Echoes Of Mythria
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Echoes of Mythria offers a captivating blend of humor, intricate plots, strategic battles, sexy times and distinct personalities, drawing you into a world where every choice matters.
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Welcome!
I'm Zesty, a solo game dev who dreamed of creating a story-focused Visual Novel mixed with a Strategy Card Game, a game that blended a modern story with a medieval fantasy world…
While still in development, it is now available and I'm proud to present to you Echoes Of Mythria!
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Plot
Just arrived in Kenton to pursue your academic career, you immediately sense something is off. Quickly drawn into the enigmatic world of "Battles of Mythria," a popular yet highly controversial card game, you strive to uncover the mysteries surrounding it. Through encounters with a cast of emblematic characters, each harboring their own secrets, you must navigate a world filled with intrigue, romance, and deception...
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About the Game
The game is currently under development and will be released in chapters. I'm working daily on this passion project and you can expect frequent updates about its development state.
As of right now, the game contains one Chapter and around 2 hours of gameplay.
The game is FREE and will always be. Though patrons and supporters will get access to new chapters earlier, walkthroughs, guides, and exclusive content... The main content and story will be the same for everyone.
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About the Art
The art is a combination of hand-painting and AI generation. Most pictures consist of dozens of generations, with multiple hours of hand-painting on top of it.
Every "design" part of the game is made by hand (cards, apps, screens...) and most of the character's facial expressions are too.
While a previous version of the game used Daz Studio and Honey Select 2, I wanted the art direction of my game to be different from most of the adult visual novels I enjoyed, even if it required more work.
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Disclaimer: All characters involved in this game are 18+. Any resemblance to reality is merely a coincidence.
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Development log
- Echoes Of Mythria [v0.1] - Official LaunchAug 13, 2024
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I'm usually not a fan of AI as it tends to lead to pretty bland character designs, but you've done pretty well in making them distinctive. Some of the facial expressions are a bit off, though. Anya's smile, for example, just looks like it has a different angle from the rest of her face.
Do you have a timeline for updates?
Thank you for your comment and your kind words.
I'll do my best with the facial expressions and take a look at the one you're talking about! I've reworked a few already :)
As for the updates, the next content update is coming end of this month (September) and is a huge one. The next one after this should be at the end of November, but it is still uncertain as I'm currently reworking Chapter 01 as well with the feedback I received. People who don't want to replay it won't have to and won't miss anything though :) And the wait between the next updates should be easier since there will be a LOT of content to go through!
Important questions DEV!
will there be a harem ending?
And is the content forced or can it be avoided? This is what I mean about some fetishes or labels that are sometimes presented in the game that are not to everyone's liking, especially lesbians, Ntr, femdom, etc.
Thank you for asking!
The short answer is: Yes!
Long answer: It will be up to you! You can raise your affinity with only one or every girl you like, thus having multiple "affairs/girlfriends" and a harem ending if that's what you want.
As for the sexual content, almost none of it is forced. I'll do my best always to give the player options to avoid or skip it if it's anything other than "standard" intercourse.
For example, if you talk to the Secretary (in Chapter 01 already), you'll find multiple bdsm pictures (and scenes). If that's not your thing, you can simply avoid talking to her and won't get this content. For the reasons you express, the first pictures you find of her are soft, so you know what you're getting yourself into.
Finally, skipping/avoiding sexual content or not raising affinity with a character will not prevent you from getting anything story-wise.
I will add labels to my game page as scenes are added to the game too.
I hope I answered your questions. Feel free to ask if you have more.
Thanks for checking out my game, it means a lot to me.
Thanks for answering, I forgot to ask you if there will be animations in the scenes NSFW?
You're most welcome, thank you for taking interest in my game!
Yes, there will be.
They require a crazy amount of work to be of great quality (all done by hand), thus there probably won't be many but I'm working on them. There will be at least one in the next update already!
While using AI art does have a stigma attached, it looks used to great effect, and I don't think using it to increase the speed of content produced is a bad thing. Using it to aid the process is I think how its best employed!
Besides how is it any worse than using DAZ or Honey Select? Both of which produce great content
Looking forward to more content and will be following!
Thanks a lot for your kind words and following, it means a lot to me and I hope you'll like the next update!
As for the AI, it does indeed have a pretty strong stigma attached: It's hard seeing "1 star rating because AI" when I spend hours drawing by hand on/with those AI pictures, and of course there's everything else in the game that isn't done by/with AI (code, design, story...). As for Daz and HS I do absolutely love them, I just felt like it didn't fit my vision of my game.
ooo, this looks goo....
ai generation.
welp, you lost me. id prefer badly drawn b and w placeholder art
I'm sorry to hear. Do you have any other criticism to give me so I can work on my game to make it worth more than 1 star in your eyes?
Maybe you'll feel better knowing that none of the art is 100% AI and a lot is actually handpainting combined with it (and some is 100% handpainting). I'm a decent artist but just couldn't have done so much content by myself. I still hope you liked the story and gameplay.
Have a nice day and thanks you for your review !
I honestly couldn't get past that. And not 100 percent is... I mean, if you're using it like a model doll to make poses and then do your own art from there, that's one thing. if not 100 percent means going in and fixing hallucinations and such, thats not better. Also makes me worry about the story and writing being ai generated. Honestly, I feel like you would be better served doing what you can legitimately as a start, adding updates as you are able with real art, gaining a following and possibly an income source to help with time and money worries about adding more art and story.
Defiantly one to watch,
The Mini-game is almost worth being taken out of the game and made a separate game in itself
Thank you so much for your kind words XingUK. It means the world to me!
It's a possibility I'll do this in the future! For the time being, if you enjoyed the game, you'll be pleased to know that you'll be able to freely battle different opponents with different difficulty levels in the next chapters :)