Asphyxia [GxG]

[papillon]

It's quite difficult to read, to me. The background is light and soft and gives the impression of being blurry and the black outlines are often very thin. The serif font adds to the difficulty, giving my poor eyes lots of tiny bits that stick out and are simultaneously sharp and blurry. I look at it, make out a few words, then my eyes hurt and I look away.

Might want to try using dark test with a light outline, like the sidebar? Those bits are readable.

[Mad Harlequin]

I can manage to read it (the full-size image), but combined with the light blue background, the white, thinly outlined text isn't as clear as you want it to be.

[ebi-hime]

Maybe I'll try to make the textbox a bit darker, then. Or not transparent. That might make it more readable.
I don't want to change the colour of the font because then it wouldn't look consistent with the rest of the game, which uses a white font + black outlines, but I could also try to make the font bigger... Or add a drop shadow to the font...

[infel]

This looks like a really well thought out and fun game. It's really nice to see varying personalities as well (I like how not all of then are friendly). Anyway I'm super excited for this game and will be rooting for you =)

[ebi-hime]

This looks like a really well thought out and fun game. It's really nice to see varying personalities as well (I like how not all of then are friendly). Anyway I'm super excited for this game and will be rooting for you =)

Thank you, I hope you enjoy it! : >
Well, all the charactes are based on real people, and I tried hard to make them act 'in character' n_n;
And some of the Romantics weren't particularly nice people *looks pointedly at Byron*, or at least had a lot of problems, so this is probably why XD

[Rinima]

women’s rights, the meat industry, or police brutality

She's not going to be one of those 'All men, farmers, meat eaters and police should die' kind of person is she?

Sorry, I just kind of noticed it and alarm bells went off in my head.

[ebi-hime]

She's not going to be one of those 'All men, farmers, meat eaters and police should die' kind of person is she?

Sorry, I just kind of noticed it and alarm bells went off in my head.

Yeah, she kinda is.
I mean, she's based on Percy Shelley, and he was pretty extreme in his politics, so that makes sense? He got a lot of critical press back in the day for his anti-war, anti-meat, anti-religion, and anti-inequality policies, and that's probably one of the main reasons why his poetry didn't become very widespread until a while after his death. It was considered too controversial.
I don't think Shelley was incredibly feminist (I think he had some feminist leanings maaaybe but the way he treated women was pretty dreadful), but it made sense to also make Percy a feminist in this story since Percy has been genderswapped.

[Rinima]

Yeah, she kinda is.
I mean, she's based on Percy Shelley, and he was pretty extreme in his politics, so that makes sense? He got a lot of critical press back in the day for his anti-war, anti-meat, anti-religion, and anti-inequality policies, and that's probably one of the main reasons why his poetry didn't become very widespread until a while after his death. It was considered too controversial.
I don't think Shelley was incredibly feminist (I think he had some feminist leanings maaaybe but the way he treated women was pretty dreadful), but it made sense to also make Percy a feminist in this story since Percy has been genderswapped.

Ahh, I guess it makes sense in context of the story.

Still, I already dislike her XD

[ebi-hime]

Ahh, I guess it makes sense in context of the story.

Still, I already dislike her XD

I'm not a fan of Shelley the poet, either. Not really because of his beliefs, but because... I think he was quite a thoughtless person.
He was quite fond of the idea of 'saving' depressed women by starting romantic relationships with them, and then dumping them a few months later when he got tired of them. And think this probably did quite a bit of damage in the long run, considering two of the women he was involved with ended up killing themselves...
This doesn't really get touched upon in the story though XD I wasn't sure how to fit it in XD

[Giack31]

I am really interested in this game, i have played Dejection:a ode and i liked it, but i have some questions:
1) How much will it cost, will it be available on steam?
2) The Sekai Project twitter said this will be available next week. Is it true?
3) Will all the girl have a route or there is only a Samantha x Lillian route?

[ebi-hime]

I am really interested in this game, i have played Dejection:a ode and i liked it, but i have some questions:
1) How much will it cost, will it be available on steam?
2) The Sekai Project twitter said this will be available next week. Is it true?
3) Will all the girl have a route or there is only a Samantha x Lillian route?

Aw, thank you! : > I'm glad you liked Dejection!
I think it will cost $5 on Steam. I'll probably also upload to itch.io at some point as well, so people who don't like buying through Steam can buy through there.
It should be available next week, on the 4th of August.
There are routes for De Quincey, Bobby, Lilly, and Byron. Since Lilly is the main girl, her route is longer than the others XD

[Giack31]

Thanks for answering. Looking forward to playing the game.

[Feral Phoenix]

This looks like it's going to be really interesting! The art's beautiful and I'm envious of the shiny UI... I'll be keeping an eye on this project, good luck!

[ebi-hime]

This looks like it's going to be really interesting! The art's beautiful and I'm envious of the shiny UI... I'll be keeping an eye on this project, good luck!

Thank you!~
I went through like 8 or 9 different variations of the textbox w my artist before I was finally happy with it, haha. I'm glad it seems to have been worth it? n_n;

[ebi-hime]

And the VN is finally finished >_<
It can be bought from Steam here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/386990

And I also added it to the complete games section n_n;