Shattered Earth (PUBLIC DEMO)

Prologue and half of chapter 0.5 released!

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Shattered Earth is a science-fiction / fantasy interactive fiction game currently in development. You play as a lone Human survivor of the Migration, an apocalyptic event that inexplicably opened Earth up to the other realms of the Braid. Currently only playable on PC, though mobile friendly has been enabled for those who don't mind playing in a weird format.

Five years ago, you watched the world split open, bore witness to what you could only refer to as "dragons" made manifest in scale, flesh and skin. You saw cities razed to the ground, asphalt streets shattered like ice. Fleets of dragons and foreign—almost alien—aircrafts alike seared across the skies, while towers of dirt and metal tore free from the landscape. The world has inexplicably, incomprehensibly changed, but you know this to be true: Earth never really stood a chance.

Since then you've lived alone, hiding from the world you once called home, scrounging for scraps and surviving by the skin of your teeth. But when a chance encounter with a mercenary ship leaves you reeling with the realization that you're not the average-joe of a human that you thought you once were, you're forced into an ultimatum: enlist with the Seekers, or live out the rest of your life in a Human compound on Therius. But your horrors extend far beyond the threat of the dragons. Your monsters are at home in your head, but they might just be the key to stopping all of this madness… if they don't take you out first.

The gears turn, the worlds spin ever-onwards like painted tops. You will undergo a journey of self-discovery, of potential romances and of incredible loss. And somehow, you can't shake the sensation that this has all happened before…

• A customizable protagonist: Customize your gender, your body type, your pronouns, and personality.

• Five ROs to romantically pursue—some in the most conventional sense, others in… a not so conventional sense. 

• Engage in brief flings, one of which is... an RO's estranged divorced mother. (Your crewmates will disapprove.)

• Train your body or your mind to perfection. Are you a frontline fighter, or do you prefer the aethereal arts?

• Cute cat dog wolfboy…?

• The female equivalent of a himbo

• There's no good way to put this: you remember things you shouldn't. The end of your story is not the end; something awaits you at the place where your endings converge. What is it? What are you?

• There's an egotistical mind entity in your head, and the flags aren't just red; they're blood-crimson. Romanceable, but at a steep cost to your sanity. Or maybe…

• Skippable, customizable NSFW content. My friends have advised me not to continue.

Avett Ironsturm | RO | he/him | Kattish | 20 years old

A fellow frontliner aboard the Seeker with a prickly demeanor. Adequate with a gun. Suffers from some kind of gifted-kid burnout. Mechanic. Gets upset if you refer to him as a catboy (clearly, he's a wolf).

Yuda Hellsbridge | RO | she/her | Gallian | ??? years old

An overtly friendly restrainer with good intentions and an edge to her glance. Creatively aligned. Is taller than you. Toes the line between nerd and himbo like a freight train on heels.

Ysh'vanna O'Raal | RO | she/her | Draconian | 26 years old

Your occasionally anxious wreck of a captain. Can pilot the Seeker. Would get knocked out within the first second if she ever got into a fight. Is very, very short.

Auren Draksparrow | Platonic | he/him | Gallian | ??? years old

A caster and a warder aboard the Seeker with a slight superiority complex and a linger attachment to academia. Great at aethereal manipulation. Can't climb a staircase without blacking out.