And, may I present to you.. another Slife otome game! *slow clap*
{Plot}: You play as Hikaru Yoshida, a 16 year old junior in high school. She is spunky, popular, and is a clarinet player in the school's band. Her best friend and sidekick is Aki Tanaka. Her other best guy friend is Hayate Sasaki. Together, they face the normal challenges of high school life... drama, cute boys, and the worst thing of all, schoolwork (dun dun dun). Hikaru has somewhat of a little (or obsessive) crush on one of the most popular guys in the school, Daichi Nakamura. Will you help Hikaru find her prince or will she be single for the rest of her life? After all, band romances are quite frequent!
{Game info}: This game takes place over the course of four seasons, as indicated by the title. This game is centered around a literal band, and the game will feature concerts and rehearsals. A good anime reference for this game would be "La Corda d'Oro", which is centered around an orchestral romance. Since I'm in my school's band program as well, I'll be incorporating my own life experiences and musical references, also evident in the title. This game is rated 15+ and will be completely free.
♪ 3 obtainable guys
♪ 4 endings
♪ Estimated game length: 45 minutes per route (uncertain)
♪ CGs (number is uncertain at the moment)
♪ Band pieces and concerts
♪ Music theory lessons here and there
Writer and programmer: inhalance
Sprite & CG artist: Akitsuki
{Characters}:
Daichi Nakamura, popular guy
Daichi is your stereotypical jock - handsome, popular, and hangs out with the bigger crowd. Hikaru has had a crush on him since 9th grade, when she saw him at a swim meet and instantly fell in love with him. Daichi doesn't even know that Hikaru exists, let alone that she has an obsession with him.
Ichirou Mori, percussionist
Ichirou is cocky, rude, and can almost be considered to be a delinquent. He would rather play on his drumset or spend time with his friends than to study or do homework. He likes to pick on Hikaru due to an incident which happened a few years ago in 9th grade. He knows about Hikaru's obsession with Daichi, which he uses to his advantage to blackmail her to do his homework since he is particularly close with Daichi.
More updates will be posted as this project progresses!
Current progress:
❥Story - 65%
❥Programming - 10%
❥Music - 75%
❥Art - 45%
*A/N: A preliminary demo WILL be released for this game, and it will feature the first chapter of the game/introduction which takes place over the course of autumn (roughly late August - November).
{A few questions}:
1) Would you like to play the game/demo when it comes out?
2) Do you have any experience with music?
3) Which character are you most interested in?
4) Are there any other comments you would like to make about the plot, game info, character concepts, etc.?
{UPDATES}:
07.25.13: Just recruited a lovely new artist for the game! Say hello to Akitsuki. ^^ She will be drawing sprites and CG's for the game.
07.26.13: New logo made by iiStarCandy!
08.09.13: Aki's design has been uploaded!
08.12.13: Daichi's design is up, progress percentages updated
08.14.13: MAIN SCREEN IS UP! (rough version though)
08.17.13: Updated main screen uploaded along with simple GUI screenshot.
09.09.13: SEMI-HIATUS. I won't be updating this thread as often anymore due to school, and Furuki is also busy with school as well. We'll still be working on the project from time to time, but we won't be updating this thread as often.