Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is Out Now!

Developed by ジギタリス出版 and published by 15 Industry, Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is a new text-based adventure that has been crafted over six years by Yoshio Nishimura, a 30-year veteran from Vanillaware. On the Steam page, the team proudly announces that it has been 100% handmade, from the first to the last page!

The game offers three hundred illustrations, all made by the same artist: the developer. Yoshio Nishimura spent 30 years at Vanillaware, and worked on titles such as Odin Sphere,Dragon's Crown,and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim; he spent six years in a remote Japanese mountain village working on Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle!

Here's what you can expect from Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle:

• A text-based adventure that honours gamebooks and tabletop RPGs.
• About 15,000 words of story and text.
• Inspired by GrailQuest, Sorcery!, and Fighting Fantasy.
• An estimated 20+ hours of gameplay.
• Replayability through the branching outcomes.
• Players can fight, negotiate, or evade situations.
• Music by Hitoshi Sakimoto/Basiscape (Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim).

There's a demo available on Steam, if you'd like to give it a try! Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is available now! It's got a 10% discount to celebrate the release.