Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Roadwarden is a text-based RPG that combines mechanics from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games, and interactive fiction. Set in a mysterious fantasy world, you take on the role of a brave stranger, risking your life to make a difference. You will guard travellers, connect isolated villages, support merchants, and repel attacking creatures, bandits, or even undead. You will explore the world, gathering information and uncovering the secrets surrounding the area. You will create your own background, abilities, beliefs, and personality, and choose to embark either as a warrior, mage, or scholar. Throughout your 30-hour story-campaign, you will face vast challenges, immerse yourself in profound dialogues and sidequests, and collect hints to investigate the true nature of this world.