Asher [Suspense/Supernatural]

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Asher [Suspense/Supernatural]

#1 Post by ketskari » Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:37 pm

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Most of this VN is in black and white, but here's one of the few color scenes.
Screenshots: Main menu, settings, background with character,
another screenshot, Library

Asher
Art, Writing & Coding: ketskari
Music: ProjectTrinity

In total there are twenty backgrounds, seven speaking characters, and two CG's. Although that might change a little.

Plot
You play as Tetriin, a librarian's assistant and a student living in the Prohibition-era city-state of Asher. Although Tetriin's brother is very likely bootlegging to pay for law school, that turns out to be the least of her worries, as a family knack for "seeing" allows her to help a woman to find a book hidden in her very own library. Tetriin believes that the incident is isolated, until two people who might be demon slayers or might just be opportunistic treasure hunters recruit an unwilling Tetriin on a trip into the ruins of the old palace in search of the riches of the undying Empress. Tetriin wants very much to get back to her ordinary way of life, although most of all she wants to go back to a way of life that doesn't involve nearly dying every evening...

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5 distinct endings
--One route has five variants (and a couple dead ends) that make for a total of 9 endings
20,000 + words
Music Room
Extras

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2/23/14: Finished adding the extras.. now I'm just going over proofreader corrections and smoothing out the errors the beta-testers found. :)
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#2 Post by carosene » Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:41 pm

Wow, beautiful art. o.o And your plot is brief but interesting. :D
Good luck!
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#3 Post by ketskari » Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:42 pm

Thank you. :)

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#4 Post by sake-bento » Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:04 am

Ooh, I am intrigued already! Looking forward to it. ^.^

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#5 Post by mysterialize » Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:15 am

Wow, that art is really pretty, I have to agree. Also, the story description really intrigues me, and makes me want to see more than a few sentences about it. You should post more. I want to be interested.

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#6 Post by ketskari » Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:32 am

Thanks! I did update the plot information.. don't want to give too much away, tho. Each of the endings are unique. (There aren't any bad endings).

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Re: Asher VN Project (Suspense/Supernatural) WIP

#7 Post by ketskari » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:55 am

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Started making maquettes for the main characters in the VN, seeing as I'm going to be drawing them a lot. It's kind of an experiment, but so far it's really helpful to have 3D references. :]

Yeah.. he's only temporarily bald.

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Re: Asher VN Project (Suspense/Supernatural) WIP

#8 Post by Marcelo_Orlando » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:49 pm

I like this, it's very interesting and should make for a fun game to play, good luck.
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#9 Post by ketskari » Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:23 pm

Thanks!

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#10 Post by Elenakiara » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:21 am

It's rare to see art or 3D stuff in Visual Novels, so I really can't wait to see how it will be in the end! :3 Good luck!
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#11 Post by ketskari » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:59 am

Updated the blog with a cast list and another maquette. The project is going to be fully-voiced. (:

@Elenakiara: Thanks!

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Re: Asher VN Project (Suspense/Supernatural) WIP

#12 Post by Tsundere Lightning » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:44 am

Oh my god, this is beautiful. The art style for it is like nothing I've seen in a VN before.

Supernatural suspense, you say? Color me extremely interested.
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#13 Post by ketskari » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:29 pm

Wow, thanks! (:

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#14 Post by ketskari » Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:10 am

Just updated the status--the script is 100% complete (took waaay more re-writing than I anticipated), and voice-acting is 63% complete, since I have about 341/540 lines. I have several music tracks and I'll start making the first portion soon, since most of the beginning is voice-acted. (:

So yeah, I haven't abandoned this project.

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#15 Post by azureXtwilight » Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:26 am

The art looks pretty and the story is intriguing, keep up the good work!

Also voice acting = win <3
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