Circus of Soaring Dreams[GXB][Complete][Romance][ILUjam2015]

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Circus of Soaring Dreams[GXB][Complete][Romance][ILUjam2015]

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This game is complete!

Link: http://celestial-toast.itch.io/circus-of-soaring-dreams

Link to Completed game post, which includes a better character intro and walkthrough: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 11&t=32881


Phoenix Martin is on the run. Knowing her, it's probably not the first time, but this time, she runs into a collection of tents and hides in a small one. She's soon caught by a cat-boy and a gorgeous man with white hair, who inform her she's in a circus tent. While she ultimately convinces them to let her hide out with them until they leave that place and travel to their next location, neither of them seem to like her much. Can she hope to change that and maybe even truly become a part of the circus?

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Phoenix Martin: Our lovely protagonist
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Age: 23
"I don’t blame you for wanting to impress a pretty girl like me."
"This meal is massive. It's a whole bowl full!"
Despite being a homeless orphan girl who lives as a thief, she's an upbeat and confident girl who sometimes talks too much for her own good.

Raphael: Love Interest
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Age: 20
"Just because I’m an anthro doesn’t mean I can’t have whatever name I want."
"Sometimes you have to work hard just to be considered a person."
A rather irritable cat-boy with a questionable past.

Ziya: Love Interest
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Age: 28
"There’s no way I could have a clear conscience letting them take a defenseless person like you."
"Everyone takes it for granted that they are stuck with the looks they're born with. Makeup shows you otherwise."
A cool and aloof man known for his extraordinarily handsome looks.

Marise: Side-character/Love Interest
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Age: 30
"Oh, mon cheri, you look fabulous!"
"Everyone has a dream... do you?"
A sweet, motherly young woman who seems to be very close to both Ziya and Raphael.

Bernard Krone: that one character with no sprite Minor character
Age: 63
"Welcome to Bernard Krone’s Circus of Soarin’ Dreams!"
"Anythin’ for you, old boy."
The owner of the circus; a man who laughs too much and seems to never turn down Ziya

This is a Work In Progress thread for my entry in the International Love Ultimatum dating sim jam http://ilujam.tumblr.com/. As the month nears its conclusion, I'll try to update this daily.

~Last Updated 6/30/2015~
Game completed!
Things in bold are things that have changed
Story: 100%
Sprites: 100%
Backgrounds: 100%
CGs: 100%
GUI: 100%
Music: 100% - Thanks to N.H.C./Green Bear Music/Syncopika. Link to the music at the end
Programming: Story- 100%

Bonus: Added a CG gallery!

Also I added a bonus Marise route, which will have one CG in it as well.
I also noted down a walkthrough for all the paths, but honestly it's not TOO hard of a game and the bad ends aren't too long and you can easily go back, so I encourage playing without a walkthrough

Questions
1. Would you play this game?
2. Do the guys sound interesting and ones you'd like to get to know?
3. Does Phoenix sound like a character you'd like?

You don't have to answer all of these but I'd really appreciate it if you even answered a couple. Thank you!

Credit to minyan for the sprite generator (I used them as a base and modified them generously) for Phoenix, Raphael, and Ziya. Credit to Uncle Mugen for the Eileen sprite I used for Marise (with some editing).

Credit for title text to CoolText http://cooltext.com/

Link to music: https://greenbearmusic.bandcamp.com/alb ... repository
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I like the idea. Phoenix seems like a cool character; she makes the most out of her messed-up life. The guys seem interesting too. I like Ziya because it seems like he has more secrets hidden somewhere deep inside of him. The art is lovely. I'll be following this. Count me in!

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Writer16 wrote:I like the idea. Phoenix seems like a cool character; she makes the most out of her messed-up life. The guys seem interesting too. I like Ziya because it seems like he has more secrets hidden somewhere deep inside of him. The art is lovely. I'll be following this. Count me in!

-- Allison Diamond.
Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it! :D As for secrets, oh they all have secrets, haha :wink:

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Updated: 6/8/2015
Story: Finished "common route", Raphael's route in progress
Sprites: 100%
Backgrounds: In-progress (Can't think of a percentage to put)
CGs: 10%
GUI: 0%
Music: 0%
Programming: Common route half complete

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Thanks to my lovely friend, C.S.R, Circus of Soaring Dreams is going to have a good number of CGs :)

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I like the CGs'; they are cute! Great to see some progress on this! I don't know a lot about these characters yet, but I'm looking forward to see how unquie they are. :)

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Thank you so much! Honestly, I love the CGs myself. They've been motivating me to keep making progress! She was even nice enough to help me out with the GUI, so expect to see a lovely start screen! (It's already done; I added buttons and put it in as soon as she made it)

Question: would it be worth it to release a "demo" of sorts of the common route? It'll be silent, have one good background and one awful one, but there will be one CG in it, the sprites will be there, and the opening screen will be all done. And the textbox.

Decided not to, at least for now.
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Common route has been completely programmed and Raphael's route almost completely written!
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Celestial_Toast wrote:Thanks to my lovely friend, C.S.R, Circus of Soaring Dreams is going to have a good number of CGs :)
Just made myself an account, I'm C.S.R. the artist. It was a pleasure working on this with you.

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Haha, yes, C.S.R., my knight in shining armor when I needed CGs. ;)
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I would love to play this game! I like games that are circus-themed~ The boys seem interesting. What Raphael said does seem true. In this life, you do have to work hard if you want certain people to accept you, and you can't please everyone. Heehee. I look forward to playing this when it is finished~ :)

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Thank you very much! I'm glad you find this interesting. Indeed, sometimes you have to accept there's only so much you can do to please people, and choose who's important to you and who's not.
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Sorry for the late update this time; I had a very busy weekend but I'm back on it. Hoping to make up for the lost time.
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Great to see some progress. Glad that one route is finished already. I wish you the best of luck!

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Raphael's route is almost completely programmed and ready!
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