I once heard a story...
There's a marketplace under the mountain where anything can be bought and sold. Visitors wear masks to become faceless strangers. It's home to the unscrupulous, the outcast, and the desperate.You're one of the desperate.
Strangers with their own secrets and ambitions can show you ways through the market. They'll guide you to your goal, but don't trust them to have your best interests at heart.
Features
🔹The first chapter of a multi-chapter series.🔹Choose the protagonist's name, pronouns, and mask.
🔹Four mysterious love interests.
🔹Over 65k words.
🔹A dark, mature story with many ways to fail.
🔹Timed choices! Or turn them off for an easier game.
🔹Original music by Cajsa.
🔹Use the default, OpenDyslexic, or Atkinson Hyperlegible font for ease of reading.
Characters
Keir - Sarcastic Thief
"When I compliment you — if that ever happens — you’ll know."
Where there is a market, there are thieves. Keir steals to feed hungry mouths, but never forget that to survive at the fringes requires the most ruthless kind of pragmatism.
Cirrus - Humble Priest
"Penance is of the utmost importance here, and I think you'd best keep that soul of yours unblemished."
The church of the Lunar God offers sanctuary to all who come to its doors and Cirrus will give aid to those who request it. But there is no such thing as a gift in the market, and whatever aid Cirrus grants, he will want something in return.
Francesco - Spirited Adventurer
"There are so many sensations I've never felt before, and I'm making it my mission to finally live my life to the fullest!"
Sweet and sun-kissed, people such as him does not typically come to the marketplace. Can you trust this seemingly innocent man, in a place where everyone keeps dark secrets and appearances could be the most misleading of all?
Oleander - Merchant Gadfly
"You want my attention? You've got it, minx. Meet me later and you'll see what that gets you."
A market needs things to sell, and Oleander is happy to provide anything you can ask for, at a price. Hedonic and charming, he makes all his work into games, but he won't say to what end he's playing.
Vesper - Cursed Protagonist
"The people down here have beautiful taste..."
No one goes under the mountain without a good reason. Unfortunately, you have a great reason. Whatever you were aboveground, now is the time to abandon it.
Choose between 3 different masks
Hello, hello, my beautiful raccoon friends! There is a lot going on right now, so lets chat about how August went (it was certainly a month!).
More romance VN parties!
Studio lan is kindly hosting an event open to all romance-focused visual novels at the end of September, and were delighted to say well be participating! As always, we whole-heartedly recommend folks check out these events, because the world of romance VNs is vast and beautiful
Weve got merch
If youre looking to get stickers, the Chapter Two announcement image as a poster, or a t-shirt to show your devotion to Cirrus, [u]we are officially open for business[/u] ! Cajsa is also officially selling the soundtrack for Obscura, [u]please give it a look here[/u] .\n
Art progress
I cant share any images this time without spoiling the surprise (and we all know youre not supposed to spoil the surprise in Obscura ;3), but Mugi has begun work on the CGs for Francescos route, and they are gorgeous. She is also hard at work putting together the new backgrounds Francesco is gonna need, since he refuses to sit still and not explore everything in the marketplace.
Writing progress
Heres where the news becomes mixed, unfortunately. On my side of the raccoon den, August was very, very busy with non-Obscura work. I had a lot of fun with that work, but it was sad to be away from my boys for so long. Things have simmered down a lot now, thank goodness, though I know Ill be in another Work Vortex come spring.
On the bright side, I have finished the very first step of pre-production for Chapter Three: the powerpoints. To explain as briefly as possible: when drafting the overarching story beats, I write the story in bullet point format, with each slide being a scene (as in a chunk of text that all shares the same goal, tone, or setting). Heres what a slide from Keirs second chapter looks like (with a mild spoiler warning for anyone who hasnt played it).
[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44088510/7469f1292852babad0f83eb379368219325e1132.png\"][/img]If I had to guess, Chapter One would have had ~5 slides to sum things up. Both of my Chapter Twos used 10 slides. Both Chapter Threes have 15 slides, so theres definitely a lot of shenanigans planned!
On Tobis side of the raccoon den, shes been through a few upheavals that means she needs to put down the pen for a while. Shes okay, but when working on Obscura becomes a point of stress instead of something we enjoy doing, that means its time to take a break. Were so grateful to everyone who follows us for being so supportive, even reminding us to make sure were not working too hard. Its hard to express through the medium of text, but the gratitude we feel for you all is absolutely overwhelming.\n
Everyone else is continuing their work on Francescos second chapter while Tobi rests, and were 100% behind her taking that break until she feels ready to start writing again.\n
And thats what happened to us in August. Im looking forward to an extremely normal and boring September for all of us (cross your fingers!!), and also to enjoy all the eyecandy thats bound to come our way in the Fall in Love Fest Arent romance VNs the best?
Lots of love,
The Rotten Raccoons Team
Minimum Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz 64-bit Intel-compatibleMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.0
- Storage: 350 MB available space
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