Spirit's Embrace

Spirit's Embrace is a commercial fantasy game with themes revolving around angels, demons and death currently in development. The game will retail for $15 when it's released. Pre-orders are open at a discounted price of $10. The game will have 2 optional main characters and 8 different endings.

Story

You wake up in Purgatory, a place between worlds, between Heaven and Hell. You have no memory of who you were and how you got here. You only know your name. To find out the truth about your past (and if you're dead or still alive) you have to go on a dangerous quest. There are 3 places you'll have to visit: Heaven, Hell and Earth. Along the way you'll meet demons, angels, lost souls and even Death himself.

Characters Teo/Rin

The player can choose between a female heroine (Rin) or male hero (Teo). The names will be editable.

Our heroes are bound to each other in a way that can only be determined by the player. Their stories are different but connected by fate.

Beliah

Race: demon

Age: ancient

Height: 170 cm

A demon temporarily residing in purgatory, devious and mischievous. Beliah likes to bully the guardians of the gateway between the worlds - a portal called by the name Zarithar. He’s especially fond of the angel Mikael with who he’s been in conflict since ancient times. He serves as the right hand of Shadow Master - the king of demons. Despite his evil attitude Beliah also has a gentle side to him.

Mikael

Race: angel

Age: ancient

Height: 175 cm

An angel guarding the gateway between the worlds. Loyal and committed to his job. Mikael is very caring and innocent but also naive and easy to control. He often has to put up with the pranks of his rival Beliah. His favorite color is white and he often wears white clothing. He doesn’t understand cruelty and violence. He empathises with humans and their struggle to survive. Seeing how our hero/heroine ends up with amnesia Mikael decides to help regain the lost memories.

Lord of the Skies

Race: deity

Age: infinite

Height: 185 cm

The personification of God. He’s the Father of all beings and things. Although he’s been thought to be very old his appearance shows a young lad with long silver hair. Lord of the Skies has a very calm and gentle personality but there’s a cloud of mystery surrounding him. No one knows where he is most of the time and what he’s been doing there. One thing remains certain though, he likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Master of Shadows

Race: demon

Age: ancient

Height: 179 cm

The personification of Satan, the lord of evil. He’s the master of deception and lies. He presents himself as a very elegant man around his 30-ties. The Master of shadows likes to play games (often on his PGS) and keeps a diary. He plans plots on how to take over Heaven and he trusts no one besides Beliah - his Right Hand.

Lucy

Race: human souls

Age: 15

Height: 165 cm

The soul of a teenage girl, trying to escape Death. Lucy had a very difficult life. Her parents were never around and so she had to do everything by herself. She learned to be independent but in result lost her childhood. From her earliest years she’s been constantly bullied by the neighborhood kids. She learned to deal with her haters and planned a revenge in her late years but never got the chance to act upon it.

Death

Race: unidentified

Age: ???

Height: 182 cm

Death is mysterious and lacks  humor. His job is to collect souls from Earth and take them upon the judgment place where it’s decided if they will be placed either in Heaven or Hell. He’s looking for a soul of a young girl named Lucy who is constantly hiding from him.

Florianna

Race: angel

Age: ancient

Height: 172 cm

The bookkeeper of the Lord of the Skies. Florianna is very nice, friendly and intelligent. She writes down which souls are going to Heaven and which to Hell. She also makes appointments for the Lord.

Sin and Ister

Twins with opposing characters. Sin is mean and sarcastic while Ister stays cheerful and full of optimism (not very demonish after all). The sisters constantly fight and deny each other’s right. They love jewelry and all kinds of expensive accessories (even though they rarely wear them).

Saint Peter

The Guardian of the Heaven’s Gate. He’s an old man who guards the passage to Heaven allowing only those with special permission to pass. Saint Peter is a very quiet person. He keeps all kind of keys and only he knows what the keys open.

Gabriel

An archangel supervising Mikael. He is always busy with work and rarely has any time to spare. Gabriel has a patronizing look and a well-shaped body, makes him look like a bodyguard of Heaven.

Fluffy

The diabolical Shadow Master’s dog. A gift from Lord of the Skies. Fluffy has a dark side, once made hungry he turns into a huge beast with a huge appetite.

END NOTES

Spirit's Embrace is a Pandoneum Studio visual novel. It is being developed using Ren'Py and will be released for Windows, Mac, and Linux with mobile systems hopefully in the future.

Character design & art - Aeghite

Writing & programming - Aeghite , Helfirer 

Background art - Aeghite  

GUI design - Aeghite

 Music - INCOMPETECH, NEWGROUNDS  SFX - FreeSound

UPDATE

The demo version of Spirit's Embrace for Android can also be found on Google Play.