Katyusha's Cap [Winter VN Jam 2023]
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:50 am
So, I've joined the Winter Visual Novel Jam again (this might become a habit). The VN is called "Katyusha's Cap" and is a little doujinshi inspired by the popular "Girls und Panzer".
For those who don't know about "Girls und Panzer" : it's basically about girls from different schools who have matches against each other with real tanks. Somehow "tankery" is a completely safe sport.
"Katyusha's Cap" focuses on Nina and Alina of the Russian inspired "Pravda" team. These are minor characters in the anime operating the heavy KV-2 tank. They get lost in a blizzard and run out of gas during a match while in possession of Katyusha's cap. Katyusha is the captain of the Pravda team, a kind of chibi Stalin, loved as much as feared by the team members.
The hapless duo gets captured by the team they're fighting against : the powerful Kuromorimine ("Schwarzwaldspitze") led by Erika Itsumi, a German inspired team.
The goal is clear : they need to escape and deliver Katyusha's cap back to her owner (and perhaps swing the match to Pravda's advantage).
Backgrounds are all finished already. Ten in total (might add a couple more if time allows).
Water colors as usual.
There are 10 characters in the whole game. Nina and Alina, the main characters. Erika, Koume, Leila, Emi and Meg, the Kuromorimine characters and Pepperoni from Anzio as a kind of exchange student. Finally : Katyusha and Nonna from Pravda.
Since this is a WIP, here are some of the heads I use in the dialog box in the process of being made. Unlike the sprites and backgrounds, these are done with markers and colored pencils.
That's it for now. The previous Winter VN ("Slushball Slasher") got the critique that the dialog box and the sounds were a bit sub par so I'll concentrate more on those things.
For those who don't know about "Girls und Panzer" : it's basically about girls from different schools who have matches against each other with real tanks. Somehow "tankery" is a completely safe sport.
"Katyusha's Cap" focuses on Nina and Alina of the Russian inspired "Pravda" team. These are minor characters in the anime operating the heavy KV-2 tank. They get lost in a blizzard and run out of gas during a match while in possession of Katyusha's cap. Katyusha is the captain of the Pravda team, a kind of chibi Stalin, loved as much as feared by the team members.
The hapless duo gets captured by the team they're fighting against : the powerful Kuromorimine ("Schwarzwaldspitze") led by Erika Itsumi, a German inspired team.
The goal is clear : they need to escape and deliver Katyusha's cap back to her owner (and perhaps swing the match to Pravda's advantage).
Backgrounds are all finished already. Ten in total (might add a couple more if time allows).
Water colors as usual.
There are 10 characters in the whole game. Nina and Alina, the main characters. Erika, Koume, Leila, Emi and Meg, the Kuromorimine characters and Pepperoni from Anzio as a kind of exchange student. Finally : Katyusha and Nonna from Pravda.
Since this is a WIP, here are some of the heads I use in the dialog box in the process of being made. Unlike the sprites and backgrounds, these are done with markers and colored pencils.
That's it for now. The previous Winter VN ("Slushball Slasher") got the critique that the dialog box and the sounds were a bit sub par so I'll concentrate more on those things.