RPGM Rebirth of Time_The Flame Rekindled [SweetWorkShop] [Development Thread]

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In summary, hello, and welcome to the development thread of "Rebirth of Time: The Flame Rekindled" at SweetWorkShop on F95. We will regularly publish updates on some technical decisions and processes here.
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*Overview*
You play the role of the chairman of a biopharmaceutical technology company who is betrayed and murdered by his partner and brother. Afterward, you are sent back in time by a female PhD student who admires you. In this story, you will enroll in Qingming Academy and enjoy a four-year college life. Throughout your journey, you will encounter multiple women, develop unique relationships with them, and gradually uncover the truth behind your rebirth.

*Game Content*
This game originates from a development team in China. The original content has been fully updated, but the remaining endings and special content are incomplete. Due to the stringent crackdown on adult games in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), the game has been completely halted. For specific reasons why our team decided to restart the project and why the old game has become like this, you can refer to this

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*Gameplay and Scope*
The core of the game revolves around controlling a college student to complete tasks and storylines within a vast campus. You can also engage in many unique side quests and experience what it's like to work and live in college. We have optimized the gameplay experience based on the original version, allowing you to enjoy some Ren'py-like controls within an RPG Maker game.

For instance, to enhance your experience in this relatively large map, we have added a point-and-click map teleportation feature, enabling you to click on the map to teleport to the corresponding location:


Additionally, we have optimized the original game's lag issues, which were caused by an excessive number of events on a single map, leading to occasional stuttering during gameplay. We have reduced the number of events on that map.

Furthermore, we are currently resetting all the CGs made with Honey Select (ongoing), and we have revamped all character models and visuals using Virt-A-Mate, as shown in the image below:


Since the original game was in Chinese, we have localized it into English. Although our team members have a solid foundation in English and usage experience, the source text is around 600,000 words. Therefore, we utilized ChatGPT-4o for translation, followed by our team refining and polishing the text. However, there may still be translation issues. To address this, we have set up a correction section in the official Discord English area, where players can report any translation errors they encounter. As a reward, we will send in-game reward CD keys to players who help with corrections. Thank you for your support!

Given the substantial word count, the overall gameplay can take around 6-8 hours for story-driven content when following the Walk through , (included with the game after the initial release) excluding repetitive tasks and grinding for money. The original game contains 427 videos and 790 CGs, with numerous branching storylines. However, one issue exists within the game's flow: a significant portion of the audience in mainland China is not particularly resistant to NTR (netorare) content. Consequently, the game features a balance of NTR and pure love storylines, the plot is roughly 50-50,allowing you to choose any storyline you prefer, making the gameplay quite variable.

TIPS: To reiterate, this game has no compulsory NTR storylines.

 

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*Release and Updates*
Pure Time Flower Version:
We have now completed the first version's testing and content adjustments, bringing you the Ver1 reset version with 91 CGs and 18 dynamic videos. This version resets all main storyline and side character arcs, along with some minor tweaks to the in-game plot. After fulfilling some posting requirements on F95 and completing our internal testing, we will publicly release the first version on F95.

*Crowdfunding and Free Version*
F95 is a piracy-friendly forum, but its users are indeed very active, which is why we chose to debut there. We do not oppose players enjoying the free version, and we understand that some may have various reasons for not being able to support us. That’s okay; after each update, we will release a more stable version of the previous one. For instance, when we update from Version A to Version B, we will also release a stable Version A. Therefore, we hope that if you want to play, you can wait for our updates through official channels.

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*Female Characters So Far*
We have reset and created several female characters based on the original game. Below are their official settings and final drafts:
Main Characters:
These characters have strong interactive storylines during the gameplay.

Chen Mengyan	Ning Yingxue	Lin Zhiyun	Lin Qingxin	Liu Huamei
A beautiful girl who is in the same group as the player. She is somewhat slow to notice things and people around her but is very warm-hearted towards others.	An art student who is a beautiful girl, introverted and not talkative, often prefers to be alone.	A senior who works in the library, gentle and elegant in demeanor, but seems to have some unfortunate emotional experiences.	Your counselor and teacher, skilled in teaching and conversation, is liked by many for her intellectual charm.	A mysterious woman who seems to have many unknown secrets.

Side characters:
These characters have interactive storylines during the gameplay.

Xiao Qing	Chu Mengyao	Dr. Zhou (Middle-aged)	Dr. Zhou (Young)	Ning Xuefei (Ning Yingxue's mother)
Vice President of the Student Council, a girl admired by many. Her father was once an executive, which instilled her with good upbringing.	The most famous girl of the Art Department, but she seems to have ambiguous relationships with many men and has an arrogant demeanor.	The woman who sends you back to the past; she has a strange and pathological emotion towards you.	Young Dr. Zhou, who has not yet studied science and technology, still holds a strong admiration for you.	Ning Yingxue's mother was transferred to Qingming Academy due to work reasons.

Special side quest:
These characters will only appear in special side quests and will not affect the main storyline.

Von Augustus	Minerva Gerzome	Li Weian	Bian Panni	Wu Linhu
Liu Huamei's dark line character, a synthetic human with a special story, is suppressed by her so-called duties.	Liu Huamei's dark line character, who was once a military doctor, later came to the underground black market of Qingming due to special reasons.	Liu Huamei's dark line character (for the sake of avoiding spoilers, her setting will not be explained here for now).	Wang Xifan's school prostitute incident character, a former teacher who experienced a mental breakdown after the accidental death of her child, was later manipulated into becoming a school prostitute (storyline not yet confirmed).	Wang Xifan's school prostitute incident character, a female student from the art department, became a school prostitute due to vanity and being controlled by drugs (storyline not yet confirmed).

 

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thats a lot of nice looking babes!