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The Hollow Circuit: Book One

Enter a dark BioPunk visual novel where memory is contraband, poetry is rebellion, and the story may be trying to rewrite you. Navigate glitching timelines, forbidden intimacy, and the veiled forces controlling the circuit.

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Art of FACELESS
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About the Game

🔮 "You are not the first Veylon. You will not be the last. But you may be the one who breaks the loop."

The Hollow Circuit®: Book One is a BioPunk visual novel set in a fragmented future where memories are black market contraband, intimacy is policed, and poetry is punishable by erasure. You awaken as Veylon — or one version of them — in a forbidden archive beneath the Chthonic Nexus. As the system begins to glitch and timelines bleed, you must choose whether to resist, submit, or disappear entirely.

This is not a safe story.
This is the first Circuit.

🎮 Features

  • Narrative-rich visual novel gameplay with branching paths and multiple endings

  • Glitch aesthetics and layered timelines that respond to player choices

  • Embedded lore fragments, redacted poems, and hidden transmissions

  • Themes of memory, desire, control, and rebellion

  • LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and disabled-coded characters

  • Original glitch/ambient/analogue soundtrack

  • Unlockable codex pages and easter eggs for lore hunters

🧩 Game Structure

This is Act One of a planned four-part series. It is a complete standalone experience with 2–3 hours of gameplay depending on your choices and exploration path. Future Acts will expand the storyworld and deepen the recursion driving the narrative.

⚠️ Content Warning

This game contains themes of authoritarian control, psychological trauma, body modification, and adult intimacy. All content is narratively integrated and contextually handled, but may not be suitable for all players.

🛠️ Platforms and Technical Info

  • Available for Windows and macOS

  • Engine: Godot Engine with custom stylisation

  • Features Save/Load system, choice history, and accessible UI options

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