Dual Chroma: Haereticus
STORY:
[Horror/Fantasy]
As a scribe, you serve in subterranean tombs. You once adored a different version of Him before His transformation. Now, as He calls you to the Cerean Hall, how will you respond?
A glimpse into the shadows of Aradal ages past. Haereticus is short experience set in the Dual Chroma universe made for OA2A jam.
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Note: The game might lag on slow connections and some images might be pixellated - for best experience we recommend downloading the game!
SEQUEL:
Prelaunch Kickstarter: bit.ly/dckickstart
CREDITS:
Crysil - Director/ Artist / Scripter
UI base from Dual Chroma by Kathaeris
Logo base from Dual Chroma by Ingthing
Soundtrack - Death Chant by Humanfobia (license)
SAME UNIVERSE GAMES:
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars (65 total ratings) |
Author | Galen Games |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Made with | Ren'Py |
Tags | Dark, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, First-Person, Horror, LGBT, Mystery, Romance, supernatural |
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DualChromaHaereticus-1.3-pc.zip 62 MB
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Development log
- Thoughts & story follow-upAug 02, 2023
Comments
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I love me a crazy dude.
sad it's so short D: I wanna romance him XD such gorgeous man <3
Such beautiful art! I love the villain!
But besides that I really want to dive into the sequel now. Great work!^^
The THINGS I'd let the Ashen Lord DO TO ME!😩
I feel you, ngl. 😂
You're not alone.^^
don't be weird ya'll 😭
How interesting! I don't know much of the plot but it is quite terrifying to see glimpses of what is happening. The art is phenomenal to be honest and the way the villain is set up is quite imposing.
It does make me curious for the actual game where it takes place in! Great job with this one~!
Him *terrifying*
me: so hot
(ik i have issues)
oh gosh, I feel you.
The art ist just beautiful and I blame the artist about making me feel this way. 👀
yeah ig
HE LOOKS LIKE CIRRUS..
OBSCURA MENTIONED!!! RAHHHH!!!
Griffith is that you
I loved this so much
Very atmospheric; the art and all the visual effects are gorgeous!
I don't know anything about Dual Chroma so if there are any tie-ins with your longer work it went over my head, but it was an enjoyable short experience regardless!
Thank you <3
Beautiful as always, and an enticing peek into the world of Aradal before Dual Chroma. Excited to see more of the world...and the Ashen Lord 👀
Thank you <3 and yes we can't wait to bring more!
Very, very pretty! Definitely does a good job whetting our appetites for your larger game.
Thank you <3
griffith?
As usual, you blow me away with your sense of world-building and the excellent quality of your unique artwork. I have a lot of respect for Dual Chroma and it's great to see more games pop up in the same world. :)
Amazing work! <3
Thank you ❤️ The world-building is also thanks to Rico, our super talented writer who brought everything to life!
AMAZING AS ALWAYS!!! I always love the art for the games, but the spooky background music, the bell tolls, and then the (beautiful) tyrant....making his scribe disappear into the night for the only hope of ending the cruelty.
I am even more excited for Dual Chroma after this!! Good job guys <3
❤️❤️❤️ ERFE also thanks for calling him a beautiful tyrant, I'm living for that moniker now
*Checks calendar* Can we speed this Kickstarter up? LMAO I am so super excited to see where this story/game is going. Loved this tease. :)
Thanks! ❤️
what a wonderful evil teaser :O I love that we can look around and the Lord was so dark and evil...the choir was very scary sounding, so dark... It was an amazing little sneak peak into the game :D
Ah! Glad you liked it!! <3 Yes he is very evil
This is SUCH a great teaser for Dual Chroma! The intense drama of seeing the encroaching evil and knowing that you have to fight back, even after putting all your faith into your lord... this was short but intense!
Thank you so much! That's what we were going for :)
I can't say much more than
AAAAAAAAAH ✨✨✨
<3 <3 <3
Oh my, what a game it was!
The game leaves a very strong first impression: the strike, the distorted choir, goodness, it sets the tone! This discomfort, this confusion when confronted to Ashen Lord, it was all very good!
The fact that the tracks are very appropriate to this game, and the sprite magnificent is also to highlight. The "move around with your mouse" effect (it feels a bit different from parallax though?) also helps in setting the tone: we feel distant to what's happening, to the horror of this whole situation: we are not in control and are not asked to be, despite the choice given to us (death or an even worse fate). The screams in the background, serving as the voice asset, sent shivers down my spine!!
Very interesting comment on the mental control religions (or, ultimately, any ideological movement) can have on people. It is also a very good introduction to the world of Dual Chroma (and this reminds me I still have to go through more otome jam entries because I'm not done playing all those who interested me yet... aaah, the curse of so little time!)
It was a high-quality entry, a short yet strong horror experience!!
Thank you so much for your detailed analysis ! I'm really happy you were able to pick up all of that from your playthrough<3
Now, I didn't try Dual Chroma yet, but this certainly would convince me to put it on my "to play" list if it wasn't there yet. You can feel that there's way, way more behind it all, a whole world, a whole thing to uncover. And gods, the shining blue eyes will probably haunt me for a bit.
This comment was everything, thank you Naarel <3