Love in the Time of Spellphage
A one-hour spellpunk narrative adventure game about pandemic, wizards, and first love.
Lauren is a conjuration junior at Crowstone Wizard's University who is bored and alone in the early weeks of pandemic lockdown. Unsure of what to do with her career after graduation, she faces a decision that will change the course of her life. Help to guide her through two days of isolation that could alter history itself — or not, if she doesn't feel like it.
Explore the neighbourhood of Crowhurst, a tabletop-roleplaying-inspired world of elves, goblins, and magic in its late 1980s. When the Spellphage begins under mysterious circumstances, causing those who are infected to lose their ability to use magic forever, Lauren must choose whether to retreat into comfortable hobbies or to do what she can to uncover the mysteries of her world. With its branching and dynamic narrative structure, there are no wrong choices, but no two playthroughs will be exactly alike!
In Spellphage, you can:
- Unlock three distinct endings with vastly different outcomes for Lauren!
- Chat with your bestie on a vintage computer!
- Enjoy a varied soundtrack inspired by the indie rock and electronic music of the late 80s and early 90s!
- Collect and listen to four unlockable mixtapes made by your friends!
- Pet a cat!
- Paint happy little clouds!
- Practice anti-racism!
- Manage your emotional energy!
- Eat potatoes!
- Doomscroll!
- Buy pipe-weed from a goblin! And then smoke it!
- Kick back and read light novels!
- Learn some wizard science!
- Maybe smooch a wizard if you play your cards right!
Content Warnings
Despite its serious subject matter, Spellphage is a lighthearted and cozy game. However, it is intended for adult audiences, and contains scenes that deal earnestly with topics such as racism, disability, transphobia, addiction, parental neglect, and pandemic.
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Development log
- Love in the Time of Spellphage 0.2.1 released!68 days ago
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Inject this game right into my veins. The writing, the art style, the sound design (especially the clicks of the PC) are all fantastic, and it has some really lovely characters. I’ve now played a few times through to check out different endings and every play-through has had me ready and excited to do another. Do yourself a favor and pick up this game!
I've rarely delved into graphic novels and have not made one myself. Also, I haven't incorporated any music or sound effects into my games. But just five minutes into your game, I was hooked, even though your art style isn't my usually thing.
Your game made me consciously appreciate sound design for the first time, and it was amazing! The sound of the computer booting up and the roommate's faint knock pulled me right into the world. The music fits the vibe perfectly. Absolutely I wanna listen to Lauren's Ambient Music!
My only gripe is that the audio cuts out when I stay on one scene too long instead of looping. Sometimes, I just want to keep the game running in the background to enjoy the tunes. Maybe just add the options to preferences if possible.
Please let me know if you add the looping feature so I can dive back in and experience it all over again.
Honestly could have spent a full hour on the painting detail alone. Weeee!
I really enjoyed it. The worldbuilding is nice, and I like the characters and the writing. I definitely intend to explore all the endings.
This is so fun and creative, I love how you all implemented your feedback from beta reading!! Happy SWAK :)