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[NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe (With proper CGs!)

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:51 pm
by sake-bento
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04-20-2011
Because it's not a crazy NaNo game without a few loose ends. >.>;;
MagiCos now has proper CGs now instead of the previous rush jobs, including, by popular request, a CG for everyone's favorite ending. Many thanks to peong-keu for working so hard to get them all done.
Also, if you prefer a Windows installer, you can get that at my site.

The game follows the life of Takeshi, a chef at a cosplay cafe. I was inspired to write this because I realized that I haven't written a "proper" Japanese romance VN yet*, and I really wanted to do something with cute girls, magic, and a happy end. I hope you enjoy it.

Written by Ayu Sakata
Art by peong-keu
Built with Ren'py
Music (Original Soundtrack) by dkreuter
Music (Alchemist's Tower, Somewhere Sunny, Other Side of the Door) by Kevin MacLeod
Music (Who Is the Best?) by Aron Shorty
Sound effects from Freesound, by EcoDTR, gezortenplotz, ljudman, themfish, RHumphries, junggle, Tomlija
Font by Blambot

*I still haven't.

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:14 pm
by Suikama
Oh hey a new VN from sakevisual? I wasn't expecting this :3c

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:35 am
by lepapillonrouge
sake, I don't know what to say. Words cannot describe this VN.
BREAKDANCE END FTW

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:55 am
by Suikama
lepapillonrouge wrote:
BREAKDANCE END FTW
Yeah, I, uh, wow...
AT LAST WE ARE FINALLY ABLE TO SEE... WHO IS THE BEST!

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:56 am
by Muse
Very fun treat for April 1st! Great music, and the humor is likewise amusing. I think a lot of people will be picking nothing but the breakdance options in this game. :D

Catchy music. :mrgreen:

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:02 am
by Suikama
Oh god lost memories end...

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:05 am
by PyTom
Honestly, I have no idea how to take this. I kind of want to lump it in a bucket with games like OMGWTFOTL, but in its own crazy way, it seems a step removed from them. I think I'll just wait for a zeitgeist to form, and then agree with it.
A lot of good use of ATL, certainly - and an interesting game structure. I cheated a little to get all the endings.

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:14 am
by Suikama
dat true end.
The repeating time thing kinda reminded more of 999 than anything else. Nothing beats Breakdance end though :V
PyTom wrote:I cheated a little to get all the endings.
It wasn't that hard. Each choice was pretty clearly linked (with a bit of trial and error) to each 'girl' so all you had to do was either focus on one, or all of them.


On a side note, there sure are a lot of magical girl parodies this April Fools. I guess we have Madoka to thank for that.

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:20 am
by lepapillonrouge
Hilariously, I was thinking about Madoka when
the true end revealed that Takeshi had time travel powers xD

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:21 am
by Blue Lemma
Well, that was interesting.

Not sure what else to say except I enjoyed it, and nice use of Japanese name puns :)

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:26 am
by sake-bento
Suikama wrote:dat true end.
The repeating time thing kinda reminded more of 999 than anything else. Nothing beats Breakdance end though :V
The true end was based on
Higurashi. Although it is rather reminiscent of 999, as well.
Blue Lemma wrote:Not sure what else to say except I enjoyed it, and nice use of Japanese name puns :)
Nonomohe is my personal favorite.

And I haven't seen Madoka yet. D: It's totally on my list. The inspiration actually came when my boyfriend offhandedly said "You know what would be the worst visual novel ever? A harem game where the guy is a chef at a cosplay cafe with a bunch of cute girls."

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:29 am
by lepapillonrouge
sake-bento wrote: And I haven't seen Madoka yet. D: It's totally on my list. The inspiration actually came when my boyfriend offhandedly said "You know what would be the worst visual novel ever? A harem game where the guy is a chef at a cosplay cafe with a bunch of cute girls."
DON'T DO IT

But no one ever listens to me when I say this. -shot- I learn from the Homuran

Your boyfriend is awesome by the way.

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:48 am
by Taleweaver
A cute thirty minutes - fun for as long as it lasted. No really romantic end, so I think the best ending is the
breakdance ending.
It would have deserved a CG of its own, though...

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:19 am
by azureXtwilight
Lol, the entire game feels like a troll, an awesome troll that is! XD
*breakdances*

Re: [NaNoRenO 2011] - My Magical Cosplay Cafe

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:16 am
by SilverxBlue
Just finished it, those 20 minutes of play-time was worth it!

The one ending where
you find out that riririri is the MC's sister
made me laugh and creeped out at the same time same goes for the
Yamato turning out to be a boy ending
.

I liked the
breakdance ending.
as well, wish this one had a CG but the song makes up for it. :)

This one is hilarious, it's differrent from your other games but I loved it!