to see new content on existing save
Fixed missing censor bar on some act-2 scenes
Fixed a crash on Lucine’s route
Fixed a missing layer on Eryn’s sprite
Added flowing water sound effect for bathhouse
Created sound packages for the new locations
Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations

Version 0.17:

• Script increased to 32,025 words with additions to Eryn romance path
• Added new static Eryn story scenes
• Added new Eryn animated h-scene (cowgirl scene, 3 animated loops and 2 optional climaxes)
• Added 1 new liminal scene
• A lot more small stuff, complete changelog coming later

Version 0.16:

• Script increased to 28,763 words with additions to Lena romance path
• Added new Lena scene (laying on bed, 6 eyes, 5 mouths, 2 effects)
• Added new Lena animated h-scene (lodge above tavern, loop and climax)

Version 0.15b:

• Script increased to 27,560 words with additions to the main story line
• Added the prologue day 0 and day 1 rewrite with more sprite animations
• Added new background props to slum background (supply delivery)
• Reworked all 31 Eryn sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes)
• Added 6 new Eryn sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Reworked several existing Eryn sprite mouths
• Major rework on Lena sprite (lowered neck, repainting)
• Reworked or remade all 16 Lena sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, fixes)
• Major rework on all 5 Lena sprite arms
• Reworked Lena sprite hair
• Added 7 new Lena sprite mouths (4 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Major rework on Lucine sprite (lowered neck, smaller forehead, repainting)
• Reworked all 19 Lucine sprite eyes (new irises & pupils, small fixes)
• Added 6 new Lucine sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Reworked shirts on Lucine sprite
• Reworked socks on Lucine sprite to add thigh muffining
• Redesigned Aina sprite hair
• Reworked Aina sprite makeup and added freckles
• Added 9 new Aina sprite poses
• Rework on Raisa sprite (repainted the torso)
• Added 6 new Raisa sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Added bottom underwear to Raisa sprite
• Added more clothing variation options to Raisa in the gallery sprite viewer
• Reworked or remade several MC sprite mouths
• Added all new characters from Act-2 into the gallery
• Remade and streamlined pregnancy morphs and clothing on all sprites
• Added previously unused face animations to Lucine intro scene
• Added a darkness mask to beginning dream sequence that fades away
• Added sprite blush fade effect to make it less jarring
• Added flicker effect to the candle in the intro scene
• Added movement to MC sprite picking up and setting down firewood on day 1
• Added firewood pick up and set down sound effect to day 1
• Added cloth sound effect for MC and Eryn picking up towels
• Remade door closing sound effect
• Changed gallery unlock cheat code to something even more archaic
• Fixed glitchy timebase for background and sprite time of day fades
• Major revision to gallery code and gallery sprites
• Removed a metric piss ton of now unneeded gallery variables
• Added a dev mode to speed up face and pose animations
• Small and boring code changes to things like sprite names to stay consistent
• Updated game engine and broke everything, then unfuckulated it all again
• Changed ending text & stat screen to be controlled by variables instead of manual edits
• Fixed using the name Harth in the last Eryn h-scene instead of the player name variable
• Further optimizations from old png files to smaller lossless webp files
• Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations

Version 0.15a:

• Script increased to 24,741 words with additions to the Eryn romance path
• Added new Eryn scene (chatting in bed, 5 eyes, 9 mouths)
• Added new Eryn scene (sleeping together, 2 mouths)
• Added new Eryn scene (changing bandage)
• Added new Eryn scene (sleeping in the mill, 4 poses)
• Added new Eryn scene (Eryn pushing MC onto bed)
• Added new Eryn animated h-scene (temple bedroom, loop and climax)
• Reworked Eryn’s face and body on her intro scene (4 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses)
• Reworked Eryn’s face and body in creek undressing scene (2 eyes, 2 mouths, 2 poses)
• Reworked MC’s face and body in creek undressing scene (3 eyes, 3 mouths, 2 poses)
• Reworked Eryn’s face and body in first creek bath scene (7 eyes, 10 mouths, 2 hands)
• Reworked MC’s face and body in first creek bath scene (4 eyes, 8 mouths, 3 hands)
• Added an animated water ripple effect to first creek bath scene
• Reworked MC’s face and body in forest creature sighting scenes (3 eyes, 4 mouths)
• Optimized forest creature sighting animation in a way that makes more sense
• Added more choices to the early story to track choices
• Added the new scenes to the gallery and updated preview images for revised scenes
• Added new background throne room night (2 props)
• Added 2 water enter splash sound effects for creek scenes
• Added 2 water exit slosh sound effects for creek scenes
• Added creaky door open sound effect
• Added door closing sound effect
• Added log thud sound effect for Lena intro scene
• Implemented some early game rewritten sections with the new writing style
• Removed several boring and unnecessary liminal sequences from the story
• Fixed 1 major bug (missing choice tracking variable in act 1)

Version 0.14:

• Script increased to 22,153 words with additions to the main story line
• Added new animated Silva scene (descending lift, 10 eyes, 26 mouths)
• Added new Silva action scene (attack pt1 pt3 pt5, 6 eyes, 13 mouths, 2 props, 9 poses)
• Added new Silva action scene (attack pt2 pt4 pt6, 7 eyes, 16 mouths, 7 poses)
• Added new background makeshift bedroom night
• Added new background outside mill night (2 props)
• Reworked color and added plants to background outside mill day
• Added 1 slash frame for the new Silva action scene
• Added 3 slash frames to replace the old ones used in the festival action scene
• MC sprite revision (replaced all 22 eyes)
• Added 6 new MC sprite mouths (3 open normal, 3 open slightly happy)
• Added ancient lift sound effect by using a manual coffee grinder of all things
• Added knife swish sound effect to new action scene
• Added running footsteps sound effect to new action scene
• Added door crashing sound effect to new action scene
• Minor bug/typo fixes and dialogue changes

Version 0.13:

Fixed 1 major bug and a few minor bugs/typos

Added about 10 mins to the main story line

Created sprite for new character Aline

Created Aline sprite faces (21 eyes, 24 mouths)

Created 12 Aline sprite poses

Created sprite for new character Priestess Evana

Created Evana sprite faces (21 eyes, 26 mouths)

Created 14 Evana sprite poses

Created sprite for new character Silva

Created Silva sprite faces (20 eyes, 31 mouths)

Created Silva sprite poses

Added new background dungeon

Added new background temple bedroom

Added new background temple bedroom evening

Added new background temple bedroom night (2 props)

Added new background throne room

Added new background outside temple (1 prop)

Added new background outside temple night (3 props)

Added new story scene (Temple view)

Added new Aline scene (Priestess in the throne room)

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