Amnion River

"Whenever the heavens are crying, I can't help but feel like something terrible is about to happen."

Amnion River is a story which follows Lis, a young artist from Whitecalder trying to rekindle her long lost passion for painting, who struggles with her declining health and recurring nightmares. One day, a nameless young girl with unusual, reddish skin and no clear memory of her past enters her life seemingly out of nowhere. Lis decides to take her in and names her Clair, a name she vaguely feels like befits her perfectly. 

As Lis takes care of the mysterious Clair, her condition worsens and she slowly begins to lose all touch with reality. Knowing she doesn’t have much time left, she takes Clair and her three-legged dog Toni on a last journey, to return to her horrid past and find the answers revolving around the mysterious death of her dear older sister Leonore, fourteen years ago.

Content warnings: Graphic imagery and/or descriptions  involving blood and death, suicide, vomiting, drug abuse, mental health decline, and mentions of torture and (severe) physical abuse. While partially inspired by real life events, the characters and story in this Visual Novel are entirely fictional and may have abilities and health conditions that are imaginative elements of the story. Those suffering from anxiety or depression may not feel comfortable playing this game.

Gameplay

As with any visual novel, the game is heavily story-based. It's like reading a digital book, accompanied with music, sound effects and artworks. The choices the player makes throughout the game will impact various areas, such as relationships between the characters and the course of the story, which features multiple different endings.

Development Status and plans

Development for Amnion River officially began in early 2022, with most of the CG artwork having been finished. As of now, the visual novel's script contains 127K words! Due to several real life events and situations, development has slowed down, but is still ongoing until the project is finished.

I'm planning to release a demo of Amnion River on itch.io which will contain the first few chapters. The demo will be free to play, with an option to donate if you want to support the project and help fund additional artwork!

All of my Kickstarter backers will receive a copy of the full game for free upon final release on the platform of their choice (either Steam or itch.io).

Comments will be enabled once the demo is out!