Halvenar
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Games you read. Stories that remember.

Side stories with their own heroes, set in the world of the novels. You can play them without spoiling the books.

The ruined shrine of Rookfall at night, light rising from steps beneath it
In beta on TestFlightDark fantasy gamebookFree to start

The Hollow Bell

The dead woman opens her eyes when the bell rings.

Rookfall has no bell. The sound comes from beneath the ruined shrine, and it speaks in the voices of people you have lost. Fourteen people have already followed it down. You read, you choose, and the story remembers who you trusted and what you left behind.

Tamsin ValeA Morrow of the dawn god, following the mentor who taught her mercy.
Brenna FlintwardA dwarf warrior searching for a brother who may not want to be found.
Seryn VeyA Duskelf rogue racing to recover a ledger before it exposes a betrayal.
Aelith ThorneAn elf of the Kindled, hunting the stolen research behind his greatest failure.
1,100+ scenesFully illustrated4 endings per heroNo ads · No tracking

The first three chapters of every hero are free. After launch come Season One: After the Bell and The Lamp in the Window, a winter night on Lamp Row with a new hero, Wren Callow.

The restored assay house on the Paper Stair at dusk
The Honest LampThe Hearth-KeyThe Lean-Watch GlassThe Gossip ConchThe Window Elsewhere
Assay House app icon
In beta on TestFlightCozy merge mysteryFree to play

Assay House

Inherit your grandmother’s run-down assay house on the Paper Stair. Merge unweighed Fray goods into named relics, fill orders for the street’s regulars, and restore the shop one painted corner at a time. Then a lamp comes in stamped with the mark of a house that burned ninety years ago.

It is
An everlamp that has never dimmed.
It does
In its light, nobody can say a thing they believe is false.
It cost
It has never dimmed because its last owner stopped speaking.
5 merge chains5-chapter first seasonWeekend FrostfairEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German

Assay House achievements

  • ⚒
    Open for TradeFinish your first lesson at the bench
  • ✦
    A Relic WeighedMerge a chain to its highest tier
  • I
    Chapters One to FiveClose each chapter of the story
  • ❦
    Every Line CountedDiscover every item in every chain
  • ☾
    Between the LinesFind every note in Hollin’s ledger
  • 7
    A Week at the CounterOpen the shop seven days running
  • ❀
    Dressing the WindowBuy your first decoration
Game Center leaderboard

Orders Filled

Every order you weigh and hand over counts. Open Game Center from the menu in Assay House to see where you stand against your friends.

On the workbench

Coming later

In design

Fraybound

A fast action game in the spell-brigade style. Every class carries a built-in cost: healers slow down, Kindled tools burn out, and a Bannerguard who loses the banner loses the bonus.

Written

The Lamp in the Window

The first Tale of Halvenar for The Hollow Bell: one winter night on Lamp Row, and a choice that costs somebody something.

App Store links will appear here at launch. Get the launch-day letter.