Lemma Soft Forums

Better late than never, right? Full game ETA: Jan 17th 2016
Because many assets were done out of order (my fault), the demo took much longer than it should have.
On the bright side, it means the rest of the game isn't far behind

Windows/OSX/Linux: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B-EZoZJI ... t=download
Android: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B-EZoZJI ... t=download
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/431420/

Information about Sickness itself, including credits, character bios, etc. can be found in its WIP thread: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 43&t=35280

This demo covers the first 5 chapters. The length is 26.5k words.
The main game will initially be ~120k words. (Extra routes added later bringing it to at least 160k words)

Please note that Sickness is a bit slow to progress (in my opinion).
Chapter 7 is when decisions start having an impact, and chapter 9 is when the last main character starts making regular appearances. It's also around then that the romantic element comes into play.
So I'm not sure how interesting people will find a demo covering only the first 5 chapters, which focus on building the story and exploring character personalities.
Do let me know if you agree/disagree with that sentiment. I might just be getting cynical after going through those 5 chapters so many times

Pertinent info:
-This game is 1920x1080
-Sickness contains themes of mental health, physical violence, and death. It's mostly in the later stages of the game, but still, you've been warned.
-Some assets (particularly music) are non-final and will change before release

I haven't decided whether to release on Android or not. It might be that my devices aren't up to the job, but running a 1080p game with good quality assets causes notable lag for me.
It's better since I reworked the GUI, and it now runs okay on my tablet (2013 model), but not on my phone (2014 model).
If nothing else, I may have it scaled down to 1280x720 for Android, which would be a shame, but better than having the game lag.

I decided to take this game for a quick spin, so far I've wound up on Chapter 3. I will have to warn, it's pretty dark but it is so my thing.

It's got a pacing and style (and characteristic roughness) similar to some great 70s crime dramas. So! A hearty recommendation, though there are a couple of typos near the beginning of the game. "eutopia" vs. "utopia" sticks out from memory.

Thanks for the feedback, Noyemi.

Quickly going through the script, I can see a few typos, as well as some words which would be better off hyphenated. I'll make sure to proofread it again if I release another demo (too much stuff was added since I last did so), and I'll do so from top to bottom before the actual release.

Regarding utopia vs eutopia, however: http://fee.org/freeman/utopia-versus-eutopia/


Edit: more typos in c4 & 5... how careless. I'll be uploading a new build this evening with these mistakes fixed.
No new content though, so unless you find typos totally jarring, it won't be worth redownloading.

Eh, I brushed 'em off mostly. Didn't know about the Eutopia thing, guess I should have paid more attention in English class (hah).

I did finish up the demo... and I do wonder what's going to happen next. Such a teaser where it happens to end

New builds up. Just fixing the spelling mistakes, + a couple of very minor changes to dialogue.

Noyemi K wrote:I did finish up the demo... and I do wonder what's going to happen next. Such a teaser where it happens to end

I thought it was an appropriate place to end
It was either there or at the end of chapter 7. Since ch7 wasn't ready, I felt that was the best place.

The Sickness demo is now on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/431420/
I've also updated the build here. Just minor stuff (font change, new music track).