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slit-mouth girl [short VN][horror]

#1 Post by unknown5 »

TITLE
slit-mouth girl

STORY
- short VN (~20k words so far). 7+ endings.
- inspired by the Japanese urban legend of the "kuchisake-onna," the slit-mouth woman.
- high school setting
- characters are just your typical, normal students ... maybe.

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WARNING: may contain violence and graphic content. not for children. srsly.
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TEAM
Character Design/Sprites/Art: Stilts (link)
Story/Art: unknown5 (link)
Music: royalty free (Kevin MacLeod) (link)

PROGRESS
Art: 25%
Writing: 95%

SPRITES
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SKETCHES/ART
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UPDATES
9/08: updated with sprites.
9/06: it's now a VN.
9/05: glad to be working with Stilts on this project! =)
8/31: ok, the story is creeping along.
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8/31:
- story's mostly done. still rough. something missing. might change a lot.
- not quite sure where this one is going. keeps changing in my head.
- originally wanted basic sprites and bgs. lol. probably end up being very different from my original intention.
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#2 Post by Ran08 »

I've always loved scary urban legends, and Japan's kuchisake-onna has always been one of my favorite short horror stories ever, haha. :) Curious to see what you'll come up with! Good luck!

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#3 Post by Alte »

I'm fascinated of how this short tale plays out. Looking forward of reading this particular short horror story.
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#4 Post by Daarkess »

The story is going to be good, I can tell (being a fan of the original urban legend).

It might be good to clean up the main post for your WIP in progress thread. Seperate information into clear topics (E.G. story overview, characters, game play, progress, and so on). You will do a better job of selling your game idea to other developers. Then we can offer better advice to you.

Hope to see this game finished!
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#5 Post by smallstar »

Ooh, this looks super cool. I love urban legends and the kuchisake-onna so I'm definitely going to keep an eye on this!

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#6 Post by unknown5 »

heh, sry. i was being lazy. i'll organize it better.

brain's been trying to figure stuff out. urk.
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#7 Post by Daarkess »

unknown5 wrote:heh, sry. i was being lazy. i'll organize it better.

brain's been trying to figure stuff out. urk.
That's alright. I just think its best to show a clear picture of what you intend to make to other developers.

I look forward to playing the game!
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#8 Post by unknown5 »

- thanks! and your project and website look amazing. jeez, that's a lot of work.

- bookmarked your blog. people sharing their knowledge and experience is very informative.

- most of my stuff start as one-person projects, so i try to save time by minimizing extra work, ignoring the real world, not capitalizing my sentences, etc. heh.

- also, stilts has been showing me some sweet character designs. =)

EDIT: oh, it's now a VN with 5 endings. 6 endings
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#9 Post by Stilts »

Here are two final character spirtes. The art style is going to have a black and white aesthetic as well as a yellow motif so they're deliberately rough and sketchy.
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#10 Post by Stilts »

Here's the final set of characters. I had a really good time coming up with these guys and the fact that they're all black and white made it relatively painless XD
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#11 Post by ebi-hime »

Oooh... The art looks so pretty o: It's so stylish!
For some reason, the designs remind me a little of the persona 4 characters XD Maybe because of the yellow and black.

And I've always thought the rumor of the slit-mouthed woman interesting.
Have you read Romy Ashby's 'The Cutmouth Lady'? It's a book of short, mostly horror-y stories set in Japan, written by a woman who was brought up in Japan. Maybe you would like it, it had some cool stuff about Japanese urban legends.

I will look forward to this project o: Good luck!
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#12 Post by unknown5 »

ah, never read it. sounds very interesting!
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#13 Post by Stilts »

I'm glad you like them :)

The reason for the yellow motif is for a similar reason why persona 4 used it: yellow, and particularly black and yellow, evoke a sense of fear and danger. I thought this was rather appropriate given the genre.

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this looks really interesting. c: looking forward to it.
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#15 Post by unknown5 »

i was trying to finish by halloween. not gonna happen.

but the story is quite EVIL. :twisted:

so anyhoo, just wanted to say merry christmas happy easter halloween. whatever.

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