True Selves: Aggro Agoro: [Demo]

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True Selves: Aggro Agoro: [Demo]

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Ever wonder how people are different when they're on the internet? True Selves is a visual novel that aims to explore that through the eyes of an agoraphobic main character whose whole world consists pretty much of the internet. Will you be able to meet a friend in real life, and even if you do, will they really be the same person you know from online?


https://empish.itch.io/true-selves-aggro-agoro

This is the demo version for Ludum Dare 38. It is a Kinetic Novel with one common story line. A full version with branches, the ability to choose your own avatar, and more, will be coming in the future!

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Leo: An online friend of Elaine's who hasn't been on in a while...

xTomTomxXxDrumDatx: Another online friend. Is a bit outrageous.

Ruby_Slippers: Another online friend. She's simply marvelous

Features:
  • Customizable Avatar (Full game)
  • Customizable name and screen name (Full game)
  • Ability to play as a male or female protagonist (Full game)
  • Choose who to possibly romance: males, females, both, or even none!
  • Branching Storyline (Full game)
  • Multiple Endings (Full game)
  • Full Soundtrack
The Wonderful Team:
  • Emp: Programmer, Game Designer, Director/Producer, miscenalleous other things
  • Chris Thurman: Composer
  • YourGeekGoddess: Writer
  • YuukiCrossPudding: Sprite Artist
  • Kuro: GUI Artist

Questions:

What do you think of the demo? Did you like it, hate it, or somewhere in between?
Was there anything in the demo that didn't seem to fit?
What of the features seems the most unique to you?
Can you think of any features you'd like to see added?
Any other questions/comments?
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I was going to say I really liked the art style but then I saw the credits
- hi, Yuuki ^_^
The concept seems interesting - I love the idea of comparing people's online personas to how they act in real life. It was actually a conversation my friend and I were having on the way to work this morning, so I'll definitely be downloading the demo.

Good luck with the project ^_^

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Hey Blackcross, thanks! I hope you enjoy the demo. We hope to flesh it out a bit more though.

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#4 Post by parttimestorier »

Sounds interesting! I'd definitely like to read something that explores online friendships and whether they can translate to the "real world", since I have plenty of online friends myself. And choosing whether to romance "males, females, both, or even none" sounds great to me! I love having options of different genders, and also sometimes I'm more interested in the rest of the story than the romance, so it will be great not to be penalized with a "lol forever alone" bad ending for that. Will all of the listed characters be romance options? Also, art looks lovely so far. Good luck with everything. :)
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#5 Post by Empish »

Well, not Elaine, since she's the female MC, and it's kind of hard to romance yourself. But all the friends with the exception of 1 (for reasons which will become clear) will be romanceable IF you chose their gender as someone you'd like to romance.

And yeah, I don't like the forever alone endings for non-romance either, so, we plan to have more than one "good" ending for each character, including at least one that is not romantically-involved.

Thanks for your interest!

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You did it! Looks great! And you found your artist
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Yes, we did, and a very good artist we found. x3

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Looks interesting! I'll give the demo a go!

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What do you think of the demo? Did you like it, hate it, or somewhere in between?
Gave the demo a try today and I liked it! Art is nice story is interesting and I'm really looking forward to playing the full game to see how the rest of the story plays out.
Was there anything in the demo that didn't seem to fit?
Nah not really. Everything seemed fine to me.
What of the features seems the most unique to you?
Being able to romance any character or even none!
I noticed in the preferences menu in the game you could literally put your preference for which gender you wanted to date or if you didn't want to romance anyone which I think is cool
Can you think of any features you'd like to see added?
Well not really since in the full game there will be more features than in the demo.
Any other questions/comments?
Gosh because of Elaine's personality I'm just really really curious of how everything will turn out because I personally want to romance Judy so far if that'll be possible in the full game but Elaine's so mean to her I just know something bad is gonna happen. ;-;
Just gonna put this in spoilers for those who didn't play the demo I guess but omg. I have a feeling Elaine is going to meet her online friends in real life in the game. Like I'm wondering if Judy is Ruby_slippers because I have a feeling she is after she mentioned she lost someone close to her like Elaine did.
Anyway goodluck with the project!

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#10 Post by Empish »

Thanks for your interest, guys! ^_^ It really helps with the motivation to get this finished and with good quality.

@gensuta: Definitely everyone except the obvious missing person will be romanceable, if you've chosen their gender at the start of the game.

As for your other conjecture, I ain't talking. >.> You'll just have to find out in the full game.

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Have a preliminary logo made by Kuro! And by preliminary I mean he might make an even better one tomorrow. : O
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Update to show you guys the main menu screen Kuro's been working on. It's so angsty! xD

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Ooh I love it! The deep purples and blues fit the theme nicely.

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I know, Kuro did a really good job, didn't he? He's been working hard, but he's not the only one. Have a sketch from Yuuki of the male MC. His default name is Ed.
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We're not dead!

Here's a mockup of our new chat system as designed by Kuro.
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