Love announced the release window on Twitter, with what looks like a retro print ad: It’s the description over on its Itch.io page that really does it for me, though, so I’m just going to quote it at length: The game itself is inspired of RPGs of yore, with tactical turn-based battles, dialogue between party members, and equipment, items and character stats to manage. A lot of this sets it apart from Love’s other work, but the Itch page notes that its dialogue system remains “visual novel inspired.” Everyone knows the story of how the great hero of legend Agi of Roses fought the Machine Devil and used the Sword of Fate to seal him away for a thousand years. Now, hateful Machine Devil cultist edgelords are spreading terror in order to summon him again, and the Divine Order that rules over our world claims that fighting them before it’s too late would be “just as bad as them.” That’s bullshit. If you’re not familiar with them, all of Love’s previous games are worth playing. Digital: A Love Story was free and knock-you-down good when it was released back in 2010, and Love’s writing across Analogue: A Hate Story and Ladykiller In A Bind has only become more confident. I can’t wait. Here’s an old video of the game in action from 2018:
