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Penetrate the Veil [1]: Unspoken Hearts
A downloadable game for Windows
You were the scion of a powerful sorcerer family…and now, you’re the only survivor. For the past few years, you’ve been traveling across the god planets in search of the power you need for revenge. The most recent lead has led you to a name floating on everyone’s lips: The Eternal.
A being that has been described as to never known defeat. Most importantly, he’s a mage, just like you.
With the intention of asking him to be your mentor in magic, you chase him across the planes. The moment of confrontation is here.
As you’ve suspected, he’s your (former) brother-in-law, and there’s a lot to be said after the 17 years since you last saw each other.
Penetrate the Veil: Unspoken Hearts was made within 10 days for the 2024 O2A2 Jam with a strict asset and 1000-words limitation.
- Female protagonist (default name: Zulie) written in the second person
- A single yandere male LI who knew that your paths would one day meet again
- He let you go the first time so you could be happy…but there is no second chance
- Exactly 1000 words
- 3 endings
For those stuck finding all three, I've provided a flowchart.
Keep in mind that this timeline only captures major choices, but not the branching dialogue that you'd get. You may need to right click -> open image in new tab to see it in its fullest size. I recommend reading the endings in order 1->2->3.
Penetrate the Veil Flowchart
Writer, UI Designer, Programmer: Haliora
Sprite Artist: alwaysjmb
Music Track: Hayden Folker - Ablation Suite
Did you like the game and want more content? Are you interested in tales with misfits, monsters, and otherwise outcasts of society? What about grand worlds and elaborate lore?
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Development log
- Version Update: Penetrate the Veil33 days ago
- New Release: Penetrate the Veil41 days ago
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Hello! I was wondering if you were planning to make the game playable on mac? I just bought it not realizing it was only playable on windows so i was just wondering.
Thank you for your interest in my game. Unfortunately, I don't currently have any plans to build a Mac version as I don't use them enough to confidently test and support one.
However, there are several ways to play Windows games on a Mac. There are several tutorials online to help you with any of these methods.
1) The easiest is installing Wine as they will allow you to run most Window applications, not just games. This is the method I recommend.
2) Another way is to run it via a virtual machine, though this demands a lot more storage space since you are partitioning your operating systems. Note that you do NOT need to buy Windows for your virtual machine to run games.
3) VMware Fusion Pro is recently free for personal use, and is similar to a virtual machine, only you can run this entirely on the Mac side without having to sign out of your profile.
If you do not wish to set any of these up and/or would like your donation refunded, please reach out to support@itch.io.
I really liked the atmosphere of the game and the choices available. I hope that this collection of games will be replenished. Thank you for sharing your creativity!
Thank you for playing my game!
Rest assured, the "Undying Devotion" collection will continue to be added to over the years. For now, please look forward to a sequel of this game coming soon!
Hoorah I got all three endings!!!!!
I loved the variation of choices, especially the near-last set of recoiling, shivering, or leaning into him! The atmosphere and visuals of the game are great as well - Ekam is very hambsom, the mint green particles and the dark blue ruins/library(?) background suit him very well.
If there wasn't a 1k word limit for the jam, I would really have loved to learn more about the late husband (or make a dialogue choice comparing him to Ekam - maybe Ekam would punish me for it HEHEHEH) - and there were a couple of confusing bits where I didn't know what terms like "unsent" or "Sand Crush" meant, but overall A+ very entertaining chat with my new yandere bf. <3
Hooray! ⍝ʕ´•ᴥ•`ʔ⍝
Congratulations on getting all three endings!
I'm glad you enjoyed the choices because I had a blast writing them. Ekam is the sort that goes for the jugular no matter what you say/do to him...
That 1k word limit truly had me fighting for my life with "explaining the least" and still conveying everything necessary to understand the premise. As the dev, my goal was to leave the majority of details up to interpretation.
Did "you" truly choose the late husband because it was a safe choice or did "you" truly love him? Was Ekam's feelings toward "you" merely one-sided or were "you" lovers in the past? When "you" lean into his touch, were "you" hoping to get his guard down, or were "you" reciprocating his affections?
Or perhaps the story as how Ekam lays it out sways you. But there is danger in that because he IS yandere, so naturally he wants you to believe his narrative.
Thank you for the comment, and playing my game!