Forever Gold
What is Forever Gold?
Forever Gold is a text-heavy dark fantasy interactive fiction game about Duke Quintrell Barghur navigating the Tri-Kingdom court. Players shape his traits and ideals, build relationships, and invest points across five skills while making choices with lasting consequences.
Forever Gold is a text-heavy dark fantasy roleplaying game and interactive fiction work by Dan & LS. The player assumes the life of Duke Quintrell Barghur, a pariah of high birth, and navigates his unlikely rise to political relevancy as the alliance between Vestur's three kingdoms comes under strain. The game combines artwork and writing with RPG mechanics such as skill systems, dice rolls, and lasting narrative decisions. Players can shape Quintrell's character with traits and ideals, form relationships with members of the Prince Convoy, and choose between human or snout character designs. It is intended for mature audiences and is in development.
How to play Forever Gold
- Assume the role of Duke Quintrell Barghur and follow his political rise in the Tri-Kingdom court.
- Shape Quintrell's character with traits and ideals; some traits alter characterization and others add quirks or neuroses.
- Choose human or snout mode for the cast's character designs.
- Invest points across five skills to improve roll chances and unlock dialogue options, or withhold stat bonuses.
- Form relationships with fellow members of the Prince Convoy and make choices that affect the world and people around you.
- If the web version shows an error, hard refresh with Ctrl + Shift + R on desktop or press and hold reload on mobile.
Forever Gold controls
The developer does not list specific controls on the game page. Click the play frame above and try the keyboard, mouse, or touch; most jam games show their controls on the first screen.
Tips for Forever Gold
- Skill points can improve roll chances and unlock further dialogue options.
- Stat bonuses can be withheld instead of spent.
- Traits can drastically alter Quintrell's characterization or add small quirks and neuroses.
- Human or snout mode selects one of two skins for the cast.
- Choices can have consequences ranging from inconsequential to catastrophic geopolitical scandal.
Forever Gold FAQ
What platforms are listed for Forever Gold?
HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.
Is Forever Gold finished?
No; its status is in development.
What audience is Forever Gold intended for?
It is intended for mature audiences.
Can players choose between human and anthro character designs?
Yes; the game offers human or snout mode for the cast.
About this game
Read the full developer description
Note: If you're getting an error on the web version, do a "hard refresh" of the page by pressing Ctrl + Shift + R on desktop (or pressing and holding reload on mobile). It was just a domain hiccup, which is now fixed!
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Forever Gold is a text-heavy dark fantasy roleplaying game. Assume the life of Duke Quintrell Barghur, a pariah of high birth, and grapple with your unlikely rise to political relevancy as the thriving alliance between Vestur's three kingdoms comes under strain. Achieve, fail, and despair as you navigate the frustrations of the Tri-Kingdom court and negotiate precarious double-binds.
Halfway between visual novel and interactive fiction, Forever Gold is a unique multimedia experience incorporating artwork and writing with RPG mechanics such as skill systems, dice rolls, and lasting narrative decisions. It is intended for mature audiences.
You are second son of the Northern Kingdom. A chain of unlikely events leaves you and your childhood friend, Prince Lucas of the Middle Kingdom, heading the Fifth Prince's Convoy instead of your respective elder brothers.
Your elder brothers are well-liked and well-respected. The two of you, however, are not. Lucas is a bundle of nerves scraped raw by his family's fealty to stagnation. You were born with a curse which condemns its bearers to a long life plagued by misfortune. The series of mishaps that is your life has left you shunned: a criminal banned from conduction, working a job unfit for a man of your birth for the sake of keeping you busy and away from the public eye. Now you are to represent the Northern throne.
- A choice-based narrative - Your words and actions effect the world and the people around you, and consequences may range from "inconsequential" to "catastrophic geopolitical scandal."
- Shape Quincy's character with traits and ideals - Though he is always "Quintrell Barghur," many of his quirks and values are yours to decide. Some traits may drastically alter his characterization; others add small quirks and neuroses.
- Get to know a nuanced and varied cast - Form relationships – friendly or otherwise – with your fellow members of the Prince Convoy. Nurture contempt for your adversaries, or offer understanding.
- Countless illustrations and thorough worldbuilding - Forever Gold is bursting at the seams with detailed character portraits and illustrations. Each passage, menu, and codex article is crafted with thought and attention.
- Play in either "human" or "snout" mode - Select one of two different "skins" for the cast (human character designs or anthro character designs) depending on whether you want to spend the game looking at dog-men or men-men.
- Level up and improve your skills (or don't) - Invest your points across five skills, improving your chance at rolls and unlocking further dialogue options. Alternatively, withold your stat bonuses and crawl through the narrative as a pitiful worm.
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Description from Forever Gold on itch.io, by Dan & LS.
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