『Crow Highly, Towards the unattainable dream far away in the sky.』
Q:Why free?
A:Reason 1:How are the children gonna afford my games if it isn't free?
You see all those wonderful flash games out there?
They are all [free].
So I guess I will make all my games in the future [free] too.
A 2D runner shmup(shoot-em up) where you may or may not save a nation by beating a game.
Shoot and dodge bullets while you keep running and jumping!
Enjoy a slice of life(?) story where you play the game made by Cci while Ayry and Cci banter with each other (and talk about the world of Nosolute and game development)!
In other words, it's a game about game-dev made by the in-game character in game who banters about the game with another in-game character, while you also play/experience the game the in-game character made!
玄之又玄, it's pretty meta.
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Shoot
Dodge
Run
SUPERHOT
(opps wrong game)
Hotel?Trivago
((Warning: Game contains flashy RGB bullets that may be harmful to players with photosensitive epilepsy or similar condition.))
((An option has been added which makes the bullets flashes slower and also removes most of the RGB from the game.))
(also someone remind me to update the steam store assets,they are outdated)
Story:
TL;DR
The guardian of the nation has went missing again from work!
And its up to Ayry to get the guardian(CcI) back to the work office
by play-testing the game Cci made?
Enjoy a story where you play the game made by Cci while Ayry and Cci banter with each other (and talk about the world of Nosolute(橆故原) and game development)!
Features:
2D runner shmup gameplay where you jump and run and shoot and gun.
Its a runner but its also a shoot-em up!
You are forced to run forward but you can control how fast you want to go.
A casual and chill story between 2 characters having fun at somewhere on the land of Nosolute.
C00L backgrounds.
Programmer art.(Yup,it is indeed somehow a feature.)
RGB Bullets.
A lot of RGB bullets.
Different endings(probably).
Bullet time mechanic to help you against the swarm of RGB bullets.
Created (mostly?) by one person.
Sorry, no dogs yet.
Wonderful soundtrack from Rengoku Teien(煉獄庭園) and other composer.
Game comes with free music ❎
Music comes with free game ✅
A kill counter for score chasers!(with numbers that will go up pretty fast)
A timer for speed runners!(despite going fast at the game basically comes down to holding down the right key)
Character Profiles:
don't feel like writing it, have some wonderful @mi3li art instead
(I mean I did actually wrote some in my discord...)
Random Q&A Time
Q:How much of hours of fun can I expect from this game?
A:i will update this answer when the game is finished and asking people to play test it. The planned length™ is around 2 hours.
Q:How much will the game cost?
A:1 usd per hour of average gameplay length. So if the final game lasts around 2 hours, it would be 2 USD after the discount.
New A: I have decided to make the game free to play as of now.
Q:Discount?
A:The game will be discounted 20% off on the first day, then I will keep it on sale as much as possible.The discount will raise very slowly over a long time(Subject to change).
New A:Money is important, but there are things even more important than it, so I am gonna make it free.
"What do you have that can be sacrificed?"
"What are you willing to sacrifice for your ideals?"
Q:Release Date?
A:2023 Q3~4.(Please be prepared for the game to be delayed.)
Q:Planned long term support after game release?
A:Depends on my mood and the game sales.Possible contents are:
An extra stage.
A new difficulty mode inspired by Len'en called ABSURD, where things really get ABSURD(or it would become the extra stage).
Maybe more in the future.
Q:What is the meaning of life?
A:There is no meaning of life.The meaning of life is something you create and decide for yourself.
Q:What is this game inspired by?
A:Rabi-Rabi, Alternative Sphere, WPNfire, Shuan's tutorial, Len'en project,2hou, Run online,i forgot the rest
Q:What is a meme?
A:A miserable little pile of ideas.
Q:How much time have you spend on this game so far?
A:The project started from 26 March 2022 00:40 with 278 Days 11 Hours 29 Minutes 8 Seconds of dev time.
Q:How much money have you spend on this project so far?
A:2394 USD + 13165 +15000+7777 yen, VN stuff takes up most of it
Q:why
A:Life is short and painful, so learn to enjoy fresh air and have fun correctly.
Q:Is this a shmup or is this a runner?
A:It's actually a visual novel...
Q:Fanfiction?
A:I will decide when someone asks. Most likely going to copy and paste Len'en copyright rules.
Q:Experience as a game dev?
A:This is my first public game.
Q:Planned career length/Amount of games?
A:Until I die.
Q:Where did the goodest trailer go?
A:"People die when they are killed."
Q:Who are you?
A:Just an hobbyist/doujin gamedev who have zero experience related to game dev.
The funny thing is, I never intended my first game to be a shmup(or at least half of it).Whenever a major turn-point happens in my life,it is always involved with a shoot-em-up game.If fate truly does exist,then this must be it.
Life is truly miserable and wonderful,isn't it?