When everything burns,
what will you become?
OPEN BETA · FREE TO PLAY
You are Elden, a seventeen-year-old scavenger in Vaelcrest. When Vytharax the Scorched One destroys your home, survival becomes your first choice.
What follows is yours to decide: where you go, what you fight for, and what you are willing to save.
Explore hidden trails and face the creatures beyond the city.
Explore heavy, medium, and light armor blueprints. Stoke the forge with fuel, or try the weapon enchantment menu.
Gather materials, craft armor, and enchant your equipped weapon. Your work stays with your chronicle.
From the game
=== The Forge of Valor ===
1. Craft Heavy Armor
2. Craft Medium Armor
3. Craft Light Armor
4. Enchant Weapon
5. Add Forge Fuel
6. Inventory
7. Leave Forge
Choose an action: Face Ash Maw with timed choices to dodge, block, or counter. Your equipment affects damage and defense. Wound the beast, and a second phase turns the pressure up.
An encounter from the arena.
From the game
Ash Maw exhales a column of fire that scorches the earth! React! 1 = Dodge | 2 = Block | 3 = Counter
Cross a fallen log or take the brush. With enough courage, the crossing earns a Bitterleaf Poultice. Without it, the same choice costs health.
One early decision on the forest route.
From the game
=== Forest Approach ===
1) Cross the log.
2) Detour through the brush.
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Targeted starter gathering, clearer crafting guidance, and save improvements.
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FIRST DEVELOPMENT GOAL
$250 to fuel what comes next
Progress checked October 25, 2026.
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Keeper of the Forge.
Adopted from a shelter as a Christmas present for my wife, Merlin became part of our family. He loved hugs from everyone.
2018–2025
You are missed and will never be forgotten.
I started Ashes of Valor to learn C++ by making a game. Seeing Sheldon play a text adventure in The Big Bang Theory sparked the idea. I wanted to bring the customization and character building I love in MMORPGs into a world made of words.
I wrote the original C++ game in Visual Studio, spending more than 100 hours brainstorming, coding, testing, and revising. I came to see it as a personal capstone for my bachelor’s studies in game development.
I now use AI tools to help develop the browser version and generate artwork. I guide the design, review the changes, and test the experience as AOV continues to grow.