Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle Gets Final Trailer Before July 9 Launch
The release caps a six-year solo development by a veteran of Odin Sphere and Dragon's Crown, with a hand-drawn, no-AI approach and a book-like interface that distinguishes it from conventional RPGs.
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Publisher 15 Industry and developer Digitalis Publishing released the final trailer for the reading-type RPG Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle, launching July 9 on Steam. The game, created by Vanillaware veteran Yoshio Nishimura over six years, features over 300,000 characters of text and hand-drawn illustrations. A demo is available with Very Positive user reviews.
Yoshio Nishimura, who led background art for Vanillaware's Odin Sphere and Dragon's Crown and earlier worked on the first Monster Hunter at Capcom, spent six years in a mountain village in Nara farming and hand-drawing over 300 illustrations for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle without generative AI. The game's music comes from Hitoshi Sakimoto's Basiscape, known for Final Fantasy Tactics and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Players choose between a warrior and a witch, reading a book-like interface and making choices that, combined with dice rolls, alter the story. The demo on Steam currently holds a Very Positive rating.
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