For the Love of Tea (Short, Sweet, Otome, Free)

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For the Love of Tea (Short, Sweet, Otome, Free)

#1 Post by FrozenApple66 »

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I'll be the first to admit, I wanted to use this idea for NaNoReNo, but, since I'm going to re-open Lunescara during Spring Quarter, I want to use Winter Quarter for this project. It will be way easier to manage on my own. And, it's probably smarter to do a small project first to just get my name out there. Now that this ramble is over... you want to know about the story don't you?
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In a tiny, hum-drum town in the United States, this community looks forward to one special Winter celebration: the Snowdrop Festival. The community and tourristy newcomers gather for a night of celebration. However, Emily Laine is not thinking about a night of fun and fancy... The holidays have soured for her because of a recent break up with her two-year boyfriend. To nurse her sorrows she's drifted to the new café in town: For the Love of Tea. While inside, sipping her favorite cup she meets a strange young man... who might just be able to lift her spirits.
Game Features:
* A quiz based intro: a fun little quiz that sets you up with one of the tea boys, skippable after one route is played through
* Event planner with morning, afternoon, and evening features in order to build stats
* Choices to boost relationship points effect endings and future events
* A mini dress up game
Characters:
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Emily Laine - The protagonist of the game. She just ended a two year relationship and is looking for something new. Or at the least a distraction for the holidays and a quick date for the Snowdrop Festival.

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Mint - A calm, collected, seemingly cold young man. He loves to learn new things and often flaunts his new knowledge at any possible excuse.
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Strawberry - An energetic young man with an even faster mouth. He'll try anything once, even if he ends up hating the experience.
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Lavender - A romantic at heart, he often puts others needs before his own and does his best to make everyone feel welcome around him.
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Earl Grey - A very cautious individual who takes a lot of coaxing to come out of his shell.
Progress:
*Outline - 75% Complete (Scene 1-4 outlined, daily events planned, route specific events incomplete)
*Writing - 10% Complete (Scene 1 Finished)
*Character Art - 75% Complete (2 sprites left)
*Background Art - 0%
*Event CG Art - 0%
*GUI Art - 0% (Trade for work with projectotome)
*Coding - 5% (Scene 1 Coded)

Game Statistics:
The game contains 115 dialogue blocks, containing 768 words and 3,916
characters, for an average of 6.7 words and 34 characters per block.

The game contains 7 menus, 0 images, and 13 screens.
MORE TO COME! In the meantime... tell me what you think?
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There's not much info yet, but so far it sounds adorable. And I don't even like tea. I love the idea of the quiz at the beginning.
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CSV wrote:There's not much info yet, but so far it sounds adorable. And I don't even like tea. I love the idea of the quiz at the beginning.
Thanks so much! I'm glad you're looking forward to it and I'm looking forward to putting more out :D

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This will be set aside for updates:
-12/02/15- Lavender's sprite added and game progress blurb added
-12/03/15- Emily's sprite added
-12/04/15- Stats added, logo added, and progress updated
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#5 Post by heartfragment »

This sounds like its going to be really cute! I saw a few posts about it on tumblr and reblogged them to my otome blog, actually. I'll be following the progress for the game, both over there and on here! :D
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#6 Post by projectotome »

This seems super cute! If you need help with logo design or UIs, hit me up! I'll gladly help out <3

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heartfragment wrote:This sounds like its going to be really cute! I saw a few posts about it on tumblr and reblogged them to my otome blog, actually. I'll be following the progress for the game, both over there and on here! :D
Thanks so much! I think I've followed you back~ I hope. :)

I'll do my best not to disappoint and be sure to keep people updated.

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projectotome wrote:This seems super cute! If you need help with logo design or UIs, hit me up! I'll gladly help out <3
I've sent you a PM.

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Earl Grey's sprite complete and promo art is up!

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Oooh, Earl Grey looks cute! I think Strawberry and Lavender have caught my eye the most so far.
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heartfragment wrote:Oooh, Earl Grey looks cute! I think Strawberry and Lavender have caught my eye the most so far.
Awe, you think so? Thanks! Everyone was a lot of fun to draw... My personal favorite is Lavender's hair

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#12 Post by Lesleigh63 »

Very cute.
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Lesleigh63 wrote:Very cute.
^w^ Thank you!

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