Kickstart This: Regeria Hope Pits an Honest Lawyer Against a Corrupt System

Whether you can find an honest lawyer in the real world is a subject for debate.

Whether you can find an honest lawyer in the real world is a subject for debate. But in the visual novel Regeria Hope , that’s exactly who you play – an honest lawyer whose clients are counting on you to save them from a less-than-just justice system. For example, the first case is that of a man whose bride was poisoned during their wedding reception, and he’s been accused of her murder.

My first real client, Brock En Heart, certainly didn’t fit the profile of any killer I’ ve ever seen. He was much too upset at the loss of his young wife to be the murderer. But if he didn’t kill her, who did?

Not entirely unlike the popular Ace Attorney series of games, Regeria Hope is “a whimsical courtroom visual novel” created by Nathan Low and the team at Golden Game Barn. Players take on the role of the title character, a whip-smart lady defense lawyer who employs logic and reason to find the true villains responsible for the crimes of which her clients have been accused.

Or does she? It’s hardly as simple as that. As the cases progress, players will find themselves tempted to throw their clients under a bus and let them take the fall, in spite of their innocence. Players will have to decide whether the reasons are compelling enough, or the payoff large enough, to be worth sacrificing their integrity to the corrupt system. Whatever players decide will affect both the results of the individual case and the later episodes of the series.

Regeria Hope will feature voice acting, a musical score by Zack Parrish, sprite art by Maesketch, and background art by Sendo. The first episode is available to try at no charge for PC, Mac, Linux, and Androiddevices. If you try it and discover you need more, the developers would be grateful for your support of their Kickstarter, which runs until March 25 and as of this writing is halfway to its $7,000 USD goal. The game can also be found on Steam Greenlight. Learn more about the work of Golden Game Barn on Facebook, Twitter, and their YouTube channel.