Weyrwood
Choice of Games · 2018 · Adventure, Indie, RPG, Text-Based
PC
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About Weyrwood
Advance in Society and bargain with creatures in the Wood in a Regency fantasy of manners, daring, and magic. Will you join your daemon overlords in destroying your hometown or will you defy them?
Weyrwood is a 174,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Isabella Shaw, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You are a fledgling member of the shabby-genteel, you've returned from your education to disentangle your inheritance from your small town's oblique magical property laws. Attend assemblies, call upon friends and neighbors, withstand scandal and intrigue, and court prospective suitors as if your life depended on it—for it does. Maintaining your status as a member of the Gentry and living among the Willed depends upon keeping your spina, a magical currency. Otherwise, you will serve as a tithe to the daemons and join the Fallen, their Will-less thralls.
Yet you cannot remain only concerned with your own affairs. Someone is tampering with the magical contract that binds Prosper, the Wood, and the daemons to the tenuous arrangement that you now enjoy.
Can you survive long enough to claim your inheritance and return to the City—or to remain in Prosper and enjoy the abundant blessings that wealth, freedom, and influence can grant you?
What Would You Sacrifice to Keep From Falling?
Weyrwood is a 174,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Isabella Shaw, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You are a fledgling member of the shabby-genteel, you've returned from your education to disentangle your inheritance from your small town's oblique magical property laws. Attend assemblies, call upon friends and neighbors, withstand scandal and intrigue, and court prospective suitors as if your life depended on it—for it does. Maintaining your status as a member of the Gentry and living among the Willed depends upon keeping your spina, a magical currency. Otherwise, you will serve as a tithe to the daemons and join the Fallen, their Will-less thralls.
Yet you cannot remain only concerned with your own affairs. Someone is tampering with the magical contract that binds Prosper, the Wood, and the daemons to the tenuous arrangement that you now enjoy.
Can you survive long enough to claim your inheritance and return to the City—or to remain in Prosper and enjoy the abundant blessings that wealth, freedom, and influence can grant you?
- Play as female, male, or non-binary; gay, straight, bi, or asexual.
- Uncover the daemon plot and protect your town, or side with the daemons to destroy it.
- Win a high-stakes game of cards.
- Ally with the daemons or with the weyrs.
- Gain wyrdsense to perform sorcery.
- Fight a courtly duel.
- Court an eligible marriage prospect and take a lover.
- Gain influence at balls, assemblies, and social events.
- Avoid—or embrace—scandal.
- Bargain with the magical weyrs of the forest to preserve your Will.
- Advance to become a Pillar of Society.
What Would You Sacrifice to Keep From Falling?
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players appreciate the Regency setting, strong writing, and extensive character customization that Choice of Games is known for, with most finding it an engaging, replayable experience worth the price. However, some encounter bugs with stat tracking that can make the game unplayable, and several wish the story had more time to develop character relationships and romance arcs given its quick pacing, though most still consider it a solid offering overall.
really wanted to like this--regency demons?? are you kidding me???--but the game is too buggy by far. The stats glitch and make it unplayable, unfortunately :-(3 found this helpful
Exellent victorian gotic horror game that lives up to its label. It is a bit short and especally the "woods"-faction feels underdevelopt compared to the town or the demons, but the story never feels as if somethings missing. Choices matter greatly, the characters interact wonderfull and you can shape many different outcomes, either for your PC or the town. Many different endings, including several bad ones that arent surprising or sudden, as they come logically from your choices. Especially great is the atmosphere. The whole small town dances on a vulcano and nows it, but only few people want to do something about it and the town rather ignore the demons and their slaves and continue with their victorian small-town events and gossip. You can feel througly alone or shunned, strive to be a hero or sell everyone out and live with the consequences and have a tragical romance on top. Truly a great choice game.
I hate that steams review feature is only positive or negative, because this definitely fell somewhere in the middle for me. The writing and setting felt great as did the main characters you interacted with. I did have a few issues with things being said or missed that I had or had not done at times especially the ending. Personally as well I don't think the story was for me though I could easily see someone more into the theme loving the story.
Very much has the vibe of a Regency novel; it's pretty clear what your choices will do and the stats are easy to understand. Well-structured and well-written; definitely one of the better offerings from Choice Of.
This is just what I was looking for, elements of political intrigue, charm, and supernatural mystery interweave to create an enjoyable experience with a strong pace of plot. It moves a little quickly in places, and I would've liked more time with the characters, especially the romances, so that the relationships felt more fleshed out and grounded, but it's already 170,000 words for only 11 chapters. This is the challenge with multiple-choice stories sadly. Overall, and excellent piece of work in my opinion, and totally worth buying/playing. 8/10
Julian Fellowes, eat your spina out.
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