About Refuge of Embers
Harth leaves his village for the city of Pyre and finds his quiet life upended by strange circumstances and new relationships. This is a fantasy visual novel where your choices with a large cast of characters shape how the story unfolds, with multiple endings and alternative paths depending on how you treat the people you meet. Like College Kings 2, Episode 1, it pairs romance and character relationships with branching narrative, though Refuge of Embers grounds itself in a hand-illustrated fantasy setting rather than contemporary comedy. The game includes optional adult content that you can toggle on or off.
Much of the replay value comes from hunting for secrets: hidden objects unlock bonus scenes, character accessories, and lore details scattered throughout menus and the world. Your choices carry weight across playthroughs, with the same character potentially leading to different ending flavors based on your decisions. The current version is v0.23a, still in development.
Available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android in English, this suits players who like relationship-focused narratives and don't mind revisiting a story to chase alternative outcomes.
Developer's description
Immerse yourself in hand-illustrated fantasy world that draws you deeper into the story. Refuge of Embers follows the renamable main character Harth as the world he knows gives way to change that causes him to discover a deeper purpose. Harth lives a simple life with his friends in a remote frontier village. Events eventually lead him to Pyre, the enormous capital city where he encounters unusual new situations. How will Harth and his friends react to the strange new world they find themselves in?
Meet and romance a large cast of characters, each with their own distinct personalities, backgrounds, and motives. Forge deep connections with them as you navigate the complexities of their relationships. What will the characters you meet think of the choices you make, and how will that change your relationship with them?
With an intricate web of choices and consequences, unlock various endings that reflect the impact of your decisions. The decisions that you make may even lead to different flavors of endings with the same characters depending on how you choose to act around them. Replay the game to experience alternative storylines and unlock all possible outcomes.
Unravel the many mysteries and secrets scattered throughout the story to unveil more about the lore and background of the game. Character accessories, hidden messages, and even entire bonus scenes will await you as you find objects hidden throughout the game and explore menus. How many secrets will you find?
Easily enable or disable adult content at any time, including:
Impregnation
X-Ray View
Femdom
Harem
And more…
Version History
v0.24b Latest
Version 0.24:
Script increased to 66k words, plus a lot of existing story removed and rewritten
Early story expansion and improved choice system focusing on Raisa and Lucine’s paths
New Lucine h-scene animation loops
New Raisa h-scene animation loops
Title screen art added
Placeholder art replaced with final art
Version 0.23:
Script increased to 61.434 words, plus a lot of existing story removed and rewritten
Early story expansion and improved choice system focusing on Eryn's path
New Raisa h-scene animation loops
Version 0.22:
Script increased to 55,819 words, plus a lot of existing story removed and rewritten
About 15 images added, many fully animated, most on Eryn's path in act-1
Continued an ongoing major overhaul of the main story and romance paths
Ongoing reduction of technical debt under the hood to speed up future updates
Full new GUI and menu system with improved controller and handheld support
Fixed major bugs like broken paths and crashes on start for some players
Version 0.21:
Script increased to 53,613 words
New, improved, and expanded h-scenes for the gooning aficionados out there
Version 0.20:
Script increased to 44,740 words with additions to Raisa romance path
New Raisa h-scene
New character
New locations
Version 0.19:
Script increased to 39,097 words with additions to Lucine romance path
Added new Lucine animated h-scene (in the stable, 1 static scene, 2 loops, 2 climax animations)
Added new main story scene (Murfi blocking road, 10 eyes, 11 mouths, 2 poses)
Added new background burnt down mill stable
New parallax animated scene (morning sky with clouds)
Created sprite for Murfi with 3 eye options
Added a new MC sprite pose (holding shirt)
Added a new Aline sprite pose (holding MC's shirt)
Updated gallery to have all scenes for the new act-2 characters
Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations
Version 0.18:
Script increased to 34,729 words with additions to main story path
Major story revision surrounding Remi in act-1
Added new Evana scene (bathing, 3 eyes, 4 mouths)
Added new Evana scene (leaving hot spring, 2 poses, 4 eyes, 3 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new main story scene (Remi training part-1, 4 poses)
Added new main story scene (Remi training part-2, 3 new poses, 7 eyes, 11 mouths, 1 effect)
Added new animated background temple bathhouse
Added new background temple garden daytime (1 prop)
Added new background temple garden night
Added 2 new impact frames to the new training scenes
Added new animated fog effect
Added option at the end to jump back to see new content on existing save
Fixed missing censor bar on some act-2 scenes
Fixed a crash on Lucine's route
Fixed a missing layer on Eryn's sprite
Added flowing water sound effect for bathhouse
Created sound packages for the new locations
Other minor bug fixes, story changes, and added sprite animations
Version 0.17:
Script increased to 32,025 words with additions to Eryn romance path
Version 0.24:
Script increased to 66k words, plus a lot of existing story removed and rewritten
Early story expansion and improved choice system focusing on Raisa and Lucine’s paths
New Lucine h-scene animation loops
New Raisa h-scene animation loops
Title screen art added
Placeholder art replaced with final art
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