Amarantus has been in the works for a long time, and these days it's unusual for us to make any significant changes...which is why we're so excited about the feature we've been working on for the last couple of months:
We've added player character portraits!
Arik, the protagonist and player character in Amarantus, has always been a character in his own right, with his own personality, issues, and backstory. Some visual novels lean more towards blank slate/self-insert player characters, but it's important to the story that we're telling for Arik to be his own person.
You can push Arik's personality and attitudes in different directions based on your choices throughout the game, but the heart of who he isthat's out of your control. Sometimes you might even be surprised at how he interprets the decisions you make!
Putting Arik's face on screen while he's speaking adds a clear distinction between him and the player, and shifts the energy of the game in exciting and interesting ways. Remember, Arik isn't youand your path to happiness may not be his.
Check out the updated trailer and screenshots on the game page to see how the new portraits work in action.
Amarantus
ub4q
ub4q
2023
RPG Singleplayer
Game News Posts 13
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Very Positive
(53 reviews)
https://ub4q.games/amarantus
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941100 
Arik's hit breaking point. A tyrant is running his country into the ground, and nobody seems to be doing anything.
It's time to gather your friends, hit the road, and make your way to court to take the Lord down.
Cultivate platonic, antagonistic, or romantic relationships—and more.
Arik can pursue different potential relationships with each member of the party—or leave them to make their own (invariably terrible) decisions. But be cautious: not every relationship will go well. You might find yourself setting up two party members...then demanding they break up.
Every decision you make affects Arik's motivations and personality.
Soft and gentle lad with a heart of gold, or angry and aggressive timebomb? Each decision opens up new possible relationships with party members—and shuts other doors for good.
Struggle to keep everyone happy—or pick favourites and alienate others.
Party members have distinct outlooks, wants, and needs. Keeping some of them happy might mean betraying others. Walk a fine line to keep everyone happy, or pick favourites and drive others away.
In this elaborately constructed world, there's a lot to find:
- Announce your brilliant plan...then glimpse a party member silently rolling their eyes in the corner of the screen
- Learn to correctly pronounce someone's name, permanently updating the UI
- Nickname your lover after the stupid thing they said that one time
- Screw everything up
- Learn how to make your friends laugh
- Have a poorly judged hookup really early on and then spend the rest of the playthrough awkwardly trying not to address it
- Experience the thrill of almost, but not quite, holding hands with somebody you love
- Make one bad decision and then try to redeem yourself while everyone makes snide comments
- Tell three characters in one day that they're the love of your life, then navigate the fallout
- And a lot more of that sort of thing
Features
- Four unique characters to befriend, betray, woo or wingman
- The potential for romantic, platonic, sexual, antagonistic, and polyamorous relationships with different party members
- A single playthrough takes 3-4 hours, multiple playthroughs required to uncover the truth
- Unlockable graphic inserts by award-winning comic artist Hien Pham
- Dynamic and immersive sound design underscored by original post-rock soundtrack
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