Wow, you guys are really seeking to avoid NTR in an NTR game, haha. I guess it’s human nature to want that glimmer of hope in even the most despair-inducing darkness.
With very smart decision making (and perhaps a bit of “help” using the secret walkthrough on Patreon), I suppose it’s possible to avoid “hard NTR” content. By that, I’m assuming people mean penetrative sex and the heroine becoming a c×cksleeve for the evil bastard.
Now, this “pure route” is
very obscure and requires some unintuitive decision making. It’s not the intended playing order, and you’ll also miss a good chunk of the H scenes, being that this is an NTR game. I always planned for this to be a
secret route, but to avoid this thread being dominated by
"Is the NTR avoidable?" discussion, I might as well let the cat out of the bag. Lmao.
Writing multiple routes actually isn’t an issue for me, that was always in the works. Like, Chapter 1 is 25k words and already longer than many visual novels, ahaha. What can I say? I love reading and writing; pressing left-click is my favorite form of gameplay.
Anyway, the main thing keeping me up at night is funding. What you see here is basically years of saving for me, since I have barely anything left after rent, bills, and family are paid for. I need to reserve my slots well in advance, so I apologize if my Patreon shilling gets a little annoying.
Honestly, one of my biggest regrets is not having those two H-scenes (restroom, stairway) already included in Chapter 1. If I knew my game was gonna get leaked, I'd want to start off on a good impression, hahaha. I just had no money, so I will expand those scenes once I save enough.
Anyhow, I’ve just released Chapter 2.
It’s a succinct, action-packed chapter that leads to Chapter 3, which will contain the first real H-scene. Chapter 3 itself is hella long (about 15k words) because it contains an alternate route depending on Akari’s choices in Chapters 1&2. I’m furiously working on it as we speak.
I am uh… contractually obligated to tell you to subscribe to the Patreon to play Chapter 2.
And give you a strong look of disapproval if you get it on the front page of this thread.
(But do let your friends and family know about
Heartsworn Abyss if you enjoyed it, regardless of the way you obtained it.)