Royal Duality
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
About
Explore the world of Royal Duality with a mysterious and cryptic narrator. Make choices that will change the lives of the characters of the tale, and the world they live in. Discover hidden side stories, unlock all the endings and complete the compendium to reveal the truth behind this captivating plot and unlock the true motives of the mysterious 'Guardian of Stories'
*Multiple character POVS
*18 endings
*12 bonus scenes
*Partially Voice Acted
* Over 30 CGs!
*74k words
*15 hours completion time
*This game contains dark themes. There is a full content warning available before the game begins.
A Game guide and Unlockable guide are available.
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Finally found the exe file. Yay! ^_^
I am missing an 'options' button to control the different volumes and stuff with...
Oh, wait, it's there. You just have to right-click to find the hidden menu. It just doesn't appear in the main menu.
...or just click. Hiding the menu doesn't work cuz it pops up every time you click anywhere. lol
Not a fan of the scroll system for saving. And it's far too few save slots for my liking as well.
You also can't skip, scroll back, or find a 'history' menu to use if you clicked too fast.
The game do explain how to play the game tho. At length.
(Some like this, some don't. Depends on what you like. ^_^ )
I feel the creator could improve their writing skills a bit, but the story itself is not bad.
(So far the story is more talking than action, and some of it feels a bit like info-dumping.
It may be because everything is one long conversation without any hints to what you're actually doing outside people pointing it out in conversation.)
The artwork is not bad.
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The story-idea is interesting, and certainly unique, but the writing lacks the qualities that really draws the reader in.
The style of conversation-only may work for internet-chat games, but for a fantasy story like this one is makes the game seem a bit...dull.
Not because the story itself is bad, but because the writing itself fails to grab you. If that makes sense.
(I find myself missing a skip-button very much, hoping there is more exiting writing down the road. But alas; no skip function that works.)
I think this game has the potential to be good --once the writing is improved upon.
As far as the choices goes, it seems promising as well.
Especially if they matter as much as they appear to do.
Considering the size of it, the game must either be very long, or the choices change the path very much.
Both are good things.
But, again; the writing itself is just....painful to get through.
I tried to download this game repeatedly, and I can't find any exe file to start the game with.
Hi Raven, the game is called game.exe in the zip folder, hopefully that works for you.
I can try again and see. But I looked specifically for that the last 4 times without finding it.
Thanks for replying tho.
Now that I know where it -should- be I'll either find it, or not find it.
If I don't find it, I'll tell you in case there's a problem with the download.
Usually I don't have problems with any itchi downloads.
which engine was this made in?
Hello, thank you for your message and apologies for the delay. This game was made in Tyranobuilder.
hi. is this game blind accessible?
Hello thank you for taking the time to comment. We created a Royal Duality audio drama due to the game engine that Royal Duality game not being accessible. We have learnt lessons from this, and moving forward all of our games will use an engine that allows for keyboard only access and screen-reader compatability. We are sorry that Royal Duality the visual novel is not accessible, but it's sequel is being developed in a more inclusive engine.
hey, thanks! It's totally fine. Great to see you'll impliment accessibility in future games. If this game is made in unity, then you could maybe try the unity accessibility plugin.
Hello, thanks for your feedback. Unfortunately, we used an engine called Tyranobuilder and whilst I can understand the appeal for first time game devs (as we were when we made the game) - it doesn't have a good level of support in the EN version of the product and it was hard to get help. This is another motivation for us to move to Renpy for our future development. We really do appreciate your comment and hope we can provide all players with more accessible games in the future.
Loved the care taken into crafting this game! The worldbuilding was quite fun, characters were so endearing, art was great, and the voice acting was a nice touch as well. Nice build-up of intrigue through the mysterious narrator's commentary and meta-narrative. It was also fun figuring out how to get the different endings and side stories too.
All in all, a 5/5 star experience!
Thank you so much for your kind words. We really appreciate hearing from you!
We're really glad you enjoyed the side stories and endings too!
So many costume changes, so little time.Also, if you enjoyed Royal Duality, it's sequel game will be released soon, with some characters returning. We hope you look forward to that also. 🙇
Thanks again!
Hyakuten Games
Great fun, a charming collection of characters populate this fantasy visual novel adventure.
The artwork is beautifully rendered and the different character’s personalities are nicely defined. The actors providing the various voices have also done an exceptional job.
There is humour and mystery but be careful as a bad decision will turn things decidedly dark!
This is the first release from the Hyakuten Games team and I look forward to their next game.
Highly recommended.
THIS GAME IS FREE FOR EVERYONE!