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Lost in Limbo [Demo]
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
When you finally quit your dead-end job and move back to your mother's house in the ever-peaceful town of Faybourne, you think things could only get better. However, the moment you set foot in your childhood home, a harrowing nightmare long forgotten appears to haunt you once more.
A tower that crumbles in the vastness of a bleeding sky. A voice that mourns and yearns for something.
Torn away from your peaceful life and thrown into a world of danger and deceit, you are at the mercy of the Seven Sovereigns of Limbo. Navigate the Realm Between as it faces an impending cataclysm that threatens to swallow you and those you love whole.
As the consequences of a plan set in motion long ago start to unveil, will love be the key to your freedom, or the first chapter of your downfall?
To obtain every CG, we reccommend playing the demo twice and testing different options!
CONTENT WARNING
Lost in Limbo is rated +17. Beware of flashing lights, disturbing imagery, mild horror, mild jumpscares, implicit and suggestive sexual scenes and discussions, sensitive topics such as toxic family relationships, anxiety, depression, depictions of alcohol / drug use, etc.
God and creator of Limbo, Father Pride watches over the peace and well-being of his realm, but the life of a god can be solitary. When he welcomes you with open arms, his kindness draws you in...and a perturbing omen makes you stay.
Unapologetically so, Lord Amon lives his life to the fullest and indulges in as many pleasures as he can. His dissarming personality could put anyone at ease, but the Golden Dragon is not as harmless as everyone wants to believe.
VA: Brian Vaughn
Dedicated and brave, Praefectus Raeya takes her role as Limbo's protector extremely seriously, but the truth behind the realm's darkest times will soon put her loyalty —and her ability to keep you out of harm's way— to the test.
Pronounced [ɡaˈel]
Current Master of the Grand Houses, Gael’s sweet and noble persona won the hearts of the citizens of Limbo and has ensured his position for the past five elections. However, the beloved Master has a secret that could end his reputation and plunge his already torn city into chaos.
VA: Abi Kumar
Stripped of their name and shunned after committing treason, the Sovereign now known as Lord Envy lives a life of solitude and confinement. Will you be able to break down the walls they have built around themselves for centuries, or will you remain a prisoner in his castle for all eternity?
VA: Aaron Moy
Kind and caring, Ara is not only determined to make your time in Limbo a happy thing to remember, but also to make things go back to the way they were, no matter the cost. Her dazzling smile hides an ambition and a determination that could serve you well—if both your goals are as aligned as she swears them to be.
VA: Zaria Weems
As the youngest Sovereign, no one expects anything from Xal, not even himself. He is seen as a good-for-nothing and a poor excuse of a god, but you two are about to prove everyone wrong. For better or worse, he's the only one who can help you, but what if Xal needs you as much as you need him?
Our first demo will feature...
- The first version of Lost in Limbo's prologue
- Customizable first name, last name and pronouns of the MC (she/her, he/him, they/them) or use a default name; River Winchester.
- Over ~42k words (around three hours of gameplay)
- Animated backgrounds!
- Partial voice acting
- Seven CGs (one per character) + mini-CGs to enhance the experience!
- Over 25 different choices (some of them timed!)
To obtain every CG, we reccommend playing the demo twice and testing different options!
THIS DEMO WILL BE AVAILABLE ON PC, MAC, LINUX AND HOPEFULLY ON ANDROID!
The android version may come later than the PC one, but we'll work hard so you mobile folks don't have to wait too long!
Ravenstar Games is a four-person indie developer studio based in Valencia, Spain, formed by lifelong friends with a passion for videogames and a single dream; working on what makes us happy by creating the games we want to play.
MAIN TEAM
Seyl (any pronouns) — Director, writer, programmer, sprite artist
Raquel (she/her)— Lead sprite artist, CG artist, background artist
Astro (he/him) — Background artist, creature artist
Kayden (he/him) — Background artist, mini-CG artist, concept artist
BUT WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT HELP!
Airyn (she/her) — Background artist
Allie Vera (she/they/he) — Editor, proofreader, beta tester (and our holy savior)
Re.Alice — UI design, Logo design
Dark Fantasy Studio — Music
Crescence Studio (they/them) — Emotional support and beta tester
Callum Sanders as Mysterious seer
AJ, Narjs, Ela, Dort — Beta testing
And of course, a huge thanks to all our supporters and followers, because we wouldn't have made it this far without you all!
Please note that this page can be subjected to changes in the future.
Download
Install instructions
For MAC users, please download the instructions below if you are having any trouble accessing the demo. We reccommend you download the itchio launcher and play the game through it, as it gives less trouble than manually downloading the demo!
NOTE: TO OBTAIN EVERY CG, WE RECCOMMEND PLAYING THE DEMO TWICE AND TRYING DIFFERENT OPTIONS!
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Development log
- ✦ Lost in Limbo Devlog #13 | 11.11.2411 days ago
- ✦ KICKSTARTER FINAL HOURS! + NEWS!57 days ago
- ✦ WE ARE FUNDED!!63 days ago
- ✦ WE ARE 94% FUNDED + MORE THAN 4000 DOWNLOADS!66 days ago
- ✦ WE ARE 77% FUNDED + MORE NEWS!72 days ago
- ✦ WE ARE 50% FUNDED!81 days ago
- ✦ OUR KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!86 days ago
- ✦ NSFW +18 CHAPTERS! (STRETCH GOAL)88 days ago
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¿Está al español?
Damn this game is so good. I want to gush about everything the art the music the UI the plot!!!! But rn in the most respectful and normal way possible, I want to make it clear that am about to become everyone's new stepmother. Idc if Pride is a little evil, as long as he pats me gently on the head and tells me I'm doing a good job
Enjoying the demo so far! I really hope the seeker becomes romanceable in the future. My only critique would be the mc's dialog options. It would be nice if there were more diverse ones to choose from. All in all tho, loving it so far! :D
嗯，那个游戏看起来不错
"Happiness just a tear drop away" ... HEY!
haven't played this game yet but I've got my eyes set on Envy and Xal, IDK how am I supposed to chose between them but we will see ... :3 I'm very excited to play this!
edit: this is an easy 5 star! the art is breathtaking, the writing, the suspense, the horror, the curiosity- it's all phenomenal.
I'm torn between the adorable Xal, the gentleman that is Gael, and the ultimate emo tsudere Envy. I can't wait to play their routes!
It would be great if there were Chinese translations in the game, otherwise it would be a bit tiring to translate over and over again.
The characters are so cute omg 😭
Honestly? Love this game! To me, the story makes me want to play the game just to know what happens next.
I'm wondering who the MC really is or more exactly - Why were we thrown into the limbo? For what? And also... How did the monster know our name???
AAAA I'm so curious, can't wait for the full game to release!
About the characters, weeeeelll, I love Envy so much. Especially when we bicker with them, it's so funny.
Besides Envy, Amon and Ara are my second favorites... They're silly lol... Anyways! Love the demo!
IMMM SOO EXCITED FOR THE RELRASE OMGGG
Hey so you know the seer from the beginning PLEASE make him a love interest like DAMN I loved his design!
This is soooo good. I'm so excited for the full release! <3
The demo was amazing the story definitely sucked me in, can't wait for the full release!
I'm so confused on how to open it...
I kept clicking the losttinlimbo thingy and it won't open at all, the fact there's other files for it makes me even confused.
In MAC, people were able to access the demo by opening the package contents as follows:
Then, locate this file and open it!
Our Mac Instructions file (or the window that pops up after your download) should give you other alternatives if this doesn't work, like downloading the game through the itch app. Please do let me know if this works! If not, don't hesitate to contact us!
Sorry for late reply, I tried again :) And did the steps, though, it still didnt work, my terminal opened and suddenly something about the app cant be opened after allowing it in my settings,
and that popped up :')
Just finished the demo and i absolutely adored it. I knew i was gonna love this game from the moment i saw it on my tiktok. Keep up the great work! You can tell that the team really but their hearts into this game and i cant wait to continue to support you all !!! :)
Game is amazing, I want the Seer so fucking bad to be romancable PLS
MY GOD, the demo was intense, I loved it SO much I can wait for the full version, the art, sound effects, the writing, voice actors an character designs were absolutely perfect, my congratulations for this masterpiece and thank you for creating this
This was an amazing demo. I can't wait to see the full game.
Thank you so much for your support and for such a phenomenal video! 💜
BEATIFUL I LOVEIT CANT WAIT FOR THE COMPLETE VERSION
I love it very much my fav is envy,pride,amon,Xal Gael is cute too but personality wise not fav but looks amazing thou. >3> pride is a love option yes? is so good :o
Love this game, and it is beautifully made and maayybe my critiques are just something I alone felt, but the MC's personality is a little overbearing sometimes. In my personal opinion, if I were brought into a random place, taken by strangers, and forced (LITERALLY FORCED) to sit down and listen to them, I would not be so compliant with them, yet the MC sort of comes off as apathetic to their own situation, not reacting to things that honestly would infuriate me and at least illicit some sort of complaint. To point out a specific part where this happened, when Gael and Amon force the MC to sit, MC reacts in fear (perhaps bordering anger?) and yet the MC is still compliant to doing what the pride of limbo asks when he is introduced. In these instances, I would have appreciated the choice of defiance, or anger towards forced treatment rather than only being able to react in fear and compliance. Although this is what I think would help the user experience, if this specific characterization of the MC is a choice made by the authors and is meant to be this way then I am fine with looking over it. I really do appreciate this game and the themes around it, the horror, action, timed choices, and the visuals really do stand out to me and I would love to see where this game goes, do not take my criticism as hate because I truly do find this game to be incredibly interesting and fun!
No yeah this is exactly how I felt as well. I feel the MC didn't have the best range of emotions for the situation they were delt. It took me out of the immersion I was like, "mmm I'm pretty sure MC wouldn't act like that..."
OOHHH MMYYY LORD WHY IS THIS GAME SO GOOD!!? I can not even begin to explain how much fun I had playing this game! I loved everything about it down from the backgrounds all the way up to the plot! It's amazing and so well crafted! I can not wait to get the news about the full game being released, please expect to hear my compliments on that one too. I love you all have a glorious day 😁✨
mhmhmhmhm this is such a great appetizer. I will definitely look forward to the full game, this was really interesting, and REALLY GOOD. Honestly, thank you so much for giving us a taste of this magnificent game, you guys are evil for leaving me wanting for more. Once again, nice work!! :DDD (the animations are are like interesting too, didnt made the game bland at all and made me give it more attention)
I'll come back once the full game releases. Loved the demo, the writing is so immersive and the characters already have some depth so I can't wait until the full game further expands on this.
The demo is fireeee! I loved it as much as I lov Envy. Can't wait for the full game!
Omg this game gave me literal chills, I love the demo so much. Ill definitely play the full release!! This got me on the edge of my seat-
I need this game now. I feel it's going to be one of my favorites, those that I'll play over and over. If you're having doubs, pls give the demo a try! I just loved it.
Bro I just finished the demo and istg I love it so much!!!! I think all the characters are amazing, the art is beautiful and the voice acting was also nice to hear. I literally fell in love with pride the moment I saw him 😭. I am so excited for the release of the full game!!! <3
Just finished the demo and wow does it look good! I love the art, the animated backgrounds are so gorgeous and captivating, the LIs and plot are really interesting, especially Gael (love of my life, the princely, gentlemanly type) and Xal (so cute), the VAs really fit there roles and I'm looking forward to the full release!
I have one nitpick/feedback/critique: would there be a feature added in the full game where players can toggle on/off quick time events?
I love the demo, looking forward to more of the game one day ^^
Xal is definitely my favorite hands down lol
been obsessed ever since i finished the game
does this work on Mac? Because I can't play it, is anyone able to help me? I've downloaded it, but it doesn't work. I also tried the package content method, and it led me to the terminal-- Am I doing something wrong?
It should absolutely work on Mac! I'd recommend downloading the Itchio app on your Mac and then download the game through the Itchio app so it can launch the game directly, or try our Steam version. If you'd rather not (completely fine!), you should be able to access and launch the game using terminal.
If that's not working, I found this command that may be helpful (as I know next to nothing to how mac's terminal works)
"Open Terminal, write the following command:
chmod u+x
(make sure there's a space after x)
then drag the "Lost in Limbo demo" file and drop it onto the Terminal window, then press Enter. The file's icon should change. Then try opening the game again."
If you want to, feel free to send us an email over at gamesravenstar@gmail.com so we can review tour case in particular! Sorry we can't be of more help right now ;_;
okay so I haven’t played all of it because I been busy but tell me why when seer was like tell me your thoughts the first thing that came to my head was parv evil and crazy😂😂 then when we started to talk to him and all that I was so confused about him I was like I like him what no i don’t he soo cute then no he’s a crazy! Then he a parv😂😂
i cant wait for the full game (T_T) i love xal sm
crack is less addictive than this plot. woe is me that i have to wait for more, but wait i will. the ROs are hot, but I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS~ i have so many questions that will lead to more questions. god i need answers. thank you for sharing and thank you for all future work! if i have some spare money this month, im for sure backing this project! <3
happy kickstarter launch day! had to replay the demo because i missed envy <3
sending wishes and good luck to the team!!
the writing in this demo is spectacular. very nice art, backgrounds, animation and music too. sending the team my best wishes
The most promising VN demo I have ever played! I love all the characters! The world, the art, the writing! My feelings can really be summed up with an excited scream. Everyone at Ravenstar should be so proud of this demo. This is the standard all VNs should aspire to. I cannot wait for the full release. I will give whatever I can to the kickstarter. Thank you and well done! <3
We are so flattered to know you enjoyed it so much! T^T Thank you so much for giving our demo a chance, and for considering supporting our Kickstarter! We will keep working hard to deliver nothing but the best we can! <3
THE BANTER WITH ENVY WON MY HEART. I can't wait for more fights with them when the game is released >:) AMAZING DEMO NOW IM SO HYPED UP!!!! I hope all good for everyone on the team!
THANK YOU SO MUCH LOVEEE!! 💜💜😭 We will keep working hard to fund the game!
I AM HYPED FOR THIS oh my god srsly this is one of the best visual novels i've played and this is just a demo??? are u kidding me?? Godspeed ravenstar cause i can't wait for its full release <3
FULL SPEED AHEAD!! 💜💜
Thank you so so much for your kindness and for playing our demo! We hope our Kickstarter goes well and we can work on the full game as soon as possible! ; v ; 💜