Hi everyone!! After a whole lot of work, the demo for Alex's Journey to the Grave is officially released today! Here's the link! The demo consists of Act 1 out of 6 that will be in the full game, which is 15,000 words or around 1.5 hours long for the average reader. It tells the story of how our two main characters met and had their fates intertwined. A dark room, an online chat, a new perspective, a bright smile, a warm embrace... and a growing, inescapable fear. I'm extremely proud of how polished the demo has turned out, and I believe it will definitely catch the attention of anyone within the target audience. If you enjoyed Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude, I'm sure you will absolutely love Alex's Journey to the grave. Please give the demo a play through!

Hi everyone! We at Violet Horizons have recently finished a nearly-complete build of the first act of Alex's Journey to the Grave, which will serve as our demo release for the game, and we're looking for public playtesters to check it out before we release it on October 25th. Alex's Journey to the Grave features the same main characters as Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude. It's a dark and emotional romance VN telling the story of their life together, featuring warmth, connection, tragedy, the inevitability of death... and a cat. The final game will be around 100k words long with 4 or more alternate endings, and will cost around $10-$15. Wishlist it now if you're interested! (Steam page) The Act 1 demo is 16k words or about 1-1.5 hours long for the average VN reader. If you're interested in playtesting, just join and send a message in our Discord server, and I'll send you a Steam key to access the demo. I'll also send you a link to the feedback form, and those who fill it out will be rewarded with a free copy of the game upon full release!

Hi all, sorry to stay quiet for so long! We really appreciate all the supportive reviews for Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude, our first ever visual novel! This is just a very small update to tweak some parts of the UI, fix some very abrupt transitions that were bugging me, and update the game's engine (Ren'Py) to the latest version. A much larger, entirely story-focused update to Alex's Hope in particular is likely in the books at some point, but me and the team's attention will be solely focused on our next visual novel, Alex's Journey to the Grave, for the foreseeable future. In case you haven't heard of Alex's Journey to the Grave (AJG) before, it's actually a huuuge continuation and convergence of the stories in Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude! Here's a short pitch: Alex's Journey to the Grave is a visual novel about a boy trapped by fate, and a girl in dire need of a friend. Help them through some of the hardest decisions of their life as you experience warmth, connection, tragedy, the inevitability of death... and the antics of a mysterious black cat. Speaking of AJG, there is some relevant new information I can share for anyone who's interested! The game will not be linear like AH&AS, and is currently looking to weigh in at somewhere around the 100,000 word (~10 hour) mark, with 4 or more unique endings. We'll have the Steam page up some time this July, and a 15,000 word (~1.5 hour) demo is currently being polished up for a release hopefully some time in the next couple of months! Thanks again for playing Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude! - Duhop, Violet Horizons Productions

Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude is scheduled to release at 12:00pm CST tomorrow, February 23rd! In preparation for the release we've also released a trailer for Alex's Solitude, check it out on the store page or below: [previewyoutube=-8WjEY__vZw;full][/previewyoutube]