Open beta · Free · Windows
The people of this world were not given their lines. Ask them anything and they answer you out loud.
01 — Live dialogue
Ask what you like. The reply is written and voiced while you wait. This exchange is replaying a real session, at real speed.
You
“Who burned the longhouse?”
YLVA · SKALD
“Ash still warm on the beams. Riders with no banner, at the hour the dogs went quiet.”
RESPONSE 1.84 S · VOICE SYNTHESISED · MEMORY 7 TURNS
None of these lines were written in advance. Each reply is generated from the state of the world and the NPC’s own memory, then voiced by speech synthesis.
02 — Generated quests
The world reads its own state and writes you an objective for it. A ferryman who drowned last night, a feud that started while you were away.
03 — Combat
Melee built on an ability system, dodges that commit you, enemies that hunt by sight and by sound. Every swing costs something.
04 — Survival
Hunger, thirst, health and rest. Food, fire and sleep are decisions you make in the open, not entries in a menu.
05 — Under the hood
1.84 s
median end-to-end, question to first audio. Target under 3 s.
7 turns
of conversation each NPC keeps, and carries between meetings.
3 voices
personalities in the beta build, each with its own voice and manner.
UE 5.4
Unreal Engine 5.4, Gameplay Ability System, semi-open world.
The pipeline
The game sends the world’s current state and your history with the NPC to a cloud backend. A language model writes the reply; speech synthesis voices it. Text and audio stream back together, so the NPC starts speaking before the sentence is finished.
Quests
The same service writes objectives. It reads what has happened in the region, who is alive, what you already did, and returns a quest with its own text and conditions. Nothing is drawn from a fixed list.
Requirements
Windows 10/11 64-bit
GTX 1660 / RX 5600 XT
16 GB RAM · 8 GB VRAM
broadband connection required
06 — Patch notes
NOTHING PUBLISHED YET
The first patch note goes up with the next beta build. Until then, changes are announced in Discord as they ship.
Follow changes in Discord07 — Community
Bug reports, odd NPC answers, and build announcements all live in one place.
JOIN THE DISCORDFree open beta. No account, no launcher, no purchase.
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