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- Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
Production Column: Part 10
Steam post imageIt would be so convenient if we could use magic, wouldn’t it? If I could use just one kind of magic, I’d choose “the power to fly” without a second thought. I’d love to soar through the sky freely and ef…
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Final Trailer Now Live!
■The final trailer for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is here! The trailer showcases the care and craft poured into the game, along with its gameplay highlights, accompanied by voice narration.(Japanese voice /…
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Production Column: Part 9
Fantasy-themed gamebooks are always full of terrifying monsters, aren’t they? This book features plenty of monsters as well. I love monsters. It’s not just their appearance—I can’t help but wonder where they came from,…
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Production Column: Part 8
Steam post image3-Minute Tart Tart Crust Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, leftover rice, rolled oats, salt, coconut oil, agar powder, cinnamon Filling Ingredients: Persimmons, sake lees, leftover rice, coconut oil, agar…
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We have updated the demo version.
The changes are as follows: ・We have increased the screen size when the game starts. ・We have changed the behavior so that pressing the ESC key now takes you to the Grandpa screen (menu). ・We have increased the speed at…
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Now Streaming: Demo Gameplay
Steam post image As part of Steam Next Fest, we're streaming demo gameplay of Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle right here on its Steam store page. Take a look, and try the demo for yourself.
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Interview with Yoshio Nishimura, the Developer of Veritas Tales
Soni Village, Uda District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. In a small village of about 1,200 people, with only a single traffic light, one game craftsman spent six years building a certain indie game. Yoshio Nishimura. Fresh o…
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Production Column: Part 7
Since traditional gamebooks are physical books, the book itself doesn’t play music that captures the game’s world or produce sound effects. However, *Witch of the Dark Castle* features truly wonderful music. The compose…
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We have updated the demo version.
We have fixed a bug that caused the game to become unplayable when using certain items under specific conditions.
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Production Column: Part 6
The illustrations in *The Witch of the Dark Castle* are in full color. To provide some context regarding typical analog gamebooks, their illustrations are usually printed in grayscale or black and white. These illustrat…
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Streaming Policy
We welcome livestreaming and video creation of all kinds. Monetization is also permitted. A small request: at its heart, Veritas Tales is about the choices made by your own hand. While watching someone else play is a pl…
Announcement - Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
Demo Now Available!
We are pleased to announce that a demo for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle — a "reading-style" fantasy adventure in the spirit of The NeverEnding Story — is now available on Steam! In the demo, players can exper…
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Production Column: Part 5
There are many different genres of gamebooks. Fantasy, like *The Witch of the Dark Castle*, science fiction, horror, mystery, and so on—there are probably just as many as there are in regular novels. I think the fantasy…
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New Gameplay Trailer Now Available!
We've released a brand new gameplay trailer for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle! The two-minute video focuses on gameplay, giving you a taste of the roots of the fantasy we love today — the texture and feel of t…
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Production Column: Part 4
Steam post imageA gamebook is a type of book where the story unfolds differently depending on the reader’s choices. *The Witch of the Dark Castle* also offers many choices. There are even scenes where a single choice ca…
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Production Column: Part 3
Steam post image Anything called a “game” inevitably has “rules” to some extent, and gamebooks are no exception. You might jump to a paragraph (a section of text marked with a number at the top) based on the choice you…
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