Your own adventuring party
Combine different entities and classes into a six-character party and develop them into a group with its own identity and play style.
Veildelve
Veildelve - A World Shaped by Aether
A dark, party-based fantasy role-playing game about exploration, decisions, and a world shaped by Aether.
Veildelve combines classic party-based role-playing systems with an explorable overworld, dangerous dungeons, tactical combat, and long-term character development.
Game overview
A world beneath the Veil
Veildelve - A World Shaped by Aether is a standalone fantasy role-playing game focused on party building, exploration, and long-term decisions. You lead a party of six characters through a dangerous world whose regions, factions, and ruins were shaped by Aether.
The focus is on:
- building a party of six characters
- different entities and classes
- exploring a hex-based overworld
- dangerous dungeons
- tactical combat
- decisions with long-term consequences
- dark fantasy with subtle steampunk influences
Who is Veildelve for?
For players who want to shape their own party
Veildelve is aimed at players who appreciate classic party-based role-playing games, extensive character development, exploration, and tactical decisions. The focus is not on a single hero, but on a self-assembled party of six characters whose strengths, roles, and development work together over time.
- full control over a six-member party
- long-term development of individual characters
- exploration of a connected fantasy world
- tactical decisions rather than pure action
Core features
What sets Veildelve apart
Exploration beneath the Veil
Travel through an overworld shaped by Aether, discover new regions, and venture into places whose dangers are not always immediately visible.
Development with long-term weight
Attributes, abilities, talent trees, and equipment are intended to make party-building decisions matter over time.
A world in flux
Aether transforms landscapes, cultures, technologies, and living beings. Its effects form the shared origin of many conflicts and secrets in the world.
World and atmosphere
Dark fantasy, shaped by Aether
The world of Veildelve combines classic dark fantasy with subtle steampunk influences. Aether is a source of energy, a danger, and the origin of profound change. It shapes landscapes, entities, technologies, and creatures.
Game systems
Systems in development
The following areas provide an overview of the planned and emerging structure of Veildelve.
Overworld
- hex-based navigation
- travel between neighbouring tiles
- fog of war
- regions and local areas
- visible enemies
- fixed and random events
Characters
- six party members
- different entities and classes
- primary attributes
- secondary values
- abilities
- talent trees
Dungeons
- exploration
- enemies
- traps
- events
- loot
- special places
Combat
- party-based combat system
- roles and synergies
- abilities and resources
- tactical decisions
Development status
Current development status
Veildelve is in active development. Core systems for character creation, party management, attributes, abilities, save games, user interfaces, and overworld integration are being built and tested step by step.
Core architectureAdvanced
Character creationIn development
Party systemIn development
OverworldIn development
DungeonsIn development
Combat systemIn development
Development blogActive
Roads and Rivers – Building the Logic Behind a Believable Overworld
A look at the development of the road and river logic for Veildelve's overworld – from clean connections between hex tiles to consistent widths across curves, branches and transitions.
Current development statusView galleryLocalization: Veildelve is Going Multilingual
I am currently working on localization for Veildelve. German and English will come first, with Spanish, French, and Russian already firmly planned.
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Inventory and Character Stats – Focusing on UI and UX
The inventory, equipment, and character stats interfaces for Veildelve have reached their current visual state, with a focus on clarity, readability, and a consistent visual language.
Current development statusView gallery