Under Your Spell
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Under Your Spell: A Magical Journey Awaits!
Step into the enchanting world of Tír na nÓg, the most prestigious magic school in Ireland! For five years, you’ve navigated the halls without achieving academic or athletic stardom—and you’ve yet to find that special someone. But everything changes when your childhood friend Eric proposes a daring plan: use an ancient spell to attract the girlfriends you’ve always dreamed of.
However, be warned—ancient magic is as powerful as it is fickle. While the spell may grant you a girlfriend, it comes with a catch: you must honor your part of the bargain. With the spell subtly influencing this year's school events, it’s up to you to seize the opportunity!
"Under Your Spell" is an immersive text-based magic school and dating simulator, drawing inspiration from beloved games like True Love 95 and Persona 4. As the protagonist, you'll juggle the challenges of school life while navigating the complexities of romance and participating in the highly anticipated "Cup of Cathal"
What Awaits You:
- Attend classes and use your free time wisely to develop your skills.
- Work part-time to earn pocket money and acquire useful items.
- Discover and master extracurricular spells that will give you an edge.
- Learn, train, explore, and meet captivating girls who may just steal your
What’s Already in the Game:
- 7 of the Main Girls: Each with unique plotlines developed up to the midpoint.
- Engaging Narrative: Dive into an intriguing storyline that keeps you on your toes.
- First Three Months of School: Experience the excitement and challenges of the beginning of the academic year.
- Stunning Artwork: Enjoy fully hand-drawn visuals and character sprites that bring the world to life.
- Three Part-Time Jobs: Balance work and study as you earn your keep.
- Two Extracurricular Spells: Enhance your magical prowess and prepare for the unexpected.
- Random Events & Supporting Characters: Fill your days with vibrant interactions and surprises.
- Background placeholders: backgrounds that will do the job for now, but will be changed later.
What’s Coming Soon:
- 11 Unique Girls: Each with their own captivating plotline to explore.
- Extended School Year: Experience eight months filled with unique seasonal events.
- Five Part-Time Jobs: Diversify your work experience and income sources.
- Six Additional Extracurricular Spells: Expand your magical repertoire.
- Collectible Trading Card System: Find and collect cards with unique artworks.
- Artwork Gallery: Unlock and view beautiful artwork as you progress.
- Dressing Room: Play with looks that you have unlocked for the girls.
Are you ready to embrace the magic, romance, and adventure that awaits in Under Your Spell? Your journey begins now!
Thank you!
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Development log
- Devblog #523 days ago
- Devblog #5110 days ago
- Arena of Lust by SunriseFoxy16 days ago
- Devblog #5017 days ago
- Version 0.3.120 days ago
- Devblog #4923 days ago
- Devblog #4831 days ago
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Add pegging plz
Hey, Shady Characters - Itch.io has released a statement regarding NSFW games (https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content) and the changes that will come forth with it. How may this affect Under Your Spell? Any foreseeable idea on what problems it may make?
Honestly, no idea yet. The situation is still developing, but hopefully we will be spared since Under Your Spell doesn't have any of the themes that usually get banned
wishing for smooth sailing :p
what do i need to do to win the "trail of mind" ?
or at least second place.
Train skills (mostly mind related), but most importantly - experiment and see what each interaction with each door does and plan your route accordingly. With stats high enough, you can breeze through the trial. Without correct stats, it is still very winnable, but you need to know exactly what you are doing.
cause i split the time equally on each skill and i ended up with 30 points for each one, yet i couldnt pass the 6 door on the test.
You can get the first place with 30 in all stats if you do everything just right, but it will be tough. Second place should be very doable with your stats, but, again, you need to really know what to do. The first Trial should not generally be an easy thing to win for a jack of all trades character. That's alright though. You are not required to win every Trial to win the tournament, and definitely not to win the girls
Does this allow polygamy or is this a monogamous game?
You can date multiple girls at the same time, but there is no harem route at the moment.
I want pregnancy.
I can help you get pregnant if you want it so badly:/
Do you think you could add a quest log that's gives subtle hints as what to do to pursue the girls? Like "you've seen Elizabeth in the potion rooms a few times on your way back from the library in the evenings" which tells us to use the study option last to interact with her or somethinglike hat. I went completely bored cause I was just repeatedly going to class and going to town or exploring and nothing happened 80 percent of the time. Still it's a great game so far! Especially since I know how to code and re-activate the dev console XD
That's exactly what is coming in the next Patreon update:)
sweet thanks! I also noticed you ignored my coding comment ;D
Why would you require us to repeat the action multiple of times but we don't even know if it is enough, I didn't even pass through the first door, hate this shit
You should review your gameplay mechanism
You don't "have" to repeat any action during the first Trial, if that's what you are talking about. Any door can be opened first try if your build suits that. Brute-forsing the door is specifically there so you would *not* get soft-locked by chance
You'll need study or magic stats to complete this trial whether the study one or magic stat should be 70+ and you'll have to choose the way according to it too.
Sorry, how can i go on a date with Katelyn in town? If i just pick "go in town" at schedule nothing happens😭
Sorry, the date is not in the game yet. That's why you were urged to save after she invited you and before the day comes, so that you could still continue from that point. Otherwise the game would just consider that you missed the date.
Will this game have an interactive map? I think it would dramatically increase engagement when compared to selecting your daily schedule in your room menu.
I have high expectations for this game. While I never got around to playing the H scene, I found it very entertaining, especially the dynamics of the day and the attributes (something I've been looking for since True Love '95).
Great work! I look forward to seeing more of this.
have Chinese version？
Oi tem como adicionar uma tradução do idioma português Brasil? Por favor.
Está na nossa lista de "coisas para fazer". Mas ainda não temos estimativas para isso.
Ok, vou esperar então ☺️
GNU License? Shady, i love you!
great game story is great brother
Thank you! =)
What's happening why can't i Activate Date with Elizabeth even tho I pressed yes when the game said "You have a date with Elizabeth. It will take the whole afternoon" and then i pressed resume day but no event happened
oooof nvm it says this is the end of demo
The date with Elizabeth is not in the game yet. Sorry, I will remove that placeholder in the next version
can i ask why is there nothing happening when i go to a date with Elizabeth? i put in 2 slots of go to town as the instructions say but it's just like a normal day so I'm confused
the first is trial is so stupid. my knowledge attribute is 59 and on my first play i actually managed to get past but when i load back to a save this confused door won't budge at the same option that i was able to get past it in just first try. is this rng? this is so stupid and i can't even save in the middle of the trial because the save button is back at home which is stupid in my opinion because it blocks off any progress BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO RESTART ALL THE WAY AT THE START IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE I'M CRASHING OUT I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME TRIAL OF MIND FOR 1HR NOW
I finally did it. i had to go back a week to up my knowledge. Just a tip. You need atleast 67 knowledge to be safe. you can go to the town to buy knowledge potion to buffed up the knowledge stat
Was listening to under your spell by snow strippers , opened itch , saw this , downloaded instantly :)
Will play it tonight , have high hopes
I have to ask because I rather understand the game earlier before I play more than a month. Can I get more than training points out of doing a class? So far I haven't noticed if I'm following a path and it sounded like I should make a decision which for me sadly seems to be most points beside power.
I fear this might bite me in the .... later but the game means it's okay.
I am not sure what specifically you are talking about, but there are no irreversible decisions connected to you stats in the game. I do recommend just experimenting and learning gor your first playthrough though 👍
well i hope soon more stuff happens, with how stressfull everything is at the moment I feel weird if I feel like I play just choosing activities. until an hour later.
Meh currently I have a hard time getting the words, still have to really understand the game I assume.
When I finish how do I remove the saves? Because I notice some games that keep the savestates somewhere.
I just ask everywhere because I have no clear answer to that yet. I admit I got a bit annoyed that my stats still counted as bad and that was partly because i didn't undetstood how I ended up with an animal speel for example, if the classes do something different than raising stats and giving spells and all that it was not clear enough and I think I payed attention.
have Chinese？
No, only English and Russian for now...
Me gustaría que se pudiera elegir si ser hombre o mujer y elegir la preferencia sexual este es como un juego cualquiera hombre en escuela seduce chicas.
I didn't realise i couldn't get past the 30th of november man i was studing and had a knowledge of 75. i was trying to ace that shit
Yeah, the game is still in a pretty early alpha
finished it really enjoy it a least so far, really want a continuation tho, hey developer is there any way to play the game in "sandbox mode" aka cheat mode to play around with the stats of something like it? it would be nice to use it to explore more of the game in a second or third playtrougth, especially to get new text line or events, it would clear the boring part of repeating the game 5 to 6 times with a chance to get new lore of the story or scenes.
Hmmm, that makes sense. I'll consider the options 👍
Is there like a guide or walk though or something cause I feel like I haven't met anyone at all.
I don't mean to be rude when I say this I know this is based on persona but the random chance are way too damn random like I went with Phoenix griffindor house and I still haven't met the short hair blonde chick at all and I gotten as far as October.
I definitely not trying to sound like a dick here nor telling how to make your game but it odd there no character introduction "like oh hey this girl we were talking about in the same class as me, bump in the hallway. Always gonna one first ones to met type of deal. " for each house girl for the whole love quest curse thing in the beginning.
I am going to be honest, I didn't really understand the second part of your post. But I do want to say that the game might take a bit of time to get into depending on your initial approach and expectations. It is not really random (well, there is a bit of randomness, but not too much). It is more about exploration and trying out different things.
I was running off of 5 hours of no sleep but to decipher the rambling I was suggesting that there should be scene or character introduction meeting the romance girls like how you met Chie and Yukiko in P4.
The typical dating Sim fare.
But I was trying not to write it so I didn't sound like a dick nor telling how make your game cause it your game, your project in alpha so you can do whatever approach you want.
Ah, I see it now =) Well, the situation is a bit different here than it is in Persona. Chie and Yukiko are plot characters there. And they are introduced as such. You get a short introduction for the two possible girls on your first day. But since it is a free sailing after that I do feel that forcing specific girls onto the player would be a bit too much. And most girls you only start meeting only in October due to plot reasons.
Violet's cute.
I played again and i say damn, i finally won in the trial but damn i did not see one single scene, idk how to progress in any of the girls stories Hahaha
Wait, what? How is this even possible? Do you mean, you really didn't meet ANY of the girls even once? Usually people get at least six events during a blind walkthrough
late reply, but idk how I did so T-T maybe cause I just constantly stayed at home
That might be it =D You still had to train your stats to win the Trial though... Well, this just show that sometimes you have to lose some to win some, right? Maybe you can experiment a bit to see what those mythical "girl" creatures and where to find them =D
Btw, congats on beating the first Trial =D
I adore the art, it's so charming! Could you tell me who's in charge of making it? I'd love to know :)
Our own Shady Character 2. She doesn't really have any social media
Is there a quicksave option?
looks good but this game really needs to cook for a few years, but then it will probably be remembered as one of the best games
Thank you! We are really planning to focus on the fundamentals after the next update. I really hope that it will not take us several years to bring this game to its full potential 😁
我在心灵试炼这里卡住了2个小时，平均属性30-40，但是只能得到第三名。游戏感受很不好。
I was stuck here in the trial of mind for 2 hours, with an average attribute of 30-40, but I could only get third place. The gaming experience is very bad.
damn this game is great but is also goddamn hard. I was tryingg to go for Lily route and managed to see 4 scenes and do the festival with her, but im not sure if there are more that i missed or if its just that for now. Anyway, great game i'll keep trying to defeat the trial!
Yes, all the girls only have for story events for now. Some of them do appear in some side events, so I don't know if you counted that.
Hi, I downloaded the latest version but it's not starting.
Tried also Admin Mode but it's not even comming upo in the Task Manager.
Running Win10 Pro if that helps
Sorry, I don't really know how to help. It is running fine for me. Maybe some issues with your antivirus or something? Does it give you any specific error?
Sadly no, it's like it just refuses to start at all.
With Admin Mode i at least get the promt but nothing happens. Also tried it with deactiveted AV but same results :/
Does it need some kind of programm? Java, Python something like that that might not be natively on a windows pc (or that i might have removed exidentaly with on of my cleanings?)
Edit: So, i redownloaded it for the 3rd time and somhow it does start now?... ANd it generated a log saying it handled a loading error but no further details about it as far as i can interpret it (not a coder :D)
IS there a more detailed log somewere?
No, as long as you download the correct version (the PC one), and extracted the archive, it should have everything you need to run the game as far as I know. Sorry, I am not sure how to help you...
Show me the error message. I doubt that it'll help, but maybe
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Yeah, as expected, this doesn't say anything at all. The only thing I can recommend is the usual:
1. Ensure you have the latest Visual C++ Redistributable.
2. Update your GPU drivers
3. Try disabling your antivirus
4. Try compatability mode
5. Try another device
Really nice game. Took me a while but I managed to achieve first on the trial of mind!
Thanks! And congrats! Not many people get that far =D
Keep up the good works! Do you inspire yourself from some other game? If yes do you have any game you can recommend with a similar gameplay as yours? Not specifically adult game. I really like that gameplay of just a chill story, attending classes, managing free times,...
The main gameplay inspiration came from an old game called "True Love" (True Love 95). It is much simpler, shorter, and doesn't have an overarching plot aside from "need to get a girl", but it has basically the same gameplay loop. You can give it a try, but be warned, it is a 30yo game.
Though not really the same, you can also look into Princess Maker 2, another old classic with day-to-day activity management.
what happens when you get first? and how to win first?
I personally focused on knowledge till the exam aswell as imagination and spellcasting
Игра занимательная и разнообразная по событиям, настолько что без какого-либо руководства не всегда можно пройти случайный ивент. Сюжет и основные испытания тоже интересные и требуют немного поднапрячься и подготовиться к ним. Если говорить про прокачку характеристик, то, на мой взгляд, не хватает предметов или событий, которые временно ускоряли бы ее. К примеру, зелье которое на 1-2 дает ×2 к получению опыта для какой-либо характеристики. Либо я просто их еще не встречал. Говоря про прокачку хочется сказать и про заклинания. Было бы интересно немного систематизировать изучение чар и получение навыков. К примеру, выбирать какие заклинания учить или на какие физические характеристики ставить упор (скорость, реакция, сила и т. д). Идеи чисто из моих мыслей, не знаю как это будет выглядеть, вписываться и не уведет ли игру в рпг жанр. В общем оставлю это на размышление разработчика, а так буду следить и поддерживать.
Удачи вашей команде, уже жду с нетерпением следующую альфу
Спасибо за отзыв и предложения! =) Было бы здорово если бы вы также поставили игре оценку на странице
Касательно укорения прокачки навыков, на данный момент в игру присутствуют предметы, которые ускоряют прокачку, правда не временно, а постоянно. А также предметы, которые временно увеличивают параметры.
Уводить игру более глубоко в жанр РПГ у нас пока нет. Может система прокачки будет сделана ещё совсем чуть-чуть более комплексной, но то что вы видите сейчас это уже практически 99% готовности. Может в следующей игре =D
So is there a possibility the player would be able to not advance into any of the girls' questline and/or piss them off in any sort that they'd refuse to express their feelings?
I'm just wondering this, as due to the Samhain event, hanging out with Eric is the default option by the looks of it, with the other girls' whom you've progressed in their questlines. This had me thinking, as from what I understand, if a person just rested, they'd be able to completely avoid, or attempt to, advancing into any of their questlines. If one kept this up, what would happen in the end?
Yes, you can theoretically either completely avoid or ruin all of the relationships. What will happen then? Well, you'll have to find out ;)
Can't help but feel like I can't accomplish anything if I'm trying to split my focus between three skills.
What's the recommended skill-set before going into exams and the trial of the mind?
I was quite literally stonewalled even though Knowledge was one of the three I was raising the whole time.
I guess going into it the first playthrough I didn't really know what to expect, and it seems like most solutions will need one *super* focused stat, and having your time split between too many just makes you entirely useless...
Specifically I was at 35-37 for knowledge, spellcasting, and prowess.
I literally only managed to get through the second door, because knowledge wasn't high enough, but I brute forced it eventually. (as in, spammed the option over an over, not the actual "brute force" option it gave to blast the doors.)
I myself find doing Magic Theory every day as being the best for getting knowledge. Usually gives 1 every time. While you can make up for your other stats if you focus on studying with other classes. I myself don't suggest dueling practise or the other classes which give multiple points, as them giving you some aren't guaranteed. I found grinding knowledge makes the exam a breeze and the trial of mind too (especially if animal form is bought), where other stats can be focused on at the expense of knowledge. But that's just how I went with it
It is really a question of playstyle and perception. If you focus on just one skill, you will start getting good at those specific tasks sooner, but will struggle as soon as a new challenge arises. If you generalize - you will struggle with most tasks at first, but will likely experience a huge boost once all (or most) of your stats get better at the same time. It is really up to you.
As for the Trial. It is more about knowing what to do and understanding your strength. You can steamroll the Trial if you train correctly. But with perfect understanding of the Trial's mechanics and some luck, you can get second place even with base stats.
Just seems like if you want to do any form of generalist style play, you're going to completely bomb the first trial.
I'm not new to management games, but it definitely feels like you really do need to hard-grind one stat.
Unless bombing the trials is just inconsequential, which it seems to be counter-intuitive going into games like this, that you should be bombing trials lol.
Even though losing the first Trial is not inconsequential, winning it is also not necessary. As for stats, though the Trial is difficult, you don't really need high stats to beat it if you know exactly what you are doing. Or you can just steamroll it with high enough stats.
Just sort of wondering what numerical value of skill you should roughly be at by that point.
I couldn't get through the first two doors with any of the options. Only by just spamming the knowledge challenge option could I brute force through eventually by I guess getting lucky enough on whatever hidden RNG was going on behind the scenes to let me through.
That's how I got through both first two doors, and then just lost on the third.
If you know exactly what to do, with a tiny bit of luck, you can get the first place with stats no higher than 30. Anything higher than that just makes the Trial more consistent
I mean, then I must've really really really missed something completely, because I used all the options available and they either just failed directly, or didn't do anything for me, leaving me to just have to spam the option that seemed most likely to work for me (thinking through the puzzle) over and over and over and over uncountable times till it worked.
THIS WAS INCREDIBLY FUN!
I hope we can have something to keep track of events like "Quests" or "Storyline", over all it was great playing this, Just got a bit Pissed off because even tho my knowledge and imagination was at 30+, still couldn't even reach second place in the Trial of Mind, Can't wait For Future Update
KEEP IT COMING!!
(I also wanna know which trait should I pick to get an upper hand?(e.g. Athletic, Smart, etc.)
Thank you! I am really happy to hear you enjoy the game. More is definitely to come! It would mean a lot if you would rate the game too, it really helps =D
As for traits, they each have their own benefits and downsides, so it is really more about what you are planning to do in the beginning, and less about your late-game =)
then may I have a trait and home recommendation to completely dominate the exams and the trial of mind? Thank you so Much and I WILL rate the game
Though neither of those will help you actually dominate either of the challenges, Smart will definitely help during exams. Both Smart and Creative might help during the Trial of Mind, but it really depends on your build more than on starting traits and Houses
Oyun da Türkçe Çeviri varmı peki. Yoksa yapmayı düşünüyor musunuz.. oyun güzele benziyor bide cihazda fazla yer kaplıyor.. şimdiden kolay gelsin hayırlı günler dilerim 🖤 🌹 🥰
Şimdilik Türkçe dil için bir planım yok, çünkü bu benim çok iyi bildiğim bir dil değil. Sonunda - belki. Dosya boyutuna gelince, oyunun benzer projelere göre daha küçük tarafta olduğunu düşünüyorum, değil mi?
Evet öyle. Birde name giriyorum sonradan last name istiyor giriyorum kabul etmiyor hatta veriyor bir kaç tane daha farklı isim denedim yine de oyun başlamadı 😓😔
Oyun devam etmenize izin vermeden önce, o ekranda Evinizi ve karakter özelliğinizi de seçmelisiniz
What Character Trait and Home is best to Get an Uperhand in the future coming of Trial of Might? I wanna be on the mighty side you know?
(THANK you so Much in Advance!)
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I have seen this game for quite a time and the artwork made me wanted to play it but never got the feeling to download it (idk why)
so i will try the game and it's finally good to see a game with HAND DRAW cg instead of ia 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Well, I hope y you'll like it 😁
Hey where the android apk?
I was just re-uploading it for a quick hotfix =D You caught the 30 seconds that it was down =D
Got it