After a long wait, the heroine prologues release is now finished and ready to be released on Steam this very December 15th! As we previously described, the Heroine Prologues contain the first chapter for each of the four heroine routes in Lucid9, plus a little bit of additional content written solely for this release! Be advised that these chapters serve only as introductory pieces to the remainder of our game, narrated from the POV of each one of the heroines. Rest assured, however, that Yama will return as the overall protagonist and narrator in future releases. We're extremely excited to finally share a portion of the content we'd been working on. It's certainly a milestone for us, and we hope that it sparks interest for the heroine routes that is still yet to come. To give you some insight of what to expect from the prologues, here's a quick list: - Dope, new music tracks. - Bad writing from a prominent political figure. - ( _) - Lemonade drink drunk by a lemonade boy. - Good Dads & Shady Moms. - A crotch rocket. In order to access this new content, you need to first have reached the ending of Lucid9: Inciting Incident. Once you do, you will notice that the main menu theme has changed, along with something else. Simply find this new option to see what we have in store!
Additionally, some time after the 15th, we'll be streaming the prologues on our Twitch channel. Be sure to tune in if you're interested to learn more about its development. We will post a new blog entry on the very same day, with new information about Lucid9s future. Thank you for your patience, and we hope you enjoy! - Fallen Snow Studios

[ 2019-12-10 02:22:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Lucid9 is a mystery visual novel where your choices affect the outcome of the story.

--------STORY--------

// D-DAY.
You're a murderer.

// 1 DAY PRIOR.
You can’t trust anyone. You lose your mind.

// 3 DAYS PRIOR.
Someone dies before your eyes. Your friends distance themselves from you.

// 4 DAYS PRIOR.
Your school enforces a curfew. You nearly drown. Your past catches up to you.

// 6 DAYS PRIOR.
You learn that students at your school have been disappearing into nothingness. You visit an amusement park with a bunch of friends anyway.

// 8 DAYS PRIOR.
You take a history exam. Maybe you pass, maybe you fail. Then you participate in a treasure hunt in the sketchiest part of the city. Thankfully, nothing happens. Or maybe something does.

// 9 DAYS PRIOR.
You visit a career fair to review your options. Doesn't seem like there is a bright future ahead of you. You also meet a crazy woman with a vocabulary larger than her height who claims to be a detective.

// 10 DAYS PRIOR.
You immerse yourself in classes, friends, and an everyday routine. You eat copious amounts of fried chicken and are press-ganged into advertising for a club you're not even in. This is where the game begins.

// THE THING IS:
You can choose to fight this outcome.

--------ABOUT LUCID9--------

Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, where you play as Yama Ishimoto, a cynical high school student who would like nothing more than to keep his life free of school drama and hard choices. However, he’s forced to face his circumstances when an eccentric detective blazes into his life, alerting him of a string of brutal murders at his school.

As Yama furthers this investigation, he must dig through the secrets of the city, bringing him and his friends closer and closer to danger in the process. Every step leads Yama to the most unexpected - and terrifying - culprit…

--------DEVELOPERS--------

Lucid9 is being created by Fallen Snow Studios, an international group of visual novel enthusiasts who seek to make a VN by fans for fans. As Lucid9 is a passion project that has been created without any budget so far, we are aiming to release it free of charge in order to both engage established fans of visual novels, as well as introduce newcomers to this unique storytelling medium. We are working our hardest to make sure the rest of the story will be available for free as well.

--------UPCOMING--------

• Free Voice Acting patch: All of Inciting Incident will be fully voiced in English by Yin Yang Voices. Recording production has already begun, but it's a deliberate and lengthy process. Consequently, we're aiming to release the patch for the voices in 2017.
  
• Second arc of Lucid9: We are currently working on the heroine routes, which will comprise the second part of Lucid9. They will be included in a future patch. There isn't any precise release date for this patch, but we will make sure to share progress regularly with all of you.