(GxB) Aurora Spirit - Demo Very Outdated
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:37 am
I decided to make my first Visual Novel along with PrettieAngel, another user. Hope it generates some interest. The story isn't going to be heavily romance-orientated and some paths might even be a bit lacking in that department.
Game Info:
Description: The player takes the role of the heroine (player named else Mary-Sue), who is currently attending an academy which trains students to become protectors of 'The Bridge to the Sky'. (A sort of altar dedicated to the resurrection of a mythical goddess who is said to bring prosperity back to the lands.) The game starts at the end of one school semester, but being unable to return home, must remain at school with the several other students staying. As she prepares to spend her break at school, she discovers a strange sphere in her room. It later disappears triggering the academy staff's eventual pursuit of her. In order to bring the goddess back, a female possessing a portion of the goddess' power must be sacrificed as a host body for the goddess' return, the role given to the heroine. Yet all is not as it appears and there is an unexpected truth behind everything. The player guides the heroine in trying to escape sacrifice in this short VN, while doing what she can to uncover the secrets of the past.
World: The alternate world of Evidia had for a long time existed in harmony. All things lived a life of peace and simplicity with few questions. It was unknown how the name Evidia came to be, but it had always been for all of time. There was never a need for distant travelling or complex social systems and humans remained small in number, existing only as small colonies scattered across the land. Yet this could not last forever and after an indefinite length of time, the human population grew immensely, as did their influence over their surroundings. Now, with little structure to the way they live their lives, the world lies without order. The lack of safety and security casts a shadow of despair over almost everything. The fear of the unknown and ultimately, death, brings about chaos and continues to force other species into a struggle to survive. For those fortunate enough to be blessed with magic, becoming a 'Guardian', a protector of 'The Bridge to the Sky', offers an escape from this.
Title Screen: Here
Screenshot 1: Here
Screenshot 2: Here
Main Characters
Player's Character:
(A concept picture, as she has no in game sprite.)
- Human.
- Female.
- Academy Student.
- A student of average ability and appearance, she's mostly level-headed and tends to think of the present more than anything else. (Personality differs somewhat between paths.)
When the unexpected claim is made that she is a possessor of the Goddess' power, an Aurora Spirit, and her life is potentially at risk, she is faced with the a decision: To escape, leaving behind the life she's known until now, or remain and try her best in light of her fate.
Physical Age: 16
Carmine:
- Human.
- Male.
- Academy student.
- A kind and polite boy who enjoys music. He decided to enter Guardian training in the hopes of being able to someday protect the peace and help end the suffering of people, especially in the poorer regions and those who cannot help themselves.
Physical Age: 16
Fionn:
- Human.
- Male.
- Academy student.
- Quiet and somewhat cold, enjoys painting and visual art, while seeming to have a total lack of interest in learning the skills involved in becoming a Guardian. There seems to be a girl that's been hanging around him recently, however.
Physical Age: 19
Marcel:
- Dragon (in humanoid form).
- Male.
- Not a student.
- Youthful and jovial, he enjoys playing and shirking his duties, especially being physically active. Because being a dragon grants him the gift of long life, he is in reality a fair bit older than he appears yet still behaves relatively immaturely.
Physical Age: 15
Rochelle:
- Human.
- Female.
- The heroine's room mate and friend.
- A generally nice girl who is calm but a little reserved. Although she's currently the closest one to the heroine, not an awful lot is known about her and there still exists a noticeable gap between the two. Outside class, they don't usually spend a lot of time together.
Physical Age: 16
Thanos:
- Vampire.
- Male.
- Not a student.
- He appears to be a foreigner and very different to the others living in the land. Quite indifferent though seems to care about the heroine. It is unknown why he is visiting the academy, and he does not appear to have a set purpose.
Physical Age: 24
Theron:
- Demon.
- Male.
- Academy student.
- Hot headed and somewhat loud, he for some reason is often found doing nothing, with seemingly little interest in things. He likes getting his way and won't hesitate to say things.
Physical Age: 18
Completion
Backgrounds: 20%
CGs: 5%
Music: 20%
Script: 20%
Sprites: 100%
Story: 100%
Demo v0.8 notes: (This Demo is now extremely outdated and therefore not fully representative of how the finished game will be.)
- No CGs yet.
- Three backgrounds are not done. (There are three stand in BGs.)
- Not all gallery images are unlock able, most because they don't exist at this time, however, there is an issue with an intro image. The issue is now fixed, but not included the release.
- 10-15 minutes roughly, game-play per path.
Any comments on this v0.8 are welcome and appreciated. Thanks.