Winterlord
A downloadable game for Windows
An agent of the state is dispatched to a remote village to investigate a group of rebels--and stop them before they can strike again. But the anonymous rebel leader seamlessly blends in with the crowd. In order to figure out who's calling the shots, you'll need to brave the elements as well as the villagers. Both can be confusing and deadly.
This game is a submission for Winter VN Jam 2021 - itch.io
Credits
Programming - Design
Artur 'bigbruh' Safin bigbruhh - itch.io
Narrative
John Lance spokeswriter - itch.io
Audio
Ianamus Lirae
Art
muhamadmentari muhamadmentari - itch.io / muhamadmentari.com
upkylak Upklyak | Freepik
Download
Install instructions
1) Download Winterlord.zip
2) Extract the files.
3) Put on a nice, fluffy winter coat.
4) Run Winterlord.exe
5) Have fun!
Comments
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GREAT WORK!! NICE STORY!! HAD GREAT FUN PLAYING IT THROUGH!! THE ART WORK IS AWSOME!
I love the artwork in this visual novel! The character sprites and backgrounds fit well together, I like the art style, and the way everything is lit with a blue light is a nice touch. Thank you for making this.
I really like visual novel types of games especially short and sweet ones, i very much enjoyed playing it through and through, thank you for making this!
Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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GOOD STORY
Thank you! It was a pleasure to watch your walkthrough!
You find yourself in a small town, with the goal of finding and eliminating "The Serpent". The leader of a rebellious group who doesn't want to conform to the countries rule.
I want to lead with the fact that I enjoyed the game, there are many aspects which are big positives. The general premise works, and the ending is satisfying. Where my problems come into play, is the engine chosen, and the length of the game. I hope to share a bit of constructive criticism.Starting with the base of the game, I honestly couldn't tell you what the game is running on. I greatly believe that it could've benefited from running on something simple and recognizable like Renpy. There are a few moments where the camera pans, and effects are used for snow, which may have required something more powerful or different. In regards to the story, it being as short as it was, lead to the characters not being properly fleshed out. What was there, is excellent, but I put too much thought into who the leader was, even though I didn't need to. This could entirely be a flaw of the time limit imposed for the Winter VN Jam, or a personal decision to keep it straight forward and quick but I stand by my thoughts that there was potential left on the table.
Ending off some of my thoughts, for twenty minutes this was absolutely worth the time to play. The artwork was surprisingly nice to look at, with there being an acceptable level of polish overall. I hope to see more creative ideas like this in the future.
Hi! Thanks for your replying! Yep,its not Renpy engine. It was created on Gideros.
About the short story - yes, we decided not to take big planks to be sure to meet the deadline. I'm very glad that we were able to create a good impression of the game!
This is not my first game in the visual novel genre made on Gideros. In the future I plan to make my own visual novels engine, considering what RenPy lacks. But actually, I've never used RenPy yet and have no idea what it looks like. lol
Thank you for your kind words about the story! We worked to flesh out the characters as much as possible within the jam timeframe but I agree that there's definitely potential for improvement.
This game was really clean and well put together. I managed to guess the correct rebel leader. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your gameplay video!
You're welcome :)