"It seems that a tragedy will occur in one... two... seven days."
A story inspired by the tale of Cinderella and what became of the prince after he made the very troubling decision of marrying a mystery woman he had only known for less than a whole night.
BACKGROUND
Ignis is a visual novel created using Ren'Py visual novel engine. I've been poking around with Ren'Py for about six years now although I would say I'm still new to it and working on this game has been the learning experience I've needed. I've had a lot of failed big scale projects that I didn't finish before because I've written myself into a corner or school projects got the better of me or that I just thought that my art wasn't good enough so this time I decided to start smaller! Ignis will be set in a time crunch of seven short days because our main character would have to be fighting his fate on "the tragedy that will occur" on the seventh day. Expect four endings and five routes that will spell out the fate of our king in the end.
STORY
Ever since the marriage of King Idris to a woman of low birth he met at the Annual Grand Ball, his hold over his kingdom has steadily slipped from his fingertips. Queen Ella's intelligence and cunning has caused the kingdom to flourish in ways it never has in generations passed. However, this rendered the king as an accessory to the throne, confidence in his authority gone, and that's not even the worst part. Four years after their marriage, while the two are seen to be getting ready for the Annual Grand Ball that will happen on the Friday of November 13th, King Idris gets a prediction a week prior that a tragedy will occur on the same day.
THE CREATOR
That would be me, hello I'm Skai! It's about time I update this thread with more recent information. You can say I had a timeskip arc and levelled up my skills but in the end I'm still not done with this project so here we are. Ignis used to be a passion project of mine but now it's that demon on my shoulder nagging me every waking minute of the day to finish before I do anything else. Of course, that still doesn't stop me from doing anything else but I figured I had a good thing going here and little by little I'm rediscovering my love for the project. I've changed my mind countless times about the plot, there were even times I totally hated the protagonist (I still do sometimes). However, with time and a little more experience than I had during the Winter My First Game Jam of 2019, I found ways to circumvent those feelings, alter the plot to make it fun for me to write again. I can't say when the full project will come out but hey, I hope you like it if you give it a read.
LINKS
Here's all my links if you're interested! Although, I'm really only active on twitter for the most part. You can find the demo to Ignis here.
Apart from that, I got all my music from Incompetech, Purple-Planet, and Free Music Archive. I suggest you check these sites out if you're looking for free music to use for your games!
