Aarkana Saga
by KhelistGames
2.8 (1 votes)
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v0.2.5-alpha
Game Details
- Version
- v0.2.5-alpha
- Developer
- KhelistGames
- Engine
- Others
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 24 July 2026
About
A young man stumbles onto something buried in the past: the Aarkana, a force nobody around him understands, least of all himself. The early-2010s setting is deliberately mundane, which makes the discovery land harder.
What starts as curiosity about old mysteries turns into a real choice about what kind of person he's going to become. The story doesn't rush him toward power for its own sake; it keeps asking whether he'll use the Aarkana for good or let it pull him somewhere darker, and that question runs under everything else.
Day to day, you're working through text-driven scenes and dialogue, following routines with the people around him (his stepmom among them, with her own ongoing thread) while turn-based encounters handle the moments where things turn hostile. Progress comes from chipping away at quests and events rather than any single big set piece, so the pacing leans slow-build over spectacle.
Changelog
v0.2.5 Alpha
- General Update
- More than 175 new passages added.
- More than 70 new events and interactions.
- More than 2,000 new dialogue lines.
- More than 100 new images.
- More than 20 new videos.
- New weekend routines for all characters.
- Character Content
- StepMom received more than 50 new passages, including her main quest, new routine content, chore-related events, special progression scenes, and Love / Corruption content.
- Ana received more than 40 new passages, including extended quest content, weekly side-quests, new routine interactions, reveal scenes, and Love / Corruption branches.
- Megan received more than 30 new passages, including a new questline, new routine interactions, special hooks, and new event outcomes.
- Quest and Story Progression
- MomQuest added.
- AnaQuest extended.
- MeganQuest added.
- ChrisQuest added.
- Main story extended.
- Exploration and Locations
- Added and expanded several locations, including the Basement, Parking Lot, Tech Store, Gas Station, Hardware Store, and Hospital.
- New Characters
- This update introduces Chris and Jenna as new characters in Aarkana Saga.
- Chris joins the character roster.
- Jenna joins the character roster.
v0.2.0 Alpha
- Main Changes
- Fixed several reported bugs related to combat logs, companion recruitment, and class quest items.
- Added a new advance time button.
- Added a new interactive map with character avatars in locations.
- Added a new options menu for audio, display, and combat speed.
- Improved dungeon navigation with a clearer exploration grid.
- Replaced uncomfortable links with event buttons.
- Added 4 new main story events.
- Improved the main map and general UI.
- UI Improvements
- Improved equipment dialog.
- Improved inventory dialog.
- Improved spell book dialog.
- Improved characters dialog.
- Improved journal dialog.
- Improved combat UI.
- Improved general interface readability.
- Progression and Classes
- Increased the maximum level to 9.
- Removed dungeon-based level restrictions.
- Added a new level 5 reward.
- Added slight XP variation from NPCs.
- Reworked starting HP, starting stats, and starting weapons for classes.
- Added weapon aptitude by class.
- Combat and Balance
- Rebalanced HP for all classes and NPCs.
- Rebalanced spell damage and cooldowns.
- Reworked armor behavior.
- Reworked several spells, effects, and resistances.
- Improved initiative calculation.
- Added clearer NPC difficulty / XP indicators.
- NPCs and Dungeons
- Reworked all hostile NPCs.
- Added 9 new NPC types across combat roles.
- Added 5 new NPC types across categories.
- Added 45 new NPC types across levels.
- Reduced dungeon encounter frequency.
- Improved dungeon entry and exit flow.
- Reworked existing dungeon content.
- Added 1 new legacy dungeon: Deep Forest.
- Legacy dungeons are designed to be completed in parts over time and include multiple parallel quests.
- Equipment, Spells, and Loot
- Reworked all weapons.
- Added 27 new weapons.
- Added 33 new armors.
- Added 15 new spells.
- Added 9 new effects.
- Added 8 new materials.
- Added 4 new components.
- Added 1 new container type.
- Reworked valuables, containers, dungeon drops, and NPC drops.
- Spells now respect equipment restrictions.
- Companions and Characters
- Improved companion leveling and XP distribution.
- Companions now follow the same level reward structure as the player.
- Ana received a major rework, including class, equipment, stats, and skills.
- Ana received 2 new quests, 2 new scenes, and 14 new dungeon scenes.
- Ana’s encouragement quick events now grant a buff to the player.
- Ariel received 1 new quest and 2 new scenes.
- Kenneth received 1 new quest.
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v0.1.0-alpha
- Initial Release
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