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Introduction

Black Incense is an adult narrative RPG set in the modern world, a story of desire, corruption, and hidden power. The game follows a young woman whose ordinary life in London begins to unravel as she’s drawn into a secret network of cults, political intrigue, and esoteric forces that move beneath the city’s surface.

This is a project about agency, about how far you will go for your goals, what you are prepared to risk, and what you will become. Every choice matters, every alliance carries a cost, and every encounter reveals more of the machinery beneath the skin of the world.

I’m building Black Incense as an ongoing, evolving work, a game that grows each month in scope, depth, and consequence. Your support makes that possible. 

Synopsis

London, present day.

A city of glass and shadow, of secret orders and shifting loyalties. Beneath its polished surface lies another world, one of whispered rites, hidden societies, and ancient appetites disguised as modern ambition.

You play as a 19-year-old university student whose life begins to fracture after a chance encounter pulls her into this network of power, lust, and secrecy. From there, Black Incense becomes whatever you make of it: an espionage thriller, an occult mystery, a descent into temptation, or a rise to mastery.

Every choice shapes not just her fate, but the forces surrounding her. You decide who she trusts, who she betrays, what she desires, and what she’s willing to lose.

Each decision opens new paths, closes others, and alters the course of the story in ways both subtle and irreversible.

This is an interactive, adult narrative built on moral complexity and consequence, where seduction, danger, and agency intertwine.

How Your Support Helps

Each new release of Black Incense takes many weeks of writing, coding, artwork, and testing. This is a project I build around a full-time job and a busy life, because I believe it’s worth doing properly.

Your support directly changes what I am able to achieve.

More support means better tools, better equipment, and more time to devote to the story, art, and systems that make this game what it is. It means faster updates, richer content, and an increasingly ambitious world.

If you are interested in supporting this project, please check out my Patreon page here.

When you become a Patron, you are helping to shape how far Black Incense can go. Patron feedback influences development decisions and future content. You’ll see the process unfold in real time through development diaries, previews, and polls that guide what I create next. The people supporting the project now will be the ones whose ideas, votes, and names are literally embedded within it as it grows.

You will also gain access to a private creative space around the project. The Black Incense Discord server is where the community can discuss upcoming updates, share theories and art, and interact directly with me. Patrons can view concept sketches and custom artwork that never appear in the public build, take part in Q&A sessions, and access behind-the-scenes lore and worldbuilding material. Higher tiers unlock opportunities for art commissions and even deeper involvement in the creative side of production.

Supporting Black Incense means helping a living project grow stronger every month. It lets me dedicate more of my time and energy to building a complex, adult narrative that’s written for players who want more than cliché and surface-level fantasy. If you want to see how far this world can go, your support will help take it there.

If you are not ready to pledge yet, you can still sign up for free and receive development updates and older releases. It is a good way to follow progress until you decide to step in fully.

Current Version: Prologue

Your journey begins with the prologue, now available to play for free. It covers the main character’s life up to the start of the story and already offers a complete, feature-rich experience designed to show the scale and ambition of Black Incense.

The prologue alone contains over 100,000 words of dialogue, more than 200 pieces of original artwork, and 30 unlockable sex scenes.

The Prologue lets you define who your character is, where she comes from, and what drives her. Your decisions shape her personality, her past relationships, and the foundations of the choices you’ll make later in the story.

This release is a full playable chapter that establishes the tone, depth, and possibilities of the world to come. It’s the perfect entry point to see what Black Incense is building toward, and to decide if you want to be part of its future development.

Development Pathway

Black Incense is being developed as an ongoing, serialized narrative. Each month will bring a new release that expands the story, adds new scenes, and deepens the choices available to the player. This rhythm allows the world to grow steadily while giving patrons a genuine sense of progression and involvement.

The first full season will follow the main character’s introduction to the hidden world beneath modern London. While the Prologue captures her life before everything changes, the coming episodes will trace her descent into intrigue, power, and desire. Each release builds on the last, with new characters, storylines, and decisions that shape how the wider narrative unfolds.

This structure is intended to allow Black Incense to evolve like a prestige television series, a long-form story told in episodes, each crafted to deliver both closure and anticipation. Supporting the project now means becoming part of that ongoing process, watching the story grow from the inside as it moves from its beginnings toward something far larger.

About Me

I’ve always been drawn to stories that treat choice, consequence, and desire as serious storytelling tools. Black Incense grew out of that impulse. I wanted to create an adult game that isn’t built on cliché or repetition, but on depth, atmosphere, and intelligence. A story that understands sexuality as part of a larger human experience spanning ambition, morality, desire, power.

I work on Black Incense whenever I can around a full-time job. It takes a lot of time and effort, but I genuinely enjoy building this world and seeing it take shape piece by piece. My aim is to keep the project consistent and professional, every month bringing something new for players to explore.

If you’ve read this far, thank you for taking the time to look at what I’m building. The Prologue is free to play - try it for yourself. If you believe in what Black Incense is trying to do, consider joining as a Patron and help me continue bringing this world to life.

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Black_Incense_Prologue_HF-mac.zip 221 MB
Black_Incense_Prologue_HF-pc.zip 225 MB

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Comments

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Hello there,

Looks very interesting indeed.

Quick question though, concerning the erotic part of this story, is there a list of kinks somewhere?

What should we expect for the content in these sex scenes?

Thanks,

This is a great story. Great premise. Great writing. Clearly a labor of love. I just downloaded it and I'm already hooked. But the art...

It looks great for what it is, but the AI generated art takes me right out of the fiction. Dead eyes. Eyes that are closed when they should be open, or not focused where they should. It's more than distracting, it's unsettling. There is some serious uncanny valley going on. I can't even look at the art, I'm just reading the story. It's not your fault, it's the limitations of the technology. 

You've crafted a world that deserves better. Don't settle for creepy AI ghouls. I say this in all sincerity. This has the potential to be a spectacular AVN, but to get there you need an artist. 

Please don't give up! I look forward to following this story!


Thanks for the comment and kind words, and I'm glad you like the story so far!

My preference would certainly be for human made art over AI art if possible, but right now, just starting out, I don't have anything close to the funds required, and I'm not a visual artist myself. If in future the opportunity presented itself then I would take it - at the very least as AI capabilities develop further and I learn more I absolutely will refine older images as I go. You are right - this is a labour of love - and at the moment this is the only way for me to make what I am making. But I am always seeking to get better!