Ganymede, by Lucian

Entry for Mythology VN Jam 2024

Just a short VN without choices made in less than two days from scratch.

Ganymede, a shepherd tending his sheep, gets taken by Zeus in the form of an eagle, to become his cup-bearer on Olympus.

For context the dialogue of Lucian was intended to poke fun at the myth. I modified the original text and Ganymede in this version is described as 18 years old. There's no explicit sexual content.

Created by Pantophon (IridescentLight is my amateur dev. group)

Ganymede sprite sketched by Pantophon

Original stories by Ovid and Lucian

Music is free stock from Pixabay.com: Ancient by  Shakib Hasan, Ancient Dream by Sergei Chetvertnykh, ancient rhythm by Samuel F. Johanns , Ancient Wind by Noru

Images are free stock from Rawpixel, Artvee, nga.gov, 123rf

Programmed in Ren'Py

It's a little unfinished but it was pretty fun to make. I originally planned to do sprites for Hera and Zeus as well. 

I've been wanting to do something like this for some time, and though I saw the game jam late it was awesome to find and to make something.