Balance of Power [Demo] [Kickstarter] [Romance] [Gender Choice x B] [Gender Choice x G] [Gender Choice x NB]

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Balance of Power [Demo] [Kickstarter] [Romance] [Gender Choice x B] [Gender Choice x G] [Gender Choice x NB]

#1 Post by CamiCarriedo »

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About The Game
Balance of Power is a romance based visual novel, set at a University in a world where everybody has a ‘power’.
Uncover secrets and deal with magical mishaps alongside 7 pursuable characters, each with their own hardships to deal with.

Story

What’s harder than trying to adapt to University life with none of your old friends to support you? Doing that exact thing at a University where everyone has their own individualized power, even if they are usually more mundane than ‘super’.

Join the protagonist as they settle into undergraduate life at 'The University of Waterford'. Help them to meet new people, make new friends and solve problems both personal and magical in nature.

Maybe even find love?

P.S It seems like there's a dangerous individual about. Make sure to stay safe.

Features
Ability to play as any gender + choice of pronouns.
7 characters, available to romance or befriend.
Different story for each pair of characters. No need to re-read the same plot beats over and over.
Demo that’s 30k words long, with the full game expected to be over 100k.
A mix of comedy, drama, romance and terrible puns.
The chance to be a mafia boss?

Characters

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Platform: PC. Windows / Mac / Linux. (Android and iOS coming soon).

Language: English.

Genre: Romance/Drama.


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The hope is to begin crowdfunding for the full game in November. Feedback would be greatly appreciated :)
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Re: Balance of Power [Demo] [Magical University] [Romance] [Gender Choice x B] [Gender Choice x G] [Gender Choice x NB]

#2 Post by SinSisters »

Loved the touch of being able to see the tones for the selection! Definitely plan on becoming a mafia boss ;)

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Re: Balance of Power [Demo] [Magical University] [Romance] [Gender Choice x B] [Gender Choice x G] [Gender Choice x NB]

#3 Post by CamiCarriedo »

Thank you :D
I wanted people to not have to worry about how certain options came across, and be afraid to pick them, so tone hints seemed a good way to show it.

Haha, a very understandable choice. I definitely want to have at least one special ending for the players that have picked every 'mafia' option :wink:
And thank you for playing!

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Re: Balance of Power [Demo] [Magical University] [Romance] [Gender Choice x B] [Gender Choice x G] [Gender Choice x NB]

#4 Post by CamiCarriedo »

Hello :D

Now that our demo's been out for a week and people have had a chance to play, I was hoping to get some feedback in preparation for our Kickstarter in November :D

We wanted to share some of our ideas for rewards and stretch goals, but also more importantly, hear what you guys would want to see!

Let's start with stretch goals :D.

Rather than guessing at what people want, and having a set order to the stretch goals, the current plan is to allow people to vote on the order that these goals are added in. The price next to the goal is the amount we would need to raise above the base Kickstarter to be able to add it to the game. There are still some things we want to keep as a surprise for the Kickstarter, ;) , but here are some of the stretch goals that we have planned out thus far:




Matchmaker/Polyamourous DLC:
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Want to be in a polyamourous relationship with two of the characters instead of doing solo routes? Or perhaps you want to see their romance play out from the side? With this stretch goal, we'd be able to add in routes to allow this :D

Depending on the amount extra, we'd be able to make these either short or full length routes :).

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More Endings/Joke Endings:

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We want to be able to add in a whole host of comedic endings, or even some extra serious ones. To make these endings as good as they could be, with proper ending art, we'd need some extra funding ^^. Want an ending where you become a superhero, or, perhaps a super villain ;)? A solo route ending? Then this stretch goal is what you want.
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Partially Voiced:

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Want to hear what each of the characters sound like? Hear the most important words aloud, as well as just reading them? For this amount we can have the game partially voiced, and those special moments will be that little bit more immersive :)
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More Locations and Outfits:

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Want to take a fun trip to the beach with the cast? Perhaps see them all in Halloween costumes, or formal clothes? This tier would allow us to add more fun locations and location specific outfits, that otherwise wouldn't make the cut for the base game.

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Chibi Illustrations:

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I want to be able to add cute chibi illustrations to comedic moments of the game, like the one of Tommy falling asleep ^^. This is costly however, and I didn't want to add it in to the base Kickstarter cost. This tier would allow us to add in these little extra touches, that I think would make the game more fun.

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More CG's per route:

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A pretty simple tier. With this extra money, I'd be able to add in two more CG's to every route.

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Extra routes:

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Last but not least, we have some extra routes as a potential goal. Who are these people? Find out in the run-up to the Kickstarter.

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Now to turn it over to you guys. What do you think of these goals? Are there any we've missed that you'd like to see? Let us know! :D




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Re: Balance of Power [Demo] [Magical University] [Romance] [Gender Choice x B] [Gender Choice x G] [Gender Choice x NB]

#5 Post by CamiCarriedo »

Now that all four have been revealed, I'll drop the character profiles for the four potential DLC characters here :)

Elanora Pierce
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Artemis Evans
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Abby Thompson
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Mason Wood
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Re: Balance of Power [Demo] [Kickstarter] [Romance] [Gender Choice x B] [Gender Choice x G] [Gender Choice x NB]

#6 Post by CamiCarriedo »

The Kickstarter for 'Balance of Power' is now live!!

Please share/retweet/reblog. Views might make all the difference :)

Link here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ba ... sual-novel

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