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I contacted them, explained the concept behind our visual novel series ( which is ironically strange - the Arcane City Series was originally written almost 20 years ago as a tv series that would have happened if the fledgling tv network had not folded, and many of the concepts - unbeknownst to me at the time - were very similar to a lot of the ideas weaved through nitro+'s stuff, especially Saya and Totono), Explained the relation to the Lovecraft Mythos etc, asked for permission to use the characters and continue the 'white room' storyline and weave it with the Arcane City / Lovecraft Mythology. They said yes. It isn't as big a deal as it is in the west, to be honest. There are way less hoops to jump through and plus we're playing with a giant multiverse of stories ^_^ 

Mr C 

In Chronological Order (barring the time travel involved)

The Virgin

lyn;lin

Alive

Chris goes to the movies (really just an art piece but it ties into Chris Saffron experiencing weird stuff between 'Alive' and 'Mythos')

Mythos

The lost sign

Eroda 1982

Saya No Jenerikku

Saya no Ikari

Monochrome

Monochrome: Outtake

Please feel free to let me know what you think, and I hope you enjoy!

Also, please, for the love of pete, don't visit this cursed website after the events of 'Mythos'. It might cause insanity.

Star Trek Reference! It's a 'no win scenario' tactical training simulator that Kirk rigged by changing the programming xD

Are ya kidding? I love easter eggs and subtle references.

I love glitch effects, unreliable narration, and cosmic dread. The idea of Rivers not remembering all of this until later on (when he realizes he's Randolph Carter) kind of adds to the ending. Yog-Sothoth (The All-In-One) simply wiped the evening from his mind.

Ironically the photo was unintentional (but hilariously added a creepy easter egg to the main story). 

Did you get to play the original (Monochrome)?  I have roughly 10 connected visual novels as well as an ARG that ties into them spread around the internet in various clues, creepy websites, and a youtube page tie-ins. It's all pretty messed up (in a good ole' cosmic horror sorta way). 

Yes, I intentionally did that with the music. Somehow it psychologically effects the reader/player when their mind registers that something about the melody is 'off' from what it previously (or normally) should be, creating unease. Doki Doki Literature Club did a hell of a job with that, too. ^_^ 

I hope the Weather Channel was informative, too! xD

This epiphany felt familiar! Detective Rivers (An Avatar of Yog-Sothoth), Nebulos Saffron, and Naomi should probably hang out and be offered some human sacrifices to eat by Nebulos' Cult  go out to lunch! 
I'm seeing a crossover in the future.

I really dug this one, and (as is probably obvious from my own work), I'm a sucker for Rod Serling type endings and narratives with a not-always reliable narrator that make you reflect and think on what you've just read. Great work! 

I was absolutely confused trying to play this. I'm partly of creole heritage and I understand a bit of romance language but not enough to understand old latin xD The concept behind the game was neat though.

Interesting premise. I'd like to play more. Kept having problems with the game crashing after the father was in bed :-(  Wish the choices had more effect on the dialogue. Good overall though.

This was a good mystery. Great use of the time-based-theme. I'm kind of mad that I didn't have the opportunity to summon an entity to eat the significant other though :-(

I thought about the 'cosmic horror' angle myself. Had I written this, I suspect it would have had a totally different type of ending... O:-)
(You know, eldritch horrors emerging from the walls and someone getting sacrificed to them etc)

This needs to be a full game. Get to it, chop chop. Also, the musical motif seemed to be like an off-kilter, dark, dramatic 'old mcdonald had a farm'. Nice! I wanted to talk to the chickens, but then again, when I step outside in my back yard I have 12 of them that come running. xD

This feels like the Kobyashi Maru, an unbeatable psychological scenario. 
Now if only I could be sneaky and reprogram the game so that I could win, I'd eat an apple, sit back and laugh at the guards.

Really compelling character. The music made me feel bad for the blobby person(?) though. I felt bad for them, and I'm not an emotional person - like - at all. 

Ahh, lest you forget though, (and just to be more confusing), Monochrome is itself a sequel (set in the future) to the various other vn's that I've made. xD
And to think, this entire journey all started with the story of a kid having a crush on his teacher way back in 'The Virgin'. XD

PS, Pizza Time Pizza is absolutely, positively not a cult.

'Workin' 9 to 5,
What a way to make an un-living.
Barely gettin' by, with a bunch of deities that are Egyptian!'

Darnit, I wanted to go check out all the floors and explore them but they were locked. :-o

Bizarre/ Weird Fiction is fun! 

Anything I do is usually blended with some sort of surrealism but this is the first time that I've done a Noir-Styled Project, and it seems like it turned out to have very Lynch-Meets-Lovecraft Vibes, so I ran with it.

I'm glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

Thank you!
The flow of the Visual Novel and the glitchy effects kind of reinforce/compliment the protag's further slide into certain revelations about 'things', as well as his mental state.  Those were purposely placed at specific instances ^_-
 

I just wanted to reinforce my view! 
Not really, I accidentally do that all of the time :-/

As a fellow VN Dev, this is excellent work. I loved the metaplot / fourth wall breaking (always a favorite). I can't wait to play the rest of this!

Hilarious (but I expected that) at times. Fun and interesting, and thanks to you, now I want to go spray all of the spiders off of my property, darnit...

Ahh! Another VN Dev.  A person of culture, I see. 

It was entertaining and compelling. Also, that door sound scared the hell outta me, which is pretty rare since I'm a horror vn dev xD

This was a lot of fun. There needs to be more, so get to work! (I want to know what happens next, lol.)  Also, I loved the UI and the voice.

Bizarre/Surreal Visual Novels that manifest as 'weird fiction' experiences are just what we do around here.
I hope you enjoyed the free pizza!

I was trying to figure out the differences between every time I went in. You got me at the 'end'. xD

Why is there a cocoon hanging on my ceiling? Can I pay for housekeeping or bug control service?

Also, be sure to check out A.I. Dungeon. Funniest thing ever. The actions I took are by the ">"

Thank you! Now I'm going to watch this LetsPlay on my TV!

Thank you! I hope ya like them.

Good Question!
Chronologically, some parts of them bounce around through time and reference each other, but the most cohesive play order is:
1. The Virgin
2. Lyn;Lin
3. Chris Saffron goes to the Movies
4. Alive
5. Mythos
6. The Lost Sign
7. Universe Eroda 1982
8. Saya no Jenerikku Anime Gemu
9. Saya no Ikari
There's a lot of worldbuilding going on and four main characters that appear in some variation or another throughout the entire series.

After some time off, the continuation of the Lovecraft-Mythos based 'Arcane City' Saga is nearing the release of another chapter, with lesser Outer Gods and Great Old Ones continuing to be abducted, the multiverse continuing to collapse, and Saya being stalked - while she has allied herself with the Avatars of Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, Nyarlathotep, and Azathoth, with hopes of seeing Professor Ogai again.

Special thanks to Nitroplus for letting us continue the 'white room/asylum' timeline and journey off into some really strange, dark directions with it.

Mr C
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Loved it! Similar in nature to our stuff (which makes sense considering it is Lovecraft Mythos Based Horror). By coincidence, a planned upcoming VN in our universe is set in Tombstone xD

"There is a reason to everything that it does.... calculated in nature. Thinking twelve steps ahead."

The Rabbit Hole

That actually makes sense as I grew up reading Lovecraft, King, etc and on the films of John Carpenter, Stuart Gordon, etc.
(I'm an old gen-x fella!)

The game makes more sense in place of our other games and the hints scattered around the web:
rabbit hole

He's gone completely power-mad and insane in general ;-)
The premise will continue soon. If you haven't done so, I would suggest checking out our other entries.
All of this is directly tying in with the huge meta-plot revolving around the 'missing king' that has been hinted at.

jump in the rabbit hole

It has some funny moments and twists for being so short. It picks up again in lyn;lin which continues the storyline :-)