Tell a Demon News

Happy Halloween!

We've recently released Goblet of Mercy, a free visual novel set in the same universe (mostly) as Tell a Demon.

You can check out Goblet of Mercy here.

[h2]Story[/h2]
Goblet of Mercy is a short interactive dark fantasy story in which you meet an egomaniacal empress (you might recognize her!!) and must try to survive the encounter through the choices you make.

It began with Halloween, a time when the veil between worlds is thin. Your friend Judy invited you out to a themed party at the local library. A Halloween event, a good friend, a lot of weird books for sale. Judy might have been in a shifty mood, but there was no need to worry.

Really. What could go wrong?



[h2]Features[/h2]

• Short (30-45 min, average reading speed)
  
• Vampires
  
• Certain... details... change in second and third playthroughs
  
• 4 Endings
  
• Ending variations based on player choices
  
• Choices matter
  
• Animated hand-painted characters
  
• More off the wall at times than scary, with elements of psychological horror
  

Get Goblet of Mercy on Steam!

Hello,

I've updated the game to version 1.32. This fixes a few minor typos and bugs. It also updates the game to the latest version of the engine.

If you would like to return to a previous version (as the latest version no longer supports Windows XP), please go to PROPERTIES>BETAS and select Version1.3 from the dropdown list.

Thanks!
-S.

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[h2]Story[/h2]
Winter's Trumpet is a short Urban Fantasy point'n'click interactive love story set against the backdrop of an epidemic.

It was winter when the flu from Tarsia swept across Aeser... now you are quarantined with your roommate, Rosemary, who is bored out of her mind—and is more than a little suspicious of your mysterious suitor, Marcus. After all, the man clearly has secrets.

Meanwhile, the immortal demoness, Kalevel Venhera, is looking for someone that possesses a special Sight, a sort of magic-user called a scrivener, and after centuries she thinks she's found one... only, things don't turn out the way she expects...



[h2]Author's Note[/h2]

I was planning to launch a kickstarter for the Empress of Aeser back in - jeez - March, but when quarantines started popping up, I decided to delay it. However, I worked on this short game in the meantime. This story takes place before the events of Tell a Demon and centers around some of the characters that show up in Tell a Demon (Kalevel, Markaius, and Tetrine).

-S A Welland
Writer/Illustrator

[h2]Get Winter's Trumpet[/h2]

It's on Steam here. The launch sale ends soon.

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Six months have passed since Tetrine Reish died. She did not expect to wake again, nor to find herself thrown into a world of demons. To cope with her new life, she agrees to help the ancient and mythical demoness, Kalevel Venhera, to find a cure for Kalevel’s sister, whose memories were long ago stripped away by the now dead, once immortal, Empress of Aeser. In exchange, Kalevel subdues the demon’s curse, the Hunger, and Tetrine is almost able to pretend she is still human.

Except now Kalevel is missing, and there is talk of a new immortal Empress. Now Tetrine must face what she has become all on her own, and stop the next person from rising to the Imperial throne and throwing Aeser into another age of eternal darkness.



The Empress of Aeser is a point and click adventure game featuring visual novel style choice making and story branching. Your choices influence the main character's (Tetrine's) personality, but also have a lasting impact on the story, leading to one of several endings (as of this writing, there are nine). Inventory object puzzles are closely integrated within the story and may also affect the story outcomes depending on how you choose to use them.


If you've played Asher, my free visual novel (available here), you will definitely remember Tetrine. In Tell a Demon, she was only a minor character. Either way, Tell and Julius and Kalevel all make their appearances in the Empress of Aeser.

If you're interested in learning more about the development, there is more info on the plan going forward on my website.