Dark Nights is a visual novel I worked on for nearly 6 years. I did the story, art and programming by myself. I always wanted to combine art and story in an interactive way. Drawing illustrations is fun, but there is a limited to how much I can tell in a picture. Comics were too time consuming and I wanted to focus on high detailed art. At the time, I discovered otome games. It's the perfect middle ground for what I wanted to create. The game was released on itch 3 years ago. For the steam version, I added some new features: - 4 new cgs - redrew 4 cgs - 4 extra stories - revamped some soundtracks - revamped some scenes Big thanks to wytesong for his polished music! For the people who played the itch version, steam will sync your progress if it's on the same device. IMPORTANT: The DLC soundtrack on steam is NOT the same as on itch. It has no bonus content such as unused sound track and links to sources hence a cheaper price. If you already purchased it on itch, you don't need it on steam. |
€0~€2999 (CHECK):
- Dark Nights artbook (scrapped CGs, unpublished & new works, creator's notes and more!)
The artbook will be send to all pledgers as a pdf. A physical version may be considered later (would add bonuses such as postcards, stickers, posters etc.)
Goal - €3000 (CHECK): One storyline of top 1 choice (voting via poll) as a DLC. It contains:
- A new storyline of Roya OR Chain
- 12 CGs
- New OST
- Extra cut scenes
- Bonus content
Stretch goal 1 - €5000+ Both storylines as a DLC. It contains:
- Two new storylines - Roya & Chain
- 24 CGs
- New OST
- Extra cut scenes
- Bonus content
Stretch goal 2 - €6000+ Everything from stretch goal 1 with these additions:
- Rework sprite art
- Hidden route
- Steam release (CHECK)
Finally, the DLC would be around €5 per route after the campaign is over. The artbook around €10 (pdf).
- Any pledgers in this campaign of €3+ will receive the DLC (of your choice) when it's produced.
- Pledgers of €5 and above will receive both DLC (of your choice) & Artbook via e-mail when they're produced (DLC only if any goal has been met). Please let me know if you like the DLC/Artbook if you pledge via Ko-Fi or somewhere else. For other questions, feel free to e-mail me at: [email protected]
After DN, I won't be working on a big project like this again alone. Even with experience, it takes years to develop a full game. I have thought about short games like NanoReno (complete a game within a month). I want to try unique themes and world building, but I wonder if people are interested in such niche topics. People are attached to the characters of Dark Nights- of course me too. I have many more original characters whose stories are unwritten. Even if it takes a lifetime, I will write them. Next up are Roya & Chain. If only one gets a route, I try to add the other's concepts in the artbook. These two characters were hard to develop because they are so different from myself and anyone I ever met. Still, many took a liking on them. It's funny that some people are now interested in Kaichi (he's in the anniversary picture) and other side characters. I guess it's the charm of unobtainable characters? Anyway, enjoy the steam release. As always, thank you for supporting!