
Oleksandr Lytvynenko
Plotted in early 20th century, this half-fantasy story will look into national struggles in Central Europe though the eye of Oleksander Lytvynenko, a man who tries to find his own identity among nations and languages.
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Travel back to early 20th century Europe, before the Great War, and experience European history and fantasies of magic .
Plotted in early 20th century, this half-fantasy story will look into national struggles in Central Europe though the eye of Oleksander Lytvynenko, a young man who tries to find his own identity among nations and languages.

■Classic rpg gaming: Explore linar story, collect items, engaging battles, enhance skills and characters, glimpse into the turbulence of European national history, and experience the social environment before the borders of the contemporary state took shape.
■The 'Melt-away' system:Collect items, complete challenges, understand the story behind each characters, unlock extra skills and characters, and makes the gameplay much easier!
■An all-original story based on real Eastern European history, with fully hand-drawn graphics, the story will be presented in a stylised form.
For commercially available sound effects, scripts, literature and academic material used in this game, please see the acknowledgements or help files.
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Menu:Mouse click,tab key to switch on/off item detail page window ,'Q' to switch characters in skill, status and equip menu.
Battle:Mouse / key board,press 'esc' to check status or escape.
The 'Melt-away' system:Mouse click
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Ins/Threads: the_hollow_gateway
Twitter:@VainBridgeway
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Plotted in early 20th century, this half-fantasy story will look into national struggles in Central Europe though the eye of Oleksander Lytvynenko, a young man who tries to find his own identity among nations and languages.

■Classic rpg gaming: Explore linar story, collect items, engaging battles, enhance skills and characters, glimpse into the turbulence of European national history, and experience the social environment before the borders of the contemporary state took shape.
■The 'Melt-away' system:Collect items, complete challenges, understand the story behind each characters, unlock extra skills and characters, and makes the gameplay much easier!
■An all-original story based on real Eastern European history, with fully hand-drawn graphics, the story will be presented in a stylised form.
For commercially available sound effects, scripts, literature and academic material used in this game, please see the acknowledgements or help files.
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how to play:
Move:Arrow keys / mouse clickMenu:Mouse click,tab key to switch on/off item detail page window ,'Q' to switch characters in skill, status and equip menu.
Battle:Mouse / key board,press 'esc' to check status or escape.
The 'Melt-away' system:Mouse click
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Game society:
QQ group chat:368061195Ins/Threads: the_hollow_gateway
Twitter:@VainBridgeway
Updates and future plans:
Demo version available soon, with subsequent content to be released in about five chapters and a dlc mini-story, to be announced.====================================================