horror Death Roulette - Ongoing VN

[Jamie D.W.]

Hello!

So this is my debut VN made with Ren'Py. It started development since 2015 but will only be seeing its First Chapter after a few days because of some difficulties. I also had to rewrite the entire plot. If you can tell, I'm a one-man crew. Only the writing and programming is 100% me. The rest of the assets are CC. What will be releasing in a few days is the first of ten chapters that will span until mid-2018. Call it 0.98 for now; it just needs some polishing. Release will be on itch.io.

Death Roulette focuses on ten students from Maria St. Claire Institute, all of whom are graduating from high school. Everything seems normal at first... until a strange "link" is uncovered. Conspiracy theories circulate around an incident the previous academic year, when a mass murder occurs at Sacred Heart Village. One by one, a student is killed each month, and the mastermind is never unmasked. To top it off, one of MSCI's alumna is involved, but even she is proven innocent... or is she?

Come one morning, and the students of MSCI find out that even they have been compromised: someone is re-enacting the Sacred Heart Murders through a long-running game of deadly roulette. This time, they have a chance of unmasking the culprit, but how many lives will the effort cost? The time has started, and the game is on.

It draws a lot of inspiration from Higurashi and Corpse Party, but the plot's basis is on semi-true events. Expect to see some neat references there... or not. Parallelisms, maybe?

You can follow updates through my Twitter account or Facebook Page (I post my updates and teasers there), though you'll be seeing some images from the VN at this very post (if I can figure it out, that is).

I'll be updating this throughout the entirety of the development. It's gonna be a long trip ahead!

UPDATE: The game is now available on itch.io! Follow this link to the VN: https://jamiedw-offc0728.itch.io/death-roulette-chap-01

Edited October 10, 2017 by Jamie D.W.
Link added

[Shikomizue]

It just so happens that I'm a big fan of mystery, especially "death game"-esque settings like this. Sounds really interesting, count me in when it goes up.

[Akshay]

Corpse Party was very fun. Murder mystery is an exciting genre. Would love to try your game.

Incidently you probably could also draw inspiration from danganronpa and 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors.

[Jamie D.W.]

I played 999. It was awesome!

Looking forward to it, then.

[Akimoto Masato]

On 10/8/2017 at 2:06 PM, Jamie D.W. said:

999

Just flip that number upside down Satan owo

 

 

ill play it mate

[Jamie D.W.]

The game is now available on itch.io! Follow this link to the VN: https://jamiedw-offc0728.itch.io/death-roulette-chap-01

Enjoy!

[Jamie D.W.]

Hello! Jamie here! It's been eleven months since the first chapter has been released. Of course, college got in the way, but now I'm back to writing.

Now, during the interim, I mainly focused on my academics as well as studying how I can improve my storytelling. I've decided to take a slower, more detailed approach in crafting the second chapter. Yup! Just some bug fixes and the second chapter of the VN will be ready to play.

Following the abduction case of Inoue Shinozaki and Kyou Kirisaki, both the students of MSCI and the authorities are left baffled by the culprit's actions and motives. Thus, the case remains open at present and days pass with barely any leads.

Only known as "L.C.," the mysterious figure draws the strings from behind the scenes, covering up their tracks while still being able to carry out the deadly game. Life goes on for the MSCI students and staff...

...Until L.C. decides to reveal himself at an inappropriate time. And one name is mentioned:

...Student Council President Sayo Ronoroa...

Stay updated and follow the link to the game page. I'll be updating this post when it's ready. Have a good day!

Link: https://jamiedw-offc0728.itch.io/death-roulette-chap-02

Edited September 9, 2018 by Jamie D.W.
Added synopsis

[Jamie D.W.]

It's now available!