Death Rule: The First Rule [WIP][Update 11/5 w/Guide!]

[HigurashiKira]

Aliens do not play a part in this. So no sci-fi weapons of mass destruction.

The planet is called Centarus IV after the Alpha Centari system which is where the planet is located.

They are still considered humans due to the fact that the native of the planet are "close cousins" of the human race (Funny since now 90% of the planet's population are hybrids between Earth Humans and Centarian Humans). However there are some diffrences ebtween them but none of these diffrences will make an apperance here. Wait for the game that comesa after this one to see what I mean.

You know, now I have the urge to write up a brochure of the planet....

[Mamihlapinatapai]

Brochure for tourists?

Come to our planet. We love to play games... muahahahaha

P.S. Free souvenir bracelets

- the Committee

[HigurashiKira]

Demo 0.001a Released. Tell me what you think guys!

[Kimiko]

I just played the demo and I'm really impressed! The story is really gripping... I can't wait to play the full game!
And I just love the music... but I think it causes the file to be so big! >3<

Well... I was wondering... Do they have to accomplish only one task? 'Cause if Tina and Rebecca accomplish theirs, there would be 2 'winners'. Or even 3, if Hector survives and gets their braces, right? "And they all lived happily ever after" XD That just doesn't seem right... Actually, I just want to see more innocent killing, yay! XD

Aand~ another question... is this a Kinetic Novel? Apparently it is, since it's written in third person and there aren't any choices D:

Well... I hope you'll find a great artist soon! Your game deserves one!

[HigurashiKira]

I just played the demo and I'm really impressed! The story is really gripping... I can't wait to play the full game!
And I just love the music... but I think it causes the file to be so big! >3<

Well... I was wondering... Do they have to accomplish only one task? 'Cause if Tina and Rebecca accomplish theirs, there would be 2 'winners'. Or even 3, if Hector survives and gets their braces, right? "And they all lived happily ever after" XD That just doesn't seem right... Actually, I just want to see more innocent killing, yay! XD

Aand~ another question... is this a Kinetic Novel? Apparently it is, since it's written in third person and there aren't any choices D:

Well... I hope you'll find a great artist soon! Your game deserves one!

Thanks =D
I've been trying to find a way to reduce the file size, got any tips ;__;

If you saw when Mary appeared, she activated 4 units, these are in charge of making sure that only 1 person can survive, however that dosen't mean that they'll stop when there's only 1 left.

It's not a kinetic novel, there will be choices later on during Days 2 and 3. Those choices will affect which way the story leans to, and even the endings that you get.

I got in touch with an artist, they're still deciding on weather to join or not. Should get feedback soon.

[Kimiko]

Ah, I see... ^^

I think the music takes up the most space...
Maybe you could compress the songs to a sampling frequency of 40-45 khz… or cut them into parts and loop it (since you usually don’t listen to the full song).

If you're hardcore enough to use JCC, you can cut a lot out of the common directory. For example, you can cut out the themes you aren't using, the .rpy files, 00developer.rpym, the layouts you're not using, and so on.

[Mamihlapinatapai]

I practically wrote a book on how I felt about this demo but the forum logged me out when I went to post it so I lost the whole thing. -_-;

[HigurashiKira]

0.001b has been uploaded (And now with a saner file size!)

Please give some feedback!

[Josefus]

Hi HigurashiKira,
There is an old German saying .... What you do not, is doing this to yourself, do not to another.
I miss your amendment to the copyright in reference to other sources.
The figures are surely not from you. Or?
The demo like that. Yeah ... very good.
It is a small difference, to do everything myself as somewhere else to inherit.
This also affects the music.
I also make my own music. So if they did, because even ..
In other forums you were now out.

[HigurashiKira]

Thanks for your feedback, nice to see that.

Yes, I do credit the people who's art and music I'm using. It's in the ReadMe File that came with the game. Thank you for worrying, but all the resources that I use are under the Creative Commons License, which allow me to use the items so long as I credit them.

[Josefus]

Hallo HigurashiKira,

Thank you for the message. Do not be angry. I thought that this is all about you.
Now is still the only choice the story.
I also like to wait on the game. There is something different than just tell a story.
Yes I like the game.

Very respectfully,

Josefus

[HigurashiKira]

Demo 0.002a released, it fixes a few things from 1b and adds a real ending this time!

Please leave any comments that you may have.

[Lumen_Astrum]

The summary shouts of "Hunger Games"! Especially the "Let the Games begin" line!

Looks good, and good luck
But really, get a sprite artist.
I've seen the art like in a lot of VNs around here, and it won't give your game it's uniqueness.

[HigurashiKira]

The summary shouts of "Hunger Games"! Especially the "Let the Games begin" line!

Looks good, and good luck
But really, get a sprite artist.
I've seen the art like in a lot of VNs around here, and it won't give your game it's uniqueness.

Oh, did I mention how many ideas I stole borrowed from the "Hunger Games"? Because it's quite a bit.

Yeah, I've been looking for one, I've asked a couple of artists already. Got feedback from one and waiting for feedback from the other.

[lilyalex]

This demo gave me enough goosebumps already