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ABOUT THIS GAME

You wake her beneath a Yunnan moon. She says she has been sealed for a thousand years. You do not believe her until the wind carries lotus petals that have no season. DreamLing: Episode I is a visual novel about two strangers thrown together by accident and held together by something older than coincidence.

Le is an ordinary traveler with an empty itinerary. Zhao Ling'er is a priestess displaced from another era, searching for the Luminous Casket that can bridge the distance between her past and his present. Their route takes them from the stone streets of Dali to the surf of Sanya and finally to the open South China Sea, where the line between farewell and reunion grows thin.

The story unfolds in ten chapters of first-person English prose, paced like a film rather than a slideshow. Cinematographic framing, thirty-seven visual effects, and a three-layer audio bed of score, ambience, and sound design turn each scene into something you inhabit rather than read.

What you can expect from the experience:

· Cinematographic framing and thirty-seven visual effects that treat every scene as a frame of film

· A three-layer audio bed of original score, environmental ambience, and detailed sound design

· Choice-driven branching that leads to multiple endings, with small decisions rippling across chapters

· A self-contained world that asks no prior knowledge; the lore surrounds you as you move through it

· Browser-based play with no download or installation required

KEY FEATURES

· First-person English narrative across ten chapters spanning Dali, Lijiang, Sanya, and the South China Sea

· Cinematic presentation with 37 visual effects and three-track audio (music, ambience, SFX)

· Multiple endings shaped by choices that echo across the story

· Browser-based; play instantly with no download

· Free to play, created with the PageStage visual novel engine

· A standalone love story that requires no outside context to feel complete

MADE WITH PAGESTAGE

DreamLing was built entirely in PageStage, a browser-based visual novel editor designed for cinematic storytelling. If you are curious about the tool behind the game, you can find it here: https://leckyhuang.itch.io/pagestage

DISCLAIMER

This is an unofficial, unaffiliated, and unendorsed fan work. Certain characters and settings pay tribute to the classic game The Legend of Sword and Fairy; all related rights belong to their respective owners. This game is distributed free of charge and does not accept payments, donations, or tips of any kind, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by any rights holder.

Character art, CGs and backgrounds were generated with AI image tools and manually curated. English localization was produced with LLM assistance and human review. Audio powered by Stability AI.

CONTENT NOTES

All ages appropriate. Contains no adult content, violence, or strong language.

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