Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
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The grapes of wrath have fully ripened — their vines bring forth an intoxicating fruit.
Abe never chose to come to Abbotsford. The village glows in a rural backwardness that fills him with a lingering dread. Soon however, things begin to look up, as he is hired as a delivery boy by Ina, the headstrong editor-in-chief of the school paper.
Before long Abe and Ina begin to uncover unsettling details about the island's past, including the mysterious evacuation of over half its populace. Gradually, they become caught up in an intricate web of political corruption, organized crime, and a highly secretive local church.
Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves is a mysterious visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
CHARACTERS
Rika
The Leviathan must feel melancholy, coiling all alone through endless depths.
Descending from a long line of reformed preachers, Rika is well grounded both socially and spiritually. Lately, however, she has become captivated by an intense longing for the sea. Her father is the leader of the secretive Kuyper faction in the Abbotsford city council.
Mei
Put your hand on these stones. Can you feel their calming warmth?
Mei doesn't go to school. She can often be found wandering among the giant megaliths that where erected on the island during the late Neolithic. Recently she's been having nightmares about her little brother.
Ina
Scandal, crime, corruption — small town politics are a cesspool of human depravity.
Ina is strong headed and determined. Having recently taken over as chief editor of the Sunday Abbot, she is dedicated to turn the nameless tabloid into a beacon of investigative journalism. Soon however, her inquiry into local political affairs stirs up a force that is better left untouched.
ABOUT
Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves is an interactive visual novel. By developing your relationship with each protagonists, the player can unlock that character's ending route. Deluge entered early access in January 2022. The full game came out in July 2022.
