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title: "An Octave Higher"
description: "Explore Overture with Elise, Franz and Frederic as they set on their own paths, each joined by one thing: a broken piano.  This visual novel allows you to explo"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/35/78335.jpg"
---

# An Octave Higher

![An Octave Higher](https://t.vndb.org/cv/35/78335.jpg)

**Aliases:** AOH

**Developer:** Kidalang

**Release date:** Mar 27, 2015

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 7.2/10 (106 votes)

## Description
Explore Overture with Elise, Franz and Frederic as they set on their own paths, each joined by one thing: a broken piano.

This visual novel allows you to explore the world where each person is gifted in different types of magic that has been revolutionized into creating magic machinery. The industry is evolving and the world of this visual novel finds itself on the forefront of technology—at the cost of their own working class. But in a world where magic defines your class, there is unrest in the background and rumors of a revolution are stirring.

Amongst all this magic, there is something that they can’t do: use healing magic on inanimate objects. As Franz does his final year project at school on just that—healing inanimate objects—most people find it a fruitless study. Due to fate, he is able to get financial backing from Frederic’s Dad because of Elise and her desire to fix a broken piano with her healing magic.

Little do the characters know that on the edges of their lives a revolution is brewing that can shake their whole existence and the world of Overture.

Join the adventure in this visual novel, unlike any other visual novel you’ve played before, as you question right and wrong, good and bad and everything in between. Does Overture really need a revolution?

## Characters
### Elise Shelley
Proletariat life isn’t easy, but Elise always tries to be brave and maintains a positive attitude. As she labors from dawn to dusk in a factory, however, she thinks about the seemingly inescapable future that will throw her into a life of disgrace. What a harsh world for a young girl who really just wants to play the piano.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** White, Long, Short, Parted to Side, Tiny Braid
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Brave
- **Role:** Magician, Orphan, Poor, Healer
- **Items:** Musical Instrument
- **Eyes:** Cyan
- **Clothes:** Breast Curtains

### Elise Shelley
Elise has everything she wished for: a comfortable bourgeois life, a nice job as a piano player, and kindhearted people whom she accepts as family. What, then, is this feeling of anxiety gnawing at her heart? Why does she feel that she has lost a piece of herself? Why can’t she find a place where she belongs?

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** White
- **Role:** Magician, Musician, Wealthy, Healer
- **Items:** Musical Instrument
- **Eyes:** Cyan

### Franz Byron
As one of the top students in Overture’s most prestigious school of magical science, Franz is entrusted with a research project that may revolutionize the magic industry. Unfortunately he isn’t enthusiastic about this research, but will it perhaps lead him to that which he truly desires?

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Red
- **Role:** Student, Magician, Researcher, Teaching Assistant
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Personality:** Selfish, Smart
- **Subject of:** Amputation
- **Clothes:** Cape

### Frederic Godwin
Lord Godwin’s son Frederic is well known among the Overturian aristocracy as a talented Sorcerer, but he is also notorious for his arrogance and total disregard for those below his status. But there is a side to him that few people—not even himself—know about.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blond
- **Role:** Magician, Noble, Wealthy, Healer
- **Personality:** Hotblooded, Arrogant, Rebellious
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Engages in:** Self-sacrifice
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)

### Amadeus
Amadeus is a mysterious figure who emerged to lead the proletariat in their fight for liberty. He is a leader, a big brother, and, above all, a savior. Under his leadership, the proletariat can finally rise. With his wisdom, the revolution is at hand. But if he is to save the people, he must first regain something that, unbeknownst to him, he has lost.

[spoiler]His true identity is Franz Byron, who grew up into a bitter and cynical revolutionary after the Maison de Bouvoire incident.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Red
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Clothes:** Hood, Cape
- **Personality:** Cynic, Smart, Vindictive
- **Engages in:** Planning, Murder, Rebellion
- **Subject of:** Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Role:** Revolutionary
- **Body:** Prosthesis

### Aretha Blyton
Beneath Aretha's bright and carefree personality lies an intelligent woman who will persevere through anything to achieve her goals. At once fun and dependable, she is the kind of ally that every hero and heroine need at their sides.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Ponytail
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Personality:** Carefree, Smart

### Gesang Alisjahbana
Even though he is not from Overture, Gesang chose to lend his power to the proletariat’s struggle against oppression. He hopes the revolution will eventually bring independence to his own homeland, an Overturian colony in the east—a far away land from which magic comes.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 

### Janis Woolf
Commander Woolf of the Overture police’s Dragoon unit is a mage with unparalleled magic power. She has been in countless battles, and lived through them. But she may soon discover that her strength alone isn't enough to protect the kingdom of Overture and the people who live within its walls.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** White, Long
- **Role:** Magician, Police
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Clothes:** Cape, Police Officer Uniform

### Alanis Blyton
Aretha’s mother, a psychiatrist.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Dr. Blyton
- **Hair:** Brown, Waist Length+, Wavy
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Choker
- **Role:** Psychiatrist

### Fyodor Hendrix
The leader of a group of proletariat vigilantes with a mission to fell the ruling monarchy.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 

### Joff Godwin
Lord Godwin is the founder of the largest magic machine manufacturer in Overture.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Lord Godwin
- **Traits:** 

### Johann Poe
Professor Poe is a famous professor of magical science.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Professor Poe
- **Role:** Scientist, University Teacher

### Jude
A worker who works with Elise at the factory.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130153330/http://kidalang.com/anoctavehigher/)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/352780/)

## Releases
### English
- **2015-03-27**: An Octave Higher - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130153330/http://kidalang.com/anoctavehigher/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/352780/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/352780/info/)
- **2015-04-30**: An Octave Higher - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130153330/http://kidalang.com/anoctavehigher/)
- **2015-05-08**: An Octave Higher - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130153330/http://kidalang.com/anoctavehigher/)

## Tags
Fantasy, Magic, Identity Crisis, ADV, Magic/ESP Combat, Comedy, Male Protagonist, Female Protagonist, Multiple Protagonists, One True End, No Sexual Content, Fictional World, Student Heroine, Mage Protagonist, Student Protagonist, Depression (obsolete), Flashback, Magic School, Musician Protagonist, Science Fantasy, Rebellion, Slums, Death of Protagonist, Unrequited Love, Philosophy, Strong Female Protagonist, Brothel, Bad True End, Multiple Endings, Protagonist with a Face, Side Portraits

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