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New team, new visual novel!

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A lot of things have been changing for me and my little studio over the last few months. Firstly, I got a new full time job in the games industry, and I have been very excited to work with a great group of devs, artists, and game testers. I’m learning a lot every day and that makes me happy indeed.

But I’m not done making my own visual novels, and although I technically have less time to work on them now, that will be balanced by the fact that my team is growing. Along with Malcolm Pierce, my co-writer for Serafina’s Crown, artist Wendy Gram will join the team for my next visual novel! The visual novel will also be created with Game Maker (thanks largely to the Edge VN Engine by ThinkBoxly) which will allow me to add more game-play elements into the story than in the past.

I can’t tell you much about the new visual novel story just yet, except that it will be a fantasy noir of sorts, with an all new world and all new characters. Here’s a peek at two of the main characters:

Artwork by Wendy Gram and Jenny Gibbons

Artwork by Wendy Gram and Jenny Gibbons

And here’s one of my compositions for the game thus far:

And for the last bit of news, from now on my games will be published through a collaboration with Thesis Games. I look forward to sharing more with you as game development progresses!

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Serafina’s Crown – Released!

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Serafina’s Crown, the sequel to Serafina’s Saga, is now released!

Download Chapter 1 free as a Demo

Google Play

Released on Steam!

The sequel takes place seven years after the end of the Serafina’s Saga visual novel. Grand Prince Robil Feldren dies of illness, and a few weeks later, Queen Belatrix Grandil dies in in the midst of a “hunting accident.”  Serafina Elborn and her husband Reuben Jeridar are posed to take the throne, except for one big problem: many nobles suspect Reuben Jeridar arranged the assassination of Belatrix Grandil.

You play as a new character, Odell Perin, who is unwittingly thrust into a position of power amidst the chaos of court. Due to her neutral stance, Odell Perin is elected to serve as Regent long enough to settle the ongoing disputes, and therefore determine who will become the next King or Queen of Darzia. The gameplay will feature a dynamic debate system that allows Odell to argue certain points in court based on her accumulated stats.

General walkthrough

Key Features:

  • Branching Narrative: Every decision made as Odell will change the story — whether it’s getting closer to finding the murderer, stabilizing the kingdom, or helping the next monarch rise to power.
  • Stats Management: Odell’s decisions will affect her stats, which will help her debate her beliefs in court.
  • Debate Mini-Game: The game features an entertaining mini-game where Odell (with the help from the stats she’s earned on her journey) will debate a variety of topics to uncover new, important information.
  • Girl x Boy / Girl x Girl Romances: Just because Odell is ruling a kingdom doesn’t mean she won’t save some time for romance
  • Voice Acting: Serafina’s Crown features a cast of talented voice actors that bring the story to life.

You’ll see many familiar faces in Serafina’s Crown, including Reuben, Kallias, Arken, Nikolaos, and–of course–Serafina. You’ll also meet many new characters, as well as Picard, a major character from the Ashes of Dearen novels.

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CREDITS:

Voices:
Odell: Carol Mertz
Arken: David Dixon
Kendal: Matthew Curtis
Roza: Amber Leigh
Serafina: Rachael Messer
Reuben: Jacob Anderson
Kallias: Andrew Graffham
Lorenzo: Miguel Moran
Picard: David Dixon
Nikolaos: Drew Becker
 
Writing: Jenny Gibbons and Malcolm Pierce
Art: Jenny Gibbons
Sound Design: Drew Becker
Music: Jenny Gibbons
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Quantum Conscience

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Within a galaxy of terraformed planets, a secret war rages between two intergalactic agencies. One of them—ARCHON—is developing the technology to invade people’s minds. They have already tyrannized a planet called Teballai, and hope to use their mind-reading technology to spread their power across the galaxy. A second organization—FOE (Freedom Organization of Elites)—wants to destroy ARCHON’s technology in the name of freedom. When a young FOE soldier (you choose the gender) named Blaire obtains the ability to read minds from an ARCHON experiment, she finds her loyalty torn between both sides. Whether Blaire helps the enemy or defeats them depends upon your use of her power.

The interactive novel is now released for desktop (Mac, PC, and Linux) computers!

Download Chapter 1 (Free Demo)

Purchase full game ($4.99+)

(Pay-what-you-want through Gumroad)

Or buy it on Desura

Quantum Conscience

Join the discussion on the Lemma Soft Forums

Choose a download link above to access the .zip file of the game. Once downloaded, extract the files into a folder you can easily access later. One of the extracted files will be the “Quantum Conscience.exe” application with a small game icon. Double-click to launch the game.

If you’d like, you can download the free demo and play through Chapter 1 before purchasing the full game. When you do purchase the full game, delete the original Demo folder or Replace Files  by extracting your new download over the old one. You should still be able to access your previous saves.

 

 

CREDITS

Script, Character Art, & Music by Jenny Gibbons

Backgrounds by Michelle Hagewood & Jenny Gibbons

Story & Game Design by Jenny Gibbons with consultation from Malcolm Pierce

Programming Assistance from “CheeryMoya” & FunnyGuts” (twinturtlegames.com)

Some character portraits by Jenny Gibbons used with permission from the Barbour Lab at Washington University

Sounds Effects from Bluezone Corporation & Adobe Audition Sound Library

Created using Ren’Py software (http://www.renpy.org/)

A visual novel by:

Woodsy Studio