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The game: https://boxfiregames.itch.io/bientas-extension

Hi folks, my brother and I made this as part of inkJam2021. It's a spinoff of the longer game we're making, Essence of Time.

Bienta's Extension is free and played in browser. You have a short amount of time to get inspiration for your essay! If you don't get the grade you want, you can retry and talk to different people. This slice of life sheds more light on the characters attending the Academy of Essential Arts. We're thinking about making more mini-episodes like this to help flesh out the world we're building.

-Brad and Mark

Nice A! Thanks for playing and your feedback!

Yeah I've only heard good things about Monster Prom, still need to play it.

And that's a great idea! If we do more with this we might add that, thanks

Thank you! Don't worry about that F.  It ain't exactly a skill-based game haha.

Thanks! Nothing more relatable than social anxiety!

That was really cool! Love the accompanying art too. Beautiful and haunting at times.

Very cute! Gave me flashbacks to trying to keep kids entertained, haha.

A sci-fi whodunit that does a great job keeping ya guessing throughout! I really enjoyed this; it's like being inside a good old classic sci-fi.

Ooh, I love the feeling that you could just suddenly be inside a magical space! (those mushrooms tho)

It's like realism and then sudden whimsy. Yes, sudden whimsy, honestly that could be a whole genre.  Nice stuff!

The first chapter of our hand-drawn rpg/visual novel takes you to the magic school where you'll be introduced to our central cast of characters and web of conflicts. Although this is only the beginning, it has a self-contained story of its own, like the pilot episode of a series.

This is a time loop game and this demo takes you through the first loop (2-4 hours). Although you won't become a fully-fledged student, you'll learn essence calls, make friends and enemies, see tragedy and hope!

Download the demo on our page: https://boxfiregames.itch.io/essence-of-time

• We've just launched our Kickstarter to raise funds for the rest of the game. Consider supporting here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/essenceoftime/essence-of-time
• We're just two brothers working on the game so any support goes a long way!

Thanks folks,

- Brad