Schism - Religious Unicorn Deer Intrigue

Become a double agent, gather intelligence, uncover dark, and influence an inevitable conflict in this political simulator RPG.

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From cracked ciphers and hidden messages, you uncover insights allowing you to spin a web of lies to manipulate an inevitable religious conflict...

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[Schism - Religious Unicorn Deer Intrigue @far_owl]

Here, have a unicorn deer reading the tea and drinking tea.

We're still recording gameplay footage.
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Amidst the cloisters of Cervinae, the Thousand Eyes grows its numbers...

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"Lord be with you in stride Doliturne..."

A #speedpaint portrait of Calinsis, your loyal companion during your secret schemes to bring down an inquisition from within as a double agent...

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In a clandestine world like Schism, secrets are hidden in the smallest places. But what exactly are they hiding?

We've been working to add animations when you solve the puzzles, giving additional visual feedback for completion!

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@IndieBandits Become a double agent and manipulate two religious factions towards a more bloody or more peaceful start to their conflict using your insights...

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There will be multiple dialogue sequences within our playable demo releasing in August! Where the intrigue mounts and the political tensions rise between these two factions.

What do you believe this scene could be from?
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Schism's latest devblog is out, and we are releasing the #demo in August! You will play through the first act as a double agent between two religious factions!

Here is what we have been up to this last month, a thread (1/5)
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We were also at the Fredericksburg Game Dev Showcase yesterday evening! We wanted to extend our thanks to the people who specifically came to play our game!

We deeply appreciate your feedback and support as you played the demo early!
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"Now speak..." The buck before you says, the chair is uncomfortable to sit in...
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One of our pieces of art during an important dialogue!

An illustration from our game and one of the dialogue sequences.
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@LouisChantreau Our bad, we just changed it! Feel free to reach out now!

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"You stand before The Third Estate of The Second Church of Cervinae. Swear that you will tell the truth before us and before the eyes of our god..."
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An early vizdev artwork. What do you think is going on here?

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@LouisChantreau Sure thing, please feel free to send us a message!

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A moody room is where an inevitable religious conflict brews. From this desk, you will sow the seeds of peace or violence...

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@LouisChantreau Thank you very much!

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We're adding completion animations when you solve puzzles in your intelligence work. Making significant progress on Schism!

Any feedback is welcome!

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The Holy City of Cervinae is a sprawling metropolis, home to millions of souls unified in worship to their own god, The Lord. Yet, beneath its grandeur and brightness, lie many dark secrets that you will uncover...

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The double agent Doliturne, whom you play as, hides many secrets. Yet he himself is surrounded by many secrets...
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The dialogue portrait for the main character, Doliturne!

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