Artifice
by Duve
Game Details
- Version
- v0.1 Public
- Developer
- Duve
- Engine
- Ren'Py
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English, Russian
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 31 May 2026
About
Someone offers you the starring role in their production, promising a performance you'll never forget — that's the pitch, and it comes wrapped in a lot of stage-manager charm. Artifice bills itself as a theater's debut spectacle, built around intrigue, secrets, and the fake smiles that come with putting on a show.
The plot leans on that theatrical setup: a world where performance and pretense blur, and the male lead gets pulled into whatever's actually happening behind the curtain once the smiles slip.
Play follows the usual visual novel rhythm of talking through scenes toward the women drawn into this production, with the harem and romance angles doing most of the work between story beats. The 3DCG cast leans heavily toward exaggerated proportions, and the intimate scenes arrive animated rather than static.
Changelog
- Over 55,000 words of story
- Over 1,600 renders
- Over 130 music tracks and sound effects
- 2 new scenes in the gallery
- Thousands of lines of code
- Revamped UI with new features:
- 1) Outfit System: All the girls' outfits you unlock as you play are now added to the main menu. This lets you swap them out and create a unique main screen with the girls.
- 2) Relationship System: Each main girl now has an affection meter showing her current interest in our MC. This meter will change based on your choices and just by progressing through the story.
- 3) Notification System: You'll now see a notification for every important event in the game. Whether it's a change in a girl's affection, unlocking a new outfit, or whatever else I come up with later.
- 4) Tooltip System (Glossary): There are now tooltips in the text for unusual or story-important words as you play. Hovering over them gives you a quick rundown so you know what's what.
- Prologue 2025-07-11
- The game is now available in two new languages: Chinese and Indonesian! Adding them took some time, but they’re finally here for you.
- A special thanks to my two translators — they put in a lot of work so you could enjoy the game in your native language.
- I’m also excited to share that German will be added soon! Once the translator finishes their work, I’ll include it in the main game version.
- Prologue
- Over 26,000 words of script,
- Over 1,200 renders,
- 80+ music tracks & sound effects,
- A handful of animations (only the ones I deemed essential),
- Thousands of lines of code,
- Oh, right! A custom UI that’ll give you a little extra insight into the girls you’ll meet along the way...,
- And so much more.
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