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How Not to Become a Queen [DEMO]
Common route out now!
The King is dead. Long live the new King.
The whole kingdom is abuzz in anticipation. With a new ruler ascending the throne and no future spouse in sight, the main aristocratic houses are ready for a bloody battle. Unmarried ladies have already been called to court, armoured with silk, gossip and daggers.
All is fair in love and war, after all.
Play their game, but never forget: to win the game you must not win the crown.
Submission for Otome Jam 2023 and Josei Jam 2023.
Meet the Cast
Features
- An otome game where the heroine is a spy from a different kingdom whose mission is to learn about the new king
- A nameable protagonist
- A romance in the night with the steadfast King’s Guard or a risky entanglement with the Royal Advisor
- A demo with 10k+ words
Nicholas' and Grey's route coming soon!
Credits:
| Project Lead, Writer (Common route, Nicholas route): Qwiewie | Itch.io |
| Co-writer (Common route, Grey route): Dana | Itch.io |
| Co-writer (Common route): Lunatic High | Itch.io |
| Sprite Artist: Matcha | Personal Website Ko-fi |
| CG and Main Image Artist: Kate | Twitter |
| Logo Designer: saltwaterships | |
| Composer: Ryan X. Messcher | Personal Website |
| Programmer: db | |
| Beta reader: NOAH SENE | |
| GUI: free to use template by Skolaztika | Itch.io |
| Background art: Minikle | |
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Comments
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Is it going to let us romance all the characters. And by that I mean the rival.
can i upload on youtube
Of course! We would love to see the video, once you've uploaded it :)
I love the artsyle, and the writing! You are a very skilled artist, and writer, and the personalities of the characters are as interesting as the plot. I look forward to the finished game.
Is Siin a love interest? Please say that he is!
Not having Siin a love interest would be a sin, so he most certainly is one!
And thank you so much for the compliments! We will do our best to make a good game from start to finish :)
Yay! I'm so glad! I'm sure that you will do an amazing job. :)
The visuals are amazing and the story and premise so far have definitely piqued my interest. I'm looking forward to seeing more!
Thank you for your kind words!
This was great. Sometimes intrigue of the court feels tedious but you hit the right balance and made Lady Robin's intelligence shine through with every choice.
Thank you! It's great to hear we were able to successfully portray Lady Robin's intelligence, because writing intelligent characters is hard without giving too much of the plot away or making the intelligent characters act uncharacteristically unwise.
We will keep trying to maintain the right amount of intrigue as the story progresses :)
I could finally play the demo. I really liked it. We have mysteries, schemes, old memories and definitely a tinge of romance colored by murdery good intentions ah, ah.
Nicholas sounds like the more dangerous but at the same time he made me so curious. Specially with his secret and if we add the name of the game... Am I reading too much ? Possible. But I totally want to read more of him.
The other two LIs are cuties. I want to tease them a bit ah, ah.
The art is great and for once (I tend to mute everything when playing) the music was going well with the game so ++.
It's a demo who should get more visibility, it's really good and there is a story who demand to be developped.
Nice game, congratulations !
Thank you so much! It's hard to put in words how awesome it feels to get as detailed and lovely review as yours :) Our artists and composer did a really great job with the assets, it's great to hear you've liked them!
And can totally relate to wanting to tease the other LIs! Grey is such a sweetheart, it's kind of hard to resist teasing him.
Nicholas is one special cookie :) He definitely has his own share of secrets and an agenda to match. You'll get a chance to discover what lies beneath his mask in the full game :) If you trust his words, that is.
this VN is really well done, when the whole thing comes out I'll make sure to try it again! I wish the new king romancable I bet his route gonna be interesting that amount of angst between them lol
Thank you very much for the compliment! We hope you will enjoy the full game as much as you've enjoyed the demo :) and yes, a romance between the new king and Robin would definitely be something else :)
Fantastic
Thank you! We are glad to hear you enjoyed our demo :)
It looks great. I would love to play it. Is a mac version planned ?
Hi! Thanks for the compliment! We just needed some time to upload the Mac version :)
Awesome !
I'll wait for it then !Good luck !What am I saying ? You've already uploaded it.... Sorry. Then I'll play the demo thanks !!!! ~