This
was a Twine game that I had initially planned to make for #iluJam 3;
unfortunately, that game fell through, and I lost all progress on it
when my laptop died (PSA: BACK UP YOUR SHIT). I’ve decided to dust
off the premise and try again for Yuri Jam!
The game is set in the same universe as a passion project of mine that’s too ambitious for my current dev abilities: a fictionalized version of 1910s/1920s Hollywood, where the films are silent, the times are a-roarin’, and the girls are beautiful.
...well, girls are beautiful in any era. But flappers and art deco, amirite? *_*
“A Tale of Two Extras” (working title) stars Woman Talking Outside Cafe #1 (aka Janet; she’s the MC) and Woman Talking Outside Cafe #2 (aka Rosamond, aka Rosa), two aspiring actresses cast as extras in a film. Their job is to sit outside a fake cafe storefront and chat with each other during tea. Of course, since they’re just extras sitting in the background of a silent film, the director doesn’t care what they’re actually talking about…
Flirting ensues.
While this started as a Twine game, I’m thinking about making this a visual novel in Ren’Py instead, in which case I’ll need someone to do character art, since art isn’t my forte (at all). Janet and Rosa are the only two characters who need sprites (the director and an unfortunate gofer might have lines, but they can stay offscreen). Anything else—backgrounds, music, GUI—I’m considering extra for now and will use premade assets unless there’s someone out there who wants to contribute custom stuff.
My goal is to have a playable kinetic novel with the whole cafe set scene, although if time permits, I’ll add choices and/or possibly more dates (going to a movie together, actual lunch at an actual cafe). I might still work on this after the jam even if I “finish” it.
(s/o to CrouchingBacon/12am_arcobaleno for encouraging me on the discord to make this and post a devlog lol)