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I'm working on another VN called 10 Miles Deep.

It's nothing like the first VN I made (which was a fan based one). This one is not light hearted at all, and it's an original brain baby.

If I were to give it a rating...16+. It contains disturbing imagery, suggestive elements such as dark/depressing/ super-natural themes, as well as psychological inputs <--what this means, I don't even know. Psychological for the Protagonist's wavering sanity.

The script, idea, and art (MS paint guys ^^; ) is mine



Character Synopsis:

SAHMI, the protagonist, is a troubled 15-year-old girl who is neglected by her father. She is left to her own devices all of the time, and with no one to tell her right from wrong, she doesn't keep up with school and is always fixing herself boxed dinners. Every now and then when Sahmi feels lonely, she'll go and visit her estranged cousin, Aireon, who is in the hospital.



AIREON is Sahmi's male cousin on her mom's side of the family. He is practically decaying from the inside and there is no stopping his deterioration. Even though he is suffering, he enjoys the company of Sahmi and tells her stories about his odd dreams. His dreams consist of impossibilities that he claims is tangible. Obsessed with these dreams, he is constantly trying to convince Sahmi to come with him, saying that if she does, she won't suffer from loneliness. Scared of her curiosity, Sahmi always refuses.

Story Synopsis:

One day after receiving a disturbing message from her father, Sahmi is put on edge and decides to run away from home, but before she leaves her town, she visits Aireon for the last time. In this last visitation, it is up to the reader to guide Sahmi through 1 of the 3 endings: 'Black Ending', 'Stuck Ending' or 'True Ending'. Advice in getting these endings? Play carefully, and by that, I mean to stick to one personality during the dream world menus!

Black Ending - This ending is a bit of a troll for readers, however, if one is looking for more information on what is plaguing Aireon's body, this is the ending to get. Downfall, besides lack of positiveness, is that Sahmi doesn't face her fears, Aireon's 'accident' stays a bit of a mystery, and the Red Soul never gets explained.

Stuck Ending - This ending is...well, it's a troll, but not as much as the Black Ending. If anything, this ending could be considered 'Safe' or in other words 'Neutral' (the bound to happen ending). If the reader is looking to understand Sahmi's curiosity about the Dream World as well as Aireon's 'accident', then this is the ending to get. And yes, it lacks positiveness, HOWEVER, there is more explaining about the Red Soul in this one.

True Ending - This ending is what does happen to Sahmi if you play correctly :]! And no it's not a 'happily ever after', but it's happy enough for this tale. In short, everything gets explained, Aireon's 'accident', Sahmi's curiosity, the Plague within Aireon, and the Red Soul. Another little hint is this: She escapes the Dream World.

Keep in mind as you play (rather-when-I release the demo): Aireon is not responsible for his actions, and the dream world he speaks of isn't as mythical as one would think.

End Synopsis

Anyway...that's all I have for now~and the script is about 60% done (meaning that soundtrack, sound audio, and text has been somewhat completed) Art is 15% (I had to start over because I decided not to use sprites and just use art images).

Anyhow~this was just an announcement on the happening of 10 Miles Deep ;]

Cover Art Time:


CG Art (not sprites):



For a gloomy girl, Sahmi has a very bright kitchen ...(I may have to de-saturate that in PS)

I'll add other screen shots and such later on in the week :], so this isn't all there is too it. I hope others are excited for this like I am to finish it! Later!

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This sounds absolutely amazing. You're art is amazing too, but the plot.. wow.
I wish you the best of luck!

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Ooh, interesting. I don't know if I've seen a single project on these forums that did something like this. May I ask how many pictures you estimate you'll be making?

I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this project; The plot looks like it's going to be right up my alley.

Nooo~now I'm blushing.

Yeah, the plot is heavy ^^;!

And thank you!

I can definitely say that the pictures will go beyond 20. The reason why I stopped doing the sprites was because Aireon can't stand since he's hospitalized. Another character that plays a roll in Sahmi's sanity is her father, yet, he is never shown. Sahmi is the main character, so you see things through her eyes as she walks you through her tale, but in the CG's, you see Sahmi in the game art. So sprites weren't really an option for this closed in VN.

I'm glad you're into stuff like this. I hope it lives up to your expectations when it's done~

Thanks you for your interest ^^!

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Thank you ;u;~~(that's only because you're seen 2 works, the rest aren't so nice )

I see what you mean :], but because Sahmi and Aireon are the main characters readers will be seeing, I didn't think I needed sprites (I had them at first for Sahmi (the sprite you see on this forum was one of the many I did for her), but drawing Aireon as a sprite kept messing with my mind. I was like, "Will readers think he's standing?" but~I may make him a sprite for the sake of this forum so that people know what Aireon looks like.

Your suggestion is smart, but I think I'll stick to what I've concocted :] (thanks though)!

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Oohh!

This is really a catching plot!

Good luck to making this happen.
How long is story?

Aww~I see :].

Really? That's cool :]! Do you mean R instead of S? Hahah~yeah, she does sound asian, probably is asian, but I wouldn't know, I guess drawing anime makes characters asian automatically. Yeah, Aireon is a word I made up (which sounds very made up), but he too, is probably asian, because, even though I haven't drawn him yet, will probably look like Sahmi. LOL

(Thank You :] To make the VN seem darker, I wanted black shading *U*!)

Awww~I hope so~(it's kinda slow in the beginning)

Thank you~

Mmm, I'm not sure (Renpy only counts words and such, so I'll just paste the stats from the demo:

The game contains 316 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 2,507 words,
for an average of 7.9 words per screen.
The game contains 1 menus. <---In the Demo, you don't get to the part with all the important choice making.

So maybe....10 minutes? 15 minutes? Depends on how slow you are as a reader :] (but I hope the wordiness doesn't scare you away)

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Okay

Cool (Latin~)

The black shading makes it look old ? That wouldn't be a bad thing if it comes off that way.

Very interesting. I'll be looking forward to the completed game . As for the art, it looks very good. Mind if I ask why you chose MSPaint to do the artwork?

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