Magical Otoge Iris
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
✦ Story ✦
Iris works as a Purifier, a person who helps souls of the deceased move on to the afterlife. Her fate changes after coming into contact with the Magicians, half-immortal beings who watch over the MO worlds. Interacting with them, the mystery of the MO worlds' origins will come to light.
Don't be deceived by the lighthearted parts--despite the fun fantasy setting, MO isn't a world that will let you survive with something as flimsy as "the power of friendship."
This is a story written to make you both laugh and cry. At the very least, it has a lot of puns and glasses jokes. This game has a 75% "made me cry" rate, according to the survey.
✦ Bonus character routes will be added at purchase milestones, including art book sales. Progression to first stretch goal: 90%
✦ Characters ✦
Iris: The heroine. A gentle, awkward, and surprisingly brave girl who tries her best.
Rieffe: Iris' kind but detached childhood friend who always worries about her.
Lanneis: A strict and sarcastic person who glares and pushes up his glasses way too often.
Reqieu: Used to be Iris' teacher. Serious, but gentle and low-key sarcastic.
Septem: A serious, kind, and dutiful boy who likes flowers. He's kind of shy once you talk to him. Always polite.
✦ Warnings: light/moderate blood, themes of death
This game is a straightforward visual novel, so there's no walkthrough necessary. It will be very obvious when a choice will affect the ending. After clearing the game once, a guide will appear in the Extras that explains how to get the Good/Bad Ends.
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Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $20 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Physical Art Book Preorders!Apr 04, 2021
- Release day!Mar 19, 2021
- Magical Otoge Iris Official Release Date!Feb 02, 2021
- Progress Update and Route EditsSep 29, 2020
- Demo UpdateMar 18, 2020
Comments
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This was absolutely amazing to play! I just loved every bit of it!!! The art, the humor, even the angst (though I'm still not over THAT ending). I will definitely be playing MO Ciel and MO Anholly now, and eagerly awaiting MO Melanie! I just gotta see where these stories go next!
Thank you!! Ciel/Anholly are much older so they aren't quite at the same level as Iris, but I hope you enjoy them either way :D
So. Gamerpower.com is claiming this game is currently being given away as a Full game for free, yet I cannot download it, and it says I have to pay at least $20 for this game.
https://www.gamerpower.com/magical-otoge-iris (here is the link to the page for proof)
Why is this listed if it's not being given for free? The site does not say the offer is expired, and he offer is recent as I had checked Gamerpower yesterday or the day before and the offer was not there.
False Advertising?
It was free for 24 hours only on March 19 until March 20, 12 pm PST.
Why don't you take it up with gamerpower instead of me? I have nothing to do with them.
Elodain, the level of arrogance and entitlement in your comment is beyond words. Holy cow.
Don't believe everything you read online. The only way something is 'free' is if the gamedev themselves puts it for free on the official store page, not what some 3rd party website claims. If you want to complain about inaccuracies, go to that website and yell at them instead of the gamedev!
I'm one of those who missed out on the free deal, but despite that I don't demand or expect it to be free just because I asked. I'll wait for a sale or play something else as there are plenty of games out there to enjoy.
No worries everyone, I'm not good enough at programming to use viruses 👍
(Jokes aside, I think it has to do with Renpy/not being a "verified publisher." Even I receive the same warning from the game sometimes when out of developer mode stuff.)
This is what is called a 'false positive', especially when literally every other antivirus in the list says it is ok. RenPy games are often false-flagged due to being 'exe packed'. If you look at the notes it says 'contains elf' and 'contains pe' which point to why it was flagged. Most antimalware vendors have white-flagged RenPy stuff because they know that it isn't malicious (RenPy being an open-source project) so they know how it works.
If you bothered to throw it into a VM and monitor traffic with wireshark or otherwise ask other trusted techie people before throwing around accusations, then you would look far less foolish here.
Speaking of foolish, repeating what some people from Reddit have (falsely) claimed means you're taking the flak for their bad information. Again don't believe everything you read.
You can state factually 'I scanned this in Virustotal both exe and zip and some detections came up so I dunno seems sus can anyone verify'. That means you're concerned over the potential for malware but aren't making accusations without proof.
I've literally called out a certain ported-from-mobile Steam PC release as malware due to a kernel-level spyware driver they install using powershell scripts and claim it as 'anti cheat' (for an offline single-player experience). Then before I had the opportunity to post a detailed technical breakdown (that I was working on), ReddiTrash and others felt free to plagiarize my work instead (taking credit for the discovery for clicks/karma).
Be vigilant but also be ready to prove what you state. Since the dev has been active here it is an easy case of 'hey what is this' type of deal. The dev can mitigate this in some ways since RenPy is open-source and certain features can be enabled/disabled to avoid most false detections. However, doing so may lead to a much larger file size and a drop in optimization/performance so the tradeoff may not be worthwhile.
DaedalusMachina is a legend.
Thanks for the lengthy explanation--I don't know how the nitty gritty works; I'm just here to make otome games LOL
Thank you for the kind words. I didn't mean to just jump into things but I dislike when innocent game devs are falsely accused of malice when they use an open-source project that gets false-flagged by terrible antivirus vendors. Unfortunately there are many malicious (and ignorant) game devs out there who take advantage of PC and mobile gamers alike and attempt to surreptiously install trojans, spyware, malware, and/or crypto miner software. The worst I've seen is as I mentioned there are games that attempt to install malware/spyware and claim it is an 'anti cheat' kernel driver.
Although I'm not 100% certain as to ways to mitigate this, there's a few helpful links I found doing a quick search on it:
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/284584-tameit-renpy-game-false-positive/
https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41570
https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=61332
VirusTotal is not foolproof, nor does it update/configure each antivirus for optimal effectiveness. There's a correlation between how much money can be made (selling the data to security researchers and companies for example) and the bandwidth/scanning costs associated with doing things 'for free'. It is a moving target, basically.
As always if anyone gets detections in whatever antivirus/antimalware you use, please be kind enough to at least ask the game developer the what and whys before throwing accusations. If you are tech-saavy or know someone who is tech-saavy and possibly check network traffic with wireshark or through other methods, then you have a bit more to go on than gut feeling.
If any gamedev comes across this, just know that RenPy is an open-source toolkit for game developers to make visual novel games. There is no malware involved. Always get RenPy from the official website: https://www.renpy.org/
That's the DOT ORG domain, not .com or .net or anything else. When in doubt, search using a reliable search engine (I use Qwant.com) and then go to the website through that link instead of typing it in directly.
Thank you for selling this on special offer, I am really amazed. And I wish you a wonderful anniversary
t h i s.
i played this a while ago and didn't really think to leave a comment or anything but this hit me in the heart- of course without any spoilers i'd just like to say i adore iris.
i wish i had the money to have given you a tip or something, but the best i could do is pay the full price :,>
all of these characters just make me feel and i am in love with the writing and general story - same as in your other games. of course this one feels much more fleshed out but all of them are still incredible!
and as a closing note, as much as i love your other games, i adore a good tragedy - so this is definitely by far my favorite. the sheer hopelessness that i myself felt in any situation that the characters didn't quite get the ending they wanted means that this was perfect.
this game was incredible, 11/10, i most certainly will play again multiple times, and thank you for creating this beauty.
aaaaa Thank you so much!! ( ; ω ; ) Thank you for the kind words and still thinking about this story after playing!!
From Iris onward, the lore runs deep! Many more tragedies await... (✧ω✧)
Aaaaaa, I agree with everyone else, you totally deserve the pay! >:0 <3
Unfortunately, I can't get the game yet but when I will be able to... H'Oh boy..
AAA, I CAN'T WAIT! I've played all of your Magical Otoge games other than this one, they're all SO GOOD!! TT<3 Love you and your stuff btw! Hope you're doing well! :D <3
Thank you!! T___T <3 I hope you enjoy the game when you get a chance to play it!!
Well, I'm late to the party-! Anyway, this was very well done. Greatly exceeded my expectations for it. I don't have much to say other than I had fun playing, but looking forwards to any next projects! :D
Thank you, glad you liked it!!!!
WOOOO i love this game! I'm happy I used my allowance on this, the art is soo pretty ^^
Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it!! (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃
Is there a recommended route order :0 or just pick whoever we like lol
There isn't a strict order, but generally I would say Rieffe or Lanneis > Reqieu > Septem!
Okay thank you!! :D
I really love your work and am happy you've finally made a pay for game. You really deserve to be compensated for all your gorgeous hard work! I'm gonna go hide away and replay all your games now. :P
ASDFLH THANK YOU... CRIES... I hope you enjoy Iris!!
dont look at my old stuff im begging youHello, I just got the game recently but it seems that when I try to open the game it seems to crash on startup, do you think you could find a solution for me if it's not too much trouble? I've tried the demo before and it was running without any trouble, I've tried another game where all different builds were connected and my game would crash sometimes but I could run it but I can't run Iris at all.
Oh no!! Could you send me an email (batensan@gmail.com) with a screenshot of the game folder/what you're clicking on when trying to run the game? I'll help you out there!
Yess!! I'm so glad you're making a game for PAY finally!! You soooooo desserve this!! I will make this game my birthday present to myself!!!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT!! I AM SO EXCITED!!
Finally downloaded this for myself I AM SO EXCITED TO PLAY, SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG, AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
SDLGHSDLG I haven't heard someone say that before but I'm really thankful LFDHSLG (ಥ﹏ಥ) I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN WITH IT...!!!
Finally, today is the day my dear batensan. <33
TAKE MY DAMN MONEY!!!!
I'm treating myself to this game for my birthday :'D
I had to wait so long even tho i was ready for launch date, quarantine has not been kind to me so i HAD to wait but today its finally the day i get to play this masterpiece!!
I will come back to RANT about how much i love ur games after i finish playing!!
Again, congrats on releasing magical otoge iris!!
(PD: i went to pizzaro project like u suggested and OMG I fell in love, sequel when?! sly it was too funny to not be true ;-;)
DSLGHSL HAVE FUN!!!! Please take care of yourself too!! T__T ❤️
I really hope you enjoy Iris and that it's worth the wait!!!
i just started the prologue!!!! I'm loving it so far!!! :)
F in the chat for poor Henri and his tsundere nature XD
Waaaah~! Augustia! I hear voices too! X,D How do I let you know though?
I bet peeps finished playing this and me its been 1 year i haven't continue playing this ;v; But gladly im able to continue it rn :D
i'm sadly BROKE as of now but once i get the money, mark! my! words! i'll be buying and playing this right away! i've been following the series since however long forever ago was and have played the previous games, and i gotta say, you've done such a fantastic job creating them! they're lighthearted, sweet, and hints of angst (juuuust a little in backstories and such) into each of the last games, and i really happy that you finished magical otoge iris this year! i wish you luck on future games!!!
(╥_╥) Thank you--! I'm glad my silly clown literature has stayed with you for so long!! I hope you get a chance to play Iris soon!!
After playing for less than a minute, I started tearing up haha. I forgot how much I love this game series, I'm super attached.
(ಥ﹏ಥ) !!!!! Drink water while you play!! Have fun!!
best game
ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ
Some how I managed to miss that this had released! I'm trying to resist until I get paid this month to buy it but aaagh T^T
Take your time~!! Hope you enjoy it!! :D
In my eagerness to buy the game, I missed that if I paid an extra $5 I could get the artbook as well! Whoops! Is there a way to buy the artbook individually? (Or perhaps if I pay an extra $5 I can have it emailed to me or something?) Sorry for such a silly question ;;;
If it's not possible, I'll just buy it again later haha! :D I can't wait to play Iris!! Thank you so much Batensan for everything!! <333
Hello~~! Thanks so much for the support! I asked itch io on the forums and they really don't have a system for paying extra (side-eyes) so I went ahead and uploaded the book as its own item here!
Have fun with the game!! Can't wait to read your thoughts in the survey!! :D
Ah that's perfect!! Thank you so so much!! <3 I'll go get it now! C:
Thank you for that and have a wonderful day! :D I'll definitely give you my thoughts later! <3
Hurray! Just bought da game. One request though: would you please update the discord link? Thanks!
Thank you~ And sorry about that--I thought I checked it!
I posted a new invite link. Hopefully this one works?
This one works! Thanks a lot!
Aww will this ever be released in Steam? I've been waiting for years but I don't have credit card to buy in itch io ;;w;; Congrats on release though batensan~ Been following since Ciel:D
Thank you~!! Yeah I'm planning for a Steam release eventually but it might take a while! But itch.io is a better way to directly receive support unlike Steam so I prefer it first...!
Ooooh that's good then, I shall wait more patiently~
I'm about ready to spend my RENT MONEY ON THIS OMG! Congrats on the release! I cannot WAIT TO PLAY!
Hope you plan on treating yourself all week! Eat some good food, buy yourself something nice -- YOU DID IT!! Congrats on finishing, so happy for you and so proud of you!
LDSHG PLEASE NOOO I'M GONNA CRYYY-- o(-<!!!
Take care of yourself first!!! I'll always be here (*/ω＼)
I bought it tonight, and am replaying the prologue. I'm not even that far in, and am already cracking up at the glasses puns even though I've already read it before. You're such a talented and funny writer. Thank you for making my day. Lanneis is best boi.
Thank you~~! It really picks up after the prologue, I think!! Have fun! :D
JOOP
JOOP!!!
Yay it's finally here!!! gonna wait for the steam release ^^
Hey, I just bought the game for my Mac but it looks like I'm not able to download any files other than the Demo? (Also I'm using the Canadian store, and have enabled "alternate download mode" but this hasn't done anything.) Help?? I've really been looking forward to playing.
Send me an email (batensan@gmail.com) using the email that you bought the game with and I'll help you out there!!
how long is the game?
It says in the first sample picture-- ~276k words which checks out to approx. 10 hours!
oh.. how had I not noticed that?
well, thank you for your response regardless!
OHMYGOD I CANT BELIEVE ITS ACTUALLY HERE IM SO EXCITED I CANT WAIT TO BUY ITTTTT HAPPY BIRTHDAY BATESAN
DSLGHS THANK YOU!! I can't believe it either 👻👻👻
yesss! so excited to play
Hope you have fun!!! :'D
Happy Birthday Batensan!! This release has been the highlight of my day and it has filled my empty brain with incredible inducing serotonin >w>
Thank you!!! T___T I hope you enjoy the game till the end!!!
heyy do you have any plan on releasing this on steam?
I do plan to! But Steam is a bit more troublesome so it'll take a few weeks/months forward
Ahhhh I miss some of the count downs its here!!!!
Have fun!!!
oh my god!! I can't believe my timing lol, I've been checking up on your page intermittently for two+ years now because they lifted my spirits so much when I was younger and feeling down, but I hadn't for a while- and now I find it's releasing tomorrow? :)))) I remember playing your demo when it first came out, and getting those warm and fuzzy feelings that are basically imbibed within your games, and while I doubt I can buy it on release, I will as soon as possible <3333
Aaahh thanks so much--!! T__T I'm glad you remembered!!!
This game will always be here, so take your time!! Also, you can follow me on itch.io for emails whenever I update something, I think! :D
I've been keeping up with your countdown on Twitter, and after a year I can say that I've only grown more excited about this!! It's going to be the first VN I've played in a couple of years and honestly, I couldn't be happier. The Magical Otoge series has held a special place in my heart for years; even before the Iris demo came out! So thank you- and I hope you can take a nice relaxing break after this :]
｡ﾟ･ (>﹏<) ･ﾟ｡...!!! Thank you so much for keeping this silly game in your thoughts!!! I hope you enjoy it...!!! And thanks, I will rest!!! :'D <3
Is it ready? Please message me when it's out!
It will release on March 19, in 3 days!
This game is the sequel of magic otoge Anholly?Anyway,looking foward to play these ones,i really love your game <3
It is! It's not a direct sequel, but they happen in the same universe/have references!
Hello! Is it alright if I do a no commentary playthrough of all the routes on my new yt channel that showcases indie games and visual novels? I love the game so far :)
Sure! Though I prefer commentary playthroughs!
I can't believe it's only one week away from it's release! I binged all of your games perhaps... two years ago? And I've been excited for your first paid game installment! I'm thrilled to support you and get access to all the puns and tears galore :D
(ಥ﹏ಥ) Thanks for waiting for me all these years...! I hope it lives up to your expectations!!! <3