
Serpent Tales Retold
Take a summer break from humanity, wander in an enchanting hidden refuge, charming wild creatures with your snake pups!
Click [Run game] to play my demo - A turn-based rpg with a twist on creature collecting, retelling stories of serpents, nature and immortals.
This is a work in progress and as I'm a solo dev on a possibly impossible journey, it is always nice to hear from anyone out there... Comments, or clicking the [Follow Mads ] or [Add To Collection ] buttons at top of this page are all very welcome!!!
Update: Added onscreen direction buttons so you can walk around with touch controls. But I think the best experience is still with keyboard and mouse, WASD or Arrow keys.
Included in the demo so far:
📖 Begin story, introduce some characters
🐛Wild creature turn-based encounters, inspired by the flora and fauna of the British Isles!
🦔Some wild creatures can be charmed, then you can access their abilities.
🪄Magic mechanic which unlocks progress in area.
🍃Group-based levelling for creatures. Idea is to be a bit different to traditional collection games, as the creatures are still wild and interdependent with their habitat.
It is a start of a longer story, although you can keep walking around finding creatures in the refuge after unlocking all the npc dialogs + no saving in browser version.
Thank you so much for visiting and playing the demo 💚
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Author | Mads |
| Genre | Role Playing |
| Made with | Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Defold |
| Tags | Animals, Cozy, Hand-drawn, Indie, JRPG, nature, Relaxing, Singleplayer, Story Rich, Turn-based |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen, Smartphone |
Development log
- Maximised, not Fullscreen on iOSSep 06, 2025
- Added Touch controls, UI and Eye-health improvementsAug 28, 2025
- Prototype credits, tools and assets I used...Jul 24, 2025




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