EXDEAX I: New Batavia

"What's wrong with your ears, you Kratonate spy?"

That's the first thing Rads hears after crawling through a hidden tunnel beneath a train station.

24 hours earlier, he was just another unemployed graduate chasing the Batavia Dream. Then he lost his apartment, slept under a bridge, and accepted a courier job because he couldn't afford breakfast.

Now he's delivering secrets for an underground printing press supplying Batavia's most wanted revolutionaries.

In this dieselpunk metropolis, newspapers are contraband, rock concerts pass encrypted messages, cassette tapes hide political manifestos, and every faction, from corporations to gangs to governments, is fighting its own quiet war.

Rads doesn't want to change the world.

He just wants a paycheck, a roof over his head, and enough money to feed his cat.

Unfortunately, Batavia has other plans.

Exalt de Axiom I: New Batavia is a story-driven LitRPG blending political conspiracy, faction warfare, dystopian economics, black comedy, and dieselpunk adventure.

Imagine the entire city-state as a PS2 beat-'em-up mixed with JRPG. Streets are dungeons. Factions are quest givers. Safehouses are save points. But there are no reloads if you die.

What to expect:

- An underpowered protagonist who earns every victory.

- Story-first LitRPG where Combat, Diplomacy, and the Ledger reputation system shape the narrative.

- A living city filled with rival factions, secrets, and morally gray choices.

If you enjoy Disco Elysium, Final Fantasy VII, Yakuza, and political thrillers, welcome to Batavia. Cheers!