Celestial Dance: Shift the tide {Otome Life Sim}

[roxanne410]

Engine: RMXP
Rating: Teen
Type: Otome Life/Dating sim
Website: Celestialdance.weebly.com

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The boundless light of the summer’s morn was soon weakening to a shimmer, as September dawned on the quiet town of Araysia. There was a nagging sense of reminder that pulled the children out of bed just minutes earlier to help savour the last days of their summer.

The game begins within this sweet transition with an eight year old girl moving in with her mother into the mumbling town, just days before the start of her school. It plays out over various stages of her life from child, to pre-teen, to teen, to adult as she makes friends, develops likes, dislikes, personality and even fall in love.

 

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• Realistic romances grow based on friendship and are run by Artificial Intelligence of the NPCs.
• Realistic Character development shows characters with deep and hashed out stories, interactions and thoughts that shows them grow through the game.
• Customize your main character by influencing everything from her personality to her clique, to her crush to the foods and shows she likes.
• Fully voiced characters and sounds mixed to insert the player into the scene using stereo sounds.
• Artificial intelligence allows you to influence the lives of those around you, including what they like, what they think of you and even make them fall in love with you at random.
• Anime style frame animation appears throughout the game
• Full linear plot, deep characterization, lots of dialogue and tons to do!
• Full romance routes and cutscenes for each character that begins as a child and continues to marriage and eventual children
• Game focused on the theme of bullying and achieving your dreams.
• CGs and visual novel elements incorporated within the game
• Tons of achievements, unlockables and secrets hidden around the game.
• Many fun events such as sleepovers, prom and dates all with benefits, dialogue and full cut scenes which change based on your choices.
• A character song sung at the end of the game
• An opening animation to music
• An accompanying light novel.

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Chapter 1: Child
In this chapter, you begin as an eight year old who has just moved to a new town. In this chapter, you are to attend school, make friends and grow the town. This chapter serves as a tutorial on different things you can do, and it also is meant as a buffer to set up your life for the next few years by influencing your hero's personality, making friends, getting her ahead in school and trying to build her as a character to how you desire.

Chapter 2: Pre-teenager
You have finally turned thirteen, and life has begun to become increasingly more complicated. In this short chapter, you are spending your time on summer break getting to know your friends further in-depth while finishing up any friendship route cutscenes you have missed and finalizing your character before her trek into teenage years. You spend the majority of this chapter just spending time around the town and just experience everything Araysia has to offer. At this point, the second town (Elica) is now unlockable.

Chapter 3: Teenager
Four years have passed since the last chapter, and the teenage hero is now fully developed personality wise, though her likes are still ever-changing. The plotline is in full swing, including a sub-plot that takes place within her high school life. The chapter now focuses in on the friendships she has developed and it is time to make a choice as to who the hero wants to pursue romantically. As the love interests begin to grow, so do their feelings for the hero to the point where they may fall in love with her. At this time, you will select who you wish to pursue as a life-partner and select near the middle of the chapter. After that, you will slowly trigger their route's story through cut scenes until they become your partner.

Chapter 4: Young Adult
A few more years have passed, and you and your lover have finally gotten together. You're out of school, out of work and currently out of your mind. This chapter centers around work and Marriage, as the hero begins to aspire to a particular line of work. In the chapter, the hero will get engaged to her sweetheart, married and even go on a fully playable honeymoon (with a surprise). After that, the lovers begin to plan their lives as a married couple as you can fully experience what the world has to offer.

Chapter 5: Adult [Final]
Finally, you're out of your mother's house and have moved out with your spouse (And kids if you had decided to have them.) The adult chapter is now focused on your married life as well as achieving your goals. The character can now complete hobbies for money such as writing or cooking. Now, she can strive for CEO, Doctor, Lawyer etc. This chapter concludes and shows you how the lives of everyone turn out post-game, including your own.

 

Warning: Slightly image heavy

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Max Destiny

Max is a sweetheart who appears in the game as the first intractable love interest. He first emerges alongside his sister. He is very sweet and always smiling, but has a bit of a mischievous and flirty side to him. Max has high respects for everyone around him and will do his best to support them and their dreams. Max tries to smile through any situation, but as seen in his romance path he often makes rather selfless decisions, resulting in his own infliction.

CV: HeroicRoxas
 

Andy Valitrov

Andy is the smart and stoic member of Araysia, first appearing with his parents and twin sister. He's rather cold at first, but has a sense of humour and gentleness to him that is unique to his persona. Andy is a very brotherly figure towards everyone and loves his real sister and best friends unconditionally, despite conflicting with all of them on a regular basis.

CV: Andrew Mimms
 

Gage Knight

Gage is a super excitable and determined guy who appears to begin with his all-female family in Araysia. He's the eldest of three, and shares more in common with his younger adoptive sister than anyone else. Gage is sporty, likeable and sometimes a bit overbearing, however remains friends with most in the town. He is best friends with Max and Andy, and remains the only person who can make Andy yell.

CV: Henry Mason
 

Tristan A. Mallory

Tristan is rather shy and sweet, appearing to be quiet and he seems to have trouble delivering his feelings through words. He always seems to smile and blush when asked to speak, and he generally remains gentle and respectful throughout his interactions. He lives with his mother and best friend (who was abandoned by her mother as a kid) and the two of them seem to have slight feelings for one and other. Tristan also takes interest in the hero romantically as a teenager. After he reaches his teen years, Tristan becomes more calm than shy and is able to interact with everyone much easier. He is close with Tyrone and Leo, and often panics when they begin to fight.

CV: [in Deliberation]
 

Tyrone/Taka Kirimura

Ty is a cheeky and flirtatious next door neighbour who lives next door to the player. Due to a paperwork mix-up when he was born, he ended up with two names- "Tyrone" which was his mother's choice, and "Taka" Which was his fathers. His father passed away when Ty was six years old. He since hasn't come to terms with it. Ty is incredibly artistically gifted, as he paints as a child and writes light novels and manga as a teenager. Ty is also bi-lingual speaking Japanese occasionally through his dialogue.

CV: Mylez Dimitrovsky
 

Damion Skylar King

Damion at first appears very closed off and angry, but is later revealed to be very kind and happy. He is best friends with Kyler, Jet and Jaden and classifies as a tsundere. He is incredibly popular, and finds pleasure in teasing people he cares about.

CV: ToxicProxy
 

Kyler Foxxe

Kyler is a generally tough bad boy that moves in during the teenage chapter. Kyler has a good heart despite his tough exterior, and he is very empathetic despite his initial attitude. He isn't very good at hiding his sweetness overall, but has some issues fully opening up to people. Jet, Jay and Damion were all held back to the 11th grade despite being seventeen.
Kyler has no family, and therefore lives with Jet, Damion and Jay in Damion's house. One of Kyler's favorite things to call everyone is 'Kid' no matter how old they are.

CV: Daniel Guadagnino
 

Jet Ryker York

Jet is an seemingly apathetic teenager with a twist. While he appears to be a super lazy, emotionless guy, Jet actually has a super outgoing and excitable side that he refuses to show to anyone else. He loves Romance video games and loves action on top of that. In Jet's romance line, he is struggling to fight his tobacco addiction but is afraid of his friends disowning him. Jet lives with Damion and the boys but never seems to get along with him since Damion gets angry with Jet's uncaring attitude.

CV: [in Deliberation]
 

Aris Steele Dragon

Aris is the spoiled popstar who moves in with his guardian in the second chapter of the game. He's rather intelligent and quick witted, but requires the need to bully people in order to keep his solitude. He is often very prince-like to other females with the exception of the hero- who happens to be the person he enjoys to tease most.

CV: Jon Baca
 

Jaden West

Note: Face sprite is in the midst of an overhaul
Jaden West (better known as Jay) is the proper and very intelligent member of Araysia. He is kind and mature, but in the same sense he's rather strict. In general, Jay is rather to-himself, often preferring learning to the company of others. He and his friends diverge incredibly personality wise, but they get along fairly well, as he lives with them. Jay holds a very deep secret close to his heart, that he only uncovered to those closest to him.

CV: John Ureta
 

Kyo/Camellia Tsukino

Kyo is Taka/Tyrone's first cousin who is very socially awkward. He appears as a teenager with his younger sibling (Shiro). When Kyo speaks to a woman, he often speaks in Japanese to avoid any issues, usually showing his true colours. He is hardly able to get words out when speaking in English to women. Kyo's actual personality is kept secret at the moment. His duel-name is a similar instance to Taka/Tyrone, as they were born very closely together.

CV: Victor Ybarra
 

Leo Draco

Note: Face sprite currently undergoing overhaul
Leo is a shy boy with a lot of fake confidence built up inside of him. He is sweet for the most part, and very calm as he matures. He is 'enemies' with Tyrone, however it is quite obvious that both have a friendship beneath all of the hate. Leo lives with his father, Julius, and has a mother who is frequently mentioned.

CV: Brandon Winckler

 

Warning: Slightly Image Heavy

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Weather Effects in the overworld. The text has now been changed to an off-black.​

The Hero's room- currently under construction.

Inner Forest map

In-progress frame animation frame. Green screened for further editing​

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The following is a cast reel that showcases a few of several characters and their voices. Please be aware that this video was actually used simply for the fans of the game, so it was rather unprofessional. I apologize for this, but another one is on its way with updated voices and more voice actors.

 

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Town Events: 75%
Romance Routes: 95%
NPC interactions:20%
Maps: 95%
Cutscenes: 30%
Artwork:45%Voice Acting: 70%
Overall: 65%

Credits​

Under construction. Does not currently include things such as tilesets and sprites, as it is uncertain which will still be used. Some voice actors are excluded from this list due to the uncertainty of their position from not responding etc.​

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Voice Actors:

Seems like a lot, I know. Most of them are completed in full.

Anastasia: Mizura

Andy Valitrov: Andrew Mimms

Aris Dragon: Jon Baca

Celeste: Mizura

Cindy Woods: Cheyenne Victory

Connor: Wolfking

Dakota: April-Ann Tass

Damion King: Toxicproxy

Demitra: Sam

Deniece Dilante: Em

Gage Knight: Henry Mason

Jaden West: John Ureta

Julie: Andox.

Kandi: Amelia Digi

Kory: Bradley G.

Kyler Foxxe: Daniel Guadagnino

Kyo Tsukino: Victor Luis Ybarra

Leo Draco: Brandon James Winckler

Lia: Victoria Masterson

Max Destiny: HeroicRoxas

Piroline: Chloe

Roxie Destiny: Cheyenne Victory

Samantha: FakeTsuki

Scarlet: Amy Perkins

Serenity Lai-Draco: Jasper Marrow

Tai: Mirne

Tyrone Kirimura: Mylez Dimitrovsky

Tytannia Winters: Cheyenne Victory

Willow: smarticlesXD

 

Artwork:

 

Body Sprites: Cheyenne Victory

CGs: Cheyenne Victory

Frame Animations: Cheyenne Victory

Character Sprites: Cheyenne Victory, Ccoa [more to be listed]

Tilesets: Cheyenne Victory, Enterbrain, Sythjester, Ccoa [more to be listed]

 

Music:

Daniel Carpenter

Bean Sato

Enterbrain

Maoudamassi

Cheyenne Victory

 

Events:

Cheyenne Victory

 

Writing:

Scenarios:

Kaza luck's sin

Cheyenne Victory

 

Scene writing:

Rockin' Robin

Paige Carlson

Cheyenne Victory

Planning

Amelia Digi

Cheyenne Victory

Sam

 

 

[Wavelength]

Jet don't NEED a Player 2!!

Looks very neat.  I like these kind of slice-of-life games, and this one looks very ambitious, with all the different characters and life stages.  Normally I'd assume something like this would be unlikely to be completed, but if your Progress numbers are accurate, you're not too far off!  Congrats!

Make sure you normalize the voice clips' volume before the project's complete.  The ones in your video are at all different volumes and it makes for an unpleasant experience.

 

[roxanne410]

Jet don't NEED a Player 2!!

Looks very neat.  I like these kind of slice-of-life games, and this one looks very ambitious, with all the different characters and life stages.  Normally I'd assume something like this would be unlikely to be completed, but if your Progress numbers are accurate, you're not too far off!  Congrats!

Make sure you normalize the voice clips' volume before the project's complete.  The ones in your video are at all different volumes and it makes for an unpleasant experience.

Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately Jet's shirt gets cut off due to the sprite unification of height, which makes me rather sad... because I very much love that shirt. 

Thank you very much! It's been a long ride, but I'm getting there. It's been several years that I've been working on it, and it makes no sense to quit now. I've remained pretty silent on the actual RM forums, but the numbers are rather accurate. I've worked a lot on it and I can realistically finish within the next few months!

Absolutely! I mix the sounds all the time. I mentioned this kind of subtly in the thread, but I mix sounds for stereoness as well. (Meaning that the volume in each speaker varies based on the NPC in relative to the player). So I'll be sure to mix it down so the volumes remain the same! I apologize for the volume alteration within the video. A lot of the clips I just clipped together for preview purposes unmixed so I apologize if it bothered your ears or anything! 

Thank you again for your feedback! 

 

[don.dudong@gmail.com]

Looks nice.

 

[roxanne410]

Looks nice.

Thank you!! I'm glad you think so!

 

[roxanne410]

[uPDATE]

This week we will begin alpha testing on the first 5th of the game, and we will also be releasing an introduction sneek preview of the CD opening.

The hunger system has been reimagined with moods now incorporated! More info to come once announced officially on the website.

Sorry for the double post.

 

[Randommerade]

You go Roxie

 

[Miss Nile]

Ooh, now this looks like a really interesting game. ^^ Its story makes it quite similar to how visual novels usually are but just the mere fact that it's made in RMXP makes it intriguing! It will definitely allow the player more choices to make and have him gain more control over the main character's life. Interesting!

Also, I really like the idea of having a chapter for each stage of the character's life. That's new, I think, as most games usually focus on the teenage or young adult part and leave out the rest.

I like the art, too, and the characters, although I think they look a bit too similar? Art-wise, I mean, especially the face. Or do they all look cute and all? XD

The mapping could use some improvement but I am sure with practice, you're going to make it better. Also, the main character's sprite is a bit plain? Or it could be that it's not properly shadowed. I suggest changing it and all. ^^

Good luck with your project. It definitely has a lot of potential.

 

[roxanne410]

Ooh, now this looks like a really interesting game. ^^ Its story makes it quite similar to how visual novels usually are but just the mere fact that it's made in RMXP makes it intriguing! It will definitely allow the player more choices to make and have him gain more control over the main character's life. Interesting!

Also, I really like the idea of having a chapter for each stage of the character's life. That's new, I think, as most games usually focus on the teenage or young adult part and leave out the rest.

I like the art, too, and the characters, although I think they look a bit too similar? Art-wise, I mean, especially the face. Or do they all look cute and all? XD

The mapping could use some improvement but I am sure with practice, you're going to make it better. Also, the main character's sprite is a bit plain? Or it could be that it's not properly shadowed. I suggest changing it and all. ^^

Good luck with your project. It definitely has a lot of potential.

Hey there! Thank you so much for your reply! 

It was a rather strange approach I took, but I felt that a VN couldn't do what I was hoping for the game! So I'm glad it seems to resonate well!

Thank you so much! I don't know how it came about, but six years ago, it did. Memories on how the game originated have somewhat disappeared since then!

I'm very glad you like the art! I'm not really much of an artist, and I can say myself that I've improved a lot over the years in my art style. I've had a few people say the same thing that they all look pretty similar! I completely agree- It's because my face shapes turn out looking really awkward unless I keep to the similar pattern, Which is why the characters rely on dialogue and emotional variation to show their differences~ 

Oh I am so aware. I've never really been able to map- and with the lack of outdoor tutorials from back in the start, it's caused me to have to learn on my own and that happens to be the result. I'm always trying to improve upon the maps for sure! Hopefully I can get it up to par someday, But it's a matter of figuring out how to fill it out in a way that it doesn't look badly cluttered or just randomized. On the plus side, I've worked closer with indoor maps, so those seem alright I should hope. Ah yes, The main character sprite is a bit plain due to lack of shadows. I may fix it, but with outfit and hair colour variations, my time may be allotted to do that during beta testing.

Thank you so much! I will certainly work on the areas you've explained! Thank you for your input I appreciate it a lot