What's All This, Then?
Bell Rock Nursery is an experimental game set on a modern island town, where your everyday humans exist alongside sentient animals. Inspired by series like Polar Bear Cafe, Animal Crossing and Hatoful Boyfriend, Bell Rock is a modest little love letter to this niche fandom -- and an excuse for me to experiment with the WebStory Engine.
Y'see, Bell Rock was initially an idea for a TextJam 2014 entry. With a mere 48 hours before deadline, I didn't have time to make a slick GUI or ensure functional distros. I needed a web-based solution, and WSE -- discovered right here on the LSF! -- sprang to my rescue.
As for Bell Rock's premise: I went the 'cute talking animals' route to make visualization easier on the sprite-deprived audience and description-avoidant writer. (Hint: That's us!) The result? A series of vignettes about one NEET's experiences volunteering at a preschool staffed by humans and animals. There's no bad end, but you'll have to -- yes -- pursue someone to get more than a generic story.
So, why isn't it out yet? Well, I... I missed the jam. I straight-up missed it. Got busy on those two days and my plans went down the drain. This isn't a very big project, but I got attached to the concept and feel it'd be a waste to let it go. So, I'm expanding it and making it a thing!
MAIN CHARACTER
Human Female
Adorable Basement-dweller
CAMILO CUCINOTTA
Marsican Brown Bear
Obligatory Childhood Friend
KAZUHIKO FUJIOKA
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Megane Sans Megane
PIERRE CÉLESTIN DUVAL
Black-tailed Deer
The Social Butterfl... Stag
I'll be releasing WIPs and demos for public consumption as I put this thing together, one route at a time. This is my first time using WebStory and my transitions, timing and whatnot will be pretty clumsy! Although I may not act on all of your opinions and suggestions, I appreciate and value your feedback. To start us off, some questions:
- Which character are you most interested in?
- How do you, personally, imagine the characters? Realistically-proportioned, gijinkafied, scaled up/down to human size...?