The Eight Years Revolution

The Eight Years Revolution is an on-going text-based game coded with Twine. It is a political intrigue and adventure set in a late-19th-century-inspired fantasy world, taking most of its influences from Mediterranean cultures. The game is currently rated 13+.

STORY

You are the young Monarch of Ahabalad, a land of wide deserts and rocky mountains. Or rather, you were, until your people, starving under the rule of the Regent — your uncle —, rebelled against your dynasty and started a revolution. To survive, you have to flee your country with the help of your trusted knight, Sir Mansoor, and your tutor, Lady Domara, and take refuge in the underground kingdom of Telidrica, where the Dwarves live. Lagodoro, the Dwarven capital city, is an impressive and intriguing underground metropolis. But it is also dangerous in many insidious ways. While Zanetta, a Dwarven spy, helps you navigate those dangers, you will continue your instruction and find allies in order to, one day, retake what is yours. Unless there is another path to take…

FEATURES

• Customize your character: choose their gender, appearance, and interests
• Define your character through 4 different traits which impact flavor text and how other characters react to them
• Develop 4 abilities, intelligence, combat prowess, charisma, and guile, to overcome obstacles your way
• Decide the future of your kingdom by choosing between traditionalist or revolutionary ideals
• Cultivate friendship or romance with 5 companions