Arches Finished
Added 2024-10-07 12:15:54 +0000 UTCDownload here: https://echoproject.itch.io/arches
After several delays due to life issues for some team members, Arches is finally finished. Arches is a very personal and special visual novel to those who created it, and we're so happy to finally have it released.
Arches was truly a team effort, with all involved working hard to create the best visual novel we could.
Howly - writing, story
Paintfox - sprite art, illustrations
Kardamon - backgrounds
Anthemics - music
Orion - coding
Gumdrop Studios - main menu animation
And of course, thank you to our patrons, who made all of this possible, and for allowing us the opportunity to make something we hope is memorable. We also thank everyone who simply followed and supported Arches, providing us with motivation and feedback.
-Echo Project
Changelog:
- All music swapped with new masters from the official release.
- Most music now loops seamlessly
- CG gallery has been remade
- Music player added
- Cameron’s short story: CG edited and given an alternate, with additional lighting effects added.
- Cameron’s short story: Extended by adding both of his short stories into one. The first story was previously a Patreon exclusive.
- Devon’s short story (Vessels): Added to the main game, accessible after the credits.
- Devon’s short story (Vessels): An additional CG and slightly extended intro has been added.
- CG update: Animation added to a CG from build 2 (Cameron and Devon in the car)
- Preferences menu appearance altered
- Updated end credits
- Typos corrected
- Few scene transitions slightly altered
Comments
HELL YES TEAM, THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD!! <3
St0lazs
2025-09-26 17:17:27 +0000 UTCIt’s been almost 2 years, I keep coming back to Echo & Arches, I feel like I’m going in circles.
SUG
2025-06-22 06:48:46 +0000 UTCWow. Just finished this after reading Echo, and this impacted me much more. As a gay man diagnosed with OCD at 12 and married to a treatment resistant depressive man, this story hit on multiple levels. This is incredible. Up there with some of the best Stephen King stories I've read IMO. Well done!
Werewolf - Therewolf
2025-05-17 16:34:40 +0000 UTCcrazy stuff, ill need to take a week to recover
Илья
2025-05-12 20:40:57 +0000 UTCThis was truly a once in a lifetime experience to read. Incredibly deep, heavy and thought provoking.
Raffie Foxmew
2025-02-04 18:15:51 +0000 UTCThis. Fucked. Me. Up. But in a good way. I felt emotions I never have, for reasons I never have. I cried for over 30min after, it was crazy. You guys could 100% make this into a movie.
dipstik subaru
2025-01-27 02:07:28 +0000 UTCI loved echo so I played this shortly after and despite how much I adored that game, this broke me on such a deep level...It hurt me in such a intense way and I loved it. absolutely WELL Done with this
Sunnylemon
2024-11-06 22:32:46 +0000 UTCVery heavy vn, highly recommend
Bearpasta
2024-10-12 20:36:29 +0000 UTCmight be my personal favourite out of every VN i've read so far. amazing job.
Sive
2024-10-12 09:32:56 +0000 UTCThanks for all your hard work. One year ago when I finished this I even cried few days after completing it thinking again of all the story and moments the characters went through.
Henry90
2024-10-08 17:55:13 +0000 UTCBig bearded dude, covered in tattoos, bawling my gd eyes out to a fvn. This was a master class in storytelling, I can't express how hard this hit me.
Xzygy
2024-10-08 08:04:40 +0000 UTCLove this one so much!
Trevon Reeves
2024-10-08 03:35:46 +0000 UTCA huge milestone for the project, congratulations!
Andrew
2024-10-07 22:12:58 +0000 UTCCongratulations to the whole team! You've all done an amazing job on what I have to say is my favourite Echo Project VN. Tough competition but it's at the top.
North Grizz
2024-10-07 19:52:34 +0000 UTCThank you so much for your work <3 Been waiting. I can see there's a bunch of new CGs. Maybe that would make sense to add a small changelog to the release description? UPD: I see it's added now. Thanks!
Quoll
2024-10-07 16:54:01 +0000 UTCCongratulations to the team! Thanks for all your hard work! Gonna need to re-read this… again 😅
spooty
2024-10-07 16:51:09 +0000 UTCCongratulations echo team
Verselynx
2024-10-07 14:46:32 +0000 UTCCongrats! Super proud
Rainy
2024-10-07 13:48:04 +0000 UTCCongrats on finishing it!
ABC
2024-10-07 13:22:53 +0000 UTCThis was one of the most thought provoking and heart wrenching reads I've had in a long time. A story like this only comes once in a blue moon, and I'm so happy to see it be released in its entirety. Congratulations to everyone on the team.
Luke Castillo
2024-10-07 13:10:10 +0000 UTCCongratulations to everyone who worked so hard on this. I have been so profoundly impacted and inspired by arches over the years as ice worked on my own stuff, and honestly, it is my favourite VN. Hell, it doesn't really have any 'game' elements and I'd still classify it as my favourite game of all time. I can not wait to give this another read-through.
Staticalmite
2024-10-07 13:00:56 +0000 UTCCongrats to the whole team! This is one my favorite VNs! Such a beautiful story that will make me cry everytime ❤️ Such a personal story for me and many others.
DarsolSaber
2024-10-07 12:49:33 +0000 UTCCongratulations oh my god, can't wait to read this
Miro
2024-10-07 12:25:39 +0000 UTCI’ll be sure to read it again 💞 thank you all for all the work you’ve done
Dawg
2024-10-07 12:18:21 +0000 UTCcongrats, Arches is something special
SUG
2024-10-07 12:18:08 +0000 UTC❤️ Congratulations! By the way, will there be other stories in Echo?
孤竹君
2024-10-07 12:17:47 +0000 UTC
