Shadows Over Solomon Falls is a mystery RPG with minor lifesim elements. The game is very plot focused with major decisions that drive the story forward.
Inspired by urban fantasy and horror TV, it features transformations ranging from the mundane to the bizarre, supported by a cast of unique and quirky characters.
The game is free, but Patrons get faster access to releases. Supporting the game also grants you access to exclusive polls, and higher tiers can request events be added to the game. You also get access to a Patreon exclusive comic as well as coupons for my TG comics.
Note on non-consent: while current content is consensual, some plot lines are heading towards elements of sexual harassment, blackmail or other coercion style scenarios. Some routes will also contain mind control / hypnosis. It will not have rape, violent or otherwise.
You travel to a small town in Maine on a mysterious mission to find a missing girl. While there you will uncover many secrets and do your best to solve the central mystery even as other mysteries arise. Will you remain pure and solve the mysteries or will the growing magical corruption of this mysterious town overwhelm you? The game features full transformation to a woman. Please note, it is not a slow transformation because I chose to also include a female protagonist route and doing both at the same time would have caused a lot more work. The TG route has slightly more content at the moment though it is mostly minor stuff.
Your character: A person who has long been interested in the occult. You get lured to a small town by a mysterious letter and quickly discover that things are more than they seem.
Lisa Patterson: A girl that has gone missing and is your reason for being in this town.
Ray and Grace Patterson: Lisa's parents.
Sheriff Jeremiah Drake: The unfriendly local shieriff.
Janice Stewart: Your unfriendly landlady.
Sean Stewart: Her possibly perverted grandson.
Lou Perry: Owner of the local diner.
Mayor Ned Tisdale: The mayor of this town.
Mark Tisdale: His son, Lisa's boyfriend and a bit of a jerk. Is there more to him than this?
Karl Van Horn: The very odd local rich guy. Why does he wear a gas mask?
Riley Carpenter: Karl's assistant and the only one who can understand him when he speaks.
The initial release has quite a few more characters to find and interact with. More are planned and will be added as the game progresses. The NPCs have varied personalities and sexual preferences as well.
On your first day it is advisable to seek out Lisa's parents at the very least. I've included a hints and tips section in your character's notebook, which can be accessed from the sidebar.
Change Log:
Changelog:
Version 0.4
The word count is now over 315,000 words!
New content:
The cliffhanger from 0.35 is resolved! With a possible "bad end"
New scene with Amber and Anya
Tweaks:
Bug fixes:
Fixed a lot of minor issues. Mostly spelling and grammar issues. Thank you to Shaqarava on the TFGames forum for pointing a lot of them out for me.
Fixed an issue with Izabela's night visit and incorrect dialogue for Arisha if you chose Nicholai in the dream.
Fixed an issue where the player was forced to kiss Eric. Oops!
Fixed a missing picture when investigating Nicholai
Fixed the drinking with deputies pub event.
The task to find Lisa should finally complete!
Fixed a major bug in leveling up thievery where it got a big boost from fitness. Oops! Note that this is essentially a nerf to thievery as it currently works.
Discovered Ray wasn't giving the key for the motel blackmail route on Saturday. Fixed this!
Version 0.35
The word count is now over 315,000 words!
New content:
New encounter with one of the vampires if you have met them before.
A chance to investigate your suspect for who is behind Lisa's murder. This can go multiple ways depending on who your suspect is and how your skill checks turn out!
A new adventure with Eric and Wolfram!
The Tisdale Manor is now in the game. You'll see it if you investigate Joshua!
More secrets to discover, perhaps even the identity of the Mastermind behind all the events in the game!
Tweaks:
Bug fixes:
Fixed a fairly major bug from the last update. New players don't need to worry about it but it did necessitate me adding in a scene where the PC picks their suspects again.
Fixed a bug where the player can get stuck in the Sheriff's office if they're late to work. Or go in when it's their day off.
If you weren't being blackmailed by Ray and had the key on Saturday, you could be blackmailed by him but I did the day calculation wrong. That should be fixed now so Ray blackmail will happen on Monday as it should.
Version 0.33a
Version 0.3
Version 0.23b
Various bug fixes and typos corrected.
Version 0.2.1
The word count is now around 108.000 words!
Bug fixes:
Tweaks:
New content:
Version 0.2.a
Various bug fixes and I increased the save slots to 20.
Version 0.2
The word count is now around 91.000 words!
Bug fixes:
A few small bugs I found while testing were fixed.
I fixed a bug with Mark's intro where if you acted submissively it set a non-existent variable because of a mispelling. Oops!
Tweaks:
Sitting on benches in the park or on the promenade now gives variable energy back depending on how long you sit there. For 1 hours it is 5 energy all the way up
to 20 energy if you sit there for 4 hours. Passing time in your bedroom works the same way and now also returns energy.
I changed most of the images to jpeg and compressed to lower the game size.
The energy for moving around has been totally removed. The energy for using skills has been slightly increased.
You can now critically succeed or fail at skill tasks! This will have very good or bad effects if it happens!
New content:
New dream! You get to find out what the mysterious voice is and if you're playing TG ask the being in your dreams about it!
You can now eat a meal in the B&B. To do so go to the B&B entry. This can be done once a day and restores some energy.
The first time you eat in the B&B you get another event with Sean. It changes based upon how you reacted to him in the hallway
and somewhat based on if you're a born female or TG
Second day for the various jobs added!
New secrets from Carlo and new hypno events with the doctor and priest!
New event at the clothing store! Note, you'll see it automatically if you are working for the mayor.
A new character is introduced at the library and another one at the docks!
New event exclusive to transgender characters!
Ray's blackmail event!
Version 0.01a
Bug fixes:
No path back to main square from residential district.
Missing HTML element in one version of the Ray encounter.
Karl encounter repeated endlessly in the diner.
Fixed a bug when meeting Grace if you were out of energy.
Tweaks:
Moved looks to "Other stats" on the side bar.
Made Anya's intro flow better.
Thank you CyCy!
Version 0.01
Initial release.
Around 35,000 words total.
Gameplay:
Starting scenes with 10+ characters.
Many locations created but only a few have content.
The following locations have a decent amount of content: The Main Square, Lou's Diner, City Hall, The Sheriff's Station, Haven Park, the Residential District, the Doctor's Office,
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Discover secrets about several characters and locations!
Three jobs available to get hired for: deputy, personal assistant and waitress
Begin the very early stages of your investigation into the disappearance of Lisa Patterson!
Full transgender transformation if you choose that start. Can your character become a man again?
System stuff:
Stat, skill and leveling system implemented.
Characters created.
First pass at energy and health balancing.
Corruption, Willpower and Dominance/Submission systems implemented.
Clothing system implemented.
Notebook to track tasks, people and placed implemented!
An outstanding start, I can't wait to see more. Depth of choices, an interesting setting, and some super hot scenes. I very much appreciate the level of care that went into this!
just wow... i've been hooked by the story, i got life is strange vibes from this, and what is there currently is way beyond my expectation, this story could be a full fledged game honestly, a huge props to wendy for this, you're very talented and i will waiting for the update on this story, hope i can be here when we finally be able to save solomon falls, keep up the amazing works, you got this.
Incomplete as it is I enjoyed this and it left me wanting more.
There's a strong Twin Peaks theme to this one, deliberate?
From a TF perspective it feels bolted on. If you start as a man the first in-game scenes turn you into a woman and from that point onwards, other than some flavour text, it plays identically. It doesn't feel like a meaningful choice.
Looking forward to the next installment.
Not sure if bug reports belong her, if not feel free to remove. However:
In the first day playing an investigative char, I met the deputy but chose the job with the mayor. Late at night went to Mooneys and got this error looking for who to drink with:
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You search the bar for people to drink with. The pub seems to be relatively popular and you do see a few people you recognize.
<<if $metPeople.deputy and $metPeople.lucas and not $events.drankWithDeputies $player.job neq "undercover">> <p>You see the Sheriff's deputies drinking nearby. You consider <<link "joining them for a drink." "Drinking with deputies">> <<set $events.drankWithDeputies to true>> <</link>></p> <</if>>You spot Eric Crocker nursing a drink and think about having a drink with Eric.
But barring that, it's quite an interesting story and it's got my attention. Everything I've seen has been well done.
The story is very creative. The text is kept short and there are always images everywhere.
