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The Orphaned Soul2018

The Orphaned Soul

2018 SA Industry71Good

Playtime

BriefTypically 1 hour

Playable on

Available on

Game modes

Details

Launch
September 17, 2018
Publisher
SA Industry
Themes
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Overview

A young girl, abandoned as an infant, goes on a search for her parents and identity in a dark fantasy world populated with foul beasts and nasty cuthroats.

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Reception

A short visual novel about a young woman who was abandoned as an infant and adopted by a couple who raised her like their real daughter. When she reached her 21 birthday, she decided to set off for a journey to find her real parents. This journey depends heavily on your choices and of course, there will be huge consequences that might also cost your...

Steam, , 52 found it helpful

Very short but it is also very well made.
The art is lovely and the music for each scene is excellent.
It can literally take about 10 minutes to complete successfully, though I managed to complete it only on a third attempt.

Steam, , 2 found it helpful

This is the first visual novel created by the devs. The visuals are great, the characters interesting, and the plot is good. Choices will affect what happens, perhaps even the difference between living and dying.

Try it.

Steam, , 8 found it helpful

https://youtu.be/axreS8vYF_8

Branching narrative with only leaf nodes lacks the expected depth for a visual novel and reduces this to simple A|B testing with the save/load system.

Surprisingly decent little visual novel. Artwork, music, and writing are all quite good. The only problem is that it is very short (10-15 minutes per play through) and linear -- your choices really only affect how many health points you gain or lose at each encounter, and the goal is simply to get to the end without your health dropping to zero. I played...