Chapter Three released! Chapter Four concept, summer holiday, etc.

Chapter three's finally RELEASED! Hooray! :D
The gameplay of Chapter Three will be different IF Kayako died during the finale of her story in Chapter Two. But it's also optional to kill her in that previous chapter as I lowered the difficulty a lot.

Noticed the new gameplay in this new chapter? I got the idea from my childhood (story time starts...now). When I was a child, during a blackout, I asked my mom to lend me her handphone. Then, I used her phone to light the room by using it's camera flash because her phone doesn't have the normal flashlight function. I remembered about that day and used the idea in Chapter Three :)

Oh yes, did you noticed that now you can walk in diagonal direction? XD


By the way, I'm going to work on Chapter Four during the summer holiday. Don't expect it to be done as fast as Chapter Three as I need to have myself a holiday too :)

Here's the next chapter's concept:
-Yuuki and her friends (if they survived) will only play a little role in the next chapter.
-The new chapter will be focused on Yukiko's life.
-Sometime you'll be playing as HARUTO in the next chapter. Yes, you'll be playing as the one who reincarnated as Taiga!
-More emphasis on the story of course. The game itself is a horror-storybased game :)

and many more. I just can't reveal every concept to guys/gals :D


Anyway, that's pretty much it for now. See you guys in the future! Bye :D

Chapter 2 released, "Canonical" Deaths, Chapter 3, and Translator

Finally Chapter 2 is released about two weeks ago. It was a little shorter than chapter one though...but at least the game doesn't have any noticable issue right? XD

Have you guys realized it? Kayako can be killed "canonically" in chapter two!

Sorry for the sudden "canon" death...it was on purpose though (the idea) XD

For the next chapters, many canonical death could occur. Be careful, because it is going to affect the ending after the game's finished :)

Right now, I'm starting to work on chapter 3 while I'm also busy for a drama play that will be held by my class in 25th April. If you guys live in Tangerang, Indonesia, be sure to come and watch it :D

The chapter 3 will be more focused on Yukiko's story. You'll also play as her for some time in the chapter. Chapter 3 will also includes a new gameplay system. I won't spoil it yet :P

By the way, when the game's done, I'm going to look for an English-to-Japanese translator, because I want to release the game in Japan too. If you guys are going to volunteer, that'll be much of help! :)

That's all for now. Here, take this picture of Psycho Yuuki. I hope you guys will have much fun (?) with the release of chapter two XD

Prepare for a step into the despair of sadness!

In the chapter 2, I've decided to add a moment where a player could cry IF they're able to feel the character's feelings....and even more sadder during the second playthough :D

Well, sorry for being a dramatizer...but I just can't make a game without a touching moment :(

Also, in that chapter, the player will be shown a place which hints where the final section of the game will take place :D

Anyway, here's some sneak peek of chapter two. Enjoy~

Chapter Two - More puzzle or scare?

If you guys/gals have already tried the Chapter Zero and Chapter One (available only for some people), you guys/gals definitely knew that my game is trap-puzzle-chase based, just like Ib and the other famous RPG Horror games.

In Chapter Zero, the player will experiences the thrilling chase and trap avoiding scene.
In Chapter One, the player will experiences the puzzle solving and exploration.
In Chapter Two, I intended to put more puzzle solving combined with the essence of J-Horror movie. I also intended to reveal a bit about the identity of Yuuki's dark counterpart :D

What do you guys/gals think? Should it be more scary or mind-bending?

Whoa, what's with that creepy guy?

Last week, I got my friend to test the uncompleted chapter one.

And guess what? I got him shat his pant during the finale of Kayako's part. XD

The main cause is the guy on the left. I've created 3 kind of enemies in the game. They are:
-The Red Hitodama, the vengeful soul that will damage the player and saying weird dialogue whenever it hits a player.

-The Purple Hitodama, an extremely contaminated soul. It has absorbed many dark spirit and as the result, this extremely corrupted soul was born. It has a powerful attack that will banish the player away and dealing heavy damage.

-The Possessed Corpse, a corpse that is possessed by many vengeful spirit. They are a little bit faster than zombies, and they are pretty much intelligent. Only a few of them can still run to chase the player. If  the player is caught, prepare for a gruesome screen... :D

All of the enemies above can be exorcised, except for the possessed corpse.

In order to do that, the player will have to find an ofuda (exorcism charm) and touch the soul. The player can only do this when they're playing as Yuuki. Note that an ofuda will only work once and if the player revisit the area, the soul will be back.

Taiga is the only deutragonist that can do exorcism. He will be using a katana imbued with an exorcist's soul to exorcise the spirits. Whoops! I just did a spoiler... :P

Well, that's it for today's blog post. See you guys/gals really soon :D

Character Introduction: Kayako, plus some pict so far.

The character above is the deutragonist of the story, Kayako. She will be one of the character which the player will play as. On the screenshot above, Kayako is shown wandering in the Kirihara Mansion and on another place which is not shown on the demo.

Kayako is a tsundere type. She will kick the hell out of anyone that picked a fight with her. Oh, note that she is a black belt in karate. Kayako is also the daughter of an extremely rich businessman.

Yuuki and Kayako first met in kindergarten when Yuuki was getting bullied by several other kids. After Kayako dealt with them, Yuuki noticed that Kayako was injured in the fight, and Yuuki immidiately treated the wound. Since then, Kayako became Yuuki's first friend and became extremely loyal to her.

Yuuki, Kayako, and Taiga are known the YuKaTa group in their school. The three of them are always together. Whenever Yuuki is getting bullied by another person, Kayako is the one that usually fend them off (for good) in somewhat, "cruel" way...

Kayako's relationship to Yuuki is similar to Seiko to Naomi from Corpse Party. Kayako cares deeply for Yuuki and will always be there to help her. On the other hand, Kayako's relationship to Taiga is pretty much like Kaoru to Junichi from Amagami, but the different is that Kayako has no feelings toward Taiga. Kayako knows that Taiga likes Yuuki, but she feels that Taiga is not worthy enough for Yuuki. She often teases Taiga about Yuuki and will separate them whenever Taiga tried to talk to her personally.

Currently, chapter one is nearing 80% completion. I just need to finish off Kayako's part and do some developing for Taiga's part.

About Chapter Zero

In the chapter zero, which is the only chapter in the beta version, I actually based it on Fatal Frame III's early chapter. For those who had played the game (Fatal Frame III), you surely will know that the running scene is based on how Rei (the Fatal Frame III protagonist) trying to run away from the tattooed priest (the main ghost of Fatal Frame III).

The "urban legend researching" part is actually helpful for the next chapter. You'll know why when it is released. :P

The deutragonist that you met in chapter zero (Taiga) is also a playable character in later chapter. I've planned to make something different when you're playing as him in the later chapter...especially for the horror atmosphere.

Well, that's it for the current information about chapter zero. Next time I'm going to post a few things about chapter one (which I'm currently working on) and about the main characters. See ya!




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