I started thinking of this as soon as I first saw these LPC anime portaits, in particular Sara/Trevor/Puck, and two months later I actually have the beginning of a silly little visual novel. I'm putting it up here to gauge interest and hopefully get feedback. The writing is nowhere near my best, I'm unhappy with the sound design, and I should really be making the entire thing more interactive. But that's what I get for always making games in new (to me) genres. Besides, I uncovered potential disadvantages in the art sets I used, such as the need for most aforementioned portraits to sit inside an actual frame, or the dearth of interiors in these fantasy backgrounds.

You can download Before the Faire for Linux, Mac or Windows. Screenshots below.