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The Disappearance of Miyuki Ida [Crime/Mystery/Psychological][KICKSTARTER UP]

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PLOT:
Takeo Nishihara works as a private investigator with the worst financial luck. His assistants Shizuka and Shigeru Kondo, siblings and childhood friends, blame it all on him for giving out pro-bono work whenever someone can't afford to pay up at the end. Fed up with his too "giving" attitude, they force him to demand payment up front for the next client, which happens to be an old woman who owns a small housing complex. After she is rejected by the police for not being able to file a missing person report, due to not being related by blood to Miyuki and the fact that Miyuki still has a few days left to pay her rent, she comes to him for help, which he gladly accepts. Matters quickly turn sour once he finishes an extensive background search on her and realizes she has multiple identities, the police are trying to keep this matter as hush as possible, and four other men might be involved involuntarily in this dilemma.

With no one to trust you take matters into your hands and try to find clues, hints, or anything that could lead to her whereabouts. Be careful, things aren't always what they seem.

DEMO:
Throughout the demo you'll play as Miyuki, and realize how she disappeared but not why, the reasons she took the actions that she did, or what happens to her after. This will act a segway to the full game where you'll play as the private investigator Takeo Nishihara. I'm currently working on the demo and will try to have it out as soon as possible. Once the demo is out, I'll post a link here for you guys to play.

DEMO PROGRESS:
Plot Points: 100%
Story: 100%
Sprites: 100%
Backgrounds: 100%
BG OST: 100%
Programming: 100%

FULL GAME FEATURES:
Branching Storyline.
4 - 6 Different Endings.
Choices heavily impact ending
Original Soundtrack/Artwork
Easily over 30k words

CREDITS:
Writer: ECao
Artist [CG/Background/Sprites]: ECao
Opening Song: Composer/ Markus Lappalainen. Singer: Miri Mizushina
Background Music: Efe Tozan
Programmer: Nicole Barton [CuteKiwiKitty]

Here are some backgrounds I've done for the demo and a sketch dump for Miyuki. I'll be updating as frequently as I can with new images as I finish them.
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Here are a few of the sprites I've finished! The first one is of Shizuka, and the other three are of Miyuki.

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I'm hoping to upload/finish drawing the rest of the sprites by the end of the week!

Please let me know what you think.
I'm really excited to show my progress :)


UPDATES: 08/19/2019

You can play the demo on Itch.Io and GameJolt.
The Kickstarter will be up September 1st!

Link for Itch.io:

https://ecaoart.itch.io/the-disappearance-of-miyuki-ida


Link for GameJolt [with music playlist]:

https://gamejolt.com/games/The_Disappea ... emo/424660


SoundCloud Playlist

https://soundcloud.com/ecao/sets/the-di ... a-demo-ost


Youtube Gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-mCfrkVdkE
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Here's the first official sprite for Miyuki! Thank you for your patience.

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I love the art style of the vn!

I really like the plot, it looks interesting.

I can not say much more but I look forward to seeing the progress of the project and be able to play it in the future.
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Cotton Blue wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:54 pm I love the art style of the vn!

I really like the plot, it looks interesting.

I can not say much more but I look forward to seeing the progress of the project and be able to play it in the future.
Ah! <3 Thank you so much! I'm really excited to get the demo out so I can really start hearing about what people really think of it. Thanks again!

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Just finished some sprites! Here we have Shizuka in the front, then Miyuki in three outfits that she goes through in the demo.
I also finished drawing a sprite for a character, but I'll upload his design with the rest of the ones left.
I only need one of Miyuki left (1/4), one of Takeo, and one of a mysterious character. I'll try to upload as soon as possible <3

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Definitely an excellent premise for a mystery. I look forward to the release of the demo. :)

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UPDATES: 08/19/2019

You can play the demo on Itch.Io and GameJolt.
The Kickstarter will be up September 1st!

Link for Itch.io:
https://ecaoart.itch.io/the-disappearance-of-miyuki-ida

Link for GameJolt [with music playlist]:
https://gamejolt.com/games/The_Disappea ... emo/424660

SoundCloud Playlist
https://soundcloud.com/ecao/sets/the-di ... a-demo-ost

Youtube Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-mCfrkVdkE

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#8 Post by ECaoArt »

Just finished making the Visual Novel opening. Please let me know what you guys think!
It was super challenging for me, as I'm no animator and can barely edit haha.

https://youtu.be/EztSG-piEt8

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#9 Post by Duchess »

Excellent premise, I just played the demo and am looking forward to seeing the completed product. The artwork is beautiful. I edit for a living, and think your opening video is very, very nicely done! I think I may also upload my gameplay of this demo as I have been recording Let's plays recently. :D

Good luck! :)
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sunasrose wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:35 pm Excellent premise, I just played the demo and am looking forward to seeing the completed product. The artwork is beautiful. I edit for a living, and think your opening video is very, very nicely done! I think I may also upload my gameplay of this demo as I have been recording Let's plays recently. :D

Good luck! :)
Ah saw your Let's Play and its great! Thank you for that, I really appreciate it!

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Kickstarter is up! It would be great if you guys could look over it or at least share it!
Thank you again!

http://kck.st/2LnhTX6

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