
Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is a 2D dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines. Guide three protagonists through an interlocked and inexorably connected storyline. There are no wrong answers, but your decisions have consequences.
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Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is the first installment of an episodic dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines, romantic routes, and many different endings.
Guide three protagonists through a storyline left for you to untangle. Your choices don't just shape the outcome of the story, they shape the personas of the protagonists you control.
This first installation in a four-part story offers a complete narrative arc and serves as the foundation for a larger story. This game is designed to be played multiple times.
Romantic routes dynamically evolve across paths, with three (or perhaps four) potential love interests to discover.
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There are no wrong answers, but every answer carries weight.
Dancing with Shadows: Prologue features 3 different protagonists and 3 primary love interests. These stories play out in sequence, and the choices you make one one path affect the next in sequence.
Decisions made in Dancing with Shadows: Prologue effect the identity of the protagonist you control within the story.
The story contains many branching paths, which are determined by the choices you make as the protagonist you control. These choices results in many different possible endings, some of which are carefully hidden.
The dialogue of Dancing with Shadows: Prologue contains 1,474 lines and 14,403 words.






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Вечно эти демки обрываются на самом интересном месте, оставляя после себя только недоумение и легкий зуд в кошельке - мол, ну купи уже полную версию, не будь жмотом, а вдруг там дальше шедевр в который я не поиграю... Если вдруг этот мой спич наберёт 50 лайков и 10 наград, я, как мужик сказал, так и сделаю: куплю наконец полную версию на распродаже, поиграю 100 часов, значок улучшу и реально пойду в церковь, поставлю свечку разрабам, чтоб они и дальше клепали крутые проекты, а не только дразнили нас кусочками. ⣿⠟⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢋⣩⣉⢻ ⣿⠀⣿⣶⣕⣈⠹⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⣛⢋⣰⠣⣿⣿⠀⣿ ⣿⡀⣿⣿⣿⣧⢻⣿⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠶⡝⠀⣿ ⣿⣷⠘⣿⣿⣿⢏⣿⣿⣋⣀⣈⣻⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣿⡐⢿ ⣿⣿⣆⢩⣝⣫⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠿⠿⠦⠀⠸⠿⣻⣿⡄⢻ ⣿⣿⣿⡄⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣼ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣰ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠏⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⠟⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿ ⣿⠋⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⣿ ⠋⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸
A somewhat simple though intriguing dark fantasy premise. Right now this prologue consists of the MC going on a typical quest, which essentially is being used as an introductory to the main cast. MC a blank slate merc, plus a witch, demon, golem, etc,,, What the main story will consist of however, at this time us completely left open. Art design is nice if but limited. BGM consists of a mixture of open license plus a few custom theme tracks as well. Music is fitting for the setting. (Minus the elevator music for the credits. Very odd choice). What has me concerned is how devs are going about the CYOA play style. I appreciate the degree of player agency regarding the choices. At the same time just in this introduction narrative can branch in a multitude of directions. While still in the prologue mind you, and roughly an hour of playtime,. Plus whatever impact the minor choices will have. (I launched the game manually, hence the low play time on record). And for devs to continue on this path will add years to a final build release. Would suggest they reign in the choice system to achieve a manageable production.
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무료게임이니 그냥 짧게 적음. 1. 개발자가 CG에 공을 많이 들였음...이 아니라 이거 Ai 잖아! 2. 광고용 게임이라 무료치고는 분량이 상당히 김. 선택지도 다양함. 3. 배경음악 좋음. 정도를 들 수 있음. 스토리 위주의 게임인거니 더이상의 소개는 안하겠음. 리뷰상 추천함.
So far so good! The story seems really interesting and for what it is (a little taste of a full fledged game) I had a lot of fun playing it! I really hope it gets more views and downloads, I'd really love to see where the story goes <3
I love the three protagonists and its such an interesting concept!
Bravo! Beautifully written, intriguing ending, and even some funny parts. Looking forward to the next chapter! :)
A promising start to a Choose Your Own Adventure style visual novel. It takes around an hour to test out the various branches, but you can get quite a few different endings already - who lives or dies, who pairs up with whom, and who will be the focus of the antagonist (?) at the end. The music and background art are adequate in quality, the character art may be placeholder but for now it does a fair job of presenting each character's personality. Those with a few expressions to them, like the goblin and the demoness, are pleasantly evocative - I hope more will be shown with updated assets and the later story. Even if the night elf's mask hides most of her face, a lot can be done with subtle eye expressions, same deal when we see the golem full frontal if his/her/their face is capable of mimicry. I think the story is the most tantalizing prospect of this. The characters are basic but interesting enough that you want to see what adventures they end up tangled in, and the Choose Your Own Adventure style tickles my curiosity to see how they handle each situation, alone or with their unlikely allies. At the same time, I worry whether this open-ended approach can be maintained long-term, since each decision creating new story branches makes the possible combintions grow exponentially in scope. Will this mean that some decisions are ultimately meaningless (or at best convey flavor)? Or will there be points with a story bottleneck that brings everyone together before each next 'chapter' or section of the story? Or will the story diverge and branch out so wide, like a tree with branches growing into a crown, that a 2 or 3 hour playthrough reaches one possible ending but barely explores 5% of the entire story, with 10, 20 or 30 unique endings possible? I am unsure which solution is best for this particular story, but I wish the creator good luck in tackling this challenge. Well worth checking out if you have around an hour of free time. It's free so you're really not risking anything, why not give it a chance?
A vibey game. Cool and awesome dev team. ;)
Oyun, CYOA'dan etkilenen dallanan hikâye örgülerine sahip 2 boyutlu, karanlık bir fantastik görsel romandır. Üç kahramanı birbirine bağlı ve kaçınılmaz bir şekilde bağlantılı bir hikâyede yönlendirin. Yanlış cevap yoktur, ancak kararlarınızın sonuçları vardır.
I really love the story and the art of this Game , tad bit short but hopefully a good taste of what is to come later, can't wait to see what is going to happen to all the characters in the future , they are genuinely interesting, and ... ahem... cough ... cough... ...nice to look at
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