Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad is a demo version of a visual novel about a nation on the brink of civil war. You're not a hero or a villain—just a student caught in the storm. Will you join the ranks or vanish into the shadows? The revolution won’t wait. And it won’t forget your choice.

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About This Demo

In this demo, you will step into Ardengrad — a city of university classrooms, kitchen-table conversations, and student rallies, where fear, division, and the approach of a larger catastrophe are already beginning to take shape.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE DEMO

  • The opening of Act 1

  • An introduction to Yura and the key characters

  • Student life in Ardengrad: lectures, conversations, and the first political debates

  • Your first encounters with the heroines

  • Early choices that shape the tone of relationships and the direction of the story

  • The atmosphere of the world, original music, character sprites, CGs, and backgrounds

WHAT THE DEMO IS ABOUT

Yura is a student at Ardengrad National University who is used to keeping his distance. By chance, he finds himself drawn into a political science club, where debates about the country’s future at first seem like little more than part of ordinary university life. But politics will not remain inside the classroom for long.

HEROINES — FOUR PATHS, FOUR FATES

In the political science club, Yura meets four young women, each responding in her own way to the collapse of a shared world.

  • Katya — faith in collective struggle and historical justice.

  • Anya — caution, intelligence, and distrust of grand slogans.

  • Nadya — the will to survive in a world that does not forgive weakness.

  • Masha — torn between duty, faith, family, and her own conscience.

THE DEMO DOES NOT INCLUDE

  • The full development of the story routes

  • The full progression of the romantic storylines

  • The major turning points of the later acts

  • Episodes of the civil war

The demo is your entry point into Ardengrad — a first meeting with its characters, its early choices, and a world where history is only just beginning to enter your home.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 or above
    • Processor: Dual Core 2.5 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 2 GB VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectSound compatible

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