Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Beyond the Border~ => Akyu's Arcade => Topic started by: Hanged Hourai on December 14, 2015, 01:45:56 AM
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Hello hello, I wanted to talk to everyone about Break Chance Memento, an English Visual Novel coming out in a couple days. I've been part of the beta-testing team and have been in contact with one of the developers, a good friend of mine. This game has been in development for five years as the ambitious first project of Cyanide Tea. They've released many other works in the meantime, but this is their biggest project to date. I can say from a firsthand experience of testing and talking with my friend that this game has so much love and effort put into it. They work they have done really is exceptional and the writing and cast stands out as one of the shining features of the game. Here's the info from their Greenlight page, which can be found below with more info and also the details for the giveaway!
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Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU88mihZ1WI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU88mihZ1WI)
Break Chance Memento (BCM) is the latest visual novel by Cyanide Tea (http://cyanide-tea.net/)[cyanide-tea.net]. BCM is primarily a story about family bonds across time and involves time travel, tracking down a serial killer, and potential gay romance. Can Shuuki save the people he cares about by traveling through time? Whether or not he makes it through to a happy ending is completely up to the player's decisions.
STORY
Four years ago, Shuuki's world was turned upside-down when his twin sister, Fuyuka, died in an accident at just 12 years of age. His parents blamed her death on the negligence of their eldest son, Natsume. The Amamiya family was never the same.
One fateful morning, Shuuki stumbles across the gruesome sight of his brother Masaharu's corpse. When all hope is lost and Shuuki must come to terms with the fact that his brother has been murdered, the mysterious Kyousuke appears before him with a proposition:
"Do you want to bring your brother back? To fix your family's broken relationship? You can?if you learn to travel through time."
Before he knows it, Shuuki is caught in a plot far more sinister than he could have ever imagined. He learns that the key to traveling through time and stopping innocents from being killed lies in mementos: items that are a link between the past, future, and present.
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FEATURES
- A compelling science fiction story about a dysfunctional family and the youngest child's quest to save not just their lives, but their relationship
- Over 6 hours of visual novel gameplay and exploring the city of Nagasaki, looking for mementos, and time traveling
- 8 different endings with 4 pursuable characters and lots of variation in the story based on the 70+ choices presented to the player
- 50+ unlockable CGs/images
Break Chance Memento will be released for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers via itch.io on December 16, 2015 and retail for $19.99. We have a demo available to download[cyanidetea.itch.io] (http://cyanidetea.itch.io/bcm) that covers the first 2 chapters of the game (out of 5). For more information, please visit the official BCM website[bcm.cyanide-tea.net] (http://bcm.cyanide-tea.net/).
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The game will be coming out on December 16th, so the release is imminent and the game is done! But to help make the game a success, they're planning for a release on Steam as well, which means going through Greenlight.
Go help the Greenlight if you can! It means a lot to everyone involved and it takes no time at all to do. And as an added bonus, everyone who buys the game through itch.io before the Steam release will get a Steam code to redeem on your account for no extra charge!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=574702741 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=574702741)
And I am also doing a giveaway to help celebrate the release of BCM. Everyone who comments in this thread will be entered to get a key, simple as that. You don't need to prove you clicked yes on the Greenlight, but doing so will greatly help the chance of the game getting through and getting you that code for use on your Steam account! The giveaway will end on the 17th and everyone will be entered once, chosen by an RNG bot. I will get in touch with you to give you your code after that!
Feel free to ask me anything about the game, I'm glad to answer any questions and share my thoughts on it.
Thanks a ton for listening and I hope you're interested in a very unique and important game for these independent developers!
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I have been quite excited for this! Ristorante Amore and The Blind Griffin were both great, though short 'cause they were NaNoRenO projects, I'm going to be so happy to see what they've been able to do with more time. :3
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I'm a fucker sucker for time-travel narratives sign me up for the inevitable rou lp
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And I've just got wind of some good news as well!
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Though we aren?t doing pre-orders for BCM, we will have an early bird sale! For the first 24 hours of release, the game will be only $14.99 instead of $19.99!
So if you?d like a great bargain for BCM, be sure to get it right away! We won?t do a sale again for a while, so this will be your best chance to get it for cheaper. Of course, itch.io does allow people to tip, so if you?d like to tip us, we?d greatly appreciate it.
Remember, there's no preorders, so if you want to get the game, release day will be your best bet for a solid 25% off!
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Double posting for BIG NEWS
ART AND WRITING CONTEST
http://cyanideteadev.tumblr.com/post/135270393285/hello-everyone-today-we-are-proud-to-open-an-art (http://cyanideteadev.tumblr.com/post/135270393285/hello-everyone-today-we-are-proud-to-open-an-art)
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Hello everyone!
Today we are proud to open an Art and Fiction competition for Break Chance Memento?s release! The information for the competition is outlined below, if you have any questions at all please let us know.
THEME
Create either a piece of art or a piece of writing about Break Chance Memento with the theme ?NEW YEAR?. The type and size of art or writing is totally up to you.
PRIZES
For art entries you will receive the story prize, and fiction entries will receive the art prize. There will be an art AND a fiction winner for each prize level (6 winners all up, 3 art, 3 fiction).
1st Prize: 2 Game Keys + $100 Amazon Gift card + Comic OR Story (at least 2,000 words) based on their entry
2nd Prize: Game Key + $50 Amazon Gift card + Full Coloured Piece OR Story (at least 1,000 words) based on their entry
3rd Prize: Game Key + $25 Amazon Gift Card + Sketch OR Story (at least 500 words) based on their entry
CONDITIONS
All work submitted must be your own or you must have the right to use it. It mustn?t be anything hateful or overtly sexual. The winners will be judged both on technical skill and concept.
SUBMISSION
Send your entries to contact@cyanide-tea.net by 31st of December 12:00am (UTC-6:00). Please feel free to post them elsewhere if you would like.
We look forward to seeing your entries!
BCM Website (http://bcm.cyanide-tea.net/)
BCM Greenlight (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=574702741)
Game comes out tomorrow!
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mfw this game is all shirtless guys
where the shirtless girls
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Break Chance Memento is released! http://cyanidetea.itch.io/bcm (http://cyanidetea.itch.io/bcm)
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Break Chance Memento has been released! If you buy during the first 24 hours, you?ll get the game for 25% off, or $14.99 instead of $19.99. We won?t do a sale again for a while, so this will be your best chance to get it for cheaper. Of course, itch.io does allow people to tip, so if you?d like to tip us, we?d greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much to everyone for your support! We finally made it!
Please also remember to vote for the game on Steam Greenlight! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=574702741 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=574702741)
Break Chance Memento (BCM) is a visual novel about family bonds across time and involves time travel, tracking down a serial killer, and potential romance. It contains over 6 hours of gameplay including parts where the player explores the city of Nagasaki to look for items and time travels to solve the mystery at the core of the plot. The game is for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers and is sold via itch.io, retailing for USD $19.99 (full price). There is also a demo available for download which covers the first two chapters (out of five). For more information, please visit bcm.cyanide-tea.net (http://bcm.cyanide-tea.net).
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I need a new VN to read
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And with that, I think the contest will come to a close. Four entries in, numbered by sequential order looking like
Arashi=1
Chaore=2
YJ=3
PX=4
And the winner is......
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Chaore!
Congratulations! I'll get in contact with you to for that key. Thanks everyone for participating too! BCM is released so I hope you pick it up and enjoy quite a wonderful story.