Sci-fi adventure with multiple endings illustrated by Van Madoy.
June 5, 2021
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Why so serious? | WSS playground (owned & operated by Why So Serious Inc.) has officially opened the Steam store page for EDEN.schemata(), the new sci-fi mystery adventure game featuring beautiful hand-drawn animation.
EDEN.schemata(); Overview
Featuring multi-ending scenarios illustrated by Van Madoy (Revoir series, Murder at Kogetsukan (Fate/GrandOrder)), with each subsequent playthrough you’ll discover new facts, gradually closing in on the truth. With each new revelation, the UI transforms – as does the game itself – in this all-new style of adventure game.
Story
“Nice to meet you... again?”
An android named “Eve” speaks to “you”, before a headless corpse apparently known as “The Professor”.
Completely devoid of any sort of memory, “you”, together with “Eve” – an android, and the Professor’s apparent killer – must uncover the truth of what really happened here.
Use your powers of deduction to unravel the mystery of this sealed laboratory, one revelation after another.
We hope you enjoy this all-new type of mystery – the kind that’s only possible with video games.
Characters depicted in beautiful hand-drawn animation
The characters are all illustrated in hand-drawn animation. Struck with total amnesia, the main character (you) has no idea who they are. The story is presented from the main character’s point of view.
The main character
Has no idea who they are due to total amnesia. Somewhat unreliable.
Eve
An android. As the main character regains consciousness, Eve is standing before the corpse of “the Professor”. The heroine, and also the prime suspect.
The Professor
Eve’s creator. Found as a headless corpse upon the main character’s awakening.
Kel
An integrated discipline interface. Something like an AI that punishes people for their crimes, but which for some reason speaks like a little girl and can be quite agitating.
UI and game design that change along with game progress
The UI and game design in general change in accordance with your game progress.
The story and UI come together, and the general game design gradually transforms, providing an all-new, almost magic trick-like game experience.
Main Staff/Comments
Scenario: Van Madoy
Revoir series
Murder at Kogetsukan (Fate/GrandOrder)
At the beginning of the project, I thought, "Is there even anything left for me to do in the world of mystery games that my predecessors haven’t already done themselves?” However, as development progressed, I reconsidered and thought, "Maybe I can realize the ideal mystery via the medium of video games.” The concept of this game is "a mystery that can be solved over and over again”. I hope you enjoy the experience of solving the kind of mystery that is only possible with video games – one that’s sort of different from other “multi-ending” games.
Direction/Development:
EIKI`
Gensou Skydrift
Living in the Ending World
I consider the “ADV” genre to actually be a no-rules, cross-species battle. We bring you an all-new breakthrough ADV worthy of its striking visuals and writing.
Character Design/Animation: Yutaro
[Touhou Tegaki] Animation Made with Sakkyun Light:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7905073
[FRENZ 2015] Touhou Youyoumu ～the maximum moving about～ Short PV-style:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm27209687
What's the point of using hand-drawn animation to express characters in games, especially in ADV-style stand-up fashion? Well, I’d like to give any answer other than “This is the only way I can!”, so let’s say it’s that I'm striving to depict my art in a way that shows the pleasure and rawness of animation in an ADV layout.
Sound: RD-Sounds (凋叶棕）
Sacrament (Vatican Miracle Examiner ED)
Absolute One-way Street ～Unreachable Message (Touhou Project arrangement track)
A story is, after all, a combination of pictures, sounds, and stories.
Game scenes, controls, background music, SFX, story, visuals... I want to find out just what I can do using sound to fuse all of these elements together in order to tell a "story" in a game.
EDEN.schemata(); Product Info
■Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1630450/EDENschemata/
■Trailer: https://youtu.be/6T67LWyB39k
■Publisher Page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39969765
■Developer: WSS playground
■Distributor: WSS playground
■Genre: SF Mystery ADV
■Platform: Steam
■Compatible OS: Windows 8, Windows 10
■Release Date: TBA
■MSRP: TBA
© WSS playground All Rights reserved. About Indie Game Label “WSS playground” WSS playground is the name of the proprietary indie game label of Why So Serious Inc. Originally, we planned to use the company name "Why So Serious" as the label name as well, but it was proved to be difficult to search for in English-speaking regions, so we decided to create a new label name instead.
Concept:
Creating games is a form of "play", and there is no human activity more serious than "play".
As an indie game label, we aim to make the world into a "playground" by creating "play" that maximizes the power and potential of each individual creator.
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