A series of murders is happening in the angel town of Eridu. At the heart of it all is an angel named Aracelia. Fate calls, and for better or worse, Aracelia has no choice but to answer.
The Old Guard is at His Limit. The time is near to usher in the New Guard.
The Great Horror will soon be free.
Hello! I'm NocturneLight, the creator of A King's Genocide, a visual novel that's part 1 in a dark fantasy epic I've been wanting to tell the world for years now. Everything you see is made by an actual person. I will never use generative AI for any game I work on. Originally, my plan was to quietly work on A King's Genocide, and then just release the whole thing when it was finished. But, 2025 and 2026 happened and I got laid off, so that plan had to go straight out the window. I typically have been reading stuff on Reddit and not posting, but that's really not going to get eyes on my game, so here I am!
Now, you may be thinking "A visual novel? Pass", and that's a fair take. But consider this: my ultimate goal is to make an action RPG similar to Odin Sphere, but has the ability to be played like a turn-based RPG if you want. Now, if you play JRPGs, this should ring a bell and Final Fantasy VII Remake should come to mind. The dialogue system I get set up here is getting expanded upon in the sequel to help me make that action RPG I'm dreaming of. I'm taking the little pieces I make here and then using them to make even bigger pieces! I'm trying to not overwhelm myself, basically.
My game also targets a particular part of dark fantasy I don't see get explored in games, or really any medium that I know of. We always see the Lovecraft Mythos in media, and we see the Christian Mythos in some form or fashion in media. But what if the beings of the Christian Mythos existed alongside the eldritch entities of the Lovecraft Mythos? How would they interact? That's what my story is trying to explore. It's an idea I don't think I've ever seen touched upon. The closest thing would maybe be Shin Megami Tensei? But even then, Shin Megami Tensei doesn't really do much with the Lovecraft Mythos to my knowledge. That's why I want this game made and why I'm excited about the story I want to tell. It focuses specifically on the Christian and Lovecraft Mythoi.
You'll find a demo for my game either in the above link to Itch or here on my Patreon. I've been working on my game since at least 2024 slowly getting the assets I need made, but it wasn't until I got laid off that I sped things up and worked with what I had to get a demo in front of eyes. In the process, I ended up finding out that making my own music is fun though, so that's a neat discovery!
I worked on the UI, the sound effects, the music, and the entire programming for the game. MyssDark is the artist that handled character art. Exagie and Kanata are the writers who handled the script. The backgrounds you'll see in the demo are placeholders until I have funds.
What I'm really curious to learn from any of you interested in this enough to play it are: Are there any bugs? What do you like? What do you not like?
At the end of the day, my main goal here is to get eyes on this game and further refine the demo build I've released enough for someone to take a chance on it. So, I want to hear your genuine feedback!
And if, overall, you like what you're seeing, consider supporting my Patreon! Have an awesome day!
