AJ Tilley is back on Kickstarter for another visual novel that he wants to get funded, and like his previous titles this one focuses on dating some lovely ladies. For those who have been keeping up with his past Army Gals will be the first crowdfunded game completely under the Dharker Studio name. While I normally would stay away from any projects that he works on just on principle alone unfortunately there’s very little about the campaign in and of itself to instill any confidence in me.
All we really know about Army Gals is that you’re sent to a camp for delinquents over some misunderstanding or something and on your first day you meet three rather good looking girls who are also serving time there. We also know that starting on your second day there everyone else mysteriously vanishes conveniently leaving the four of you alone to fend for yourselves and survive. That’s it. There’s not even a pitch video, just a couple images and basically what I stated above.
I’m very much not shy about being a fan of dating sims and…*cough*…eroge, but what little I’ve seen with Army Gals I’m most certainly going to have to pass on. AJ Tilley being attached to it or not. Also, the image of the girls, while admittedly not hard on the eyes the uniforms do leave little to the imagination. I doubt their tops are “regulation”, so to speak. My first reaction was to shout “You’re almost out of uniform, soldier!” That said, if you do like what you see I’m sure that there’s something there to enjoy. In my experience with his previous works he’s had his share of hits and misses. Mostly misses, though.
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arrggghh i am tempted..i love the chara design of Edda..it seems?
This is the kind of haircut i always find beautiful..but was too shy to attempt..
I don’t care for the eroge or whatever though..
Wonder what inspired him to go this route, maybe he saw that second season of Grisaia that came out recently? It couldnt be the recent Gundam or MuvLuv anime, or could it?
I bet it is Grisaia. Pretty sure the girls will have some deep trauma.
I don’t think he’s someone that would look at Muv-Luv Anime (could be wrong but i doubt it..)
It was a suggestion on the now defunct Patreon. Since the closing of Patreon I’m no longer involved with PR.
As I recall your working on your own project right? Hows it coming along?
I have 2 visual novels,1 match 3 yuri game,2 rpgmaker games 😀 Just raid my twitter to poke me properly;d. I’d probably like to kickstart the vn’s in a couple months time ideally sooner but I can afford to only burrow so much of my artists time on a collaboration basis/share of profits gained. I personally like to work this way and with people that want to. So that in the end when a title does well everyone involved gets rewarded. Then as a group you chose to go forward. If you’d like to hear more from me directly follow me back on twitter ^_^
Well I guess on a positive note, it’s definitely a more original title than some of his previous works.
That reminds me a bit of a VN i played don’t remember the title though..
EOVN or a localized title?
EOVN, i think. But it was about army girls.
https://vndb.org/v7225
I think..
Looks interesting, is it more of a VN or more of a SRPG?
Both i’d say. Take Rance for the SRPG and add a more developped romance.
those backgrounds are stock backgrounds from dslite. i give up and blame kickstarter for making the perfect breeding ground for tilley
The campaign has been updated with information on a 3rd game and at the time of posting its £400 off all the goals for the 2nd title to include voice acting. Any further funds will be designated to Battle Girls. This title has yet another artist & writer. To clarify its 3 different writers & 3 different artists on 3 different projects. Some of the background art has been paid from available bg packages sold by other artists in the vn community(This is actually quite common). & The Sprite work of Summer Fling is the same way(not cg). Would email but having trouble getting contact/responses from the contact email.