Synopsis
Fallstreak: Canvas of Socotrine takes place in the fictional land of Socotrine, a place whose borders are surrounded by an unnavigable wall of mist.
Fallstreak follows after Adelise Cotard, a young girl that enters a timeless ‘golden world’ when she falls asleep.
How are her dreams related to the Fire of Collapse, a mysterious disaster ten years ago in which prismatic fire fell from the sky, and how does it connect with her ultimate goal: escape from the closed world of Socotrine?
Fallstreak follows after Adelise Cotard, a young girl that enters a timeless ‘golden world’ when she falls asleep.
How are her dreams related to the Fire of Collapse, a mysterious disaster ten years ago in which prismatic fire fell from the sky, and how does it connect with her ultimate goal: escape from the closed world of Socotrine?
Characters
Adelise Cotard: The young protagonist of Fallstreak.
She has a habit of excessively teasing other people which has led to her friends calling her a little troll.
She has a habit of excessively teasing other people which has led to her friends calling her a little troll.
Cecil Cotard: Adelise’s father and only living family.
Seated in Socotrine’s highest position of power, he personally leads a small contingent of elite soldiers known as the Lost Children.
Seated in Socotrine’s highest position of power, he personally leads a small contingent of elite soldiers known as the Lost Children.
Noleta Rue: A peculiar girl that started living on the Cotard’s property with her older brother Bresal around one year ago.
She is extremely gullible and believes everything Adelise tells her.
She is extremely gullible and believes everything Adelise tells her.
Lerona: An orphan that acts as the group’s unreliable moral compass.
She is a capable textile artisan that helps support her home with her earnings.
She is a capable textile artisan that helps support her home with her earnings.
Callia Lirit: A plucky young girl who lost her arms early in her life during the Fire of Collapse.
She acts as Tristyn’s voice when he is unable to express himself.
She acts as Tristyn’s voice when he is unable to express himself.
Tristyn Lirit: Callia’s silly twin brother, who was rendered mute at a young age in the Fire of Collapse.
He acts as Callia’s hands when she is unable to reach out.
He acts as Callia’s hands when she is unable to reach out.
Erwina: The stoic teaching assistant of the class Adelise attends.
Has a fiercely competitive relationship with her father, the class teacher.
Has a fiercely competitive relationship with her father, the class teacher.
Belisaria Faeroe: Socotrine’s royal chemist.
She enjoys narrating stories to the children, a habit from when she was childhood friends with Cecil and Autune, the Lirit twins’ father.
She enjoys narrating stories to the children, a habit from when she was childhood friends with Cecil and Autune, the Lirit twins’ father.
Information:
Fallstreak is currently a solo developer project in which I am responsible for all the writing, music, art and implementation.
My driving motivation is my passion for storytelling as well as my love for my characters and their universe.
As such I am heavily leaning towards making my first entry in this series free to maximize exposure and visibility.
I will likely be interested in forming a team to push the limits in subsequent entries, but I intend on finishing my first release which is around 50,000-60,000 words long on my own. I plan on finishing this summer.
My main inquires would be how to optimize distribution and promotion keeping in mind that I plan on it being free.
Also you can follow my twitter for updates: https://twitter.com/quanguyen410
4/27/2017 Update
Here is a sample of some of the OST that I composed for Fallstreak:
In regards to the content of Fallstreak, I do have some qualms over whether to designate Fallstreak as a fantasy or dark fantasy visual novel.
While there are a fair amount of lighthearted scenes, at its core Fallstreak is very much a heavy story that explores human beings that have been pushed to the depths of despair.
Some core themes of Fallstreak are:
- • Interplay between illusion and reality.
- • The concept of imposing one’s ideal reality upon the world and the ensuing struggle to change the world to conform to that vision.
- • The broken human psyche and the maladaptive behavior people develop in response to the scars of heavy trauma.
- • Omniscience and Determinism. The state of existence of a fictional character and the ‘script’ they are irrevocably bound to.
A demo of Fallstreak containing the final build of the first half (around 30,000 words):
https://mega.nz/#!0bpgHYqJ!JvwURczksZZZ ... FievE56UNw