From Ashes
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
No matter your efforts, all will be doomed to end.
Your bonds, your treasures, your fears—every last shred will burn to ash.
Knowing this, would you still choose to make them?
One day, with no explanation, Shu begins to fall asleep. As he starts to wake up less and less often, his friends devise a plan—but Luca doesn't stick around to to hear the explanation. He accidentally hitches a ride when Ike time travels, and finds himself thrown 400 years into the past... to a time when the Akuma Clan still stood.
Stuck in this timeline, Luca must figure out a way to get home to his future. All the while, time is running out in more ways than one. Why are there so many faces in the past that he recognizes, who don't recognize him? What relation does all of this have to the reason his Shu is no longer waking up?
The events of the past can not be changed. But there are always those who would defy their fate, time and time again.
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From Ashes is a Shuca/Mafiyami fangame that features characters based on Luxiem, Noctyx, XSOLEIL, and Rosemi.
This is an unofficial, fanmade, nonprofit game with no affiliation to ANYCOLOR Inc, NIJISANJI EN, or any of its past and present livers. It is an entirely fictional story that does not represent real history or any livers' lore.
CONTENTS:
- ~6+ hours of total gameplay
- 1 True End with several other endings
- 17 CG's and custom artwork for all main characters, viewable in an in-game gallery
- Rating: T for mild violence. There is no explicit content otherwise.
Content warnings can be found at the bottom of the page.
For those who want to make sure to get all of the content, here's our game walkthrough: From Ashes Walkthrough Link
RULES:
1. Do not mention this game to any past or present Niji livers, as it's a ship game.
2. In the same vein, please don't publicly stream this game (Discord calls etc. with friends are fine).
3. Do not host this game on any other platforms.
4. Please read through the above walkthrough doc before messaging us with any questions.
Posting screenshots online is OK as long as no official liver tags are used!
We would love to see your liveblogs/screenshots; please use the hashtag #FromAshesRPG if you post on Twitter so we can see them!
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CREDITS:
Story and Game by Tao, Parasol, and Dana
GAME PROGRAMMING, MAP DESIGN, SOUND DESIGN:
Tao
MAIN SCRIPT WRITING:
Parasol, Dana, Tao, Anonymous
MAP INTERACTION WRITING:
Parasol, Tao, Mari
TALK SPRITE ARTWORK:
Tao
PIXEL SPRITE ARTWORK:
Ki, Tao
CG ARTWORK:
Tao, Jiya, Enki, Terra, Gummy
TILESET CREDITS
MV Trinity (C) Gotcha Gotcha Games Inc.
Kokoro Reflections
(C) 2024 SERIALGAMES Inc.
MUSIC CREDITS
RPG Maker MZ
(C) NAKATOMO
(C) 2023 CG Sound Studios
Tungerman
PLUGIN CREDITS
Galv
Visustella
reflector88
CONTENT WARNINGS
Ship content: Shuca main, with side Ikeakuma, Psyborg, Sonnyban, and Milliondrops.
***This may include spoilers!***
Warning for implied major and minor character death which occurs as part of the plot. However, the true end consists of a purely happy ending.
Download
Install instructions
PC Installation Instructions:
Unzip the downloadable folder and run Game.exe.
MacOS Installation Instructions:
After extracting the .zip, drag and drop the Game.app file into a different folder (ex. Applications or Desktop).
Open the Game.app file.
There may be an error message blocking you from opening the game.
Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security Scroll all the way down to Security.
Select Open Anyways, then Open.
The game should start properly from there.
The browser version of the game can be found here: https://inaritroupe.itch.io/from-ashes-browser
NOTE: This method is NOT recommended if you're able to download the game, because the nature of browsers makes it liable to bugging out. It also creates minor loading lag that can affect the experience of cutscenes and exploration. This browser version is not compatible with mobile iOS devices.
There are no plans to make this game available in other formats.
Comments
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HHELLLOOO, loved the game. The story was well written, and the overall flow was so niceee!!! It's my first time playing a shuca fangame and it was so enjoyable! I had also played your guys' Lux Memoriae today www. That aside, may I ask if the osts from both game available to listen to? The ost was honestly one of my favorite things.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed the games!!! The soundtracks for both games consist of audio that comes with RPG Maker MZ as well as third party DLC albums, which I bought the licenses for to download and use. So unfortunately these tracks aren't uploaded in full anywhere as far as I'm aware of!