This Is Where I Want To Die [Drama][NaNo 2013]

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This Is Where I Want To Die [Drama][NaNo 2013]

#1 Post by NoJoker »

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A very short kinetic novel about a dying person trying to remember what happened. This Is Where I Want To Die is a depressing story with an important message I want to put across.

Synopsis:
You wake up in a hospital bed but... not really.
Everything is blurry and you can't remember much. In order to find out what happened, you'll have to concentrate and relive memory fragments of your past.
Not everything is as it seems.

Characters:
Brad
  • Your boyfriend. You've been together for three years but lately he seems to have something on his mind. What might it be...?
Ann
  • She is your best friend. She has always been supportive of your love for Brad. But... could she be hiding something?
Features:
* Original Soundtrack (5 tracks)
* Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
* Custom screens

Credits:
Story & Characters - Marcel Weyers
Music - Marcel Weyers
Character art - http://www.all-silhouettes.com, edited by Marcel Weyers
Backgrounds - http://www.publicdomainpictures.net, edited by Marcel Weyers
Additional graphics - SD Designs
Sound effects - http://www.freesound.org
Proofreading - SimonLayton, Starwulfen, arachni42, Castielle
Android version - Bob Reus (Visualnovels.nl)
Engine - Ren'Py

German translation: Marcel Weyers
French translation: Kevin Cottenie
Spanish translation: Nessy Noinex
Dutch translation: Bob Reus (Visualnovels.nl)
Italian translation – Andrea Luciano ‘Lehti’ Damico (www.vaporidarsenico.blogspot.it)
Russian translation – RouzenaBophar

Specifications:
Title: This Is Where I Want To Die
Release: March 17, 2013
Genre: Short story, drama
Rated: 16+
Resolution: 1280×720
Platforms: Android, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Endings: 1
Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6O8Vc0XPYE

Screenshots:
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Downloads:
https://massimow.itch.io/this-is-where-i-want-to-die/

Version 1.5
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#2 Post by SimonLayton »

Awesome, it's released. :D Good luck with the game.
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#3 Post by NoJoker »

Thanks :)
I hope many people will take a few minutes to play it ^^
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#4 Post by Flowers from Nowhere »

Congratulations on finishing your game!


Edit after playing to avoid double posting:
I really liked the music. It was very understated which helped it blend into the background. Also, unlike most of the games I have downloaded from the Lemmasoft forums this one actually showed up as a program on my control panel instead of just a file folder with a game inside of it. Not sure what made the difference but I'm impressed.
My main beef with this game is that I like happy endings. :(
Other than that I thought the reveal was pretty abrupt. This is just me being picky though, I know it's a NaNoRenO.

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#5 Post by Cabriolean »

NoJoker wrote:
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A very short kinetic novel about a dying person trying to remember what happened. This Is Where I Want To Die is a depressing story with an important message I want to put across.

Synopsis:
You wake up in a hospital bed but... not really.
Everything is blurry and you can't remember much. In order to find out what happened, you'll have to concentrate and relive memory fragments of your past.
Not everything is as it seems.

Characters:
Brad
  • Your boyfriend. You've been together for three years but lately he seems to have something on his mind. What might it be...?
Ann
  • She is your best friend. She has always been supportive of your love for Brad. But... could she be hiding something?
Features:
* Original Soundtrack (5 tracks)
* English & German
* Custom screens

Credits:
Story & Characters - Marcel Weyers
Music - Marcel Weyers
Character art - http://www.all-silhouettes.com, edited by Marcel Weyers
Backgrounds - http://www.publicdomainpictures.net, edited by Marcel Weyers
Additional graphics - SD Designs
Sound effects - http://www.freesound.org
Proofreading - SimonLayton, Starwulfen, arachni42, Castielle
Engine - Ren'Py

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6O8Vc0XPYE

Screenshots:
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Downloads:
Windows Installer (~ 23 mb)
Windows Zip (~ 24 mb)
Mac OS (~ 22 mb)
Linux (~ 25 mb)
All (~ 36 mb)
Version 1.0
I thought that Brad and Ann were having an affair and that they conspired to kill the MC....until the very end, then I was kind of like 'oh'.

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#6 Post by ixWishing »

Ahhh. I kinda figured out the ending, as there were subtle hints that propped me into knowing who the MC was.
It was really good! I liked the message/lesson behind of it, I really do hope this KN is more supported!
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#7 Post by Sheridan »

The Linux version gives me an error when I try to run it:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

After initialization, but before game start.
IOError: Couldn't find file 'GUI/con.ico'.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "/home/amy/Games/Visual Novels/This Is Where I Want To Die-linux/renpy/bootstrap.py", line 254, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "/home/amy/Games/Visual Novels/This Is Where I Want To Die-linux/renpy/main.py", line 313, in main
renpy.display.core.Interface()
File "/home/amy/Games/Visual Novels/This Is Where I Want To Die-linux/renpy/display/core.py", line 1163, in __init__
self.set_mode()
File "/home/amy/Games/Visual Novels/This Is Where I Want To Die-linux/renpy/display/core.py", line 1381, in set_mode
if draw.set_mode(virtual_size, physical_size, fullscreen):
File "gldraw.pyx", line 176, in renpy.gl.gldraw.GLDraw.set_mode (gen/renpy.gl.gldraw.c:2202)
File "/home/amy/Games/Visual Novels/This Is Where I Want To Die-linux/renpy/display/core.py", line 1202, in post_init
self.set_icon()
File "/home/amy/Games/Visual Novels/This Is Where I Want To Die-linux/renpy/display/core.py", line 1222, in set_icon
renpy.loader.load(icon),
File "/home/amy/Games/Visual Novels/This Is Where I Want To Die-linux/renpy/loader.py", line 394, in load
raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'GUI/con.ico'.

Linux-3.2.0-38-generic-pae-i686-with-debian-wheezy-sid
Ren'Py 6.15.2.281
This Is Where I Want To Die 1.0

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#8 Post by NoJoker »

@Flowers from Nowhere
Thanks for the nice words. I'm glad you liked the music, I worked hard on it^^
I had some more scenes in mind but I didn't want to make it too long and I thought the change between the hospital scenes and the past would get annoying.

@Cabriolean
That was my intention! :D I wanted to set the players on the wrong track (hence the cover; if you look closely it seems as if they're holding hands)

@Sheridan
Sorry :/ I think I fixed the bug and I hope it works now. I uploaded new versions for every OS. I can't test the Linux version, though.
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#9 Post by Sheridan »

No problem. It works now; thanks!

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#10 Post by Kessie »

Congrats on completing NaNoReNo! :D

I downloaded and played it straight away and I admit this isn't what I expected, in a good way :D.
I knew the ending was going to be death right from the very start but the message surprised me ^-^
I also believe you executed your message well considering it's such a short story but I just kept wishing I could see faces. Silhouettes always tease my imagination of the characters xD.
Again, congrats!

I hope the message you are sending out reaches people :).
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#11 Post by NoJoker »

@Kessie
Sorry! I thought I replied already :O
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you liked it and I also hope I can reach many people :)


I uploaded version 1.1 which contains a full French translation by Kevin Cottenie and a full Spanish translation by Nessy Noinex! Thank you again! ^_^
Furthermore, I made some minor improvements to the game. If you're a translator and want to translate the game into another language, please contact me! :)
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#12 Post by DeeKay »

Oh, you already integrated it ? Neat !
Congrats on this updated version then ! :)
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#13 Post by NoJoker »

Version 1.2 includes a full Dutch translation by Visualnovels.nl :)

The game is now available in five different languages! Thanks to everyone who supported the game!
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#14 Post by silverpikachu99 »

I absolutely LOVED this game! It supports homosexuality- just like myself- and it makes me happy that i'm not the only one that thinks that all of us are equal. Listen to this song. I think it might be nice to listen to, since it has the same kinda message.

SO, overall I think your message got across- even though it was so short! It was just so cute ^^ Good job! I will definitely be stalking the next game you create :)
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#15 Post by Kirioko »

I played this without really any hints whatsoever (thank goodness I didn't read the comments).
I absolutely loved the subtle hints throughout the story, and the simple art style. It really makes one experience the hospital setting.
It was tragically short, but I enjoyed it completely.
There were some nice odd hints... the MC proposing seemed a bit odd at first, as well as the "Disgusting!" comment. Those were the tiny seeds of realization, though.

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