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Recycling time! (A little surprise.)
🕑 Added 2018-10-17 16:30:40 +0000 UTCI've been looking at Calling Cipher last week to see what I can do with the game.
The script is complete rubbish, of course. Nothing to salvage there except the characters and small parts of the plot.
The artwork is gorgeous, and luckily most high school uniformed characters had also casual clothes.
Most of the CGs are made for both casual clothes and uniform, so I'm lucky there too.
All in all, it was pretty salvage-able if I could just fix the plot.
And a few days ago, I found a way.
So...
Don't tell anyone but Calling Cipher is now officially a WIP ImpQueen game.
It will mostly be made for mobiles, but will also be ported to PC and MAC.
It will have separate routes for each romance-able character and a separate prologue chapter.
Unfortunately, because it will be taking up a good chunk of my time, the routes won't be free except the prologue chapter.
But each route won't cost any more than $2 and if you are a Pacacorn or the Royalpaca tier, you will receive all routes for free both as an APK file and a desktop application (PC and MAC) as soon as they are available.
What changed?
Most importantly, Riley is not a high school girl anymore. She and her friends are all second year in college.
Matt is now a professor (or is he?!).
Kai is still Kai and Chase is a last year College student.
Plot is a bit more intricate and it will be slightly more mature.
(Not in a sexy way! (OR IS IT?!) But not exactly in Cardinal Cross territory either. It's still pretty light and fun.)
It's a %100 Otome game. It's less slice-of-life and more adventure-romance.
I'm kind of scared, because full otomes are kind of an unknown territory for me. (Wish me luck!)
Riley has some character changes. I'm adding more weaknesses and vulnerabilities to her character now, so we can see some sort of development from her.
And lastly,
Once the boys are done, I want to work on the girl's romance route, starting from either Megan or Taylor.
I have a feeling it will work out this time.
At least I know I'm enjoying this very much right now. I already finished one game and I kinda liked the taste, so I won't be giving up again quickly or easily.
%10 complete.
%90 to go!
Comments
Victoria Martin
Sometimes you just need to step away from projects to be able to tackle them from different angles.
Rinmaru
I'm really really excited too! I can't believe how smoothly it's going too! I'm sooo in it hahaha! <3
Victoria Martin
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! My heart stopped when you first teased that you might be looking at this game again. But I did not want to get too excited... but now... I AM SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED! Have been a fan from the beginning and I am so ready for this game to finally exist!
Rinmaru
Yes, it will be a %100 otome with no skill building this time. =)
Kikiolana
Like the people before, I'm super excited to hear this news!!! I loved Calling Cipher and to hear it's getting picked up again made my day. Will the skill building and such not be a part of it anymore then?
Rinmaru
I'm really really excited too! Them being in college gives me a lot of freedom in telling the story too. I think that was the biggest problem from the start! Haha :P
Rinmaru
Me toooo!!! >:D
Chelsea Hogan
I am SOOOO excited. I loved the Calling Cipher demo, even though the high school age made me a little uneasy. But if they're in college, I am GOOD. I remember being sad that it was being scrapped, so knowing you're bringing it back is AMAZING. Also, as far as paying for the routes goes.....SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! I'd be delighted to pay for such awesome stuff!
Sock-Time
So excited for this now!
