Hi everyone,
I'm writing an announcement to let you know that my newest VN, All Ashes and Illusions, has been released on Steam!
Ashes is a fairly grim 'romance' story about a delusional young prince who falls obsessively in love with his childhood nursemaid, Safiya.
Ashes features content some people might find discomforting, such as: a relationship with a 20 year age difference (Yuel, the protagonist and delusional young prince, is 20, while Safiya, his nursemaid and love interest, is 41), dub/noncon, written depictions of violence, coarse language, and a lot of casual misogyny.
Ashes is quite a painful read, but it's one of my favourite stories I've written to date, and I'm very fond of the characters. Do consider checking it out, if you're after a VN with an older love interest, and you don't mind a hefty dose of Despair and Suffering! I'd be very interested to hear what people make of this story (and Yuel, in particular), and whether it succeeds in ousting Sweetest Monster from its position of 'The Most Unpleasant ebi Story to Date'!
If you enjoyed some of my grimmer stories that tackle unsettling subject matter, such as the aforementioned Sweetest Monster, The Mermaid of Zennor, or Six Days of Snow, it might be worth checking out!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1673020
- ebi x
[ 2022-08-04 15:52:42 CET ] [ Original post ]
Based on the life (and death) of Marie Antoinette, The End of an Actress is a tragic romance story set in a fantasy universe with close parallels to late 18th century France.
The kingdom of Artoire was once a force to be reckoned with. Governed by a string of beloved kings, the nation was wealthy, its people prosperous. That was in the past, however. Now, Artoire’s fortunes are dwindling as constant wars and food shortages sweep the land. After innumerable hard years, the people of Artoire begin to despair. Fearing for the worst, they search for a messiah who can save them during their time of peril…
And that messiah comes in the form of a fourteen-year-old girl called Liliane.
Liliane is a beautiful, charming, elegant young lady from the foreign land of Charentes, born to the noble Saint-Coeurs. Betrothed to the future king of Artoire, Liliane ascends to the throne upon the death of the old monarch, to public approval and rapturous applause.
With the passing of time, however, the public opinion towards Liliane turns. It soon transpires that the new queen is vain and flighty, and she cares not one jot about the plight of the common people. The death toll continues to rise, new wars loom on the horizon, and despair swells.
Betrayed and helplessly hurt, a young man called Marius becomes a key player in a revolt that will shake the society of Artoire to its very core. Once a street urchin enamoured with the queen, and now a lead revolutionary, Marius is faced with a difficult decision. Can he really bring the queen he once adored to justice… or will his old feelings ruin all he has been working for?
- Story by ebi-hime, author of Sweetest Monster and Blackberry Honey
- A handful of choices and five unique endings
- Around 60,000 words of text (approx 3-4 hours of reading)
- Detailed background and character art
- A custom OST
- 1080p display
- Misery!
- OS: x86/x86_64
- Processor: 1 GzMemory: 512 MB RAM
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
- Storage: 300 MB available space
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