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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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About the Game

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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how to play:

Move:Arrow keys / mouse click
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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Game society:

QQ group chat:368061195
Ins/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.
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Developer's note

Making this game has consumed most of my leisure time and energy. Too much purpose would have made it difficult for me to persist, so it became simple: I just wanted to complete the characters' stories, and nothing more。——Holloway,the dev