Two years ago your world fell apart. These days youâre⊠a bit of a mess. And, as it turns out, a soon-to-be criminal too- er, hang on letâs try that again.
Venatici House is a 17+ interactive fiction game, planned to be book 1 in a series.
Genres: Modern/urban fantasy, fairy tales, (dark-ish) comedy, angst, romance.
Around 100 years ago, magical abilities started manifesting in parts of the population. Today, more than Œ of the population manifest an ability after the age of 12. But something else started appearing too, all those years ago - keys.
People that found these keys realised they could create portals, âdoorsâ to other worlds, other realms. They dubbed these worlds 'Otherworldsâ and began to explore them, but many were dangerous, and people lost their lives in exploration. As such, an association named Kastell was formed to regulate the use of keys, and make sure only qualified people would be able to use them. They created a university for people with abilities, where after graduating, students would become licensed Travellers, allowed to use keys and go on expeditions to Otherworlds.
That university was Donjon.
Two years after a traumatising incident revealed that you had a power all along, youâre finally persuaded to attend Donjon to learn to control it. Seems simple, right? You go, you get better, maybe you finally move on from what you did.
Except next thing you know youâre illegally entering a fairy tale world with your parolee housemate.
- Customise your MC - Choose your name and appearance, play as cis, trans, or non-binary, and romance whoever you want, or no one at all!
- Balance university and a cross-world adventure where youâll encounter fairy tale creatures and characters (though maybe not how you expect)
- Bonding moments with the main cast! Go on shopping trips, almost die together, attend a party, and other fun things
- Some good olâ âFound Familyâ trope (+ a beautiful scarf from your loving guardian)
Eddie (m/f) - Cheeky but always kind and supportive, the two of you have a long history together. They were your best friend, maybe more, and the person that knew you best in the whole world. Now theyâre lying in a hospital bed somewhere and youâve spent the last two years blaming yourself, hating yourself for it.
Youâll fix this, you will⊠but what will that take from you? More info
Gil (m) - Your friendly and easy-going housemate, he seems to genuinely want to befriend you. Like you, heâs attending Donjon on a Venatici sponsorship. Unlike you, he was in prison not that long ago. It doesnât take you long to find out he was committed for murder. However, it seems like thereâs a story behind it. You wonder what happened to him. More info
Otto (f) - Sheâs a mystery with a great set of abs. Laid-back and on the quiet side, she doesnât seem like a bad person, but circumstances tell you she may be dangerous. Of course, with the way she does things at her own pace, itâd be hard to avoid her even if you wanted to.  More info
Ernestine (f) - A princess you meet in the fairy tale world. With her disarmingly pretty smile and (seemingly) sweet demeanour, itâs like she really walked right out of a storybook. At first sight anyways. More info
Lemon Sorbet (m) - A strange but nice man. Best friends with Otto and doubly enigmatic. Funnily enough, while his personality exudes warmth, his body seems to sap away any heat from its surroundings, leaving him with a perpetually cool aura. Â More info
??? (nb) - The 6th RO. Youâll only properly meet them in the next book⊠but that doesnât mean theyâre not around.
Discord:Â https://discord.gg/hpY7UHzRQP
Tags: #eddie, #gil, #otto, #ernestine, #lemon sorbet
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