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When the Wildflowers Leave

When the Wildflowers Leave is an engaging narrative RPG. Stop through an anthology of meteor-stricken towns while carefully convincing each of them to harbor a radical. Commit to decisions shifting you and your companions’ mental dilemmas, and make the choice for or against uncomfortable change.

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About the Game

When the Wildflowers Leave is an engaging narrative-focused RPG. Cross the continent and stop through an anthology of meteor-stricken towns, all while carefully convincing them to harbor a radical. Commit to decisions that shift you and your companions’ mental dilemmas, and make the ultimate choice for or against uncomfortable change.

Make decisions in a branching dialog system that reacts back

It's all up to you. Decisions are tracked to change character mental states, close and open unique plot lines, and to ultimately conclude whether you accept the way this continent is heading. Your crew takes what you say to heart too; choose to help or hurt your companions on each of their own mental dilemmas throughout the trek.

You're each needed to make this work

Fish Town has numbed your life into boredom and complacency, but escaping is an impossible choice to make. Even if your friends are gone, leaving would mean betraying your family and hometown that needs your help-- and where would you even choose to move? Now the world is ending and the mayor has made the guilty choice for you; it's time to leave.

He's confident the last few decades were a mistake; he has seen the Treaty's afflictions first hand. A wound festers with this old doctor, but asking for help has only ever made things more difficult for him.

Debating the future leaves you out of the present! No background checks here too! It's a waste to dwell on the faults of other people when turning them into friends can solve most problems.

Good results take hard work and planning... did you make your bed this morning? A debt hovers over her shoulders, but be not concerned. She always pays back on time what she owes.

Meet memorable characters across the continent

Talk with a family of orangutans, have philosophical debates with a man in a barrel, and get life advice from a cook making perpetual stew.

An original bluegrass soundtrack by Clover-Lynn

Get pulled into a world where thoughtfully researched banjo tunes lead the way

Experience an anthology of towns with their own unique plots.

Find and convince someone at each stop to keep one of the continent’s infamous characters for the night without getting caught.

Kaetūroa is a young continent with a stubborn ecosystem

Old growth forests are dense, terrain varies wildly, and Megafauna still roams wild. Towns and states are scattered around and are beginning to scale in spite of it all. The Distance Treaties Act was signed by all states to ensure peace among all, but folks are starting to experience it’s flaws. Wild towns are starting to get enveloped by a capital city causing growing political tension. Now an unexpected meteor shower has just thrown daily life off course and you’re right in the thick of it.

Experience untamed nature, manage resources, come across oddities, and cook while travelling between towns.

Every frame is thoughtfully filled with hand-drawn art

Inspired by Japanese Woodblock Prints, 19th Century Etchings, and Botanical Illustrations. See an incredible mix of traditional oil, watercolor, digital, and other mixed media all blended into a 2.5D environment.