A downloadable Adult Visual Novel for Windows, macOS, and Linux

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Thank you for your interest in Rivers of Astrum! Work is ongoing, and virtually never-ending. The focus is on atmosphere and visual presentation, as well as good story telling and believable dialogue. All with fully authentic, professional voice actors!

Many of the UI elements are subject to change prior to the final version. 

If you feel like contacting me for feedback, or supporting the project, feel free to visit the Discord, or swing by the SubscribeStar page!

A few things of note:

What is "Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness"?

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"Rivers of Astrum" is a lesbian-centric game!

Straight sex still occurs throughout the game, just as frequently as lesbian sex, but the main character is a lesbian woman, that begins the game in a relationship, and that needs to be stated up front. Whether or not she stays in that relationship is up to the player. 

Dark Fantasy

"Rivers of Astrum" is a Dark Fantasy NSFW Adult Visual Novel Series, with a focus on deep story telling, and complex believable characters. The Dark Fantasy genre includes an element of horror. That element is fairly mild within the story so far.

Passion Project

"Daughter of Darkness" is the first volume in a story I've had in my head for 3 decades. I've written, re-written, and revised the story countless times over the last 30 years, almost as though it were a living thing.

Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness focuses on Player Choice / Customization 

I've gone out of my way to develop the game with player preference in mind. ALL content can be toggled on/off as desired. This could essentially turn the game into only a heterosexual game, or only a lesbian game, or any mix therein. With nearly 40 different content toggles, you can tailor the experience to suit your tastes/kinks! :)


What Rivers of Astrum: Daughter of Darkness is NOT:

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Rivers of Astrum is not something quick and meaningless to fap to. 

I have nothing against those games, but this simply isn't one of them. If that's what you're looking for, hey, no judgement. But you won't find it here. The story is long and complex. The characters as well. Richness of story is the focus. 

Rivers of Astrum is not a Harem game. 

While you have the option to talk/work your way into relationships with any of the girls (or multiples, even), it is not treated as a Harem game, or a "girl collector."


OVERVIEW

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A young woman, orphaned while very young on the streets of a city that did not want her. Plagued by recent dark visions, and no longer feeling safe where she is, she embarks on a journey to acquire the means of leaving the only place she's known as home.

This journey sees her caught up in a sweeping tide of destiny that no one could have predicted, and leaves her forever changed. Whether that change is for the better or for the worse is yet to be seen.


M E E T   T H E   CAST

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Kim Ashmoore is an orphan, dumped on the streets of Cliffperch as a child. A port town, and pirate den, the city of Cliffperch is lawless, and run by a group of self-styled "Pirate Lords". Growing up in this environment meant that Kim had to learn the arts of thieving, burglary and pickpocketing to survive. She has been rather successful at all three, but recently a change in the air has come. Kim senses that she is no longer safe in Cliffperch, and sets out to secure the means to build a life somewhere else.




Cara has no memory of how she arrived in the town of Cliffperch. She has simply always been there, as far back as her memory goes. The people of Cliffperch are largely distrusting of outsiders, and - being a Half-Elf - Cara is doubly shunned by most. Kim's long friend and lover, they are partners in crime. Cara is the voice of reason to Kim's rash thoughts, and reckless actions. Her partially elven blood grants her access to magic, and she has used it plentifully over the years in order to save Kim and herself from various spots of trouble.



Sandra Gale is the Captain of the "Red Tide". A pirate since she was a young girl, Sandra is generally a lively ball of witty retorts and conversation. She takes very little seriously, but underneath it all there is a buried all-consuming rage that will soon boil its way to the surface.   



Vex is a full blooded Elf and survivor of the Great Exodus. A long studied scholar and theologian, Vex spends her life in pursuit of knowledge of any and all things. Recently, she uncovered a deeply disturbing ancient secret, and is now making moves to investigate it.


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In order to download this Adult Visual Novel you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:

RiversofAstrumDoD-0.2.1.6b-mac.zip 1.7 GB
RiversofAstrumDoD-0.2.1.6b-pc.zip 1.7 GB

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This still remains my most anticipated game of the ≈30 I am waiting on. No pressure now 😄. I still wanted you to know how much I love what you have done so far 🤩.

Thanks Merlin! :) It's definitely a nice little boost in motivation to hear that someone enjoys it. It means a lot, sir! :D

I'm currently waiting to download this title. I wonder, who is the MC or protagonist?  Whats their gender in relation to the girls? While harem based and sex is great and all though I do prefer the storyline most, thats what engages my interests most.

Hey John!

The MC is Kim Ashmoore (The black-haired woman). Though the perspective often shifts to the others as well. All of the main characters are women at the moment, there is a male MC planned to join the cast, but not for a while yet. 

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fair enough, thanks for the intel!

is this an one girl kinda story or an harem?

Somewhere in between, I'd say. You're not limited to one girl, if you don't want to be, and if you play your cards right, you can get with all of them, but not in the harem sense.

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I just started playing this last night. And I need to discuss something with you dev!

The female voice actor that voices Kim is a good actress. HOWEVER, the actual recording of the voice is a bad recording. I can hear the room noise (floor) of the recording in the mix. Her voice is muted and muddied as a result, and after just 4 text boxes I turned voices off.

The problem is likely that the mic input gain is too high, or possibly whoever is recording is using too much compression, thereby crushing the audio and raising the floor. It could possibly something that you are doing in post processing with the EQs and stuff, but I would need more information to confirm that.

Anyway, I can already tell after just a few minute playing just how much you love this game. That audio track isn't up to the rest of the game's standards. If you want help, and it's mic gain, or compression issues, I could probably explain the fix to you in a few minutes. EQ and post processing issues would be more complicated, but not insurmountable.

Or, you can just look up those issues on the net. (Mic gain is just rebalancing a knob, and compression is just rebalancing several knobs)

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Heya Grizzled, I appreciate the input! I haven't gotten any such complaints on Claire's voice work before. And haven't noticed it myself. If it becomes something that is jarring to too many people, I'll take a look at it though :)

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Great start, the graphics are really good. Looking forward to this going forward.

Thanks! I'm putting a good deal of work into it. The next update will finish out the first day of Kim's story. It's still a little ways out, but hopefully not too long :

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This is a promising start! When it comes to the filters: I guess they are working in as far as none of the content that I filtered out came up in the story. On the other hand, not all content that I activated happened in the story. But then again, the story is quite short at this stage, so that may just be because of the lack of content at this stage. But it is really a good start. I hope, it will be continued!

Aye, as I mentioned. All of the content filters are in place, but not all of the content to match them has been introduced yet. The primary filters active in this version are hetero / lesbian content, and subsets of each. But yep, the next update is well under way! :) 

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With 0.0.1 if anyone notices that any of the content filters are not functioning, please let me know. I play-tested them to death, but I'm only human, so if I missed anything, please leave a comment. Any other feedback is invited, and appreciated as well!

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Just want to say i look forward to seeing how the game will develop.

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much obliged. It is unfortunately taking a lot longer than I'd like, with work and all. Which is why I stopped dropping release date expectations, since I can't guarantee that I'd be able to meet them, but work is ongoing 🙂

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The start was really good so I just want you to know the hard work is appreciated. Wish there were more high quality games with a lesbian protagonist.

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Thanks :) Of all the characters ive developed for the game, both introduced and not, Kim is by far my favorite. I never really put a lot of thought into the lesbian protagonist bit, i just kinda went with it. Turns out a lot of people enjoy that, which is good :D