The Legend of Astera Stone
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
This linear visual novel game was made for the Spooktober 2021 game jam. It is a prequel to my O2A2 Again jam game Vampire†Hunter.
At the moment of uploading, the game has a few CG graphics unfinished and it has no music. The story is fully playable though!
An inexperienced mage and a grumpy vampire hunter - there is no better dream team! The Mage Academy has put together a team of two (reluctant) specialists: Astera Carras, who specializes in all things magic, and Hunter Falke, who is a poor but excellent vampire hunter. Together they must retrieve a stolen magic artifact from Vincent von Hass's castle. How will the dream team fare? Do the misunderstandings and mishaps in communication ruin the whole mission? The castle awaits...
- <5000 words
- 4 characters
- 1 ending (for now!)
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Development log
- The Legend of Astera Stone - PostmortemOct 02, 2021
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I really liked the characters and the art! Looking forward to updates of this game :)
Saved this in my folder and finally tried it out. I love the art and characters. Can't wait to see the unfinished CGs X3
That was a fun adventure! I'm not gonna spoil the story but I can say I found every character interesting even though some had very few lines. Everyone looked really dang good, too! I also liked the transitions between showing sprites "normally" and next to the text box whenever necessary. Very smooth!
The CGs were also done really well. I don't normally pay much attention when games display a picture of some important object, but the object illustrations in this game made me stop and go "oooh, pretty." :D
I absolutely loved the character art and the way you had the speaking character in the bottom left to see their expression as they spoke, keeping both parties in play as the conversation happened. I'm surprised that technique isn't used in more VNs. I was a little disappointed by the lack of sounds. The art is astonishing, both BG and character.
I wouldn't mind revisiting this when the CGs and audio are complete, it was delightful!
I'm glad you liked it! I'm itching to update this project but, unfortunately, I'm in the middle of moving countries, so the updates will have to wait for weeks before I get to my pc. ;_; I have already finished a few more CGs for it, so there's going to be more eye candy in the future. ;)
A very enjoyable and immersive game with relatable characters and lovely art! Well done :)