Thank you for your kind comment! The floating sprite problem is was already mentioned but everything else haven't so thank you for pointing that out too and will do my best to fix those ^^b
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Hello, I'm MxRandom1401 / MsRandom1401, an artist/hobbyist game dev. Together with my small but amazing team of talented friends, our past projects are:
- A Cup For All Season: A short & bittersweet visual novel for Otome Game Jam 2023
- Loki & Sylvie's Disasterous Date! : A Loki (2021) TV Show Fan Game, a non-profit collab project between 15+ fanartists
- Stellar Dilemma: In the depths of space, an Android discovers an unsettling truth during a space mission and has to make a difficult decision about it. Short game for Velox Fabula 2023
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we need 1 (one) WRITER to help us through the visual novel jam (VOLUNTARY POSITION)
Here's the story synopsis for our current project: The game MC (Female) is going through some life crisis and her sister encourages her to do some solo traveling. Will she be able to find herself during her journey and perhaps more? A short romance about a summer love, being on the road, and discovering yourself. The story will be in visual novel medium, SFW, centering on the experiences of being an adult (25-35 y.o), with two male love interests.
What we WANTED the story to be:
- Realistic, solid, and grounded views of romance and life.
- Character has realistic flaws and sweet moments.
- Writing style reference: "Eat, Pray, Love" (Movie version) and "Our Life: Beginnings and Always"
- VN is more of a "show, not tell".
What we DON'T want the story to be:
- Cheesy American Hallmark movie romances.
- Parody (light silly humor is still allowed)
- Something like "Twilight" or "50 Shades Of Grey"
Job Desc:
- Help the main writer do parts of the story. (Writing 1-3 chapters)
- Expected word count around 4k per chapter (give or take)
- Collaborating with other writers in Google Docs in writing and editing
What we're looking for in an applicant:
- Past writing portfolio (original works/ fanworks are both okay)
- Active Discord account (our work is organized through Discord )
- Experience with visual novel developments and branching storyline writing isn't required as long as the applicant is willing to learn along the way
- Experience and love for traveling (backpacking, etc.) is not obligatory but will be a plus point
These positions will be open until May 11th, 2024, or until we find a suitable person
If you have any questions or help with the project in any way, contact me at:
- mxrandom1401 (Discord)
- mxrandom.1401@gmail.com
Or reply on this thread below. Thank you!
Hello, I'm MxRandom1401 / MsRandom1401, an artist/hobbyist game dev. Together with my small but amazing team of talented friends, our past projects are:
- A Cup For All Season: A short & bittersweet visual novel for Otome Game Jam 2023
- Loki & Sylvie's Disasterous Date! : A Loki (2021) TV Show Fan Game, a non-profit collab project between 15+ fanartists
- Stellar Dilemma: In the depths of space, an Android discovers an unsettling truth during a space mission and has to make a difficult decision about it. Short game for Velox Fabula 2023
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we need 1 (one) WRITER to help us through the jam (VOLUNTARY POSITION)
Here's the story synopsis for our current project :
The game MC (Female) is going through some life crisis and her sister encourages her to do some solo traveling. Will she be able to find herself during her journey and perhaps more?
A short romance about a summer love, being on the road, and discovering yourself. The story will be SFW, centering on the experiences of being an adult (25-35 y.o), with two male love interests.
What we WANTED the story to be:
- Realistic, solid, and grounded views of romance and life .
- Character has realistic flaws and sweet moments.
- Writing style reference: "Eat, Pray, Love" (Movie version) and "Our Life : Beginnings and Always"
- VN is more of a "show, not tell".
What we DON'T want the story to be :
- Cheesy American Hallmark movie romances.
- Parody (light silly humor is still allowed)
- Something like "Twilight" or "50 Shades Of Grey"
Job Desc:
- Help the main writer do parts of the story. (Writing 1-3 chapters)
- Expected word count around 4k per chapter (give or take)
- Collaborating with other writers in Google Docs in writing and editing
What we're looking for in an applicant:
- Past writing portfolio (original works/ fanworks are both okay)
- Active Discord account (our work is organized through Discord )
- Experience with visual novel developments and branching storyline writing isn't required as long as the applicant is willing to learn along the way
- Experience and love for traveling (backpacking, etc.) is not obligatory but will be a plus point
These positions will be open until May 11th, 2024, or until we find a suitable person
If you have any questions or help with the project in any way, contact me at:
- mxrandom1401 (Discord)
- mxrandom.1401@gmail.com
Or reply on this thread below. Thank you!
Hi! My team and I have some experience in our belt and need some help for the upcoming Otome Game Jam 2024
Here's our "help wanted" post, maybe you found something interesting to do/try?
No pressure and I hope you can still find something you like if that's the case, thanks :D
Hello, I'm MxRandom1401 / MsRandom1401, an artist/hobbyist game dev. Together with my small but amazing team of talented friends, our past projects are:
- A Cup For All Season : A short & bittersweet, cafe themed visual novel for Otome Game Jam 2023
- Loki & Sylvie's Disasterous Date! : A Loki (2021) TV Show Fan Game, a non-profit collab project between 15+ fanartists
- Stellar Dilemma: In the depths of space, an Android discovers an unsettling truth during a space mission and has to make a difficult decision about it. Short game for Velox Fabula 2023
Currently, we're looking for some artists for Otome Game Jam 2024
For this game jam, we're looking for (Voluntary position):
- Character artist (slot: 1-2 person)
Job Desc: Designing 1-3 characters for the game. Make sprites of those characters with separated expressions and body parts to be implemented on Renpy. Templates/sample files for examples/reusing are available from our past projects and can be modified accordingly
- UI Artist (slot: 1 person)
Job Desc: Making UI for the game based on Renpy's template and/or editing royalty-free UI Asset pack to be implemented in the game accordingly
- BG artist (slot:1-2 persons)
Job Desc: Making 1-3 backgrounds for the game and/or editing royalty-free asset backgrounds to be implemented in the game accordingly
Low-priority openings but we also have an opening for (Voluntary position):
- CG Artist (slot: 1 Person)
Job Desc : Making 1-2 CGs for the game
Experience with Renpy and/or visual novel game development will be a plus but not required.
These positions will be open until April 14th, 2024, or until the positions are filled.
If you have any questions or help with the project in any way, contact me at:
- mxrandom1401 (Discord)
- mxrandom.1401@gmail.com
- https://twitter.com/MsRandom1401
Or reply on this thread below. Thank you!
ALL POSITIONS ARE FILLED! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
We will make another post if extra help is still needed, thank you!
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Hello, I'm MxRandom1401 / MsRandom1401, an artist/hobbyist game dev. Together with my small but amazing team of talented friends, our past projects are:
- A Cup For All Season : A short & bittersweet visual novel for Otome Game Jam 2023
- Loki & Sylvie's Disasterous Date! : A Loki (2021) TV Show Fan Game, a non-profit collab project between 15+ fanartists
- Stellar Dilemma : In the depths of space, an Android discovers an unsettling truth during a space mission and has to make a difficult decision about it. Short game for Velox Fabula 2023
For this game jam, we're looking for (Voluntary position):
- Character artist (slot filled, thank you!)
Job Desc: Designing 1-3 characters for the game. Make sprites of those characters with separated expressions and body parts to be implemented on Renpy. Templates/sample files for examples/reusing are available from our past projects and can be modified accordingly
- UI Artist (slot filled, thank you!)
Job Desc: Making UI for the game based on Renpy's template and/or editing royalty-free UI Asset pack to be implemented in the game accordingly
- BG artist (slot filled, thank you!)
Job Desc: Making 1-3 backgrounds for the game and/or editing royalty-free asset backgrounds to be implemented in the game accordingly
Low-priority openings but we also have an opening (Voluntary position) for :
- CG Artist (slot filled, thank you!) :
Job Desc : Making 1-2 CGs for the game
Experience with Renpy and/or visual novel game development will be a plus but not required.
These positions will be open until April 14th, 2024, or until all the positions are filled.
If you have any questions or help with the project in any way, contact me at:
- mxrandom1401 (Discord)
- mxrandom.1401@gmail.com
Or reply on this thread below. Thank you!
Eh, my comment is just me iterating everyone's else words: very jam packed narrative in wonderful way, the way you use the MC as briliant unreliable narrator aspect, I'm also bad at playin dectective (not enough braincells lol) so i didn't get good end but still had a good time so yeah, absolutely awesome work for 10 days jam. Gotta catch all the ending laters!!!
BUTTTTT lol you're still in it despite all the warnings? Hahahah /j
Thank you very much!!! Back then we don't have too much time other than just shoving the script to our voice actors (ReiverCaptain & Ghostbot) so we just did trust fall on them without giving any voice acting direction and they didn't disappoint!!!!!
As for the plot, you can thank our writer Andy_Calvera for that, she's good at tugging hearts with the story and working with the material she has given to hahahh <3<3
Thanks for the nice comment and thanks for playing too!!!!
Ok who the hecc y'all all making a game based on my thoughts feeling trapped in a time loop at 3 PM during office hours? Y'all FRIGGIN genius!!!! LOLOLOL
Also that line from Francoise "Believe me, if you're under thirty, you're a toddler in my eyes" is sooo funny and relatable to me
And the very minimum usage of character asset is a very clever way to work efficiently during a jam like this!!!
And oh, the vibes are scary enough (at least for a scared-y cat like me) I ended up muting the music and played the rest of the game listening to silly songs like Da Coconut Song halfway through so I could finish the game hahahah (which is good for ur game!!!!)
Wonderful job, 10/10 don't wanna trapped in time loop lol
OKAY I DID FINISH THE GAME!!!!
Glad nothing scares me too much but the threat of getting some jumpscare or smth really scary is wonderfully potrayed
The marriage between Cosmic Horror and the dread of corporate life mixed very well. This game is definitely my fave of the faves out of the bunch (not because I'm biased to Cosmic Horror and happy to see how I feel about corporate work described well here, no sireeeeee!!!!)
Again, THANK YOU for this friggin game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The SFX!! FOR THE DIALOGUE!! MAKES ME LAUGH IN GOOD WAY HAHAHAHA XDD
Also, the portrayal of Kafkaesque bureaucracy hell, how I can feel it in my bones and that's the real horror of the game *Shivers* (and yeah that's how corporate work makes you end with dead eyes like all those employees lololol /j)
And the color palette of the game!! I love how it's used in a very effective way.
Next, the UI for the menu and the point-and-click element delightfully surprised me!
I haven't completed the game cuz it's already night and I'm too chickened out (which is good for this game!!) to see the endings so I will wait till daylight to finish it up. Might add some extra comments here after I finish it ahahahaha
Until then, Wonderful job!! Good luck polishing the game after the voting period ends since I feel there's so much more potential in it!!!!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO got the good ending on the first try but replayed it some more to see more things and wasn't disappointed!!!!
I love the comfy atmosphere and your take on the theme. And oh boi, our boyo Marcello is truly the star of the game! I love how expressive he is compared to other entries not to mention the partial VN!!! Caro mio Marcelloooooooo!!! <-- ended up being incapable of being subtle like the MC lololol
Great job, very enjoyable experience!
AAHHHH this game reminds me of old renpy games I played in the late 2000s / early 2010s in an excellent way. It's simple but gives me that nostalgic feeling I didn't know I could feel some more in the present day. And you're definitely braver than a dragon slayer for being courageous enough to submit an entry despite you only drawing for a month!!!
I love the story and all the twist you present here, kudos!!!
ahhh thank you for your kind words!!!!
We really lucky to have our voice actors (ReiverCaptain and Ghostbot) doing their stellar (ehe) work for this jam.
As for the decisions and narrative, I'm thankful for our solo writer (Andy_Calvera) who willing to speedrun the story in 3 days (!!!) and still come out with something wonderful ><b
Thank you for playing and your kind words!!!
Okok, seriously, how the heck did you manage to write 12K (!!!!!) of words AND make visual assets for this game in 10 days????
As an artist who can't write I get how you pull the visual part (by making a lot of clever & efficient work decisions while keeping things looking sophisticated which props for you!!!) but the writing???? I can't wrap that one, like, please tell me how you pulled such a miracle as a solo dev?* I read your devlog too but I'm still confused hahahah
Overall, another wonderful work from you as always, nice selection of music, and the bad end sounds are appropriately eerie. And I like your character design and execution too (Lenore seems like my type so oh my *blush*)
Thoroughly awesome job and efficiently executed idea within such strict time constraints!!!
*No pressure to answer me tho, just want to learn hahahah
How the heck does this only have 4 ratings specifically for this jam at the time this comment is written??
It's impressive that in 10 days, we got a game really jam-packed narrative and lovely visuals too (My highlight was obviously the characters and the UI)
The family leaving MC for a trip part feels hurtfully realistic (No, I'm definitely not projecting lololol), the initial cozy feeling with some hints of unsettling feeling gives me goosebumps aaaaaaaaa ;w;b
The game's an amazing experience indeed <3