Now out on
ITCHIO
Official Website
1st Anniversary Celebration
—Despite all the singing around her, her world was soundless.
A small village cut off from the rest of the world, Phada, spends its days slowly, idling away time by speaking with one another, eating with one another, and dedicating all their attention to studying scripture. With a population of only 145, the governing body of the town is the Group, the name of the miniscule clergy that inhabits the church at the top of the hill. They worship a protective God comprised of two halves: the "Barrier" defensive energy and the "Expulsive" offensive energy.
In a town where all you can do is socialize, young Mercy is denied this. Since birth, she has seen the unseen, and was taken in by the Group after losing her parents. Upon turning 10 her vision seemingly became corrupt, causing panic among the villagers. It was decided by the Head Priest and the Holy Woman that the only way to deal with this curse is to aggressively apply the "antibiotics."
In other words, isolate Mercy until she stops seeing things.
Now an empty shell of who she once was, 15 year old Mercy attends school and is constantly bullied by her classmates, some truly afraid of her, but most seeing her as an easy target. The sudden death of the 25th Holy Woman startles the village, causing many to believe Mercy's curse is spreading and for her abuse to become more aggressive. Then, one day, the Head Priest reveals God has given them two young Holy Women rather than one.
When classes end the next day, one calls out to Mercy.
"I can see it, too."
soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA - is the debut game for MILK+, a new visual novel studio. We've been working on this visual novel for a year now, and after two delays it's finally been completed. More information about the game is available on the official website linked at the top.
Directed by
Papaira
Scenario
Papaira Again
Artwork (Sprites, CG)
Also Papaira
Programming
The Last Papaira
Backgrounds
COCOON (八色いんこ) + NEO HIMEISM for GAME + BEIZ Graphics + Ayaemo Research Institute + THoE (The Heart of Eternity) + Wikimedia Commons (Joe Mabel)
Sound & Music
Cnoc + Ramine + Abstract Hope + Mama Lisa's World + Taira Komori + Minpoke + THE MATCH-MAKERS + Vita-Chi + Freesound + Freesfx.co.uk
- Kinetic, NVL
- 640x480, retro look & feel (as if it were an early 2000s JVN)
- Full-color CGs
- Short length (3-4 hours, 43k words)
- No ero
WARNING
This game is not suited for
! Those who react poorly to depictions of extreme bullying and abuse
! Those with criminal or narcissistic inclinations
! Those who demonize, idolize, fetishize, or otherwise strip the humanity of minority groups
! Those who soothe themselves with perfectly happy or perfectly unhappy stories
! Those who try and resist the electromagnetic radiation poisoning
! Those with a screen resolution so large the game window is the size of an ant