Yurivania 3: Circle of the Polycule
The stars are right ~~ so summon your long-distance partners for a midnight date!
Never's polycule has been chatting via magic mirror for months, but most of them haven't met in person. An upcoming eclipse is the perfect opportunity to summon them all to the Midnight Palace and go on a group date!
Now it's a matter of balancing all their schedules, carefully researching the right mystic glyphs, and invoking dread powers to bring everyone together!
Async flirting and remote emotional support are one thing, but will a mushroomgirl, slimemould, machinegirl, scarecrow, mystery witch, and void-horror all get along face-to-face?? They will if Never has anything to say about it! 🧙♀️💪
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This is my entry to Yuri Jam 2023, set in the same world as Yurivania 0, Yurivania 1, and Yurivania 2.
You don't have to play the earlier games to enjoy this one.
If you find any bugs, please let me know and I'll do my best to fix them! 🔎
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Content Warning
This game contains cartoonish depictions of skulls, bones, blood, eyes, skeletons, demons, vampires, and a wide variety of monstergirls.Playing the game involves navigating a cartoonish 2D depiction of high mountain cliffs and a remote palace, with high walkways, unsafe stairways, forest cliffs, and deep water.
Some non-skippable areas include spikes on the floor, fire, and seemingly bottomless pits. The game's mechanics involve the player/player character jumping, running, and climbing.
The story revolves around many romantic partners meeting in person.
As a result, the dialogue includes flirting and references to romance, kissing, long-distance relationships, polyamory, and sexual interaction.
There is one non-skippable scene that includes partial undressing and implies off-camera nudity and consensual BDSM at a kink club.
Many non-skippable scenes include brief cartoonish depictions of kissing.
The player character organizes a group date during the course of play. The game's mechanics involve the player/player character talking with partners, metamors, friends, acquaintances, service workers, and strangers.
Another aspect of the story revolves around magical summoning rituals.
The game's mechanics involve the player/player character engaging in meditation, spell-casting, and summoning rituals.
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Controls
- D-Pad / Arrow Keys = Walk, Climb, Drop
- A Button / ALT = Jump, Talk, Confirm Selection
- B Button / CTRL = Run, Cancel Selection
- SELECT / Shift = Open Menu
- SELECT + UP / Shift + Up = Teleport (requires magic window)
- START / Enter = Open Witches' Almanac
- START + UP / Enter + Up = Activate Hidden Power (requires unlocking this power)
- START + DOWN / Enter + Down = Deactivate Hidden Power (requires unlocking this power)
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Known Issues
- The Moon sometimes fails to load during the eclipse cutscene! 😭
- I'd like to fix this, but it's an engine issue and I haven't found the cause just yet.
- Related: Items such as the bonus recipe scrolls sometimes do not spawn on entering a new area.
- As a workaround, walking away and coming back usually causes them to spawn.
- Ideally, Cedar should give a different telepathic hint once you've finished helping Mirna.
- This isn't a major issue and will be non-trivial to implement so I'm not sure if I'll get there.
- Stairs are glitchy.
- Unlikely to fix; would require major engine changes. If you have trouble, I recommend ascending stairs at a run.
- Standing near NPCs sometimes prevents jumping.
- Unlikely to fix; would require major engine changes. Try backing up or facing away from the NPC before jumping.
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Credits
- Code, scenario, writing, graphics, and design by Paige Ashlynn.
- Design help from Caidence Stone, Lillian Harris, and Mint Gould.
- Music by Emberlynn Bland and Caidence Stone.
- Font adapted from "Phantasm_10x10" by Bo Fehlan.
- Major funding from: Queer Games Bundle 2021 & 2022, and the Queer Halloween Stories Bundle 2022 & 2023
- Series feedback from Taylor McCue and ShibeyFaceGames.
- Thanks to LezLiz, Nadia Nova, SabrinaTVBand, and the GB Studio devs!
Download
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Development log
- 1.4 Critical Bug Fix, Enhancements10 days ago
- Yurivania 3 1.3 ~ Major Improvements23 days ago
- Yurivania 3 1.2 ~ Early Bug Fixes23 days ago
- Yurivania 3 1.0 ~ Release!28 days ago
Comments
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Oh man, I was playing for a good couple hours and didn't realize how late it'd gotten, but I had to keep going and finish it. This was so good!!! I can't believe you did so much for this jam, I now see why your previous games were bangers, and also ones I definitely wanna play once I get the chance.
There was so much I loved. The characters, the huuuge map full of cute npcs and interactions, the mechanic of slowly learning how to build the summoning circle, and of course the ending and the polycule in general. It was so warm and nice and I had an absolute blast with it.
It really made me feel that I'd love to live in a world like that. Consider me a fan, and I'll make sure to follow you for future stuff, and also to play your earlier games at some point.
Oh wow, thank you so much!!! ✨
I’m really glad you enjoyed it. It sounds like you got out of it exactly what I was going for 😁
The prior games are not nearly so long as this one – I got very carried away on this, haha 🎆