Kingsguard
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Current uploaded built is the most recent. But will remain public for some time until the Patreon build gets further along. To gain access to future builds, visit my Patreon and consider supporting me there. If you would also like to discuss the game further, I have a discord as well. Link is here Discord.
A World at Peace:
Perhaps you are used to fairy tales and legends of heroes who journey to far off lands to defeat a great evil who threatens the peace of the world. But what you will quickly find in this story is no such thing. For you see the world is already very much at peace. There may be a few bandits lying in wait on the high roads, thieves who break into homes in the dead of knight, and pick pockets and extortionists prowling the city streets; But there are no wars, very few famines, and certainly no evil sorcerers to stop . It couldn't be a more perfect time to be alive, especially for our young prince, who is about to come of age and soon be rightfully chosen to lead his nation. He has suffered from few plights, and rides on the coattails of his father's success. But all good things must come to an end. Underneath this peaceful world there is a bubbling mire of conspiracy that seeks to drown our prince. With the assistance of those known as Kingsguard, selected individuals to serve as the bodyguards of the royal family, the prince who soon be forced to flee his home to escape those who would wish to end his life, to travel this unknown world that he has only ever read about in books. His journey will be long and perilous This is no dream come true nor an adventure anyone would wish for. But it is one that he has no choice but to see it through to the end.
What can you expect?
Kingsguard is considered a non-linear visual novel so your choices will bring about changes to the story, open up new dialogue, and even affect the ending. To fully understand the story and piece together the mysteries the characters will face, you must play each of the three character paths that will take you to a different corner of Torvair. The choices you make will have consequences and effect the story in various ways.
Kudos:
The current sprite artist is TheBigSlick, who has supplied my with some amazing sprites for the three main characters and will be making more as I continue to work on the game. He has both a twitter and a furaffinity page where you can check out his work.
I also have a cg artist, SunShtein who is helping supply art at various significant moments in the game. He has a furaffinity where you can take a look as his gallery.
RULER has been kind to supply me with some temporary sprites as placeholders until TheBigSlick creates the official ones. You can check him out here at his twitter.
Lastly, Sam is helping out with the development of the game including editing, proofreading, and grammar.
Updates:
This game still has much work to be done, and updates to the game happen every few months, but regardless I pour my heart into every build, hoping to make this story one of a kind. With your support I will be able to provide you with a compelling story, memorable characters, great artwork, and hopefully a dark yet thrilling experience.
Download
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Development log
- Kingsguard (1.03) Leandros Chapter 08 Public BuildJul 30, 2023
- Kingsguard (1.06) Leandros Chapter 09Jul 29, 2023
- Kingsguard (1.05) Koshiro Chapter 09Jul 24, 2022
- Kingsguard 1.04 Ramos Chapter 08Mar 05, 2022
- Kingsguard 1.03 Leandros Chapter 08Jul 17, 2021
- Kingsguard 1.02 Android BuildJan 13, 2021
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God I hope you start updating this vn again :( Also plz open patreon when you are ready :3
is it dead? :/
If you need something kingsguard related while you wait there's this thing: https://play.aidungeon.com/scenario/843netkCEUL6/kingsguard-vn
its free, no downloads and just plays in the browser. It has some issues, ramos's personality is odd with him knowing who you are even if it's the first time you've met him or being overly romantic. But i don't think it's that bad, leandros is pretty good. If you want it smutty, when you're playing click the little gear in the top right and change the the safety setting in the gameplay tab.
Last update was on June of 2023 on patron and July of 2023 here. Its mostly been a year since the last update. Will this VN go to the dumps or will we get an update?
Well they're patreon is still active the last post was on 3 January. Completed Art of New Character..
Aside from that I have no clue as I'm not a patreon.
Hiddenwall mentioned trying to get a build out over winter holidays since school would be out, but i guess that things ended up getting in the way as they've paused their patreon payments and have been silent for the last few months.
Absolutely fantastic game! Truly one of my all time favorites. I played this entire game (all three paths!) for the first time two years ago, somewhere between 40-50 hours, but lost all of that progress with my old laptop. I just recently replayed it, nervous that it wouldn't be as good as I remembered it to be, but the story, characters, and world are so fantastic, and the amount of genuinely important choices is absolutely astounding; so much more than just the three main romance paths!
My only (minor) issue is a completely subjective, personal ick with stories where an otherwise pragmatic or experienced person close to the protagonist lies/tricks/misleads them under the guise of protecting them in a way that leaves them more vulnerable, especially when it's something related to their self-defense, and refuses to think about the worst case scenario? (It sounds specific, but it's actually pretty common lol). Like, knowledge is power and prepare for the worst case scenario and better to have something but not need it than not have something needed and all that, which is something that someone supposedly an experienced and skilled strategist should know.
I just wanna clarify that this is a very small gripe I have, despite its length, and I am just a very wordy overthinker, so please read knowing that I love literally everything else about this game (besides not being able to date everyone lmao). Also, I disagree with previous comments talking about the MC being unlikeable, so this isn't about that either.
Anyways, I understand why the player's dad and Leandros didn't let the protag actually learn how to fight, that's well explained and I get that it's part of both the protag and Leandros' whole character and stuff, but it just personally bothers me that the protag never actually caught on, for years?The protag never watched Leandros or other guards sparring, or overheard the other guards talking about Leandros being easy on his training, or even just that he is still so outmatched by Leandros despite training together for years since they were children? I know that he's not human and older and specifically tricking him, and the protag can't train as much as he can, but he's still a novice and never noticed? The main character sneaks past the guards to escape that castle to watch gladiator fights, but apparently hasn't ever sparred with any other guard besides Leandros, doesn't seem to have ever wanted to, and never picked up either any hint of this or any techniques from them? And even the pragmatic and more pessimistic Koshiro had absolutely nothing to say about this, just completely went along with it? Like, it would be like if someone really wanted to play a sport but were only allowed to play against one specific professional athlete for years despite being surrounded by other professionals, snuck out to secretly go watch live games, and never picked up on the fact that they're an amateur. It really feels like the protag should have either figured out before all this that Leandros was going easy on him (at least after seeing a few real gladiator fights), or be at least slightly better than they are in the game.
Once again, however, I wanna say that this is really not the biggest deal. I've literally played this game for DOZENS of hours at this point, and something as small as this is the one and only thing that annoys me a little, and it basically just makes me roll my eyes whenever it comes up before I move on and am full sucked back into this amazing story and game.
It never for a second crossed my mind to rate this anything besides five stars, and I'd rate it even higher if I could!!
I NEED AN UPDATE GRRRRRR
Ive been playing for some time (ofc i took leandros path) and all i wanted to say is this Visual Novel is one of the very few that really made me feel the emotions the Main character actually felt, i cried, i was happy, i was sad, i was devastated, and many more emotions, if i get to the end of the free version i will most definitely buy patreon and look forward to the newest versions. Also i'd like to praise all of the people who took part in making this game
Edit: also how much chapters will this game have? If you can tell ofc (unless i missed the info somewhere)
Not gonna lie, protagonist makes it very hard to tear throught this vn. He is so completely unlikable it is very hard to be invested in his struggles or journey. Prince Rowan from The Silercrest Pilgrimage is a much better example of a similar archetype.
I mean. he's a spoiled prince of a prosperous kingdom. one who has had some trauma via the loss of one parent and distance of another. yeah he's gonna be a frustrating little shit at times but he isn't without his redeeming qualities. I think it'll be interesting to watch how he grows through each route^^
Also, given its still in development. I imagine there will probably be a point where things get combed over and refined, potentially even revised. only time will tell.
Tragic backstory doesn’t give a character a shield to be piece of shit, sadly, and so far I haven’t seen even one redeeming quality of his. At this point for me in order to like Katan he has to undergo a redemption arc on the level of Kuzco or Luke von Fabre and Im really not sure i will have patience to stick around to find out if he is going to undergo it at all.
Frankly the VN hasn't gotten very far imo so he has time. Character growth needs time to happen organically in some stories, not every protagonist just flips a switch and becomes bearable after a couple things go down.
I really don't know how or why I should be invested in a growth of a character who needs unknown amount of time only to become *bearable* (and the fact that a vn that was in development since forever still haven't gotten very far is its own separate can of worms). I will just go and read better stories with characters I actually want to root for instead.
Still waiting for Koshiro
Best boy!
wish the shark or the wolf had a route
Hello, would you unlock your Patreon for a new patreons? I would gladly support you, but I can't ;(
according to patreon he's put it on break until april, unless he extends it at that point.
Ok, thank you for replying!
I hope I could become Patreon soon. I'm a big enjoyer of this project and I gladly would support it with my money
Not saying it's bad but for christ sake why is every mc in visual novels either dumb,useless, weak, and burden like come on its all the same
True, but there's still VN which it's the opposite, there's lyre, TOS, LD(I know these game are RPG like), but yeah, it makes the VN bland, no hate ofc, I'm just saying
I agree. So many vns have an MC like that. Its not all that fun when everyone in the vn is bigger, stronger, and more capable than you.
because what you call the mc isn't actually the mc... The king's guard is! You're just seeing them through the eyes of the king.
But if you want a capable mc try the Smoke Room... Sam is a big strapping lad who can take care of himself.
what vns in particular? cuz this sounds like a skill issue to me..
Far beyond world, adastra, roads yet to travel,taste of fire,nekojishi,Santa Lucia,hearthfire.......yeah skill issue.. suuuure
bro, FVNs just ain't for you if you just dumb it down to just that.. i can suggest In Finite Space, One Last Night, Dog x Bloods, Demons Within, Undefeated, Pervader and Blossom City if you really wanted to find VNs that lack the things you dislike... but after that, you probably need to drop reading FVNs because you're going to struggle to find a VN out there to read in which it suits your tastes.. go read an anime or something, or watch a manga instead.. and i particularly love listening to edgy light novels.. go check them out..
when will this game be finished?
Crying sobbing, we need updatesssss, I NEED to know what hAppens when koshiro wakes up WE DIDN'T GET OUR KISS😭
有做成中文的想法嘛呜呜，我也想玩qwq
galgame有汉化
谢谢，我去康康
I just love this VN! I love how the mc personality has some minor changes depending on which route you are taking, specially loved how spoiled he is with Ramos, the contrast between his spoiled self with ramos personality it's really fun to watch and the spicy scenes with him are amazing, seeing a spoiled prince being slutty its always fun, cant wait to see ramos next build, hope we still can get it this year or maybe in january <3
I am loving the game, the moment I laid eyes on Koshiro I knew he was the one and I am having a blast going through his route. There is something about him that I just find really cute and innocent in a way.
This is my favorite VN, I've read it so many times that I lost count, I always follow Leandros' route, he's so interesting, hardworking and cute. I hope Leon gets a happy ending with the main character, who better to be king than a lion? ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
After I unzip the download folder and press the application it doesn't come up, anyone know how to fix this?
So there's a chapter 9 for Koshiro but my game ends at the end of chapter 8? I just got this game recently and already tried reinstalling to see if maybe that would fix it but it didn't. Can someone kindly help me figure out what I need to do?
Koshiro's chapter 9 is only available in the paid version currently. If you paid $2 or more for the game on itch, make sure to download version 1.06 for whatever system you're running. If you subscribed to the creator's patreon there should be a post there with a google drive link to download it from.
damn double leandros upd i just realized...next one must be ramos since koshiro got his too i hope
Don't know if it's been asked before, but... so far the MC has been shown as sub with the kingsguards...
Will there be dom MC scenes? (would love to dom Koshiro and especially Ramos❤)[ok, maybe not necessarily dom, but scenes where MC gives dick, not only receives it]
no way the mc receiving is way better
Why not both? Everyone gets to enjoy whatever they fancy and have the skip button for what they don't.
its kings guard no way
is he not a top with koshiro? i swear he was ..ik ramos is prob a strict top but leandros and koshiro must be verse..
Love to see the update!
Having issues with the MAC version alot of errors and cant get past errors as no option to ignore the error.
are you playing on a new save file? Or are you using one that is saved just before the new chapter? If you are, I put out a statement on all of my releases that there will be errors if you play the newest chapter with an old save file. This is due to changes in the script from previous chapters, meaning you will need to play through those first. If you have a save file around chapter 4 I would say that is the safest place you can use an old save file.
I started the game again and did the skip function. Thats when the errors started to appear.
this is the first place in my life ive ever heard cum referred to as 'milky molasses', A+ for creativity
is there a guide, im having trouble with Leandros new CG 1.06 build
with unlocking the nsfw visuals? what i did is:
-when given the choice, DONT kill assassin (this one is very important)
-support leandros on the ship when discussing him leaving for renemos
-when talking to jaws about feelings for leandros, choose 'maybe more'
-run away after attempted kiss (but im not sure if this one would change anything, but its what i chose and seems to work)
Love the story especially the little overlaps between routes, 10/10
christ this looks so darn good already
❤❤❤❤
I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it!
I feel like I am being possessed for loving this VN this badly.
Cannot wait for the upcoming updates!
I know this is a weird thing to ask, but wouldn't it be awesome if there's a game that crosses over with characters from different VNs?
Hmm but what about the art style
Hmm. Yeah, all these VNs have various different styles. I would think a more Kemono-like style, but how to translate certain characters into that style?
oh like XMB studio make that one comic called the relationship it's furry btw
Never heard of that one. I was thinking more like Nekojishi.
hehehehe I explored to much in internet
No available,I'll just wait
The game is so nc and the story line
Hey! ^^_ Thankx so much for releasing the public build, but the files don't seem to be available :/
I'm unable to get passed going to sleep with Leandros in the sharks cabin, any help?
omfg omfg omfg omfg in reading this nowwwwwwwwwwww