Retrocausality [Now out on steam!]

[Thanatos]

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In this aimless darkness of space, this world that we’ve been placed on continues to turn.

This world was fated to end since its inception.

And on it, we mortals wait for its inevitable end.

To travel through time, one must be willing to leave everything behind and be self-centered enough to change one's own fate.

And changing one's fate means going against the very same God who placed us here.

 

Genre: Time Travel, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery

 

Retrocausality is a kinetic visual novel where you encounter paradoxes, causal loops and inversions as you strive to make your dream come true. Set in Akihabara between the years 2000-2069, the story follows a group of college students who survive an anomaly only to find themselves in the midst of a temporal war.

Game Info:

Hello guys! I'm Thanatos and this is going to be my debut visual novel!
This is a short game that was inspired by Steins;Gate.
The game is now up on steam with Neoclassic Games publishing it.
Here's the VNDB link and also my twitter.
Let me know what you think about it!

 

 

Features:

• Kinetic Visual Novel - In this predetermined world that we live in, there is no free will. We don't afford such a luxury.
• Cyberpunk setting - Dive into a futuristic cyberpunk dystopian world where everyone resides inside a structure ruled by a strict regime.
• Temporal War - Fights take place in ways you have never seen before, with characters inverting, completing paradoxes, and sometimes even causing causal loops.

"The grandfather paradox is impossible. In fact, all paradoxes are impossible. The Everett-Wheeler-Graham or multiple world theory is correct. All possible quantum states, events, possibilities and outcomes are real, eventual and occurring." - John Titor

Now if the grandfather paradox isn't a thing, does that mean that we can we kick grandpa down the stairs?

 

Timeline:

• circa 2000 - Root timeline is newly constructed with the appearance of its creator
• circa 2020 - Time travel is proved to be possible
• circa 2039 - Temporal wars conclude
• circa 2064 - Temporal wars begin
• circa 2069 - The world's first time machine is built

Did reading that hurt your one-dimensional time brain? In that case, try thinking backwards instead.

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Thanatos
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[Zalor]

Looks really cool Thanatos, just the kind of thing up my alley. Also, I liked the look of the ONScripter short VN you posted about on your twitter. Are you planning to release that as well sometime?

[Thanatos]

10 hours ago, Zalor said:

Looks really cool Thanatos, just the kind of thing up my alley. Also, I liked the look of the ONScripter short VN you posted about on your twitter. Are you planning to release that as well sometime?

Thank you. I do plan on releasing the VN that's made in ONScripter. I'm still deciding on whether to split it into five chapters and release them one at a time or to release them all together as a compiled game. I also want to improve its art style a little more.

[Thanatos]

 

The demo is now out on steam!

 

                                    

 

It has four short stories that you can experience at the moment.

[Thanatos]

 

A new opening for the short stories in the style of Kanon

to celebrate the fact that the game comes out on Friday!

 

The words and the vocal were done by Fuuka Mariwo.

The music was done by Sakagami Souichi.

Edited May 3, 2023 by Thanatos

[Mist Ephemeral]

Will it be released anywhere else, like GOG, Itchio, Jast, etc.?

[Thanatos]

7 hours ago, Mist Ephemeral said:

Will it be released anywhere else, like GOG, Itchio, Jast, etc.?

I don't have plans to release it anywhere else at the moment. But if a lot of people play the game, then I might.

[Thanatos]

The game is now out on steam!

[DerrickOlley]

I love them too! They are relaxing and reminiscent of childhood!