YOIN: The shadow of dawn

🕯️ YOIN: The Shadow of Dawn

You awaken without a voice. Without a body. Without time. Only one desire burns in your soul: to reclaim what was once your home.In a world painted with ink and melancholy, you are a wandering spirit returning from the beyond to reclaim your village, now destroyed by invaders.

🎮 What is YOIN?

YOIN: The Shadow of Dawn is a 2D top-down adventure and tactical action game set in a dreamlike feudal Japan. You are a ghost, invisible to humans, yet their life force hurts you.

🔮 Key Features:

• 👻 Play as a vengeful spirit: invisible to the naked eye, but perceptible through your actions.
• 🕰️ Time is your enemy: you lose energy simply by existing in the world of the living.
• 🗡️ Reclaim your essence by defeating soldiers: only through killing do you recover life.
• 🌿 Absorb energy from nature: trees, plants, and surrounding objects are your arsenal.
• 🧠 Tactical stealth combat: your invisibility is your power, but also your vulnerability.
• 📜 Fragmented narrative: explore ruins, shrines, and cemeteries to discover who you were… and why you came back.
• 🧩 Experience-based progression: unlock abilities, improve attributes, and unveil your destiny.
• 🌒 Hand-drawn art design: each area has a unique aesthetic inspired by Japanese mythology.

You are death returned.

Explore. Survive. Remember. Discover.