Iron Company

IRON COMPANY is my visual novel project in progress, and you can play a demo of the very first chapter (1 of a planned 6 chapters) RIGHT NOW! I'm prioritizing the Novel part of the Visual Novel first, so it's more of a text adventure with supplementary placeholder images right now, but my goal is a full-fledged VN.

📲 MOBILE/TABLET USERS AND PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO DOWNLOAD A THING: You can access a browser-based version here.

GENERAL INFO
release date: chapter 1 alpha is out right now! final version...? someday? i have adhd and carpal tunnel syndrome. but also an indomitable spirit. it'll be finished when it's finished.
platform: PC/Mac/Linux (working on a solution for mobile devices, please hold)
engine: Ren'py
prominent flavors: mid-apocalyptic / horror / comedy / fantasy / enemies-to-friends / found family
is there gonna be gay stuff?: who do you think i am. (disregard previous sentence if you don't know who i am.) of course there's gonna be gay stuff!!
planned features: text, and images that go with the text! chapters from multiple character POVs, choices, and multiple endings.
age rating/content warnings: violence, blood/gore, copious foul language, use and abuse of alcohol, a lot of onscreen smoking, brief mentions of suicidal intent, and general horror content. this story is intended for readers at least 17+. if i were the ESRB i'd rate it M17, but i'm not the ESRB. i do plan to implement some ingame warnings/accessibility features to make it easier on people who can't handle, like, jumpscares (and there are no jumpscares in the current demo).

STORY
It’s been just over a century since the Rift– a cataclysmic event during which a barrier between dimensions tore open, spilling demons into the world and turning much of the planet into barren wasteland. At the climax of a desperate war for arable land, John Sykes and Petra Raskoph fought a duel to the death. Sykes stabbed Raskoph in the eye. Raskoph burned Sykes. Dragged away to safety by their comrades, both of them survived. A year after the end of the war, they meet again by chance; Sykes, directionless and running low on cash, and Raskoph with a dangerous but lucrative job offer that neither of them can afford to turn down.

PLAYABLE CHARACTERS

John Sykes
A farmer's son, ex-soldier and all-around capable guy, Sykes is good with his hands and bad with people. Cool-headed on the surface, but always boiling just below it, he's kind of always planning for the worst-case scenario.

Something is following him.

Petra Raskoph
Formerly a very put-together Inquisitor, Petra is clumsily navigating her new life as a fugitive. Anxious, excitable, and always a bit distracted. She seems to have a masterful command of magic, and a lot of secrets she's keeping a lid on.

She has forgotten something.

Lots more sketches, character bios, etc. over on my Toyhouse!
Also more stuff on my games page!

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