VN Ren'Py Memories of You - Teaser

[Thalia Solari]

Hello. Memories of You is a Visual Novel I'm working on set in an original universe of my creation.

The plane of existence, Demoniki, is home to a planet named Solarin. In the past it was ravaged by disasters of such strength that its populace grew to believe the "end of the world" was around every corner, By the modern day, Apocalypse Prevention Agencies keep the world from completely falling apart, but the threats are not the same. What once seemed to just be perpetual natural disasters, have turned into something more... personal.

We follow Atelis Sneezy, aka Lil Sneezy, aka the Not-So-Dead Soundclown rapper. A down in the dumps man with a troubled, storied past. A particularly traumatic part of his life comes to a close and it's time to forget. With help from his adoptive mother, Madam Lafur, head of Corsei Allemoi, he's able to get back on his feet and forge a new life forward.

I've been working on this project actively for the last four years (way longer if you count all the time I've spent on soundtrack stuff), developing a solid 3D modeling, rigging, and non-photorealistic rendering pipeline. I finally feel it's around time to show off some of the fruits of my labor. Just keep in mind that this is still a work in progress. Outfits, eyes, colors, hair, shading... all likely to change in the future.

Some disclaimers.
- Generally wholesome/vanilla, the core is processing trauma, and that'll occur through healthy relationships being formed. That doesn't mean there won't be heavy topics, but they will be handled maturely.
- No NTR, there is one minor aspect of the story that might end up being understood as Netori, not quite sure as I'm not versed in the genre. Regardless, I'm not into it and it's not fetishized at the very least.
- Story focused. In case it wasn't already obvious, this is going to be more than just porno.
- There likely won't be any animation. I'd love to, but it's just too much work for me right now.

Here are some renders of some of the main heroines, as well as Atelis himself. Spoiler tags here are just to keep the images from taking up too much space. No real spoilers within.

Spoiler: Atelis Sneezy

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Spoiler: Mephelina LaPark

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Spoiler: Corsi Vinifera

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Spoiler: Sayoko Heatherem

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Spoiler: Trias Meis

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As I said, work in progress. I hope the blurbs don't seem too short. I just don't want to ramble on and on. I hope this piques people's interest a little bit. But... If that wasn't quite enough. I've got one little spoiler for you.

Spoiler: HATE FILLED LONELY

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[HELIO CESAR]

Heh cool stuff, i wont lie, the big anime eyes will take a bit of getting used to most people, considering the contrast with the rest of the semi-realistic style of the renders, but it's nice, i like these out the norm styles.

It seems it'll have a kinda emo+gothic vibe, really dig it up, there are not enough games like this, superhuman and Pact with a Witch being the firsts that come to my mind.

The story is gonna be a multi branch one? Kinect? Really cool that you gonna do everything, your composition skills are pretty good!
And it seems Mephelina has a pretty impact in the story, is she a deuteragonist or just a LI ?(dunno if answering this would spoil anything )
Good luck mate, hope everything goes well with it!

 

[Thalia Solari]

Heh cool stuff, i wont lie, the big anime eyes will take a bit of getting used to most people, considering the contrast with the rest of the semi-realistic style of the renders, but it's nice, i like these out the norm styles.

And this is just the start! One of the reasons this project is in 3D as opposed to 2D is so that I have non-destructive control over the rendering style. My shading set up is completely deferred into a later part of the pipeline, so literally with a click of a couple of buttons I can start making scene wide stylistic changes. Which can be very easily swapped out scene to scene.

The general idea behind my rendering methodology is to create non-photorealistic art that plays into the strength of 3D as a medium. As opposed to meticulously copying the styles of 2D art, which is rather common in the NPR sphere. Lots of cel-shading and painterly stuff.

Not really going for a particular style outside of that, but some of my biggest aesthetic inspirations include Cool World, Megami Ibunroku Persona, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure..

Cool World in particular, something about the sets in the Cool World look really rad too me... Plus Holi Would is dope. Would.

It seems it'll have a kinda emo+gothic vibe, really dig it up, there are not enough games like this, superhuman and Pact with a Witch being the firsts that come to my mind.

The general idea I have in my head is "the fringes of alt culture", so you're not far off. Individuals in the process of entering, or exiting alternative cultural demographics.

Mephelina, as I already pointed out is a goth girl (or the equivalent of such on Solarin) in progress, so she doesn't quite grasp the style completely. Same thing goes for the other main characters, they're all in some sort of transitional state in terms of identity.

It's probably not that obvious with the other heroines. But listing them off one by one:

- Corsi: Spoiler to cottage core, something minimalist anyways
- Sayoko: Spoiler to vintage
- Trias: Normie(?) to avant garde

The story is gonna be a multi branch one? Kinect? Really cool that you gonna do everything, your composition skills are pretty good!

Right now, I'm planning on it being a sort of mix of both. Opening will be rather linear, middle is varied depending upon the route chosen, but they all lead to the same general conclusion, with some relatively minor variance based on the route taken to get there.

And it seems Mephelina has a pretty impact in the story, is she a deuteragonist or just a LI ?(dunno if answering this would spoil anything )

Mephelina will be very important, but shouldn't overshadow the other love interests AS a love interest. Ideally. Can't get more into that without spoilers. Once again, right on the money.

Good luck mate, hope everything goes well with it!

Thanks for the support! Sorry for ramblin'.