Aurans
Pixelsplosion Studios · 2024 · Adventure, Visual Novel, Casual, Linear, Female Protagonist
PC
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About Aurans
"You have been chosen to shoulder heavy burdens and great powers. You will be granted an exceptional chance, Rowan Alanna Nightingale."
When homely nobody Rowan Nightingale gets hit by a car, she doesn't die, but instead is chosen to become an Auran - a being who can make anything happen, on three conditions: she has to be able to imagine it, believe it, and then create it. Taken under her mentor's wing, she travels to other dimensions and learns to harness the power of her imagination, slowly growing more confident in herself. But dark forces are lurking in the shadows, and who better to manipulate than a young, naïve Auran such as her? Soon, Rowan must fight her inner demons - quite literally - in order to save the dimensions from being destroyed. But can you truly believe that you are stronger than the darkest, most evil force in the entire multiverse, when all your life you have believed you weren't worth anything at all?
Aurans is a kinetic visual novel, meaning it is linear and with no choices. It is a story about coming of age, learning to believe in yourself, and finding out what really matters to you. Everything is fully hand drawn, and is the first visual novel project of Pixelsplosion Studios.
When homely nobody Rowan Nightingale gets hit by a car, she doesn't die, but instead is chosen to become an Auran - a being who can make anything happen, on three conditions: she has to be able to imagine it, believe it, and then create it. Taken under her mentor's wing, she travels to other dimensions and learns to harness the power of her imagination, slowly growing more confident in herself. But dark forces are lurking in the shadows, and who better to manipulate than a young, naïve Auran such as her? Soon, Rowan must fight her inner demons - quite literally - in order to save the dimensions from being destroyed. But can you truly believe that you are stronger than the darkest, most evil force in the entire multiverse, when all your life you have believed you weren't worth anything at all?
Aurans is a kinetic visual novel, meaning it is linear and with no choices. It is a story about coming of age, learning to believe in yourself, and finding out what really matters to you. Everything is fully hand drawn, and is the first visual novel project of Pixelsplosion Studios.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Aurans can create anything they can imagine and believe in. It feels like a statement for struggling creatives, and I definitely enjoyed the lively characters, magical worlds and atmospheric sound and visuals as the story engulfed me. Short as it is, the story is heartfelt and deeply personal, from the teenage home of the main character and their pop cultural references to games, to her struggle with wanting to become more powerful, juxtaposed with the friendly patience of the cast of Aurans guiding her. As a short story it is an easy read, but the media of visual novel, while I was a bit skeptical, is a huge part of the charm and world building, speaking into a tradition of storytelling in videogames that both the main character and author are deeply embedded in.4 found this helpful
First a disclaimer: I know the developer (Alex) through work and also backed the Kickstarter to get it on Steam, so I'm fairly biased. Aurans is a fairly basic Kinetic Novel, and it's making a lot of the typical mistakes found in first game projects, such as overscoping and doing a lot more CGs early on than what is maintainable for a full length project - but this also gives Aurans a lot of raw unpolished charm not found in projects by more experienced visual novel creators. The artstyle has a sort of punky but homely feel to it. Alex is clearly fighting with getting their vision realised with their drawing abilities, but at the same time, leads to a refreshing and very obviously queer aesthetic that enhances and gives authenticity the story being told. The story hits hard though. Especially in the beginning when you can feel the authors own experiences with loneliness and bullying being conveyed through the many, many CGs that really hammer home some uncomfortable emotions and lets you know that this story is the author's own escapist fantasy form their teens, This definitely leads to some uneven world building, but also gives you that freshness that you can only get from someon…
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