The Inverted Spire [DEMO] [Dark Fantasy] [Psychological Horror] [Dystopian]
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:29 pm
REJOICE, former citizen, for you have been selected as one of seven Council wards
to enter the upcoming anniversary expedition into the Inverted Spire.
As you know, the Spire is a venomous thorn of chaos spreading its corruption through NEW ORDER.
Your mission is simple.
Locate the source of the contaminating aura.
If possible, retrieve it for study.
If not, DESTROY IT.
SHOULD YOU SUCCEED, all of your crimes will be forgiven,
your reputation score reset, and your citizenship fully reinstated.
As the Governor-Administrator of the Corrective Camps of NEW ORDER,
I encourage you to look beyond the failure of those who came before you.
Their fate need not be your own.
Remember that the equation is always with you.
MAY ORDER PREVAIL.
to enter the upcoming anniversary expedition into the Inverted Spire.
As you know, the Spire is a venomous thorn of chaos spreading its corruption through NEW ORDER.
Your mission is simple.
Locate the source of the contaminating aura.
If possible, retrieve it for study.
If not, DESTROY IT.
SHOULD YOU SUCCEED, all of your crimes will be forgiven,
your reputation score reset, and your citizenship fully reinstated.
As the Governor-Administrator of the Corrective Camps of NEW ORDER,
I encourage you to look beyond the failure of those who came before you.
Their fate need not be your own.
Remember that the equation is always with you.
MAY ORDER PREVAIL.
SCREENSHOTS
SYNOPSIS
The Inverted Spire is a dark fantasy tale with hopeful themes of redemption and self-discovery in a brutal dystopian world.
You play as a mentalist, a mind-reading mage who's "citizen score" has fallen below the threshold of social acceptability.
Normally, you would spend the rest of your life in the Corrective Camps of the State of New Order, but in your case,
you have volunteered yourself for an expedition into the Inverted Spire.
The Spire is an unearthly architectural marvel stretching many leagues below ground. It has no known origin, and has been
altering the surrounding landscape into an unlivable wasteland.
You are not the first to be sent into the Spire. In fact, the Council of New Order has been selecting groups of dissident mages
such as yourself to send into the structure for several decades. It has even become a public event!
None have ever returned.
But you, and the six others who have been "volunteered" alongside you, are determined to be the first survivors.
Read minds. Form alliances. Break them. Find true companionship. Make true enemies.
Become the person you always wished you could be, or succumb to your darkest urges.
Anything is possible in the uncharted depths of the Inverted Spire.
You play as a mentalist, a mind-reading mage who's "citizen score" has fallen below the threshold of social acceptability.
Normally, you would spend the rest of your life in the Corrective Camps of the State of New Order, but in your case,
you have volunteered yourself for an expedition into the Inverted Spire.
The Spire is an unearthly architectural marvel stretching many leagues below ground. It has no known origin, and has been
altering the surrounding landscape into an unlivable wasteland.
You are not the first to be sent into the Spire. In fact, the Council of New Order has been selecting groups of dissident mages
such as yourself to send into the structure for several decades. It has even become a public event!
None have ever returned.
But you, and the six others who have been "volunteered" alongside you, are determined to be the first survivors.
Read minds. Form alliances. Break them. Find true companionship. Make true enemies.
Become the person you always wished you could be, or succumb to your darkest urges.
Anything is possible in the uncharted depths of the Inverted Spire.
DEVELOPER'S NOTE
Hello everyone,
We are an experienced duo of illustrators and story-writers~
but first-time visual novel devs looking for feedback on our work-in-progress!
We would especially like to hear from you about:
-Effectiveness of visual choices
-Effectiveness of musical cues
-Character design and interaction
-Diversity of choices
-Anything else that really stood out
as great or needing improvement!
Features of the current demo include:
-100+ character expressions
-Original art by an award-winning comic artist
(yours truly) https://www.instagram.com/yozhikisblue/
-Original music by Charlie Sackett https://www.instagram.com/charlie_sackett/
of It Cometh https://itcometh.com/
-Animated backgrounds/environments
-8 CGs
-Meaningful choices
-10,000+ words of dialogue
Project features include:
-More of the multi-faceted branching narrative,
with many paths and possible outcomes
(Chapter 1 of 6 is mostly coded/illustrated, and already
the sum total of current branching choices comprises 100,000+ words)
-Dozens more CGs, character sprites and backgrounds
(especially in the "mind-reading" sections)
-Complex relationships and a group dynamic affected by every choice you make
-Musical themes for individual characters
In addition, I would like to thank the contributors to the Lemmasoft forums
for the many threads of helpful advice and resources on the use of ren'py!
These forums have been an invaluable source of information during the creation of
The Inverted Spire so far, and I hope I can begin posting here more often as my own
knowledge and experience with ren'py deepens.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts!
We are an experienced duo of illustrators and story-writers~
but first-time visual novel devs looking for feedback on our work-in-progress!
We would especially like to hear from you about:
-Effectiveness of visual choices
-Effectiveness of musical cues
-Character design and interaction
-Diversity of choices
-Anything else that really stood out
as great or needing improvement!
Features of the current demo include:
-100+ character expressions
-Original art by an award-winning comic artist
(yours truly) https://www.instagram.com/yozhikisblue/
-Original music by Charlie Sackett https://www.instagram.com/charlie_sackett/
of It Cometh https://itcometh.com/
-Animated backgrounds/environments
-8 CGs
-Meaningful choices
-10,000+ words of dialogue
Project features include:
-More of the multi-faceted branching narrative,
with many paths and possible outcomes
(Chapter 1 of 6 is mostly coded/illustrated, and already
the sum total of current branching choices comprises 100,000+ words)
-Dozens more CGs, character sprites and backgrounds
(especially in the "mind-reading" sections)
-Complex relationships and a group dynamic affected by every choice you make
-Musical themes for individual characters
In addition, I would like to thank the contributors to the Lemmasoft forums
for the many threads of helpful advice and resources on the use of ren'py!
These forums have been an invaluable source of information during the creation of
The Inverted Spire so far, and I hope I can begin posting here more often as my own
knowledge and experience with ren'py deepens.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts!