Cafe Memoria[BxG][Comedy][Slice of Life][Waitress][Released]

[thebackup]

Here's the cast list! Thanks to everyone who auditioned!

• Ryne Reyes: Josh D.
• Anna Pervova: Trina D.
• Mikaela Kier: Skyler D.
• Tristina Hamilton: Cayla M. (milkcarton)
• Aurelia Alvarez: Sayaka M. (Sayashiro)
• Julia Sakuraba: Samantha C.

[thebackup]

Title screen artwork!





And here's a sneak peek at Cafe Memoria's site...

[thebackup]

Thought I should liven up this thread

Updated Character Images
Updated to reflect voice actor / actresses. Hope I rendered character names in Japanese correctly...





Added to first post:

"Café Memoria" is an interactive visual novel (VN) set in a fun restaurant environment, with five lovely waitresses. You play the role of a male customer entering the restaurant, ordering various food and drink items from one of the waitresses. At the end you can rate how well she did serving you – you can choose to rate her highly, in-between, or even poorly.

Changed in first post:

Café Memoria is a new restaurant in town, hoping to create memorable experiences for its guests. It’s the weekend, and you totally forgot to buy food the day before for breakfast. With nothing to eat for breakfast, you consider going out to eat at Café Memoria. As you enter, you startle a female friend of yours, who happens to be dressed in a pretty waitress uniform. She is quite shy and very self-conscious, but she tries her best and seats you a table. How memorable of an experience will she create for you? Will you come back and eat there again?

Ryne is the main male protagonist who visits Café Memoria for breakfast, after forgetting to buy groceries the night before. Described as calm and friendly by most of his friends, he likes to help them with the problems they face.

Despite having a talent for cooking, Julia opted to be a waitress in hopes of improving her relationships with her friends, including Anna. She’s very modest and polite, and downplays any accomplishments she’s done. Unwillingly finds herself in petty arguments with Mikaela.

"Café Memoria" is a restaurant offering meals from traditional to contemporary. The story spans across several routes, the first of which is Anna, who will be serving you breakfast. Clear her route and another route is unlocked, offering other meal options at a different time of day. Clear that route and another is unlocked, and so on.

• Free!
• Unlockable routes as you play the game
• Five lovely waitresses: Anna, Mikaela, Tristina, Aurelia, Julia
• Make various drink and food selections, ranging from traditional to contemporary, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Rate your waitress™ - rate her highly or even poorly
• Voice acting!

Updated Questions:

• What do you like about the story and characters?
• How can they be improved?
• Which character looks most interesting?
• How about the system?
• How would you go about describing the taste of food, especially if you can't eat it? Like for example I want to describe the protagonist eating a sub sandwich, but I don't have one in front of me, not knowing its taste. (no longer relevant at this point in development)
• What's exciting about this project?
• Would you like to eat at Cafe Memoria? Who do you want to serve you?
• Any other questions / comments / concerns?

Still preparing the Café Memoria site, and when it's done I should be releasing a demo!

[daijinahito]

It looks really cute, I can't wait to see the demo! Ah~ I love the restaurant's over all look. Simply gorgeous! >A<

[thebackup]

It looks really cute, I can't wait to see the demo! Ah~ I love the restaurant's over all look. Simply gorgeous! >A<

Thanks for your interest! I'm pretty excited myself about releasing a demo

[thebackup]

Cafe Memoria Demo v0.1 now released!
Website now open!

Demo thread: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 45&t=28265

Demo version 0.1 contains:

• Just two routes: Anna and Mikaela
• No voice acting for now, but will be in future versions (still recording / post-processing!)

Cafe Memoria 0.1 can be downloaded here:
Windows / Mac / Linux (72 MB)


Enjoy!

[philip]

Just saw that this demo was released, so downloaded it and played through. The overall look of the game is very professional, and it held my interest. The way the menus are presented is a nice touch.

Anna is painfully shy (but very likeable), and Mikaela has some anger control issues! Are all the waitresses going to have personality problems?

I'll be looking forward to the release of the complete game.

philip

[thebackup]

Just saw that this demo was released, so downloaded it and played through. The overall look of the game is very professional, and it held my interest. The way the menus are presented is a nice touch.

Anna is painfully shy (but very likeable), and Mikaela has some anger control issues! Are all the waitresses going to have personality problems?

I'll be looking forward to the release of the complete game.

philip

Yeah, Anna is quite shy, and Mikaela can be a pretty intense character. All the waitresses have personality problems, yes (you should see Mikaela and Julia interact in the full version...).

And thanks, glad you found it looking professional and interesting, and glad you're looking forward to the full version!

[meiri]

Just downloaded it! This is so polished and clean cut. Its so very clear as to the amount of work put in, and it really pays off.
The screens and menus look really nice, and the transitions and movement were very tastefully done!

[thebackup]

Just downloaded it! This is so polished and clean cut. Its so very clear as to the amount of work put in, and it really pays off.
The screens and menus look really nice, and the transitions and movement were very tastefully done!

Thanks very much! Glad you found the game to be as such.

[fioricca]

Oh my gosh, I am late to this demo but I just have to stop by and say that I am now officially a fan of your work! I've only played Anna's and Mikaela's routes but they were so much fun! I love skits, I love ordering food, like ugh I actually played this right after dinner but it made hungry all over again ;_; I want some Sunrise. And the rating form! So cute, so cute, and so much fun. Such a nice blend of interactivity and writing. The sprite art is adorable and the variety of BGs really break the monotone, even though they're all rather stiff models. The polish is amazing, the characters are adorable and ahhh I just had so much fun with the demo. *_* Very well done and I'm looking forward to the completion!

[thebackup]

Oh my gosh, I am late to this demo but I just have to stop by and say that I am now officially a fan of your work!

Thank you so much! I'm happy to see more fans of my work.

I've only played Anna's and Mikaela's routes but they were so much fun! I love skits, I love ordering food, like ugh I actually played this right after dinner but it made hungry all over again ;_; I want some Sunrise. And the rating form! So cute, so cute, and so much fun. Such a nice blend of interactivity and writing.

I thought it was difficult finding the right food pics, as well as describing food in writing. But I'm happy that it made you hungry! Really glad you found it cute and fun.
Yeah, try some Sunrise. It's a pretty delicious drink.

The sprite art is adorable and the variety of BGs really break the monotone,

Glad you found the sprites adorable, and the BGs as such!

The polish is amazing, the characters are adorable and ahhh I just had so much fun with the demo. *_* Very well done and I'm looking forward to the completion!

Thanks again!

[thebackup]

I want to say thanks to those who played the demo and gave feedback. It means lots to me
If you haven't already, you can still download and play the demo here.

The project is progressing nicely! All routes have been programmed in, and waiting on the last bits of voice acting. Once I receive them I'm going to start organizing and post-processing them.

And some screenshots of the other routes (Tristina / Julia)!

[piichimi]

The artwork is super cute!
& it looks really super clean in general, which matters a lot to me when I'm playing a visual novel, being an artist myself.
however, I know it's not the most important thing. I just can't help to fall in love with visual novels with amazing art and character designs. *u*
I'm going to play the demo when I get home from my classes. ^-^

[thebackup]

The artwork is super cute!
& it looks really super clean in general, which matters a lot to me when I'm playing a visual novel, being an artist myself.
however, I know it's not the most important thing. I just can't help to fall in love with visual novels with amazing art and character designs. *u*
I'm going to play the demo when I get home from my classes. ^-^

Thanks, glad you found the artwork to be so! Hope you enjoy the demo.