LOGLINE: You, the player, are cordially invited by LemonSun Inc. to test out a beta version of the new update for the current most realistic AI chatbot in the market, CINDER, but things get strange when the line between "human" and "bot" starts to blur.
Hello! We are the cinderAI team, and we're currently looking for an editor, producer and programmer to join us in developing a psychological/existential horror sci-fi visual novel for this Spooktober~ It features cute aesthetics, coping with the fact that someone may have complete control over your entire existence, and how humanity is leading to its own man-made demise.
We currently have two writers (Kat B. Fine and Jacqueline Lee), two editors (Jay Evans and sonic-nancy-fan), a sprite artist (Tora), a CG artist (DesLune), a background artist (strawberr_i), a UI artist (sfilmak), three promotional artists (NacchiYan, liopsai, retsuchu), and a composer (Rice).
We plan on including a few lines of voice acting for 1 ending (around 3 lines only).
For programming, you must be able to program more complex gameplay aspects including:
Text commands ingame (being able to control CINDER by typing commands into a textbox e.g /delete roomBG, which “”deletes”” her room background ingame and replaces it with a black void, /talk food which starts a conversation about the topic "food" with her)
Interactive mechanics (being able to double-click CINDER’s cheek to kiss her, being able to drag her sprite to the edge of the screen by long press and dragging it there)
I've worked on a game jam before (Blood of the Covenant, O2A2). Currently, we've finished character concept art, rough background concepts, picked out a font and color scheme for UI, and are currently working on a story outline!
If you're interested, please DM me on either Discord (opheliaveu#3845) or Twitter (@opheliaveu). I look forward to working with you ^^