Solo Developer Shobota Announces Zankure Bahamut Fantasy ADV For PC
The comedy hook is also the design spine: Bahamut's battle damage feeds the buyback appraisal, so the monthly repayment loop and the combat loop are the same system, which is why the demo runs a full four-month cycle rather than a story slice.
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Developer Shobota published the Steam page for 'Zankure Bahamut de Maou Toubatsu' on September 30, with a demo also released. The fantasy ADV stars Leon, lent the dragon Bahamut by God, who must repay 100,000 gold each month on a 1 billion gold contract. A residual-value credit clause means Bahamut's battle wear affects God's appraisal. It is planned for release within the year on PC (Steam) at 490 yen.
The game casts Leon as a young man handed the dragon Bahamut by God as his partner in slaying the Demon Lord. Bahamut costs 1 billion gold, and the contract carries a residual-value credit clause: God appraises the dragon afterward and buys it back. Falling short on the monthly 100,000 gold sends Leon underground.
Repayment work happens at the adventurers' guild, where Leon registers and picks quests each week, mixing monster slaying and gathering. Combat is command-based, with normal attacks, defense, skills, magic and items, plus orders that send Bahamut to attack with Scorching Breath or guard Leon with Cover. Bahamut wears down in battle, and that condition carries into the appraisal.
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