Plot Synopsis:
Remembrance is a visual novel that takes place at a college outside a fictional city in Washington. The protagonist (name subject to change) has chosen this college in order to get as far away from his past as he can. Having suffered a terrible past his home only carried painful memories for him. Upon arriving at the college he runs into many people, all who seem to share something in common. They were all drawn to this college. What's more, the protagonist keeps having weird dreams and flashbacks to things he doesn't remember. Play through the game to discover the mysteries of the forest, and find out more about what brought these characters here.
Theme and Setting:
The city (hasn't been named yet) is seemingly surrounded by a massive forest. The college itself is located outside the city deep inside the forest. The weather seems oddly random and due to it's nature many rumors and myths have sprung up involving the forest it's odd weather behaviors. It seems to always rain when something bad is happening or is about to happen.
The theme is very much about not being able to escape one's past and learning to accept and move on, rather then hide from it and hope it goes away. This is a very basic description of the theme at its very core but it's one of the core themes. It's a more somber and heavier story, though of course there will also be more upbeat moments. Especially in the common route.
BG examples:
http://puu.sh/xME8Y/bef70c74c3.png
http://puu.sh/xME72/d83c0eabd5.png
http://puu.sh/xME9y/5740a36c43.jpg
http://puu.sh/xMEap/e9d5e0ce6d.jpg
The backgrounds were made by myself using photoshop. If I end up getting funding I'd like to use actual drawn ones but for now these work well.
Game screenshots:
Here are a few in game screenshots of the demo I've made.
http://puu.sh/xMEpH/c188181896.png
http://puu.sh/xMEss/b096155f41.png
http://puu.sh/xMEuE/e840666d20.png
I'm mainly posting in here to get word out on this project. This is a dream project of mine. Something I've been working on off and on for years. Any feedback at all or anyone interested in helping would be a god send. Currently it is just me on this project. The artwork is concept artwork and some test sprites a friend made for me a while back.
KS Link:
I do have a kickstarter up currently so if you are interested I'll link it here.
http://kck.st/2f2De8L
Demo:
I'll link the demo to anyone wanting to try it out! https://www.dropbox.com/s/bujf1vvj99hpy ... c.zip?dl=0
Any feedback at all would be lovely. I have devoted a lot of my time to learning how to use ren'py as well as photoshop in order to make this demo. I am super serious about getting this project made. With or without funding I will make this game. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me!