Love That Breaks the Mountain
Guide a wood elf mother raising seven daughters after a tragic loss, balancing their elven and dwarven heritage to shape their final destinies.
How to play
- Read the story text and tap the dialogue box to advance to the next scene.
- Select narrative choices to increase your Roots, Flame, or Bond meters by specific amounts.
- Speak with your seven daughters in the council phase to increase your Bond meter.
- Type custom questions or use the provided suggestions to learn about their feelings and memories.
- Reach the final chapter to see how your choices shaped the lives of your daughters.
Controls
- Touch
- Tap the story box to advance text and tap choices to decide.
- Keyboard
- Press Enter to submit your typed questions in the council phase.
- Mouse
- Click the story box to advance text and click choices to decide.
More about this game
Love That Breaks the Mountain is an interactive visual novel where you play as Elaria, a wood elf widow raising seven daughters. Your goal is to shape their future by making choices that affect three meters: Roots, Flame, and Bond, starting at 35, 35, and 40 respectively. The core loop involves reading the story, making narrative choices, and conversing with your daughters in the council. The run ends when you reach the final chapter, revealing a unique legacy for each daughter based on your dominant stats and traits.
Tips
- Keep your Roots and Flame meters within 18 points of each other to unlock the balanced ending for your family.
- Talking to a daughter in the council increases your Bond meter by 3 points, up to a maximum of 100.
- Achieving a high Bond score of 60 or more unlocks better legacy outcomes for your daughters in the final chapter.
Questions
How do I get the balanced ending?
Keep the difference between your Roots and Flame meters at 18 or less, and ensure your Bond meter reaches 60 or higher by the end of the story.
What happens in the council phase?
You can select each of your seven daughters, like Alda or Lumi, and ask them questions up to 140 characters about their father or heritage to increase your Bond.
How do my choices affect the daughters?
Your choices change their individual traits. For example, answering the gatekeeper with patience changes a daughter's trait to patient, while answering with courage changes it to fearless.