Alltarach

"It's Bealtaine, when each village welcomes the lengthening days with twin bonfires, and otherworldly beings stalk the land..."

Alltarach is an illustrated interactive novel about family, folklore, and grief, set in a semi-fantasy version of 6th century Ireland. 

You are Bríd, a seventeen-year-old orphan from Inis Caillí, a limestone rock on the edge of the known world that rises out of the squirming waves of the Atlantic. When you wake one morning to find your brother missing, you're forced to face up to your fear of, well, everything and set out in search of him. 

Leave your island and sail across the sound to a disunited land where Christian and pagan petty kingdoms vie for political supremacy, a generation after the death of the Apostle Patrick. Celebrate the spring festival Bealtaine, stay a while in a women-only abbey, or crawl through the woods and meet the ghosts of the old heroes escaped from Alltar, the Otherworld. Confront the ancient gods and the spectacle of the new one. Face your pain — together.  

Player Survey

If you've completed the game, we'd appreciate if you could answer a short anonymous survey about your experience. The survey contains major spoilers.

Features

• 140,000 words — a playtime of between two and five hours, depending on reading speed. 
• Explore a semi-fantasy version of late Iron Age Ireland inspired by the great medieval myths.
• A Bildungsroman's worth of branching narrative.
  
• Break bread with the weird and wonderful figures of Irish mythology.
• Experience characters and settings lovingly illustrated in a storybook style.
• Sing to your sheep.

Content Warnings

Alltarach contains descriptions of death and grief, attempted suicide and suicidal ideation, and other themes of mental ill-health and emotional struggle. If you're sensitive to any of these themes, please proceed with care. 

More detailed content warnings can be found in the in-game Settings menu.