About This Game

The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly
malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but
should you?

Shadow of the Curse-Eater is an interactive novel by Kim Berkley. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

As a professional curse-eater, you’ve spent your life on the road, tracking down one curse after
another and using your rare talents to earn a living. Consuming all that dark magic has taken its
toll on your body, but you’ve an appetite for malediction—an appetite that has yet to be sated.
You’ve never met a curse you couldn’t swallow. But the darkness ravaging Ushinega Island and its people is the most powerful—and pervasive—malediction you’ve ever encountered. Breaking such a curse won’t be easy, but consuming it might be fatal. And yet, the entire population of the
island is depending on you to fulfill your contract and save them from a grisly fate.
Which are you more willing to break—a curse, or a promise?

• Play as any gender and any sexual orientation you prefer.
  
• Explore a tropical wilderness filled with magic and mystery and trace the roots of a deadly curse back to its source.
  
• Navigate the rising tensions between the island’s locals and the crew of a merchant vessel who find themselves ensnared by the same curse.
  
• Befriend—or betray—a diverse cast of magical characters and learn the lore of the land.
  
• Romance one of seven possible love interests, including: a fairy, a silen, a werecat, a harpy, a faun, a fox spirit, and a fellow human.
  
• Use your unique powers as a curse-eater for healing or destruction.

Save the island, save the people, or save yourself—the choice is yours.