Crowned in Vermilion

Your name is Simhananda. You are here to kill the king.
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Traverse the dark, familiar pathways through the royal palace, hounded by spectres from your past that seek to sway you from your mission. A short visual novel with storybook-like illustrations. There is only one choice that matters.

Created for Neo-Twiny Jam in June 2025, under the limitation of 500 words or fewer. Estimated 5-10 minutes playtime.{!} For best performance, download game files to play! The web build may be laggy.

{!} This game was built for and tested on Windows. Performance on other platforms may vary.

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Credits:

◈ Tanpura drone by MieliTietty (Creative Commons)

◈ Tanpura E minor/G by luckylittleraven (Creative Commons)

◈ Dawn birdsong chorus by HotCatMedia (Creative Commons)

◈ Night crickets on a quiet road by Rico_Casazza (Attribution 4.0)

◈ El Messiri by Mohamed Gaber (Open Font License)

◈ Quaaykop by Tup Wanders (Open Font License)

Thanks to all the friends that hyped up this huge project, and to M for a beautiful title! Your unending excitement about my stories is what keeps me creating.

◈ Thanks for playing! ◈
I post art on my Tumblr! Also, you can ArtFight me this July! Check out Auguries, another visual novel I worked on!