This is my first project; I've been stalking LSF for a while and finally decided to commit myself to a project of my own, which I will be working on with my sister (she's helping me out with the art assets (she's doing the art lololo)). The story is primarily sci-fi and mystery, though there will be elements of romance involved.
Just sayin', none of the artwork below is final. I'll update it as we make progress.
Maeve Lattis
Age: 17
17, snarky, a little too curious for her own good, and every bit as confused and lost as a 17 year old should be, Maeve is absolutely not ready to be a heroine any time soon, and she knows it. She grew up in Arden's shadow and developed a rather crippling inferiority complex—which contributes to her confusion as to why someone like Arden would possibly have felt the need to kill herself.
Arden Korterine [DECEASED]
Age: 18
Maeve's best friend who committed suicide last semester via cyanide poisoning. Former president of the Artex Environmental Engineering club and the valedictorian-to-be, Arden was an incredibly bright student and well beyond her years in knowledge and awareness. She could adapt to any social situation: she talked quantum mechanics with the math heads, joked around with the class clowns, played rocketball at lunch with the jocks, went shopping with the popular girls, and hit the books in the library with the preppies.
Of course, she was Maeve's best friend before she was any of that, but how well did Maeve really know her, anyway?
PURSUABLE:
Side characters to be added to this list in the future.
The story is centered around Maeve's investigation of Arden's suicide and her relationships with the other characters. Each path will provide new insight into the details of the main story, and each route will be unique—it is therefore recommended that you play through all of the paths to have the most complete understanding of the story and its characters. Most of the paths do involve romance, though the choice is ultimately yours whether or not you want to see it through (by which I mean your choices will affect how "romantic" the ending of a path is).
Really, this whole shebang is under construction; I'm still working out the details of the gameplay and will definitely update this when it's all finalized.
For the time being, any suggestions are more than welcome
I'd really love it if you could answer some of the following questions! It'll help me out a lot as I move forward with this game.
- Is this a game you would be interested in playing? If not, what would make it more appealing to you?
- This is advertised as an otome game; how much romance would you expect/want from it?
- Do you find the protagonist, Maeve, likable?
- Do you like the idea of having a side image to portray Maeve or would you prefer we left it out?
- The art isn't polished yet (these are rough designs), but how do you feel about the style? Would you prefer more anime-styled artwork?
- Story/Outline: 85% (fleshing out some details)
- Script: 3% (I'm busy stop pressuring me, mom)
- Character design: 80%
- Final sprites: 0% (looool will update, I promise)
- BGs: 30%
- Music: 0% (bahahahahahahahaha one day)
I'll try to update this as frequently as I can, but I'm actually more busy than I'd like to admit (lol who does homework these days). Like I said, my sister and I are working on this alone and I'll be composing an original soundtrack later (this whole process calls on literally all of my skills across the board and it's exhausting). We're both students and we're busy.
I'd like this to stay here in the WIP forum because this really is a project that we're actively working on and putting a lot of effort into. It's not just an idea, we're just slow. I'll have all the free time in the world to work on this once school gets out.
Comments and feedback are more than welcome! They're actually encouraged! Please!