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In Jaraan, girls are taught stillness.
The river has never once been still.
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ECarry on
A girl of fifteen in Jaraan, who has practiced stillness since she was small.
How she looksTen breaths in, ten breaths out. The rest of the inscription is still out there.
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Walk with W A S D or the arrow keys, hold Shift to sprint, or press Caps Lock to jog. Look by moving the mouse. Space jumps. E talks, picks, sits or opens whatever is in front of you. Q goes back a line in a conversation. Esc, Command or Option close a page or clear notes from the screen.
Q Quests · J Journal · M Map · C Character · I Satchel · K Skills and Remembered · H this page. G a hint: what to do next, and a trail of lights to follow. F walks you there. P photo mode (hides everything; Enter saves a picture). Press a key again to close its page. The marker at the top and on the map shows where to go next.
Caught on a wall, a stall or a step, or can’t move? This sets you down on open ground nearby. Your progress is kept.
Saved on this device. Your progress is saved at each step of the quest.
Something broken, stuck or strange? Say what happened and what you were doing. Where you are in the story is sent along with it, so you don’t need to explain that.
The story of Jaraan goes on in two novels by Punita Rice, The River’s Daughter and The River Goddess.
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Story and world by Punita Rice, from The River’s Daughter and The River Goddess.
Map of Jaraan illustrated by Sarah Khan Azamy.
The heroine: 3D model made with Meshy from Punita’s art (CC BY 4.0), on the Quaternius skeleton.
Characters and animation: Quaternius, Universal Base Characters and Universal Animation Library (CC0).
Materials and night sky: Poly Haven (CC0).
Sarangi: “SARANGI 1” by Johnnydhol (Dhol Foundation Archive), CC BY 3.0; “sarangi2” by sarman1234, CC0.
Sarangi drone by the fountain: “Sarangi (ambient/soundscape)” by psubhashish, CC BY 4.0.
Sounds of the town, all CC0 on Freesound: bangles by breglad15; temple bells by LoopUdu; the fountain by lauraina; the river and the crickets by felix.blume; tanpura by iluppai.
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