[KN] Darker than You Know

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[KN] Darker than You Know

#1 Post by Morhighan » Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:45 pm

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The game contains 1559 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 38007 words,
for an average of 24.4 words per screen.
Darker I–Overall 45%
Script 75%
Sprites 0%
BG 25%
Music 0%
Programming 45%
CGs 0%

Authors: Disenchanted, Morhighan
Editor/Scripter: After All
Artist: After All
Music: jormugand
Beta Readers: carosene, takashi-yomi
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Subtitle: The Bloodstone Arc*

The co-authors and I update using this blog: http://darkerthanyouknow.wordpress.com/

The Rating: This is a mature, dark read. I would prefer it if you were mature to read it. Violence, death, gore, sexuality, and language is all involved. To the extremes, I might add. Some of them overlap, as well.

The setting: Set in modern times in a nameless town, possibly an alternate universe from our own. As it so turns out, we have been living side by side with demons, angels, lycanthropes, vampires, hybrids, and other such creatures. They have come out of the closet, so to say, and their integration into society is harsh.*

Plot: In this Arc* we follow a young vampire, Richie, as he comes to age. Sheltered from the outside world, he takes the opportunity to leave once his Sire is away on business. Alone and hungry, he stumbles upon a shop near his house. It is there that he meets a half demon, who feeds him. At the shop, he witnesses fascinating events and people. A werewolf and a human make their way through the shop that evening. Richie learns that he has to control his feeding impulses the hard way. Every night he returns to the shop, curious about his true nature. More curious is the half demon he finds himself falling for. However--he loves his Sire, Dimitri. How can he love two people without betraying them both? Conflicted by his sexuality and his Sire's return, he continues to visit the shop to find answers, rebelling from Dimitri.
Dimitri's cruel but loving nature forces Richie to remain with him. In their time together after Dimitri's return, they fall under attack by a werewolf, meet a distant cousin, and bring another into their family. Their happy times are interrupted by the appearance of a man calling himself Dimitri's sire.
All the while, Richie declares his love for the half demon. Soon after, he realizes that he cannot stay with her forever.
He has to make a choice between family obligation and love.
Which will he choose?

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Feedback is much appreciated! Thank you for reading.

*There may be more than one volume, each following a different species and character.


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Re: Darker than You Know (BxB, BxG)

#2 Post by Aleema » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:08 pm

Wow. I really like the premise. And you seem to really know how the story is going to pan out (which is really crucial thing at this point).
But please, yes, focus on the writing. Once you get your story written, people will probably offer to collaborate with you, since finding completed work is so hard. Also, you can submit your story to beastiewolf's VN contest for your art/game-making needs.

I'm looking forward to the progress on this game! ;)

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Re: Darker than You Know (BxB, BxG)

#3 Post by Morhighan » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:34 pm

Thank you very much! Yes, we've written most of it already, I just need to make sure to insert the character development chapters that we have planned. There is actually a lot more involved in the story, but I didn't want to spoil it quite yet.
Thank you for pointing me towards the contest, I'm sure I can make use of that.
I am too, thank you!

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Re: Darker than You Know (BxB, BxG)

#4 Post by Morhighan » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:43 pm

Forgive the double post, but it would appear that due to unforeseen changes in the story, this will have to be moved to the hentai section. Thank you. o_O;

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Re: Darker than You Know (BxB, BxG)

#5 Post by Aleema » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:48 pm

Morhighan wrote:Forgive the double post, but it would appear that due to unforeseen changes in the story, this will have to be moved to the hentai section. Thank you. o_O;
AWESOME. SEE YOU THERE.

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#6 Post by Morhighan » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:43 am

See you there! ^_^

I'll keep this here, since I would like to do a double release of the story. Anyone still interested?

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Re: Darker than You Know (BxBxG)

#7 Post by Morhighan » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:07 am

Forgive the double post. I have updated the blog information and have also added some images.

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Re: Darker than You Know (BxBxG)

#8 Post by Disenchanted » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:52 pm

The game contains 901 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 22401 words,
for an average of 24.9 words per screen.

—Intro – 100%

Business – 100%

Remains of the Day – 100%

Business 2 – 100%

—Richie’s Thoughts- 100%

Shopping for the Supernatural-100%

Stalker -100%

Running Wild-100%

Hope you don’t mind – 100%

Homecoming 30%

Poison – 75%

Prowling grounds – 20%

—Epilogue-0%

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Re: Darker than You Know (BxBxG)

#9 Post by Morhighan » Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:15 pm

The game contains 1172 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 28793 words,
for an average of 24.6 words per screen.

Two more Chapters to go! o_o

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Re: Darker than You Know (BxB, BxG)

#10 Post by Disenchanted » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:11 pm

The game contains 1270 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 31048 words,
for an average of 24.4 words per screen.

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#11 Post by Morhighan » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:22 pm

The game contains 1559 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 38007 words,
for an average of 24.4 words per screen.

Almost done! We just need to move on to the art + backgrounds + music phase.

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Re: [KN] Darker than You Know--Now with Character Art!

#12 Post by Morhighan » Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:25 am

Our lovely artist MangakaLuna has just finished the first sprite! :D Go praise her or I'll sick a vampire on you.

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Re: [KN] Darker than You Know--Now with Character Art!

#13 Post by machinist » Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:22 am

cool you got an artist to help out :D

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Re: [KN] Darker than You Know--Now with Character Art!

#14 Post by carosene » Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:45 am

[I could've sworn I posted on this. o.o That's so weird.]

Hurray for art! XD Dimitri is adorable! MangakaLuna, I officially praise your awesomeness.
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Re: [KN] Darker than You Know--Now with Character Art!

#15 Post by aya001 » Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:10 am

It's looks good, I'll be waiting to test it ^^
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