The Nature of Magic
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Magic is dying.
With every passing generation, fewer and fewer are born with the Affinity. Where once every human, elf, and orran could wield magic, now only half of those born to Eorþe's six Great Families develop the ability. Outside the Families the percentage drops significantly.
And worse, a spate of suspicious deaths have left only two men with the Affinity alive, both among the Families: Cymhen Grym and Cyril Cenric.
Unknown to all but Cymhen, however, a third lives in secret, shunning the intrigue and exploitation of the Families.
You.
The Families are never denied for long, and a threat soon forces Cymhen's hand. Your old mentor seeks you out and offers you a place with the Gryms. In exchange for their protection, he asks that you aid him in his latest endeavor: to determine the cause of the dwindling number of those born with the Affinity.
Will you mend the wounds rent by your sudden disappearance five years ago? Will you stay true to yourself under the weight of the Great Families?
Will you discover The Nature of Magic?
Now that the overly dramatic description is done, what is TNoM really about? The titular quest, obviously, but also 'found family', support, and acceptance. Expect some laughs and some tears (hopefully, more of the happy kind) and no small of amount of romance and intimacy. And, yes, there will be unprotected hand-holding.
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Development log
- The Nature of Magic Chapter One Release49 days ago
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Not sure I can wait another Year for a second chapter it was so good. Wish it was progressive updates.
Great Balance so far of story and adult content
This game is too good. You delivered a very strong first chapter, the writing is awesome imo. I instantly fell for Cerys, Áine and Anwen, plus Orlaith and Aerion really caught my eye, too. Bael and Fiadh are also nice, and Leala seems the least likable of the girls so far.
All in all, I'm hooked and can't wait for the next update!
Nice start to the game and I look forward to seeing the rest of the story unfold. I've added it to my list of game recommendations FYI
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Thanks!
Good start! Interesting world building and plot, looking forward to learn more about it. I love Cerys and her relationship dynamic with the MC! And I wanna hug Orl' pain away and hunt the bastard who did it!
Amazing so far. Ended way too soon. I can't wait for the next update.
Fantastic so far!
so fucking good
Has anyone else gotten this to load in Joiplay on Android? I mostly play on a tablet, so games without an Android build go through Joiplay. I've tried downloading from both Mega and MediaFire, just to make sure I didn't get a bad download, but NOM refuses to launch for me at all. It instantly crashes with this error:
Full traceback:
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 359, in bootstrap
File "renpy/main.py", line 483, in main
File "renpy/script.py", line 359, in load_script
File "renpy/script.py", line 854, in load_appropriate_file
Exception: Could not load from archive chapter1.rpyc.
I realize this probably isn't a supported method of play, so if the answer is "you can't do that" that's fine. But if anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. The game looks really good from what I've seen!
So after playing this I'm assuming almost every Love Interest in this is bisexual? Because that's how it reads to me
idk...unprotected hand holding is super risky....
ton of content in the first chapter really jazzed for the rest of the story
great start.
Thanks!