I love visual novels with a unique twist. While I do love me your standard “slice of life” fare sometimes the most memorable ones are those that take the genre and spin its own tale without relying too much on the tried-and-true tropes. With Bloody Chronicles it does take some of the usual fare but it brings with it a unique take on detective work that seems to be worth a look. There’s not a lot there on the plot or style of play yet, but it does look promising.
Here’s what little we know about Bloody Chronicles. You play as a graduate from the local police academy recruited by a non-governmental agency specializing in solving crimes that the constabulary deems not worth their time. An organization that apparently lies outside the jurisdiction of the law from what I can gather. That’s basically all we know about the plot but it’s enough to get me interested in where they take the narrative. The cast of characters seem to be what you’d expect for a dark game that still features some comedic elements. Which is a plus in my book.
My main problem with the pitch for Bloody Chronicles is that I really don’t know much about the game at all. I know that most Kickstarters tend to leave a good chunk of information for updates but I would have loved to have seen more about it before giving my thoughts on the campaign. As it stands I can’t back it without more info but the idea behind it is enough for me to at least keep an eye on it. If I see more released on what to expect through updates I might consider backing it but without more I can’t make a decision one way or the other.
Track the progress of the Bloody Chronicles Kickstarter in our Campaign Calendar.
I have mixed feelings on this campaign too! I checked their Prefundia page when they where in the planning stages, some things I liked, and somethings I didn’t. I guess what bothers me most is how they launched an Indiegogo, and within the first week of it going nowhere they just aborted it. Supposedly after that they secured a publisher, but then why are they now on Kickstarter?
I honestly didn’t know any of the history with this project. I was going based purely on the Kickstarter pitch. If what you say is true (and I have no reason to doubt you) then things are a lot more messy than they appear at first glance. I like the premise but not enough to back at more than a buck right now for updates but if I don’t get much more information beyond what they’ve given us I might even pull that. At least they have a demo to try out which is a plus.
Sure thing, here’s the link to the Prefundia page:
http://prefundia.com/projects/view/bloody-chronicles-new-cycle-of-death/8099/
Unfortunately the main link at the top of the page which took you to the Indiegogo page has been replaced with the Kickstarter page. Luckily if you look at the Disqus thread, in one of the comments there’s a link to what’s left of their Indiegogo page.
Awesome. Thanks for the links. I’ll check them out when I get the chance.
Its like we said many time, after we launched Indiegogo many users send us mail that they cant or dont trust Indiegogo and asked about KickStarter.
For those that are wondering why we didn’t create this campaign through Kickstarter, it was due to some geographical issues with our creators; our studio is based in Japan, and Kickstarter requires transactions to be conducted in the US or EU.
We was able to launch KickStarter thank to help from MiKandiJapan.
Thank you for the clarification. I fully understand the desire not to use IndieGogo. I don’t use it myself.
Thank you Miss Serena.
Thank you Serena for news about it ^^
A japanese VN with a BxB route,that’s rare, well nothing say that akito’s route will be romantic, but it will be great if it is.
Like we said in interview at siliconeria Akito will have two routes…and yes once of them is romantic.