Some folks say that she is from a land called Ulthar.
Some say that she was once human, now trapped in a cat's body.
Only Dusky knows the truth and she likes to keep it to herself.
The important thing is that you'll obey her when she desires your submission.
You'll love her, so that she may like you in return.



Dusky will be able to join your party and can help your cause greatly with her psychic powers, but if you do have to refuse her, may God help you...

Here's our character screen.

Quote from: Rincewind1;893545Seeing how you first posted screens of combat rather than perhaps investigative minigames or dialogues - I'll pass.

That was my reaction as well. Nice art, interesting setting... but still comes down to fight, fight, fight.

Quote from: Scrawled;895218Here's our character screen.

Low numbers for stats/skills.

This looks promising - I'm a bit sick of all those Android Action cRPGs featuring characters with 79 lev, 180 strength, wielding sword that deals +500 physical and +350 electrical damage.

Speaking of which, I assume the game is quite lethal - what's the abundance of "return to full health instantly" options? Are there health potions, restoration spells available?

Quote from: Simlasa;895219Nice art, interesting setting... but still comes down to fight, fight, fight.

Combat systems are easy to code.

A screenshot showing our dialogue interface.

A message from the headquarters:



"Fellow RPG Site dwellers,

As a team we decided to spend a few more days on our Kickstarter video. We're really proud of the work we've done so far and like to present it to you in the best possible form. The video is in post production right now and days away from publishing. Considering the fact that the Kicktarter approval periods vary between different projects, we decided to remove the counter from our page. Stygian will be on Steam Greenlight with a gameplay trailer soon and will be on Kickstarter shortly after. We hope you'll be surprised about our Kickstarter video. Without giving any spoilers, let's just say that the Team Cultic deserved its name Thank you for your understanding.

That is not dead which can eternal be played."

Can Oral
Lead Designer & Creative Director
Stygian Project

We are on Steam Greenlight! Help us rise and spread the doom!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=682776986

[video=youtube;M2-ivhhpEtE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2-ivhhpEtE[/youtube]

The more screens, the more I'd want to play it.

Consider me sold.

We'd like to introduce our newest team member to you!

We are proud to say that Scott Hamm, contributor to Iron Tower Studio (Age of Decadence, Dead State) will be joining Team Cultic as a multidisciplinary specialist. Some of you may remember him from "Cyclopean", another Lovecraftian RPG project which was cancelled a couple of years ago. The dream (Or perhaps the nightmare) continues with Stygian. Welcome Scott!

You can find his interview with GameBanshee about Cyclopean below:
http://www.gamebanshee.com/interviews/111747-cyclopean-interview.html

Here's our "Soldier" archetype.

*The character took part as a soldier in a secret government assault to a strange coastal town. The enemy was not entirely human.
*Melee, firearms and survival skills will be able to reach the maximum level.
*A character with military background is less likely to make critical mistakes in combat and have unique dialog options with npc's from the same background.

Here's our story trailer:

[video=youtube;SgAEAbBpbVM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgAEAbBpbVM[/youtube]

Stygian is on Kickstarter!
Let's make this happen together!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1698219403/stygian-a-lovecraftian-computer-rpg

Greetings fellow Arkham Residents!

We're proud to introduce a game system unique to our game and it is called ANGST.

In Stygian, choosing the moral or the mutually beneficial path is sometimes the toughest. You may want to rescue a friend from the clutches of the Cult but trying that may mean suicide or in another case you'll lose the poor kid who follows you blindly into the oblivion. Stygian rarely offers safe passages or happy endings. From the beginning, one of our goals was exploring the concepts of loss and sacrifice. On your journey you'll be losing things one by one, your comrades, your sanity and your moral values.



This reflects to the mechanics as "ANGST" system in Stygian. Your pain and despair collects like a sort of black experience throughout the game and with ANGST you gain access to unique perks like Masochism which allows you to gain small amounts of Sanity whenever you receive a certain amount of damage or Ill-tempered which allows you to gain more ANGST whenever you mistreat a friendly character in a dialogue.
You'll also be collecting small amounts of ANGST whenever you take a critical hit, develop a mental condition or bleed for a certain period of time etc. ANGST opens new doors to some very interesting choices for the player to consider.