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https://ebbasuke.itch.io/the-legend-of-astera-stone

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 an excellent vampire hunter in need of money.

Together they must retrieve a stolen magic artifact from a vampire's castle. How will the dream team fare? Do the misunderstandings and mishaps ruin the whole mission? The castle awaits...

This game contains material that might not be suitable for everyone.

This is a general list without spoilers. If you want to read more details, click the button below.

The game contains:

violence
wounds
psychological abuse
harassment

Click here to see a detailed list! (Might contain spoilers)

Violence:

One of the characters is armed with swords, and it's implied he uses them in battle
Visual depictions of characters striking each other
Visual depiction of a character strangling another for a few moments
Biting and blood drinking is implied via text and sound

Wounds:

Visual depictions of blood spatters
Visual depictions of old scars in characters' face and body
Visual and auditory depiction of a minor burn wound on the face

Psychological abuse:

The game features intimidating characters who manipulate others to get what they want
Some characters wield mind control magic, rendering their victims powerless
One of the characters uses verbal abuse in the form of name-calling
Some of the characters undermine other characters and their abilities

Harassment:

There are characters who get physically too close to others without their consent.

Other:

The game has scenes with minor screen shaking.

This visual novel game was originally made for the Spooktober 2021 game jam. It is a prequel to my O2A2 Again jam game Vampire†Hunter. The 2.0 version was published during the Amare Games Festival 2024.

For the best experience, I recommend downloading the 2.0 version (the game jam version is available for posterity's sake).

Final (2.0) Version:

~5700 words
two routes!
4 characters
lots of CGs
pretty music and creepy sounds
two endings

Game Jam Version:

<5000 words
one route
4 characters
unfinished art
no sounds
1 ending

This game uses mostly CC0 assets as well as Ebbasuke's art.

The background art was made by filtering and editing free photos from Unsplash. The sound effects were picked and modified from various CC0 sources, such as freesound.org. No AI-generated art was used in the making of this game.

The following musicians' work was used wholly or partly in the game's soundtrack. All the songs are licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Scott Buckley

Meydän

Tired of Life