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a sproutingale
A hand-made dual-story delivered through handwriting and mixed media illustrations: Ek'mer guides the fae-kind on their journey through Hell while two doctoral students, Gus & Gwen, become friends.

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Features
Single-player
Family Sharing
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Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔
This game is not yet available on Steam

Planned Release Date: Nov 30, 2026

This game plans to unlock in approximately 2 months

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About This Game

Synopsis

This is a visual novel containing two stories:

Gus and Gwen are new PhD students in plant biology. They begin to become friends as they struggle to navigate grief and foibles in this small slice-of-life fiction.

Ek'mer, the Celestial Paladin, must guide the Fae through Hell on their eleven-yearly procession. He is split from the group in pursuit of one fae-thing, who eventually leads him to capture and torment in the Forges of Hell.

Why

This visual novel contains approximately 9,000 hand-written words, and more than 75 illustrations composed using a variety of mixed media: paint, marker, pencil, highlighter, gel pens, lighting, and more.

It should take about 30-60 minutes to read. 

Also, clearly, this game was made without the use of AI in any form. I hope you enjoy it. 

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Vague allusions to abuse and trauma as well as depictions of grief following suicide

System Requirements

Windows
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7+
    • Processor: 1.6 GHz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Linux
    • Processor: 1.6 GHz
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Arch Linux
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