[BETA RELEASED] DUÆL [VN/RPG Hybrid] [SciFi/Fantasy] [BxB]

[Mole-chan]

A good portion of the assets we're waiting on are finished.

A few of them were animation assets for this opening video, which I just finished yesterday! It's shown as a video here, but is rendered entirely in-engine using ATL, in game.

Still waiting on some voice assets, but we're getting everything worked out, so it should be closer!

[Ginger]

I JUST WATCHED THE BEGINNING.

//SOB//SO BEAUTIFUL.

But uh *cough-cough*, great luck with this! I'm really excited for this game! c:

[Mole-chan]

I JUST WATCHED THE BEGINNING.

//SOB//SO BEAUTIFUL.

But uh *cough-cough*, great luck with this! I'm really excited for this game! c:

>V< uwaa, thank you~~~

;v; I'm glad you like it, and I'm doubly glad you're excited for it~

[NatsukiDeath]

I really excited for this! Having a RPG element to it is so much fun; though I died in the demo for not paying attention, oh well XD

I wonder how this story will play out, any way it goes I'm thrilled for

I adore the voices~

Good luck!

[Blane Doyle]

I'm genuinely surprised to see an opening with actual animation in it.

That was actually pretty impressive!

[Mole-chan]

@NatsukiDeath:
uwaa, thank you! >V< I'm glad you had fun with it, even though the RPG elements are admittedly very shallow. If they're fun, then I guess I'm OK with that.

@BlaneDoyle Thank you! ;v; Yeah, you don't see a lot of OP's with animation, so I wanted to try to bring some in for this one. I'm glad you liked it!

[Asuka Shinota-chi]

GrEAT Layout....and RPG script...

[Mole-chan]

Well, I'm happy to say that a big part of the wait for this is over.

We have a beta build out!

http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 45&t=17771

One thing you'll notice is the voices are, for now, absent. One of our VA's hit a bit of a snag with no end in sight, so for now, the game will be released sans voice. The updated voice.rpa and scripts.rpa will be released when the voicework is complete.

Other than that, this is basically a complete, if possibly buggy, build.

[Arowana]

Congrats on your beta release!! The premise and RPG elements sound really interesting, so I'm looking forward to playing it! Sorry if I missed this before, but about how long is the current version?

Also wanted to say that I love your OP! Impressive amount of animation, sweet logo, and an amazingly catchy song! (can I download it somewhere? )

[Mole-chan]

Congrats on your beta release!! The premise and RPG elements sound really interesting, so I'm looking forward to playing it! Sorry if I missed this before, but about how long is the current version?

Also wanted to say that I love your OP! Impressive amount of animation, sweet logo, and an amazingly catchy song! (can I download it somewhere? )

Uwaaa, thank you so much! ;v; as for the song, the entire OST is available on the official website. ;D

As for length, I'd clock it between 4 to 6 hours. 4 being an average playthrough, 6 being the higher end of a really grind-heavy playthrough. It's not a terribly long game, comparatively, but I didn't want to pad it for length. I didn't mention it before, as it was really hard to gauge without someone else playing it. XD;

[michi 18]

It looks interesting especially with the RPG element on it.Though,I'm not into same sex relationships so....

[Arowana]

Sweet, thanks for replying! I really like your OST. xD Gonna have to make time to play the full game! (Sorry for the lack of useful feedback - I'll be sure to leave a review once I've had the chance to play through. )

[Mole-chan]

Been a while since my last update. XD It's been mostly quiet.
The game's been undergoing beta testing, and a lot of bugs have been fixed thanks to everyone's very thorough feedback! Thank you to everyone who has looked through it and pointed out any issues! C: It's already looking much more polished.

The VA situation with Cadfael has been pretty much solved, as an understudy I recruited a few months back has now taken the helm. Schedule allowing, he should be done by March. Needless to say, the VN itself will most certainly be ready by then, as well.

So we can probably consider March 2013 a tentative release date. <3

Aside from bug fixes, some new features have been added in the meantime.
*The shop has been altered to implement Jake's new RPG shop screen. Unfortunately, this also entailed major changes to the engine, and all beta saves will be rendered invalid.

*An option to skip battles after the first (non-bad end) playthrough has been implemented.

*Some new CG's for lacking areas are planned, but may not make it.

[Mole-chan]

So after a VERY long silence, I'm happy to announce we are FINISHED.

With a caveat.
Still no voices. Those will be released later in a patch, but for now the game is fully playable without.

I'm very excited to finally be able to say this, so I hope you all are excited too!

Thank you so much for your help and support, it's been a fun ride. Maybe we'll see eachother again when the voice patch is ready. c: