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Thanks to KotoriWorks for the trailer!
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Premise
Vengeful Heart is a retro futuristic cyberpunk visual novel. The story is set long after humanity has polluted this planet, groundwater is undrinkable and seeing a living plant is considered a luxury. Most people live in mega cities that rely on the labor of poor masses to sustain a modern standard of living for the few at the top. With most of the earth scorched, water is regarded as liquid gold and the control of it is the truest form of power. Forced to cope with a permanent water shortage, ordinary people persist and toil on the hope that if they work hard enough, they too can someday swim every morning in the refreshing pools of the Gardens.
We follow the story of Josephine Lace, a young hydraulic engineer eager to climb the corporate ladder and claim a spot at the top. Until the day when that promising future is ripped away from her, leaving her half-dead and homeless, she becomes hellbent on taking down the system that ruined her and left her without a heart. Along the way she meets a diverse group of people sympathetic to her cause, every one with secrets of their own. With their help, she seeks redemption, love and most of all vengeance.
Features of Vengeful Heart:
-Story rich in social commentary with both grim and humoristic undertones
-Synthwave soundtrack that makes you nostalgic for the time that never was
-Art reminiscent of PC-98 with a personal touch
-Two possible branches with wildly different outcomes
-Two love interests, one male one female
-About 150k words of thrilling story
Experience the retro futuristic world of Vengeful Heart and unleash your revenge with style in this tale of capitalism, companionship and cyberpunk!
We follow the story of Josephine Lace, a young hydraulic engineer eager to climb the corporate ladder and claim a spot at the top. Until the day when that promising future is ripped away from her, leaving her half-dead and homeless, she becomes hellbent on taking down the system that ruined her and left her without a heart. Along the way she meets a diverse group of people sympathetic to her cause, every one with secrets of their own. With their help, she seeks redemption, love and most of all vengeance.
Features of Vengeful Heart:
-Story rich in social commentary with both grim and humoristic undertones
-Synthwave soundtrack that makes you nostalgic for the time that never was
-Art reminiscent of PC-98 with a personal touch
-Two possible branches with wildly different outcomes
-Two love interests, one male one female
-About 150k words of thrilling story
Experience the retro futuristic world of Vengeful Heart and unleash your revenge with style in this tale of capitalism, companionship and cyberpunk!
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Characters
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Josephine Lace
A hydraulic engineer for Nepthys Incorporated.
She comes from a poor background, but managed to get educated because her parents took huge loans.
Now she is determined to make most of her parents sacrifice and rise to the top of the corporate ladder.
She comes from a poor background, but managed to get educated because her parents took huge loans.
Now she is determined to make most of her parents sacrifice and rise to the top of the corporate ladder.
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Sgt Rani Janis (Pursuable)
A war veteran with an impressive record of service in both state and private armies and security forces.
Initially she isn't really political but getting injured awakens her to fixing what's wrong with the world.
Seeing war and all its ugliness has left her nihilistic and distrusting of people.
Initially she isn't really political but getting injured awakens her to fixing what's wrong with the world.
Seeing war and all its ugliness has left her nihilistic and distrusting of people.
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Dr. Norbert Maturana (Pursuable)
A specialist in cybernetic organ replacement and works at the Jenner Private Hospital.
Abhors violence in all its forms.
His pacifism is what leads him to eventually abandon his lucrative job at the hospital when he realizes that he isn't saving anyone working for a privatized luxury hospital.
Abhors violence in all its forms.
His pacifism is what leads him to eventually abandon his lucrative job at the hospital when he realizes that he isn't saving anyone working for a privatized luxury hospital.
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Bob Larsen
A blue collar worker from the lower town.
He comes from a working class family and has 11 siblings, all of whom are also factory workers.
Bob has had to work from a very young age to help the family. Thus he never had the time to go to school.
He comes from a working class family and has 11 siblings, all of whom are also factory workers.
Bob has had to work from a very young age to help the family. Thus he never had the time to go to school.
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Amy Sierra
A student activist from the local university.
She is currently writing her masters in social studies and gender studies.
She is liberal minded and is active in youth organizations.
Her family is actually upper middle class and Jane is somewhat uncomfortable either working with her hands or meeting people who do.
She follows politics keenly and believes the best route to economic change being a broad change in legislation and culture.
She is currently writing her masters in social studies and gender studies.
She is liberal minded and is active in youth organizations.
Her family is actually upper middle class and Jane is somewhat uncomfortable either working with her hands or meeting people who do.
She follows politics keenly and believes the best route to economic change being a broad change in legislation and culture.
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Music
We have a composer doing amazing synthwave retroy music for us! Listen to it here!
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Background Art
Earlier I complained about not having skills needed to do good background art. To my joy we found an amazing artist, El Metallico, who's now doing some backgrounds for us! His Artstation is here!
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Screenshots
