Mercenary of Zero — dark fantasy interactive novel, Chapters 1 & 2 (Twine/Harlowe)

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[Release] Mercenary of Zero — dark fantasy interactive novel, Chapters 1 & 2 (Twine/Harlowe)

Hi, I’ve just released Chapters 1 & 2 of Mercenary of Zero, a dark fantasy interactive novel built in Twine/Harlowe 3.3.0.

The premise: tarot cards in this world are not symbols — they are weapons, contracts, and burdens. You play as Nirvak, a mercenary whose nature as The Fool (Zero) places her outside every faction. The core mechanic ties card consumption to narrative consequence: using a card’s upright aspect destroys it while the reversed remains, which shapes both combat and story branches across chapters.

The work is written as an interactive novel rather than a traditional gamebook — branching is meaningful but the prose density is the priority.

Chapters 1 & 2 are available now. Approximately 30–60 minutes per playthrough. Chapter 3 is in development.

[itch.io URL] Mercenary of Zero by Sou_Hazuki

Happy to hear thoughts from anyone who plays it.

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On desktop, the game frame in itch.io is larger than the window and makes scrolling two bars necessarily to see the content.

Would like to try the game, but I prefer previewing in itch.io itself before downloading.