A young girl named Esther enters a forgotten forest to find a cure for her life-leeching illness, the Pale Cachexia. She encounters Seina in a towering manor, where their bond unfolds amid friendship, sorrow, and isolation. Dark secrets from the manor and its graveyard linger in her dreams, weaving a Gothic fantasy tale of drama and horror.
This kinetic novel delivers a linear story across 48,000 words, spanning 4-5 hours of reading. Players follow the narrative without branching paths. Its PG-13 rating suits fans of casual, text-driven experiences with mild horror and thoughtful emotional depth, enhanced by accessibility options like closed captions for sound and an OpenDyslexic font.
In this Gothic story of deep bonds and chilling mystery, a young girl named Esther ventures deep within a forgotten forest.
There, she seeks out a potential cure for her mysterious illness: a life-leeching plague known as the Pale Cachexia.
But when Esther meets Seina, who lives all alone in a towering manor, the two girls are drawn to each other in a tale of friendship, sorrow, and bitter loneliness.
Their story is shadowed by the dark secrets of the manor and its graveyard, which haunts Esther even in her deepest dreams.
Genres: Kinetic novel, Gothic fantasy, drama, horror
Rating: PG-13 (language/mild horror)
Story Type: Linear/kinetic
Length: 48,000 words (4-5 hours playtime)
Accessibility Features: Sound/Music closed captions, OpenDyslexic font option, disable bright flashes option
Writing/Design/Programming: Dovah
Management/Programming: Gamma
Sprite Art: NicCo
CG Art/Key Visual: NumiRen
Background Art: Malthus Wolf
Music: Ray Kim, Murcielo, scarless arms
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