Hello everyone! Here's a passion project from a guy with an English degree and a very, very niche interest in text adventures.

Oh well, niche markets deserve attention. And I've been in love with text adventures ever since middle school. Hell, I even made one for my college thesis. It was a dime novel-inspired western RPG, if you can believe that...

From what I've seen, a lot of you seem to be interested in fantasy, so perhaps you'd be interested in supporting an adult fantasy, text-based adventure with minimal visual content? (There will be a simple map, for instance.)

Although I am creating the game according to what I find interesting and fun in gameplay, my ultimate goal is to make text adventures a little more digestible for the average player. So it's not going to be an entirely traditional text adventure (for example, having to type in everything you do). I'm trying to keep the game close in spirit to the text adventures I played when I was young though. Like having an insane amount of options, some of which only one or two people will even think to try, and all of them having a response that makes sense, or even blows your mind.

What's it about?

You'll step into the shoes of a female elf, recently banished from her city and forced to survive in the harsh world of Flantasi. Where you take her, what you do, how you survive... It's all up to you. Thievery, murder, begging, odd jobs, romance, combat, quests, NPCs, weird stuff, magic, and more are all available for you to explore.

A few more notes about the game:

• Open world
• Statuses and skills that affect gameplay
• Interactive NSFW scenes
• Choose the former occupation of the MC and have this affect their starting skills (as well as some abilities)
• Multiple romanceable NPCs
• Manage your Reputation, Health, Energy, Happiness, Money, Hunger, and Skills
• Branching storylines, numerous ways to play, and thousands of ways to get your happy ending (whatever you may consider that to be).
• Right now, the MC is a female elf (you may choose between trans or cis) but eventually I plan to add the option to be a man.
• Only going to be available on PC as of right now. Really sorry about this.
• Adult scenes obviously an option, but not the ONLY part of gameplay or story. Easily avoidable if the player wishes to do so.

Currently, I'm building a World Anvil guide to go along with the The Banished Elf, because getting stuck for long periods of time seems to give everyone a headache.

I plan for the game itself to be completed on or before July 31, 2025.

Support me on patreon or ko-fi and you'll get The Banished Elf for free upon its release. You'll also gain access to a few other goodies such as the ability to suggest, request, and alter things. Potentially, you may even get to add your own original character to the game as an NPC with a full storyline.

And you'll be supporting a recently disabled dude and his four idiot sons (cats), so thank you!