Wind in the Crown
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
After having the misfortune of stumbling upon a magical storybook world, Mage Instructor Aku Hobson finds herself being thrust face first into a world far different from her own. As a forced participant in this new world's succession death games, Aku has to use her skills, her wits, and some unconventional allies to navigate the perils before her and find her way back to her own world.
Wind in the Crown is an episodic visual novel where at the end of every episode, players will have the chance to vote on what major choice the characters will take. Episodes will come out every few months and voting will end (usually) 2-3 weeks after the episode is released.
There are two versions available. The version labeled Mature contains nudity.
Current Episode: Episode Three: Reflection
Current release contains all released episodes.
Episode Three: Reflection voting has ended! Work on Arc 1 Epilogue has begun!
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Development log
- Episode Three Released!Aug 07, 2021
- Episode Two Released!Apr 15, 2021
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I will admit i'm pretty early in but I can't help but feel game is a commentary on bad YA and Light novels (particuly Iseki ones) hell even the protag points it out
YAY! :D EP 2! :D
Hey, the file that says WindInTheCrown-2.0. Is that eps 1 and 2 in one game, or is it just ep 2?
It has both episodes contained inside of it.
Is this still getting an episode two??
It is indeed! The second episode is drastically longer than I originally anticipated, but it is still progressing towards completion.
Any chance of porting this to android?
I thought it was good (art, writing, basic concept...). I just hate to have it halt at half the story. Frustraaating X_X
The over-dramatic hunger game + forth wall breaking is kinda nice. Maybe there is taaaad overdoing it when half of the cast see us as the protagonist of a story.
Looking forward for the continuation tought !
So ep2 : hard to remember what was in ep1, but at the end I think I remembered well enough. I liked the end, kinda sweet. All the other parts thought... Felt kinda artificial. Like we have "story bits" of each protagonists by turns, and there are a lot of them. Also the psyche of the MC seemed unconsistant to me.
But well. Design is well, romance is sweet. Story unfolding is a bit erratic that's all.
Reviewing: Ep. 1
Pros:
- interesting isekai application on a Hunger Games-esque plot
- nice cast of characters to raise the stakes
Cons:
- visuals can be dull due to lack of more dynamic character poses and the use of background characters
- likewise, this makes the initial exposition texts pretty heavy and confusing at times
SPOILER WARNING UNDER THE MORE DETAILED REVIEW!
The plot and dialogue are pretty great so far, especially once the book's machinations kicked in. I do find the idea of voting for only a few team compositions interesting but also frustrating, as I'm the type of VN player who likes having all options available, if possible. It actually didn't occur to me that you would be providing your own team suggestions rather than letting us creating them ourselves. But so far, my biggest gripe is in the art, animation, and lack of sound effects.
The first few scenes actually took me longer than expected because I had to carefully read Aku's exposition of her circumstances. The dream sequence only featured the two Akus in the visuals but the text was mentioning a few more characters and lots and lots of dream-like scenarios. While I'm no stranger to such prose writing, it was hard to visual things because, well, the visuals provided me nothing. There should have at least been shadowy outlines of Ahm-E and Lyrael when they were mentioned if you couldn't show different backgrounds. It would also have been nice to show flashes of objects while they were being narrated, such as the technology in Schoolgirl Aku's world and the destructive fire or magic in Mage Aku's life. Plus, sound effects would have boosted the liveliness of the visuals. I expected background murmuring in crowded scenes. It would also have been a nice touch to show shadowy masked figures for a second when Aku pointed out the elite guards (?) during the name-drawing ceremony.
Basically, I was so confused about which Aku was which at first—whether she got transported or the two Akus' souls had even fused—because the visuals wouldn't provide me with as much details as the text would. Things dragged at the start, unfortunately. There were also various instances in which tidbits about Mage Aku's life were shared but they were presented as an aside that were just casually tossed in. I don't mind that but some of them sounded pretty important, and I worried for a moment that they might be brought up again in later episodes and we wouldn't remember because there wasn't much emphasis placed upon them—in both exposition and visuals. Sure, she isekai-ed into a storybook but you just never know with these fandangled plots, right? lol
Overall, however, the rest of the delivery really hit the nail on the head with how dire things are for Aku. I'm familiar with isekai stories—most notably, those with otome villainesses—and this deviation in plot just because she ranted about cliches was nicely executed, if you'll excuse the pun. I look forward to seeing which team combo wins and how everyone tackles the games. Thanks for your hard work!