WAITING FOR THE DEATH WIND

WAITING FOR THE DEATH WIND is a hand-drawn and fully-voiced short story with original music. You're an old Athenian warrior, bleeding out after a battle. Cry out to the goddess who abandoned you.

Note: Some of the voice acting lines don't play in non-Chrome browsers. This is a current game engine bug. For the best experience, use Chrome or download the game.

• a short, fully-voiced conversation between a dying warrior and his goddess  💬
• stylized, hand-painted 2D art with an analog feel 🖌️
• original music 🎶
• intuitive, point-and-click mouse controls ✅

• Mouse: Left-click to interact and advance text
• F: Enter or leave fullscreen mode
• ESC: Bring up the preferences menu
• Scroll wheel / page up and page down keys: Roll back to prior dialogue

• All art, programming, and writing was done in a week by Jaylus (@roman_hyacinths) for Dialogue Jam 2025. You can view more of her games at www.romanhyacinths.com and follow her across the web here.
• Leander was voiced by Jason Gemenetzis. Nike was voiced by Jamie-Lyn Marko. Music was composed by pleadthefilth. SFX is from Epidemic Sound.
• This game draws liberally from Greek mythology, T.S. Eliot's "A Song for Simeon," and the English Standard Version Bible (specifically passages in Job 38 and Psalm 73). Additional inspirations include Slay the Princess and Princess Mononoke.
• Special thanks to Jenna and DM for giving pre-release feedback!