YAKUZA KISS IS NOW LIVE ON STEAM!
Visual Novel Database: https://vndb.org/v23139
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/847950/Yakuza_Kiss/
YAKUZA KISS
STORY
"Turn darkness to light, weakness to strength."
Some call it a neon paradise, but in reality, Cyan City is a hell on earth where the strong prey on the weak. Rays of sunlight seldom breach the thick smog of pollution looming over the city, creating an endless night where the criminal underworld never sleeps.
Jeong Moon had lost everything and everyone. Living in the slum district, she was barely scraping by. Finally pushed to her breaking point, she wanted to leave it all behind. Instead she was pulled even deeper into the belly of the beast and forced to become a member of the Yakuza.
Within their ranks, working to conceal her true identity, she would catch the attention of a dangerous and tormented yakuza leader - Yuki Yamaguchi - a man who had nothing left except his inner demons. To survive in his world, she would have to face her deepest fears and taste her darkest desires - never knowing how the story would end...
FEATURES
- LIVE2D animated characters
- Animated backgrounds with sprite animations and particle effects
- Comic book style illustrations for important scenes
- Karma system - your choices lead you to different outcomes
- Immersive soundtrack, SFXs and visual effects
- Chapter-by-chapter release - follow along & support us on the way
GAMEPLAY
IMAGES
TEAM
My partner does the code and I do the rest. We've built our own VN engine with Unity3D since I wanted some features that were not available in renpy and others. When the team is this tiny, it takes forever to get things done, but we are well on our way
QUESTIONS FOR YOU
1. How would you advertise a VN like this? In an effort to reach my core demographic, I've chosen to brand this VN as "an adult visual novel for the feminine audience". I know some might take offense with that, but I personally find it's difficult to find the VNs I want to play - I like mature VNs, but I don't like the ones that are designed for a male audience. Thus I wanted to make it clear that this VN is more about romance and tastefully done sauciness rather than graphic porn stuff.
2. Have you watched Asian TV dramas or read Western romance novels? I ask this because this VN attempts to combine these two things and I've mentioned this in my marketing. I'm not that sure how many people really understand what I'm getting at.
3. How much options/choices should the player get? This VN is quite linear, but it has multiple endings. I try to give the player actions and dialogue options to choose from, whenever possible, but since I'm making this VN almost on my own, I can't really branch out the story that much.
4. What do you think about a chapter-by-chapter release? I will release the first chapter of Yakuza Kiss on Steam (06/19/2018) and the plan is to release one chapter every 2 to 4 weeks. The first chapter is about 45-80 minutes long (depending on your reading speed).
5. Can you see any pitfalls in this project?
6. Please tell me whatever else comes to your mind