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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:10 am 
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CANCELLED
The development of this game has stopped for sure this time.

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Uploaded five character images.
Improved the synopsis as the previous one was written on a rush.
More detailed information regarding the game's current status.

About Megami Ibunkitan

If you'd like to read a detailed description of what Megami Ibunkitan is, visit my blog at http://blackcatalleyway.wordpress.com/

Megami Ibunkitan, Dark Pleasures

“There is no bigger shadow, than that of mankind.”

Dark Pleasures is a story about a young man named Amano Ryousuke who moves out with his family to Asuka City, core of the Asuka region.
Due to his parents job, he has been moving out every year since he was a child, thus forcing him to make a new life from scratch over and over again. Now a teenage boy, he has learned how to deal with that situation, no matter how much he actually hates it.
For the first time he arrives to a new town on May, meaning the school year has already began. This is not a situation he cares about, as it is not much more different to what he has lived in the past.
He starts attending classes in Goraikou High School, a private school labeled as one of the best of the country. He soon gets amused with how big the school is, as no other school he visited before is a fair match to it.
Being a transfer student, Ryousuke quickly draws his partners attention. However, he soon notices there is a tall black haired girl no one talks to. He gets initially curios about her, but soon his attention gets turned to an odd advice his classmates gives to him "Don't go out at night".

As a very rational person, Ryousuke realizes his partners warnings are due to the many serial killers roaming the town. As he is a fan of detective novels, he feels somewhat excited to the idea of solving a mystery of such nature. Still, he is smart enough to know how silly would be to play detective on such a serious matter. He dismisses the thought, and instead attempts to focus on having a normal student's life.
However, he soon finds out that some mysteries are not impossible to solve, as his path becomes intertwined with that of the black haired girl...

Being split into three different arcs, Dark Pleasures will put the player into the role of Ryousuke Amano, a teenage boy very smart for his age with an innate talent to solve mysteries. Every arc will cover a different side of the story, going back and forward between High School life and detective/mystery situations.
Follow Ryousuke through his journey, as he faces the town’s shadow as well as that of mankind.



Characters (Some of them)

Amano Ryousuke

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Age = 15
Height = 175cm
The game protagonist. He always have a "whatever" look on his face. He is very tall for his age, an aspect that makes him
stand out. He is also very smart, to the point that he could assist college if allowed to. He tends to address to people
by their given name instead of their family name, and even do so without honorifics. Has a fancy for detective novels and
is very interested in it as a possible job in his future life.

Amano Yuki

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Age = 5
Height = 112cm
Ryousuke's younger sister. She is very cheerful with her family, but is wary of strangers and won't hesitate in using her
sharp tongue against them. Like Ryousuke she very tall for her age. She is ridiculously smart, far surpassing her brother
when he was her age. She dislikes music, and has a liking for stuffed cats.

Maki Soujiro

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Age = 15
Height = 170cm
A friendly guy who quickly makes friendship with Ryousuke. He has lots of acquaintances not only in class but around school as well. He play games a lot, and uses to talk about sex whenever given the chance. While not labeled as a pervert nor a games addict, Soujiro is a peculiar person to deal with as Ryousuke soon finds out.

Tachibana Hitomi

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Age = 15
Height = 161cm
The class representative. She is from one of the two aristocratic families in town. She is very bossy and is both respected and feared around school.
She is initially nice with Ryousuke due to him being new in town.
She seems to know more about town to what she says, although she won’t hesitate in answering whenever asked.

Kurosawa Mikami

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Age = 15
Height 170cm
The dark haired girl no one talks with. She has long black hair and pale blue eyes. Her appearance makes her stand out
wherever she goes. She has some mysterious air around herself.

Setting

Asuka City

Capital of the Asuka region, a common area in many Megami Ibunkitan stories. It is an extremely occidental town, a quality
Ryousuke finds attractive. It is also a very cold region, and winters tends to last one or two months longer.
One of the main buildings of Red Wings (A top rank corporation in technology development) is located there, thus making it a very important location in the country.
Five years prior the events of Dark Pleasures, the town suffered a wave of crime without precedents. During the course of
the story, Ryousuke will be given many details of what happened back then.

The purpose of this story

The purpose of Dark Pleasures is to show the player the "normal side" of the Megami Ibunkitan universe. By doing so, I'll be
able introduce it's many elements little by little as the series progress.

Current Status

Game Interface:

Title screen NONE
Options menu DONE
Load menu DONE
Save menu DONE
Text window DONE
Quick menu DONE

Character art: 5/15 (There is a total of 32 characters, of which 15 are mandatory in order to start and finish Chapter 1)

Background art: 0/14 (14 required for Chapter 1)

Music: 0/12

Story: DONE


I hope you like my project (As I'm putting a lot of effort on it), and your opinion about it is more than welcome.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:51 am 
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Sounds interesting. I’ll be keeping an eye on it~ C:

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:01 pm 
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Sounds indeed interesting, even though it kind of reminds me of the manga "Another" (moving to new school, mass murder, a girl no one talks to).
But I'm curious about how the story will go on and what is actually happening.

Just one question though:
Why is every character bigger then usual but only the first two are called exceptionally big? :'D

But the art looks clear and good (not too overloaded with details, yet made with love) and I'm curious about how the menu and backgrounds will look like :)

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:49 pm 
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One of the most "WTF?" moment i got in my life was indeed as I started watching "Another" as "Dark Pleasures" had some similarities
with it.

1) Arriving to new town during May.
2) Black haired girl no one talks to (And even sits in the same place as Misaki).
3) Death as prime subject.
4) Hitomi somewhat looks like Akasawa (Anime version).

Trust me, if it weren't for the fact that both stories are totally different I would be rewritten the whole thing right now.

I made Mikami first than Ryousuke (Back when I was starting the story) and for some reason I ended up making her a tall girl.
In order to pair with her, I did Ryousuke tall as well even though I had no significant reason to do so.

Well... I maybe did the mistake to put some characters that are taller than the average. Soujiro is quite tall while Hitomi is slightly
taller than the average so I'll put the height of other students of the class.

Males:

Amano Ryousuke = 175cm
Kiritsuki Yoichi = 172cm
Maki Soujiro = 170cm
Norita Kite = 165cm
Masaki Kyousuke = 162cm

Females:

Kurosawa Mikami = 170cm
Tachibana Hitomi = 161cm
Akasaka Ruka = 158cm
Satomiya Hikaru = 156cm
Kimihiro Azumi = 152cm

I'm aware that Ryousuke doesn't stand out that much if compared with Soujiro, but Mikami is much taller than the other girls in class.

I'm glad you liked my art. I avoided complex lines I don't master and tried to simplify it as much as I could while still sustaining some
degree of quality.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:33 pm 
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I find it curious that your artstyle seems very Takashi Takeuchi-inspired. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It simply catched my attention.

Speaking about eyecatch -- the character heights surely felt a bit odd because they're almost all higher than I'd expect from an average Japanese person. What a coincidence to find a whole class full of tall people :'D

But yeah, I'll be looking forward to this. You seem to have put a lot of effort into it and I'm a fan of mysteries (even though this seems to be more of a paranormal mystery).
May I just ask what you're planning for backgrounds?

I also like the idea of a shared universe. That's always a gripping thing.

Good luck with this, I'll be keeping an eye on it.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:42 pm 
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@FragmentedBergyo:

Wow, I really didn't expected any comment on Dark Pleasures by this moment.
I haven't updated this thread in a while, mainly because the project is on hiatus.

I'm currently working on another MI episode, and if things go right, it should be completed by the end of August.
I'll make a WiP thread for it as soon as it reaches a decent progress.

Em... Backgrounds are my living hell, but I plan to practice them as soon as I can get my hands in the matter. (Hopefully, Samu-kun's
photographs will lead me to some progress)

Oh, the heights... Yes, the heights don't really match those of Japanese students. I probably made a misconception at the time
of making some of the characters. In fact, is like all the "Tall guys" are on that classroom, as the other appearing characters from
different classes and year have an average height.

A reason that probably affected the height of the characters, is probably the fact that a vast amount of people in Asuka City has mixed European/American/Russian
blood in them. Hitomi, Ruka, Mikami and Norita have this in common, though I have no idea why I made Soujiro and Yoichi as tall as
they are.

You must have some sort Mystic Eye to perceive such thing from my drawing. Yes, I did tried to draw Takeuchi style
(Tsukihime/Fate style to be more exact). My talent, however is not up to such task.
I Stopped trying so quite some time ago, but I find it really funny that my current style has some reminiscences of my previous attempts.
There are however many things I do not like about Takeuchi's style, and I haven't used any image from Type Moon as reference in
a long time by now.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:04 am 
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Oh, it's currently on hiatus? Well, in that case, good luck with the other project then.
I still hope to see this finished :'D
The reason why the art reminded me so muh of Takeuchi wasn't actually the fact that the style is similar. It's more like the design aesthetics are similar (if that makes any sense).

I forgot to ask, but is the game in ADV or NVL mode?


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:00 pm 
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@FragmentedBergyo:

Yeah, unfortunately, the game is on hiatus. This is because I suddenly found myself leading a short project.
I should be able to resume my work with Dark Pleasures on September.

I plan it to be in ADV mode, but as soon as I start writing the script it shouldn't be rare if I decide to try NVL.
It is very unlikely that I'll combine both styles in the game, so ADV is my default choice in the time being.

Thanks for showing your interest in the project :3
I'll do my best to finish it as soon as possible.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:00 pm 
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so when are you going to post info about this new project :3 ?

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:31 am 
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It's still too early to make a thread for it as there were some em...complications in the development.
It's an horror themed VN(though I'm still not sure to call it like that) and even though is short, it seems like it's gonna drain my life out.
Actually, there is an eh... "WiP" thread about it, but on a forum of my native language. Since the game it's being developed in another language,
I feel hesitant to make a WiP thread here on Lemma.

I'll still make one as soon as we reach further progress. I'm making the alpha version right now, which is only text and music.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:55 am 
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ah, ok then. Good luck and hope you can solve the complications ^^

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This game is officially cancelled. I'm writing a Light Novel instead, so the story will still get done.
I'll open a thread about it as soon as I publish it, and as long as the mods allow me to do so.

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