Bastard Chronicles

4.0

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Game Information

Developer

Empertus Games

Version

v0.2 Public

Engine

Ren'Py

Release Date

Nov 29, 2025

Last Update

Feb 4, 2026

Censorship

Uncensored

Overview

Bastard Chronicles is a dark visual novel for players who want political intrigue mixed with romance and power struggles. The tone stays tense and mature throughout, with little room for lighthearted detours.

Story

Mordred, a royal bastard, is drafted into a corrupted order of female knights in a society rebuilt as a matriarchy after revolution. Placed inside the new regime, he must decide whether to serve it, undermine it, or tear it apart entirely. Every choice pulls him deeper into questions of loyalty, submission, and control, blurring the line between strategy and genuine feeling.

Gameplay

Play unfolds through dialogue-driven scenes and turn-based combat as Mordred navigates knights, allies, and rivals within the order. Decisions shape whether relationships tilt toward dominance, submission, or something closer to trust, and these dynamics affect how far he can push the regime from within. Alongside the main story, optional sidequests introduce further characters and side plots that run in parallel to the central weeks.

Features

2D character art with animated scenes
Turn-based combat tied to the knight-order setting
Dating sim mechanics layered over a matriarchal power struggle
Optional sidequests expanding individual character routes

Installation

1. Download the build for your platform. 2. Extract the archive. 3. Run "BastardChronicles.exe" (Windows) or the respective file for your OS.

Changelog

v0.2

New dialogue wrapper
Completely reworked dialogue presentation. Cleaner layout, better pacing.
Sidequest system
A proper sidequest framework is now in place, introducing new characters and optional storylines that run alongside the main weeks.
New character events
Added new events and scenes for Bediva, Garetha (now public), and Lamora (Patreon only) expanding their routes and interactions.
New videos
10 new videos added across new and existing scenes.
Combat backend overhaul
Combat systems have been reworked under the hood. This should make things more stable and easier to expand going forward.

v0.11

– Lamora, Palamedea, Garetha: Week 6 - 7 content (with branching into Sub/Vanilla/Dom routes)
Week 6 of the main story
Save compatibility overhaul
No more full restarts. Your old saves should now carry forward cleanly from this patch onward.
(Unless you’re running some cursed rollback voodoo - ignore those)
Sandbox Mode goes public
Previously Patron-only, now available to everyone. Great for testing builds or just messing around with the Knights.
Bugfixes, lots of them