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! ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ช
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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! ๐
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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! ๐ญ
- 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
- Yurivania 3 Post Mortem: Portrait of Production86 days ago
- ใYurivania 3 OSTใMar 01, 2024
- Checking Out All the Glyphs~Jan 25, 2024
- 1.4 Critical Bug Fix, EnhancementsDec 27, 2023
- Yurivania 3 1.3 ~ Major ImprovementsDec 14, 2023
- Yurivania 3 1.2 ~ Early Bug FixesDec 14, 2023
- Yurivania 3 1.0 ~ Release!Dec 09, 2023
Comments
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Ok so, how am i supposed to get the scroll in vampire quarter and sewer?
... ending so leeeewwd.
Thanks for playing super far! To get both those scrolls:
How to get Last Scrolls
1. Return to the Glassy Tarn. Underneath the lake, find an exit on the lower right.2. Follow the passage till you find the Mermaid's house.
3. Meditate by the bubble fountain to gain the insight to fly.
4. Return the the Vampire Quarters and use flight to get the scroll there.
5. Go the Abyssal Subterrane and walk all the way to the right to the black dropoff.
6. Fly up. Find the scroll at the end of a passage to the left of the dropoff.
Let me know if you run into any trouble!
I am literaly too dumb to listen the lesbian mermaid near the obvious fountain. ๐คฆ
really fun but oh god the controls terrify me. how am i supposed to use alt and arrow keys oh god (im sorry im just complaining because i cant just use my mouse or click)
Haha, fair enough! Perhaps one day weโll have a viable mouse interface for old school platformers :)
Took me a while to get around to play this, but it is quite fun as one would expect.
spoilers:
there's a bug in the chaotic realm that results in the ability to fly despite text implying that you shouldn't be able to do this, kinda trivializes the platforming puzzle.
Oh gosh, thanks for the bug report โ will definitely fix this!
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!!! โจ
Iโm really glad you enjoyed it. It sounds like you got out of it exactly what I was going for ๐
The prior games are not nearly so long as this one โ I got very carried away on this, haha ๐