Issue 041 — July 2026
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About Afterimage

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Afterimage is set in Engardin, a world shaped by a great deity who, before departing, left behind four goliaths to uphold its order and keep life reincarnating and flourishing. Humans came last, and their swelling ambitions dragged them into a long war against the goliaths that ended only with a devastating explosion known as The Razing, which broke the divine order and closed the age of mankind. Years later, the scattered survivors, cut off from the Well of Mankind and unable to reincarnate, have built fragile settlements, only to find them suddenly assaulted by mystic forces.

Into this story steps Renee, a young amnesiac and student of Aros, who alone survives the attack on her village. Determined to recover her lost memories and find her missing mentor, she leaves her ruined home and unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will decide the fate of this new world.

Gameplay unfolds across a gorgeous, hand-drawn world that pairs sublime beauty with lurking danger, the ruins of Engardin waiting to be explored. As an indie action-adventure platformer for PC, Afterimage leans on metroidvania-style exploration and its striking artwork to draw players deep into a land caught between wonder and crisis.