Elf in Chains: Adult Otome Yaoi Straight Fantasy Roleplaying Game - Now on Kickstarter

[AedianGlair]

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Planned release date: July 2025
Developer: AedianGlair, you can find us on Steam and Itch.io
Genre: Otome, Yaoi, Straight, Yuri, Dating Sim, RPG

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Your job was supposed to be simple. Find the artifact, bring it back to the temple and collect your reward. You are the hero, the champion of the great citadel of Verika - skilled, well geared, and experienced in battle. What could go wrong?

Many things.

A group of adventurers is betrayed and captured during their quest, then transported to an unknown realm. But the battle that awaits them in confinement...is not what they expect.
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Some of our newest characters

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[desmosome]

Looks nice. It will be released as a complete game?

 

[AedianGlair]

Elf in Chains will be released on Steam as a complete game. The story is not divided into episodes.
Backers on Kickstarter will get an early-access version that will be an incomplete WIP version of the game.

Looking at the visuals do you guys think this is a game for you? Many games nowadays have an anime art style and we always had our own approach which is kind of stylized semi-realistic. Just hoping we are hitting the mark with how the game is presented.

 

[Geigi]

I love it! Not only that art is so pretty and male lis are handsome elves, but I can customize my FMC's looks and personality. I like that I can choose her to be good or bad, play softcore route or hardcore and also there's a datable villain(I can choose him to be a silver fox daddy!)Huge plus that you're inspired by otome games and decided to make explicit(text and cgs)game that cater to female players too since porn games for women are lacking. Erotic games without cgs and fade to black sex scenes are cool, but I want to see my li naked and enjoy his dirty talk.

 

[desmosome]

Elf in Chains will be released on Steam as a complete game. The story is not divided into episodes.
Backers on Kickstarter will get an early-access version that will be an incomplete WIP version of the game.

Looking at the visuals do you guys think this is a game for you? Many games nowadays have an anime art style and we always had our own approach which is kind of stylized semi-realistic. Just hoping we are hitting the mark with how the game is presented.

Art is great. I don't think anyone will be put off by the art exept maybe by the effeminate males. But the art style is close to many Otome games, so that makes sense. The fact that the subject matter is much more spicy than the usual Otome game makes this one worth looking forward to for corruption enjoyers.

 

[AedianGlair]

Thanks for the kind words ❤ The most unique thing about Elf in Chains is that it's an explicitly erotic game for both male and female players.

In our game you get a ton of story altering choices that allow you to play very different scenarios. You can be as vanilla as you like and have a romantic adventure, but at the same time you can dive into hardcore hentai with a lot of kinks. It's really up to you to decide the level of smutty.

If you decide to play as a female character you can expect a hentai otome story with romance, but you can spice things up as much as you like. We think this will be fun to play for both female and male players.
On the other hand playing as a male character will be closer to male oriented hentai, but with a deep story and possible romantic route to satisfy the female audience too.

 

[Geigi]

Thanks for the kind words ❤ The most unique thing about Elf in Chains is that it's an explicitly erotic game for both male and female players.

In our game you get a ton of story altering choices that allow you to play very different scenarios. You can be as vanilla as you like and have a romantic adventure, but at the same time you can dive into hardcore hentai with a lot of kinks, it's really up to you.

If you decide to play as a female character you can expect a hentai otome story with romance, but you can spice things up as much as you like. We think this will be fun to play for both female and male players.

On the other hand playing as a male character will be closer to male oriented hentai, but with a deep story and possible romantic route to satisfy the female audience too.

Don't forget to mention your game on otomegames Reddit.

 

[AedianGlair]

Don't forget to mention your game on otomegames Reddit.

I tried :/ My posts were deleted because the moderators don't believe our game is an otome.

I don't know how to convince them that our game is a hentai otome for everyone (weird as it sounds). I wish there was a way to make this idea make sense to others...

 

[Geigi]

I tried :/ My posts were deleted because the moderators don't believe our game is an otome.

I don't know how to convince them that our game is a hentai otome for everyone (weird as it sounds). I wish there was a way to make this idea make sense to others...

That's a bummer. I think they won't accept the game because there's a male protagonist, I guess they accept games with female protagonist only. Nevertheless, I can't wait for the game to be ready and playable. I wish you luck!

 

[Wankyudo]

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I just want to point out this, is a really, really, really bad idea if your game is going to be a buy2play title. straight up. The wording already is really harmful to your own self in the future. It'll earn you backers now because backers will feel that's the pledge to get the full experience of the game; but it's going to hurt both sales and reputation in the future when your game is actually done; because your future customers are going to feel like second-class citizens to your backers because they get a neutered version of the game in their eyes. And they would be right; because effectively you have already created a divide by saying that "only by supporting us now can you get that extra content while everyone else in the future can only ever have the basic version sans extra content."

More importantly; you will have created your own trap because when people complain that they are time-gated out of content when the only way they found out of your game was from it appearing in the new tab on steam; you can't try to even placate them without insulting your backers who will feel robbed of that special nature. You will quite literally put yourself into a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation willingly.

My suggestion is if you really want to go down that kind of route; then you should make it that the exclusive content is a free benefit for backers while future customers have to pay a dlc price for a restoration patch to bring them that "extra spicy content." Obviously though, that's just a suggestion. If you want to roll the dice on how people feel about your game in the future, that's your prerogative. And if that "extra spicy content," is more like behind the scenes things that most coomers aren't going to even care about; that needs to be specified.

 

[AedianGlair]

Our game is going to be amazing no matter what version you play. Both versions will be huge games with lots of hot content for both male and female players with multiple love interests for both sides and also possible M/M interactions. This will be complemented by relaxing gameplay such as location travel and our lust mechanic.

Then why the Kickstarter exclusive stuff? We just want to offer our early Kickstarter backers a big, substantial bonus on top of a mountain of content to make their support worthwhile. I think it's fair to make the people who believed in our game from the start feel special.

Not only do our backers get exclusive rewards - we are already involving them in the creative process! We ask their opinion to understand what they want and to ensure the game will be perfectly tailored to have a lot of content for their favorite characters, pairings and also represent their favorite way of enjoying erotica.

I've backed many projects, but I never felt particularly rewarded for buying early-access. It's like I was paying full price to follow dev updates, beta test and then felt penalized for missing the launch discount that I would get for buying on launch. Our Kickstarter campaign is everything I'd like video game crowdfunding to be - a unique experience that is rewarding and recognizes my gaming needs.


If you are not fully convinced that Elf in Chains is for you as it is now, then I encourage you to wishlist us on Steam and see how it gets better and better as we approach release.

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[Geigi]

Dev, I'm curious about something. Will you include some FMM threesome scenes or reverse harem? Please say yes.

 

[AedianGlair]

We usually do group scenes and this game is no exception. It just really depends on where the scene fits best with the story and our general inspiration for it.

 

[AedianGlair]

Our early map UI and locations are ready. I just wanted to share with you how we approach gameplay in Elf in Chains.
Here's a look at our night map.

A brief gameplay overview:

• Visit places where you meet characters or experience events
• Build affection with love interests
• Raise your own influence and control your lust
• Day & Night and the daily passage of time impact what happens at each location you visit
• Your choices during events impact the player stats positively or negatively

 

[AedianGlair]

Major update - the campaign is fire. We unlocked harem, reverse harem & marriage goal!!! Next goal is a free expansion + 2 new love interests

Our artist has been putting extra hours and we've got redrawn costume designs and a new love interest. Check them out here:

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[Geigi]

Congratulations on completing the campaign, I can't to see the final results!

 

[kaiser_abaddon]

Will the comics continue or was that a one-off?

 

[Crimson Delight Games]

Looking at the visuals do you guys think this is a game for you? Many games nowadays have an anime art style and we always had our own approach which is kind of stylized semi-realistic. Just hoping we are hitting the mark with how the game is presented.

Your art is great. It's good you took a unique approach, instead of aping the anime aesthetic like so many others.

 

[CboyC95]

Do you customize your protagonist or is that predetermined?