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 What is Rakuen? Rakuen is a game that came out in May 2017, almost a year ago. It is an rpg maker game- WAIT DON'T GO IT'S GOOD I SWEAR. While it is indeed an rpg maker game, with the inherent flaws contained within that engine, it is a really well done game that focuses on art, story, and music. The last point being the biggest one, as the game was lead by Laura "supershigi" Shigihara (url will contain music and character spoilers, though there may be some story spoilers if you search through her recent videos). You may be familiar with her if as the woman behind the Plants vs. Zombies ost way back when that was the hottest thing for a couple weeks. She also gained fame for being the creator of the song "Everything's Alright" from To the Moon, which was made by her friend Kan Gao, and recently helped him with his newly released game Finding Paradise a few months ago. Needless to say, she's been successful in terms of music and decided to try her hand at game development. The results of that, I will be showing off. What's the spoiler policy? Don't talk about anything we haven't seen. This game doesn't have much in gameplay, but makes up for it in beautiful music, art, and some good characters. As such, keep a lid on anything you know, and no wink wink nudge nudge either. No one likes that. How good's the art?  I don't want to show off much from the future, but the first couple updates won't show off the games biggest strengths. So here's a little tease of some future goodness. With all that said, let's jump in.   Update 1 - Boy Meets Yami Update 2 - Boy Named ??? Meets Girl Named Sue Update 3 - Boy Meets Uma  Update 4 - Boy Meets Leebles Update 5 - Boy Meets Jacky Update 6 - Boy Meets Morizora Update 7 - Boy Meets Backtracking Update 8 - Boy Meets Towel Cape Heroes  Update 9 - Winston Meets Boy Update 10 - Winston's Love... Update 11 - ...And Gemma's Light Update 12 - Boy Meets Korshals  Update 13 - Tony's Forgotten Memory Update 14 - Tony's Family Update 15 - Tony's Children Update 16 - Tony and Christina Update 17 - Boy Meets Christina  Update 18 - Kisaburo Meets Kazuko Update 19 - Boy Meets His Cousin Update 20 - Boy Meets Monsieur Update 21 - When Kazuko Met Kisaburo Update 22 - Boy Meets Backtracking Again Update 23 - Boy Meets...The Leeble Protection Agency!?  Update 24 - Sue Meets a Friend Update 25 - Puchi Meets the Lonely Tree  Update 26 - Boy Meets the Stars Update 27 - Boy and Sue Build a Little World  Update 28 - A Mother's Greatest Fear Update 29 - A Mother's Longest Day Update 30 - Boy Meets World Update 31 - Sue's Tiny Planets Bonus Update - Misc and Cut Content Update 32 - Boy Meets His Hero really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 14:01 on May 18, 2018 |
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Update 1 - Boy Meets Yami The Keepers (main menu)  Welcome to Rakuen! Though there is no intro video or anything of the like, we are greeted by a great menu song that I may or may not have listened to for hours. It's incredibly calming... yet has a sense of sadness to it.  That said, we can't sit here forever. Let us begin. Storage Area   Our protagonist is this young boy in a hospital bed. He's just been woken up by some knocking at the door and this eerie red light.  No one responds to him, and so he tries to go back to sleep. A very sensible thing to do.    ... Unless you're being watched by some creepy kid.  How'd you get in here? Your door's unlocked man. Oh. Who are you?  Did you just move in or something? No, I think I got here around the same time as you. But they never let me out of my room. Oh... I'm sorry. Eh, it's okay. I sneak out at night when the nurses aren't watching. Heh. I promise. So how long are you in here for? I dunno... Mom says it could be a while. Same here. It gets really boring sometimes. I know what you mean.*Footsteps can be heard*  Sorry man, I gotta go. Yeah? Maybe I could visit you sometime. It's not as boring when there's two. You won't be able to get into my room. I'm not even supposed to leave, remember? Oh yeah... But don't worry, I'll come visit you again. I promise. Yami? Where'd you go?Some time later...   Now we can move! It's really basic controls in this game, arrow keys to move, space/enter to perform an action, esc is the menu, etc. Though the "Q" key has a special use later... Since we can move, let's go investigate the desk in our room.   We don't know the date, so its unclear how long ago this medication was administered. But as we are the only ones in the room, this was definitely given to us.  >The cabinet is empty  The front door is locked, presumably from the outside or Yami wouldn't have been able to get in. There's a door right next to us that leads to...  The bathroom of course! What else would be in a  Ah, now that we have light. We can do something important...  Fill the sink with water. We will be doing this...quite a few more times. Sometimes for mischief, other times to help people in need, and maybe other times just because we're a bored kid. In order to progress, we need to check the door in the back of the room.  >There is a sign on the door... it says "Storage Area 5B. Patients not allowed beyond this point." *The phone begins to ring* We head over to the phone to answer it.   Hello dear it's Mom. Mom!! Just wanted to let you know that my train was delayed, so I'm going to be a bit late. Oh... Okay. It's okay, Mom, I understand. But I'm off work this week, and I dropped off your Little Brother at Grandma's. So... We'll be able to spend lots of time together! We can play games, I'll read to you, it'll be like our own little party! Thanks, Mom. I love you. I love you, too. side note: the mom does have a portrait, but we aren't going to see it until later  These Grey Walls (hospital) No one told me I couldn't walk around... Hah! Okay wise guy, I've got a couple things to tell you. First of all, some good news. Your tests have come back, and it turns out things are looking pretty good. In fact, I think it might be okay for you to walk around the halls a bit today. You mean... I get to leave my room? Indeed. Not so fast... there's something else I need to talk to you about. This morning, the cafeteria reported that a lot of food and drink was stolen from the kitchen. Since the wing was all locked up last night, we believe the thief might still be in the building somewhere. So can you take a moment to just check and see if any of your belongings were stolen? Okay. *A shiny blue spot has appeared on the desk* Oh no... It's gone!!!: Doctor, they took it... They took Rakuen!Well thats the quickest ending to a game I've seen. Guess we gotta get the ending dlc by opening up elite lootboxes to find out what happens next. What did they take? Rakuen. It's my favorite book in the whole world... My Mom reads it to me every night, it's very special. Are you completely sure you didn't just misplace it? After Mom finishes reading, she ALWAYS puts it back in the same place. It's our tradition! Okay, calm down. What did your book look like? Hmm... It has a brown cover... It looks very old... And there is a clasp made of silver with a hole for a key. Silver clasp, eh? Well I'm really sorry about this... I can only imagine how important it must have been to you. I want you to know that we'll be doing all we can to track down the thief. Mom's gonna be so sad... The portraits are really nicely done. I know that it's not something unique to this game, but the art is so bright and happy, that when the characters are upset it helps to hit those gut punches a bit better. You know what... What? Since you're allowed to leave your room today, why don't you go talk to some of the othjer folks around the floor? Who knows... maybe someone will be able to help you get your book back. Next time... we'll follow her out the door and see who else is in this hospital. really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Apr 15, 2018 |
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Update 2 - Boy Named ??? Meets Girl Named Sue These Grey Walls (hospital)  Welcome back, when we last left off, we were still stuck in our room. Now, we have freedom to explore the hospital and get to meet new folks that aren't creepy nihlistic kids! First off, let's see what our doctor has to say.  Nothing good yet, so let's get to sleuthing! Let's start with that person behind the counter.  A kid being stuck in a hospital room isn't the greatest, but it's not the worst thing in the world, doctor.   Moving on to the room below us lets us meet another patient.   Say hello to Tony... a very grumpy and upset old man.  Get out! It figures... When I want visitors no one shows up... But when I need peace and quiet, every idiot in the world has to come to my room... And where is that nurse with my coffee!!Uh ok, let's leave before this old man rips us into two.   He'll just growl at your like a big angry bear. I heard that ya little brat! See what I mean...Yikes... well only one thing to check before we continue our investigation.  If you touch that music box, I'll break your hands!Jeez Tony! This kid is like 8! Maybe give him a break, yea? Opening the cabinet next to the nurse lets us nab 5G! The bathroom is locked so lets head out.   The sign says "KEEP OUT: Only authorized personnel allowed beyond this point." On the door knob is an electronic device with a keycode labelled "Closet 5C"... but it's not on. Things are stymied for now, but there are more people to talk to.   What's up? Hey, I don't think we've formally met... I'm Cora. It's probably pretty easy to remember me because I'm the only girl in my grade with a pink mohawk! Whoa, cool! And don't worry, my mom knows... She's the one who let me do it! Welcome to my first use of the word adorable. It will be getting a lot of air time, as there is so much that just makes me "aww" in this game. There's several kid characters and they all feel real. Anyways, it was nice meeting ya! Nice meeting you too, Cora. Oh hey! Some friends and I are working together to do something special for the people on our floor here in the hospital! Like what? I'll have more details later... but if you find anything cool you'd want to donate, come talk to me! Okay! I know a lot of folks feel powerless when they have to stay here... But here's the way I see it... ...or 8 minutes! ... Point is, I'm gonna do everything I can to make good use of my time. Time's precious you know! If I could help just one person here to feel happier, then it'd all be worth it. ...That got... suprisingly deepy for a conversation between two kids. Asking her what's up again, yields the following: Sometimes I like to look for spare change around the hospital. You'd be surprised how much is just laying around in cabinets and drawers! I'm just working on my new painting... How do you like my cat? I gave her pink fur, heh heh heh. Dude yeah! Chef Panky came out here earlier and he was NOT happy.... Panky? I guess the thief took a lot of food from the cafeteria kitchen. How the heck did they get into the kitchen? You can't even get there from the cafeteria... Believe me, I've tried!  Finally, some gossip! >Tony Just between you and me... I think Tony's hiding something. he acts so grumpy all the time, but he's got this pretty little music box in his room that he guards with his life. Why would a grumpy old dude like that have a sweet little music box?>Sue Sue's a sweetheart. But she's obsessed. Obsessed? Yeah, I guess she had to move to the hospital before saying goodbye to her friend. And that's pretty much all she talks about now.>Jacky Jacky's that guy over at the blood draw station. He's cool. A little weird... ... but cool. If you ever need to know about anything technical, he's the guy to ask.While we haven't met Jacky or Sue yet, we will very shortly. In fact Jacky is just right there.    Interested in learning about the Circulatory System? Platelets? ... Who seems to fit the definition of cool... but weird.  Ahem. What's up? Sometimes I like to contemplate things like... Why are there only two egg laying mammals in the world? I'm sure many species could benefit from laying eggs!! But so far, only the Platapus and Echidna families have hopped on that bandwagon. Why, if I could lay eggs, I would be laying eggs all the time. Uh... yeah... anyway. What else is up with Jacky? In a world with so many new things to learn, no one needs to be bored. For example, did you know that a neutron star is SO dense that a teaspoonful of its matter would weigh more than... ALL THE PEOPLE ON EARTH!?!?! I don't know what that means. One day you will... And then it will BLOW YOUR MIND! ... Come here... I'll let you in on a little secret... Have you noticed anything... strange about this hospital? Hmm... Not really. A while back, I started noticing cryptic little messages written all over the place. And last night, I saw someone go into that closet south of Tony's room, but... I was told that closet has been locked since before I started working here! I'm pretty sure they were not staff.How does a storage closet stay closed for months at a time? No one needs to use storage in a hospital?? What did they look like? I only saw them out of the corner of my eye, and for but a second... so unfortunately I could not say.  >Panky The children love Chef Panky. If he notices someone is having a bad day, he'll give them ice cream.I'm pretty sure he's just bribing them so they don't mock his name. Ah ice cream, using the scientific secret of salt to lower the freezing point of ice in order to freeze the cream. Genius!>Kisaburo I knew Kisaburo back before his mind started going... We spoke often. It's sad to see someone's mental condition deteriorate like that. What do you mean? Well, for example... Recently, the staff found him outside digging in the mud again... He was on his hands and knees, making piles of mud using spoons he got from the kitchen...I'm...not sure you should talk about a patient like that doctor. But hey... maybe he knows something we don't. Maybe he was looking for... BURIED TREASURE! ...Jacky realizing he upset the boy and trying to make him feel better. ...or Jacky could believe he is actually searching for buried treasure. Could go either way, honestly. >Danielle Danielle is the purple-haired girl who hangs out in the cafeteria. She sews the most marvelous plushies for the patients here!And that's it for Jacky! Cool... but weird... but cool, is spot on, honestly.   Yeah. Apparently, the toliet in Sue's room is broken now. Can you do anything about it? I'm a nurse, not a plumber. I don't even know HOW to fix a toliet. Well someone has to do it. You know we're short staffed. Fine. I'll go see if I can dig up some supplies.  And my stomach is growling! What I wouldn't give for a Peanut Chew Chew!Ah, a hint at progress. Well, let's go follow the nurse in.   If you have to go, you should probably find a different bathroom.Guess the nurse decided to use this as an excuse to take a break for the day. Don't worry, we aren't narcs. Let's talk to that man standing up next to that patient's bed.   What's up? My wife's been asleep for months now. But I still talk with her everyday, and sometimes I read to her. I also heard that you created an entire set of armor out of paper! That's quite impressive! Have you noticed that some of the doors around here have electronic passcode devices? I've been told that those areas have long been closed off, even to the staff... But recently, I noticed that one of the devices had been turned on.  >Sue On occasion I've had to take Sue back to her room; she has a habit of walking around aimlessly on certain nights.>Tony I believe Tony hasn't talked with his family in a long while.Shocking  It makes me sad to think that families can be torn apart just because people don't see eye to eye on something.>Cora I heard that Cora and her friends have been working on a special project to boost morale around the hospital. Last I heard, they were calling themselves the "Towel Cape Heroes."That's adorable Cora. That's all Winston has to say. He's not very talkative, which is a bit understandable as he's likely very tired. Checking the counter reveals...   ...that his wife may not be waking up.  Heading to the bathroom reveals that it's locked but does seem to get the attention of the other patient.   I... um...To be fair, we don't even know why we're going in there. Other than it's a game and progress is behind that door.   Ok, lets go talk to Sue.  Well... I guess...? Yeah I get it... we all gotta go sometimes. But I can't let just anyone use our bathroom... it is a girl's room ya know! Gosh... it looks like you really gotta go though...Our boy is apparently a great actor to not reveal he has his own bathroom.  Hmm... Well... how 'bout this. See that jar next to me? Yup! That's my marble collection. I'm missing some though... I was carrying a bunch of them around in my pocket, and I'm pretty sure some fell out... If you could find me just one, I'd let you use our bathroom whenever you want. Do you think you could do that for me? I'll try my best! Thank-you. The last place I was playing was with Danielle in the cafeteria. So you might wanna check around there.And with that, we have a new goal.  Heading back into the hallways, lets first check on the rest of the rooms and talk to other patients.     It's good to see you walking around again.Awww. Kisaburo was the one that Jacky said had mental degredation. So that he remembers us is really cool.  What's up? It seems these days it's getting harder and harder to find the words. Either that, or people just aren't listening. But you know, if it's my time to leave this world, then I'm ready to go. I just want to make sure I say the things I need to say before it's too late. What are you drinking? Hah. Does it smell that bad? It's a new kind of tea I've been experimenting with. The nurses don't seem too thrilled about me drinking "experimental things"... But I don't care. Folks here don't seem thrilled with a lot of the things I do. ... I've been telling the nurses for a long time that someone has been sneaking around here after hours. I heard they were stealing food from the cafeteria kitchen... Which means they obviously have some way of getting into parts of the hospital that we patients don't have access to. What, were they crawling through the vents? You'd have to be pretty small to fit through there.It uh... wasn't us, I swear! We just got control of the boy this morning!   I'm not one for gossip.Wow, the first person to not wanna blab about everyone else here. That's it for Kisaburo, though his room has some interesting things like 5G in the cabinet next to the empty bed.    It is my recommendation to begin administering antipsychotic medication. Please refer to the list of hallucinations and delusions.>Page 2 (torn) 10-21: Was found climbing ladder in construction zone 5b. When questioned, replied that he intended to make a hole in the ceiling. 10-28: Was found in the yard digging in the mud. Completely unresponsive when questioned. Appeared to be unaware of location/time. 11-2: Carrying bags of...That's it for Kisaburo, lets check out that last room. It's where Yami's staying.  And it's locked as expected. Guess the kid tries to flee constantly. Let's talk to that wondering doctor.  Who, potentially drops a hint alongside that key. There's four lockers in this room, one contains 5G, the rest nothing but scrubs, as it is a hospital.     With that locked off, only one other place to check.   The cafeteria! First off let's check these plushies next to us.  It looks like there's something underneath one of the toys... You found a  Snowy Marble!Now we can go back and talk to Sue, but first let's talk to the people in the cafeteria.    My vision is really bad. Get it outta here, Danielle! Yeah, yeah whatever. Panky is the WORST!!A nice introduction to both of them, before we've even said a word to either. Let's start with Danielle.  What's up? I'm just finishing up a batch of plushies. My goal is to make one for all the patients on the floor. Even old cranky men like Tony and Panky. Eh! I heard that! Good! Don't tell anyone I told you this, but... You know how some of the doors around here have those electronic lock box things on them? I heard that they keep the password somewhere behind the reception desk that's across from Kisaburo's room. What do you think is beyond those doors? You mean you haven't been there? What? No, of course not... I'm just a volunteer. Hmm, not really a fan tbh.  OK JEEZ YES I LOVE THEM. Aren't they the best?? I have like 4 of them at home. If all goes well, I'll have lucky number 5 by the end of the year.  Ah, we found the town gossip. >Winston Have you noticed... Winston's wife doesn't have her wedding band on. Don't you think that's a little strange? I mean, Winston is still wearing his...Oh man, I really hope they weren't having issues before she went into the coma. >Tony I know Tony seems like the biggest grump on the planet, but I can tell that he's just a bit lonely. I bet if you brought him some coffee he'd open up to you a bit.More future goals to add to the list. >Sue Sue didn't used to be so poor. But I heard that her father drank a bit too much, and gambled away all their savings.Jesus Christ Danielle, maybe have a bit more tact about telling an 8 year old that. And with that, we bid adieu to Danielle. Let's see what that lady has to say.  Just a progress blocker then. Let's talk to Panky and see what the chef has for us.  You need something? What's up? Did ya hear? They finally stocked the vending machine out in the hospital hall with Peanut Chew Chews. The Shift Leader was in here the other day beggin' us to do it! Guess It's not just kids who like 'em, eh? Anyway... I used to work for a big fancy restaurant. Pay was good, but I didn't really enjoy it. Oh yeah... someone came in here and took a bunch of food and drinks. Ain't no way they got in here through the cafeteria. See that metal door up there? It comes down after hours and NO one gets through that. So I bet they somehow got into the backspace. The backspace? Yeah... it's a network of colsed off passageways. Half-built rooms, storage closets, you know. The aftermath of... well yeah. It's crazy back there.  >Danielle Don't tell her I said this, but... Danielle's got a heart of gold. She spends her free time comin' in here and sewing toys for all the patients. And REALLY don't tell her I said this... She's a bit of a crazy cat lady. I HEARD THAT! Eh, what can I say? It's true! Yeah... it is.Aww, that's adorable. >Kisaburo If that Kisaburo comes in here one more time "borrowing" my stuff, I swear... Borrowing? Oh yeah... He took all my soup ladles! Andf for what? To go digging in the mud outside to look for "buried treasure." I feel bad for the guy though... it's never easy when one starts losing their mind like that... Must be even tougher for his family. ...>Jacky Jacky's a smart guy. Sometimes I think he's on another planet, but if there's one thing we can talk about, it's food. Of course, we have different methods. He's all science, he cooks with his brain. I cook with my heart.Well that's everyone on the floor! Next time, we'll give the marble to Sue and see what's inside that bathroom. really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Apr 19, 2018 |
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Update 3 - Boy Meets Uma These Grey Walls (hospital)  Last we left off, we had met everyone in our wing of the hospital. We found Sue's marble and were going to give it to her so she'll let us go in her bathroom because, uh... well I'm sure it'll make sense.     You give the Snowy Marble to Sue. Tiny Planets  Snow world? Shhhh... Can you keep a secret? Yes. These aren't just marbles, you know... They're little world! All of these are tiny planets... With tiny people living inside! That's why it's so important for me to find them all... This swirly-white marble is a snow world. It's snowing all the time here! I know that might sound boring... But it's not! What kinds of parties? Snowman dance parties! I love dancing! Me too! Oh! But if we went there, we wouldn't freeze. The snowmen make a magical drink that can keep a person warm! So we could dance with them, and never get too cold! That sounds great! Thanks for helping me. I feel better now that they're back with me. My name's Sue... it's nice to meet another kid around here. Oh yeah... and feel free to use our bathroom anytime you want. If you find any more of my marbles, do you think you could bring them to me? Of course. Thanks so much.As someone who loves the snow, I'd totally party with some snowmen. Though their drugs would likely give you a brainfreeze... Also, we are definitely going to be giving all the marbles to Sue. I think the last two are optional which are drat near criminal. These scenes are some of the best in the game. These Grey Walls (hospital)  Anyway, we can now talk to Sue about the same topics that everyone else got. One more quick ask and answer session before progressing. What's up? Did you make your hat? I can only make two things out of folding paper: A box and a crane. That's still pretty good. Heh thanks for sayin' that. Have you been on the roof before? There are plants growing up there. I miss my friend so much. If she was here, we'd go up there together.If you recall, Cora said Sue was obssessed about her friend, though this is our first real show of that.  Not really. I heard that they stole food from the cafeteria. It makes me wonder... What if that person was just hungry, and couldn't find food anywhere else? I feel bad for them.Interesting that she's the first person who brings that line of thinking up.   >Winston Winston's wife's been in a coma for a long time. The doctors don't know when or if she's gonna wake up... It's really sad, you know. Sometimes I hear Winston say things to her, even though she's asleep... He apologizes a lot, and asks, "can you hear me?"Combine this with her wedding ring not being on... makes for some upsetting implications. >Cora Cora's one of the older kids, so she's more brave. Don't tell her I told you this, but... Cora told me that she's been to parts of the hospital that kids aren't supposed to go to... I think she's even seen the staff room! Shhhhhhh! Sorry... What do they keep in there? Lots of diet soda.>Danielle Danielle said she is going to make me a new toy! I haven't had a new toy in a long time, so I'm very excited.She better, considering she's gossiping about this poor kid. Sue's now out of things to talk about so let's see what's in this vaunted bathroom.   ...Ok a bathroom just having a special boarded up room is uh, worth investigating. Sadly, we don't have anything to take down the boards. So that area is locked off for now.  First we need to mark our territory.  Then check the toliet because of course! *sound of toliet flushing*  My real life experience tells me, dude no it was in the toliet. But my video game experience tells me, all the cool kids do it.  And that was the key the doctor was talking about. Not sure why he has the key to the bathroom, but we know where our next objective is!     Tony's bathroom has a red light instead. Probably has to do with that giant switch on the wall.  Yes, I'm going to keep doing that. No, there is no point.   5C Power Supply. DO NOT TAMPER WITH THIS DEVICE.As a young boy, we don't under stand the word "Not". >Pull Lever Down The power is now on! However, we don't know the passcode to get past the door anyway. One of the patients mentioned the receptionist desk having the code though...  The shift leader is angrily standing in our way though. She was pretty hungry though, maybe we should get her something to eat?  You received  Peanut Chew Chews.We have the vending machine's last candy item. We are now the most powerful person in the whole hospital.  You offered her a Peanut Chew Chews. Wow...Thank-you. I haven't eaten anything all day. I guess they won't mind if I go take a short break. Score! Time to check behind the counter.  >Upper Shelf  An assortment of books and pamphlets line the shelves. A news paper clipping is sticking out from between two of the books. 19 March (JNR) - Already strapped for resources, hospitals are unable to accomodate new patients.>Middle Shelf Several years worth of medical journals.>Lower Cabinet Folders filled with medical forms. A laminated card is clipped to the back of one of the folders. Closet 5C Passcode: 1721Jackpot! Now to head back to the closet door and see what's inside.  Storage Area  Uhhhhhhhhhhh. We should find an adult... but we're a brave kid. Let's keep exploring.  Please begin transfer of medical supplies to the 2nd floor storage wing immediately... Someone has etched something into the edge of the bulletin board. It says: Strange people, weird messages, no lights. Nothing bad could possibly happen from continuing to explore. Let's check the journal next to the lamp.  Someone's weathered journal. We weren't able to keep everyone alive, but we tried our best.Ah good, we've upgraded from weird to creepy messages.  >Upper Shelf An assortment of books and pamphlets line the shelves. A newspaper clipping is sticking out from between two of the books. 14 March (JNR) - The NSA said the number of people exposed to radiation was expected to rise. Workers in protective clothing scanned people arriving at evacuation centres for radioactive exposure.Wait, I didn't sign up for a post-apocalyptic game. >Middle Shelf Several years worth of medical journals.>Lower Cabinet. Folders filled with medical forms. It looks like there's something beneath the folders. You found a  Key: Small CabinetThat'll be for the cabinet next to the bookshelf, and the last thing to examine in this room.  There is a laminated card laying at the bottom of the drawer: Exit 5C Passcode: 2954With that, we can follow that strange man into the next room.    The scooby doo chase sequence will have to be put on hold until we can open the next door.  Now that the lights are on, we know that there's going to be a box puzzle. *booing is heard from the crowd* The only interesting thing to examine is this note to the side.  Please make sure all personal materials are removed before then. Well, lets get to box pushing.     Pulling the level unlocks the door on the other side of the room.  And here's the side area. A side area to a storage closet that we are several rooms deep, for the record. Opening the locker reveals a lab coat and scrubs. But also...  Progress!    ... The hell kind of storage closet are we in? Investigating the doors reveal we need a key card to open them. So let's check the desk.  >Folder 1 A construction contract for the rebuilding of the 3rd floor, wing 2B.a winged 2B, huh? There's probably fan art of that out there. >Folder 2 You received a  Card Key. Joji, remember to remove the card key when you're done this, okay? We can't just go leaving doors open... I don't wanna get in trouble again.>Folder 3 You found 5G. We found progress, and some money. These are now my favorite of folders. Well, we've got only one card key, and there's two doors to the north of us. So, let's check the other one first.   The desk has bills and tax forms on them, while the locker contains our 2nd key card!  As we were reminded, we need to remove the card key to use it again. I forgot about this my first time through and spent quite a bit of time wandering the hospital trying to figure out what to do. Alcohol may have been involved Moving on, we can now insert the two card keys in the doors on the left to check out that locker which contains...  The final card key! That was exciting wasn't it? This is the first major gameplay section and...it kinda blows to be honest. As to be expected, rpg maker games aren't going to produce interesting gameplay unless you do something neat with turn based style fights. This game, being half visual novel, tries to still have some kinda gameplay investment for the player- with mixed results. Considering sections like these die off over the course of the game, I feel like the devs did notice this and started sticking to their strengths- for the better in my opinion. Regardless, the scooby doo chase can now recommence.    Oh jeez, again? How much longer will we have to do this?  The boy agrees. *A blue light begins shining on the desk*    Uhhhhhhhhhhh, we should go find that adult now.  Who are you? Oh, I'm no one important. But if you want to call me something, you can call me Uma.Fish Heads Are you the one who's been stealing food from the cafeteria? Did you take our book? Heh. I guess you kinda caught me red handed... Why would you steal from a hospital? I'm hungry. Down on my luck. What do you want me to say, kid? Wait... For now. Not much of a home, but it beats sleeping on the streets, heh. Oh... I'm sorry you don't have a real home... Eh, you get used to it after a while. So kid, are you hungry? I've got a bit of fish head left from last week if you'd like.... week old fish wouldn't just smell, I'm pretty sure your gut would just explode from the contact. Uh... ... That's okay. But thank-you. I'm really sorry I took your book. Please... take it back and forgive me for my lapse in judgement. It's okay... I do weird things when I'm hungry, too.You received  Rakuen. And I promise that as soon as I get back on my feet, I'll pay the Chef back for all the food I took. I just need some time to figure things out... I understand. Oh! One more thing... If I tell you a secret about this hospital, will you promise not to tell the staff that I'm here? Okay. I promise.  Ahh giving a kid an unsolveable riddle as a secret. The oldest trick in the book. Except this one is uh, really easy. ...?... Well, easy to an adult I guess.   Would you believe me if I said we talked to a magical old man hobo? I... Um... Well I don't know how you got in here, but this area is off limits. Anyways, come with me... Your Mom is here. Tell me a Story    Will you read Rakuen to me, Mom? Of course I will. One Wish      At first, the Boy was very afraid.  For it has been said that Morizora would grant one wish to anyone who was able to complete his challenges. He fought evil spirits... visited many lands...  A ride on his magical boat. The Boy was now able to sail away, finally reuniting with his tribe and all those he loved... In the beautiful world... 
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I won't be updating daily anymore, I just wanted to get to the story bit because I was having issues with videos. I will try and stick to 2 or 3 a week though, depending on circumstances.
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cant cook creole bream posted:That book story has basically no tension curve. "Everyone was gone, so the boy did some favors for a demigod. He fought some, befriended others and finally followed the other guys. The end." You'd think that the book would go a bit more into detail, but maybe the mother is reading the abridged version. This game is a good lp game. The parts worth experience from the game (art, characters, writing, music) can easily be gotten without having to deal with the part that isn’t worth experiencing- the gameplay. Though, as mentioned, things will eventually pick up. Also, I didn’t notice that about Cora! 
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Gloomy Rube posted:My only problem with this LP is how you talk about it being an RPG maker game as though that were a bad thing! Haha, I’m being a bit hyperbolic. I’ve played and seen lps of rpg maker games, but I know they aren’t for everyone and the engine itself has a lot of limitations. The game being either 640x480 or upscaled full screen, is one of them. Mraagvpeine posted:This is a charming game.  I’ve got another update ready...but it’s kinda heavy so I’m going to wait in hopes we hit another page. As well, I went back and edited the sprites to line up with the text. It was bugging me and didn’t look good, if that was bothering anyone.
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I didn't think to use the test poster! Thanks guys! Update 4 - Boy Meets Leebles
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Update 5 - Boy Meets Jacky We enter the caves and meet new creatures and characters. really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 02:09 on May 2, 2018 |
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limeicebreakers posted:NO HOLDS BARD! In case people didn’t know, both of those gifs are clickable for sound. As well as a couple other gifs from the second update.
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Update 6 - Boy Meets Morizora We meet Morizora and are given a quest to help the land.
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Update 7 - Boy Meets Backtracking Today, our mom lets us get an axe. limeicebreakers posted:
The caves are the gameplay at its near peak. The left hand distracting you with good dialogue, pretty art, and cute characters, while the right hand grabs its tax of fetch quests. On Monday, we'll see the gameplay...at its absolute worst.
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Really Pants posted:Can't wait to see all the new friends we'll make with our new axe. 
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Update 8 - Boy Meets Towel Cape Heroes These Grey Walls (hospital)  Thanks to our new found axe we were able to find: a pet frog, a marble, and a lot of cash. Now, it's time to set things up to find our first part of the song.  Immediately upon leaving the room, we see Winston talking to the doctor. I'm very sorry bout this, Winston. I just can't believe someone would do something like this. Stealing a wedding band from a comatose woman... These are indeed desperate times. We will do all we can to try and find out who stole this from her. Thank-you for your help, Doctor. I understand how busy everyone must be right now, so this means a lot. Of course. And if you could spare some extra blankets, it would be very appreciated... I know they've boarded up the hole inside the bathroom wall, but there is still a very chilling wind coming through. I'm very sorry about that, Winston. We'll send over some supplies. Thank-you. I'll come by later to check on Gemma. In the meantime, please take care. Thanks to eavesdropping, we know that Winston's wife's name is Gemma, that her wedding band was in fact stolen, and that we have a place to use our axe! Who says listening in on other people's conversations is rude? Before we head to Sue's room though, the vending machine has restocked with some coffee! As we know, there was one particularly cantankerous man looking for some coffee.  You received  Hot Coffee. Get out! Wait... is that coffee for me? Oh... well then... um... Thanks.We can now talk to Tony!  >What is your job? My job? Are you serious? I'm a retired pilot. I used to run a business selling airplane parts. I even built my own plane. I haven't been up in ages though...>What is your favorite food? I hate everything now. Nothing tastes good anymore. ... But I used to like crabcakes. With real chunks of crab, not that fake stuff.>Can I help you somehow? Help me? Kid, I don't think anyone can "help" me right now. ... Hah. You're not gonna leave until I give you something to do, eh? Okay then. You see that broken music box over there? You look like a budding engineer. See if you can fix it for me. That outta keep the kid occupied long enough...While it's clear Tony just wants us out of his face, he was earlier threatening to break our hands if we touched the music box. So he's at least trusting us a little bit.   Upon leaving, we can see that Cora has moved from her position. That's because she's over here now.   >What are you guys doing? Oh hey! You moved! Yeah, some friends and I are working together to do something special for the people on our floor here in the hospital! We call ourselves, the Towel Cape Heroes... and we're on a mission! A mission? Well, you know how the old patient lounge got destroyed? Yeah... Not sure if you've heard, but... ... They've finally finished rebuilding it! Oh that's great news! Of course, it's pretty empty right now, so we're looking for donations so we can fill it with fun stuff. You can help us out by buying items from me, or the two guys standing next to me. They're pretty cool.  Since we bought the coffee, money is no longer required for the story! As such, all money gained is now free to be bought on optional items to fill the patient lounge with. You don't have to do this, and finding every item on a first go can be difficult, but it's cute as hell- so of course we're doing it!    Here's the list of items we can buy. I pick up the Bookshelf and Trees from Cora for now, but decide to save money for the future.   And here's the lounge. Completely barebones. Don't worry, we're gonna make this place adorable.  Here's the lounge with all the items we've collected so far. Items collected from here on out NOT for the story, are for the patient lounge. Let's head down to Sue's room to talk to Winston and, of course, Sue.   I'm sorry about all of this... Poor Winston... Oh! What is it, Mom? While we're here... Do you think Sue might like the  Cat's Eye Marble we got from Jacky? Good idea, Mom! I think she would!We are on the same wavelength mom. We've actually got two marbles to give, so let's hop over to her. Oh hey, you came back... It's good to see you again. Didja hear? Somebody stole Gemma's wedding ring! Gemma? Oh, Gemma is Winston's wife. I share a room with her. Isn't that awful though? I mean who would steal something like that from a woman in a coma? I'm beginning to think the thief isn't a very nice person after all.We only know of one thief... did Uma take the ring!? That's a big blow to his character if so. You brought me something? It isn't much, but I remember that you collect marbles...You give the Cat's Eye Marble to Sue.Tiny Planets  Cat planet? Ohhh I really really missed this one! It really looks like a cat's eye, doesn't it? That's because this planet has LOTS of cats. But here's the surprising part... It has a lot of DOGS, too! There's dogs living there, too? Oh yes. People are always saying that cats and dogs can't get along. But that's just not true. People always think that if you're different, then it means you're bad. And then they treat you differently.   But Cat Planet is different. The cats and dogs get along just fine. The cats and dogs make the food together? Yeah! It's really good, too. They have pink donuts and coconut bread! I love coconut bread! ... Hey, can I ask you something? Sure. Why do you keep snooping around our bathroom? Is there something cool in there? Can you keep a secret? I won't tell anyone! I think there might be a door down there... a special door. Where does it lead? To a place called Morizora's Forest. I'm trying to wake up the Guardian of the Forest, so he'll grant me a wish! So you have secret worlds too! I do. So you might not be able to look around for your door... Unless! Here, give her one of these...Sue gave you Peanut Chew Chews. Thanks, Sue! She loves these... Good luck!Thanks to Sue, we can get the Shift Leader away from that blocked up room. But we still have another marble to give. You give the  Amber Marble to Sue. Treehouse... ... Teahouse? Yes that's right! Inside the tree, there's a room where flower-creatures serve you the most delicious tea ever... But that's not even the craziest part! The tea room... ... is UPSIDE-DOWN! Upside-down??? Yeah! You can walk on the ceiling! You even drink tea upside-down, and it doesn't fall out of the cup! Wow...!! One of my favorite things to do is drink tea with a good friend.  Sometimes she didn't have enough food so I would share my lunches with her. But we always had a good time. God these scenes are so freakin adorable. While the Cat's eye scene was mandatory, the Amber scene was not. Now, while we could go in to the bathroom and advance some story... There was also a boarded up door in Kisuboro's room too. Let's see if we can sequence break.  Oh, there's a doctor standing right in front of it.  We're trying our best to patch things up after what happened, but we don't have the best materials right now... As you can tell, there's still a cold breeze coming through the boards behind me. If the patient in this room would stop trying to sneak into the area behind here, maybe we could get this wall fixed... He keeps taking construction supplies to go digging in the mud outside. I think he's looking for buried treasure.Hmm, sadly this doctor prevents us from going through here. Though we did get a bit more information on Kisaboro for later, as he is one of our "targets". Anyway, let's head to Sue's bathroom and check if there really is a door in there.  Nurses are in charge of wall repair now? Man, they weren't kidding... this draft is chilly!Lets offer her the candy bar. Oh man, you don't know how badly I was craving one of these! I LOVE Peanut Chew Chews! I guess I can go take a fiver to eat this. I need to regain my energy if I'm gonna be doing construction work. Thanks a lot, kid. With her out of the way, let's chop this barricade down and see what's behind it.  Uma? Ooooh what a pretty ring! ...Uma? Oops, time for me to run! Uma!! And so we follow after Uma... 
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Update 9 - Winston Meets Boy It's the lowest point of the game! Fun times! Tomorrow will be better, I promise- if only because things can only go up.
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Really Pants posted:Do you have to pull that third lever to progress? No. In the recorded footage, I waited until after we did the underwater excursion to pull it. And when I had to replay to get some more footage, I never pulled the 3rd lever and still got through this part.
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Update 10 - Winston's Love... Today we get a bit thicker into Winston and Gemma's story.
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Update 11 - ...And Gemma's Light We complete the first part of the song. Polsy stretches the video if on desktop, if quality is an issue for you, you can watch on youtube using default player for better quality. Though you risk spoilers on the side bar.
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Tenebrais posted:So... why are they called Winston and Gemma? I know it's not uncommon for Asian folk to take up English names in english-speaking countries, but it looks like they never got the chance to move away. That's a good question, tbh. We've met Kisaburo, who clearly has an Asian name. So I don't know why the devs gave these two English names, unless there's something I'm missing. Gloomy Rube posted:This is really far back but the links to the "Dark Heart" song are set to take you to the slow version of Tiny Planets. Doh! No wonder that video didn't have any views  I don't know how to edit the Test Post after it's been posted for so long, so here's the song for those curious. It's pretty basic but gets the atmosphere across. https://polsy.org.uk/play/yt/?vurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0c6ZeqcrW5A
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Update 12 - Boy Meets Korshals A short breather update today. Speaking of, how's the update schedule been? I didn't plan on doing daily updates after the first couple... but now I've got a massive backlog and can continue doing that. Has that been working for you guys? As well, update 5 has been redone with the correct link for Dark Heart.
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Update 13 - Tony's Forgotten Memory Let's see how the mean this grumpy old bear actually is. Leraika posted:This is true (and woops, phrased it badly - I apologize), but it's still not a super great thing to hang your fantasy racism story on. The Winston/Gemma arc is really weak imo. Not just the gameplay but the writing, isn't bad, but just kinda meanders in mediocrity. Hopefully Tony will be a much better arc for people.
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Update 14 - Tony's Family Let's just rummage through Tony's house for no reason.
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Update 15 - Tony's Children A bit late today but we continue exploring Tony's house. What do you think is hiding in the attic?
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Update 16 - Tony and Christina Today we head into the attic and see what Tony is hiding up there. unending sadness
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Update 17 - Boy Meets Christina A short one to get our bearings in order.
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Update 18 - Kisaburo Meets Kazuko We move on to helping an old couple reconnect... by heading to the sky.
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Leraika posted:This update is just 100% It’s why I tried to push through to Tony’s arc as quick as I could. The start of the game is fine, but Winston’s arc drags in an LP format. The rest of the game, is real good though.
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Update 19 - Boy Meets His Cousin Today we meet our cousin, get a job, and discover new and exciting things about our mom.
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Update 20 - Boy Meets Monsieur It's time for the tea party. Be on your best behavior, you wouldn't want to be an uncouthDUD would you?
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cant cook creole bream posted:You missed some dialog with the mom after she came back from brewing tea. At least I think you missed it. I don't know when exactly the next set of mom-dialog appears. Yeah it’s the first thing in the next update. The next few updates are a bit patched together because I did the backtracking stuff first, but I’m not actually showing that off until after we get the next song.
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Update 21 - When Kazuko Met Kisaburo We've got three parts of the song, we're starting to get close to the end now!
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Update 22 - Boy Meets Backtracking Again We finish up a song, so let's wrap things up! This time, it's going to take two whole updates to do so as getting the pickaxe unlocks quite a few things. In return for no story content this update, have a video from laura's channel featuring the Monsieur. https://polsy.org.uk/play/yt/?vurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpY2jgjGdNBQ
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Update 23 - Boy Meets...The Leeble Protection Agency!? We finish our post Kisaburo wrap up today! Tomorrow, we start the final story arc...
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Update 24 - Sue Meets a Friend Let's start the best arc in the game
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Update 25 - Puchi Meets the Lonely Tree Oh look there's more! How did that happen? ......
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Update 26 - Boy Meets the Stars A little delayed today because...  Today is the 1 year anniversary of Rakuen!Steam has the game on sale for 40% off and 53% off if you want to buy the soundtrack as well! That's $6 for the game and $9.34 for the bundle. It's not too late to buy the game and check it all out for yourself!Then come check out the rest of the LP please don't leave In regards to today's update, it's also a party! The so hinted at Star Festival starts! It's a pretty cool segment that lets all the characters in the game come back for a bit, though I do wish this part were longer, it's understandable as to why it's not (that whole in development for 4 years thing.) If you're curious about this segment, Laura actually wrote about this part and the inspirations for it. It's pretty neat! Though make sure to read the update first to get the full context.
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Update 27 - Boy and Sue Build a Little World Sue's Little Worlds Build a little world with me (You really should watch the video.)              Once these walls were grey  But you made stars and skies and snowflakes   We found a rainbow everywhere  You made a place so we could hide away  And if you stay right by my side  We'll make it through the night And you'll never have to feel alone again So before it's time to leave... ...would you build a little world with me        Once this room was cold  But then I asked the sun to smile again   Our castle covered the expanse  With all the patches, pillows we could hold And if I stay right by your side We'll make it through the night And I'll never have to feel alone again So before it's time to leave would you build a little world with me           If you stay right by my side   We'll make it through the night And we'll never have to feel alone again  So before it's time to leave would you build a little world with me  Sue posted:
  
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Update 28 - A Mother's Greatest Fear How will our boy deal with Sue's death?
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Tenebrais posted:I wondered, in the first chapters, what kind of ward we were in given the range of symptoms the patients showed. That could be it. My guess was cancer ward, but gemma doesn't have cancer. Kisaburo clearly had a cancer somewhere that spread to his brain, as his notes mentioned metastases in the brain. Sue's disease is, I believe, unknown. I assumed cancer as well, but it could have been a genetic disease that reached a terminal state. Regardless, remember this image from the first update? I was really hoping no one looked into what this meant (and if anyone did, they didn't comment on it at least). Wikipedia posted:Carboplatin, sold under the trade name Paraplatin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of forms of cancer. This includes ovarian cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, brain cancer, and neuroblastoma. Wikipedia posted:Pemetrexed (brand name Alimta) is a chemotherapy drug manufactured and marketed by Eli Lilly and Company. Its indications are the treatment of pleural mesothelioma and non-small cell lung cancer. vvv I'll comment on that after we see the next update. really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 19:36 on May 12, 2018 |
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