Unlord

Unlord is an interactive fiction game and text-based RPG set in a magical world devastated by a war between magicians. You travel between locations, talk with characters and make moral choices as you decide whether to save your family and friends and help the village of Little Firs survive an invasion, or pursue a quieter life elsewhere.

A ruined world

Once, a thriving empire was ruled by the world’s greatest magician. After two rebellions by lesser magicians, the country became a wasteland: cities vanished or became necropolises inhabited by ghouls. Artifacts and battle spells lie scattered across forests, meadows and swamps, where malicious magic and dangerous creatures make the land perilous.

Choose your path

From the starting settlement, you can travel north, south, east or west, with each direction offering a way to address the main quest. You can also ignore that goal, flee the monster and settle in a free city by the sea, where you can start a family and earn a living. The choices you make shape the story, which has many endings, from the deaths of everyone to a heroic victory in which you defeat the monster, save your parents and neighbours, and help turn the village into a city. Other outcomes include living well or saving the village through heroic sacrifice.

Stories and choices

The game contains 80,000 words across 1,000 pages, represented by 550,000 characters. Some pages lead directly to the next, while others form hubs where you can ask caravaners about the world, hear strange tales, uncover secrets about nearby locations and get hints toward solutions. You can choose whether to travel with a caravan or wait for another.