Hey guys, I'm creating this devlog to not only keep track of the progress I'm making but to share it with you all as well!

I'm currently planning on debuting a vtuber and I'm still in the very beginnings of the process. I've been wanting to come up with fun lore for my character and I thought a really creative way would be to create a short VN style game that can possibly be open to interpretation even after the ending. 

I'm aiming towards possibly just two endings: the canon one and another ending that detours off the lore canon route.

My ideal playtime is only about 2 hours.

Currently, this is the rough plot I have written out:

"Friend group on a mission to prove whether or not the local arcade is haunted or not on Halloween night and when they get there, they are spooked by a prank set up by one of the boy’s in the friend group. But, MC’s hiding spot is where they stay even after the friend’s leave, scared by the prank and not realizing it was a prank just yet. The arcade cabinet they are hiding behind flickers on for just a moment before shutting off again, a gold arcade coin dropping into the coin return. MC takes the coin and runs out. After that night, MC is plagued with nightmares that slowly seep into reality, put off as trauma from being genuinely scared from the prank. Monsters from their dreams have also slowly begun appearing when they are awake, trying to push it off as hallucinations. Until one night, a monster attacks the MC and the arcade coin not only connects him with the voice of a mysterious person and can channel into a weapon for the enemies. With the help of the mysterious voice to guide and this coin turned weapon, the MC must fight away the nightmares and enemies to rid them for good."

I also have some base characters that will probably be final in terms of amount because my idea for this game is small.

CHARACTERS:

MC: town local, pretty docile in nature, frightens easily, kind of like the group’s leader because despite being docile, they are always around to help the group and defend them as well as making sure they are okay. Lives with their aunt, parents both died in a local factory fire 

Marie: city girl who moved to the small town a year ago. She is opinionated, loud, and isn’t afraid to challenge alot of the locals expectations and the norms of the town. Parents moved her for work as a way to help industrialize the small town. Not many of the locals are quite happy with that. She seems strong willed and tough skinned but she really hates her parents for pulling her away from her old life. 

Valen: ex hs football player, he kinda dumb but really sweet tbh, basically himbo jock but you gotta love him, believes alot in the town’s legends, especially the haunted arcade. Parents recently got divorced and now the town kind of looks down on him and his family. Classic dad cheats, mom is now a single mother. Really just wants to hold luke’s hand 

Luke: one word, baby?? He is pretty smart and spends a lot of his time working at the bookstore that his family owns in town. He did get a full ride to a really big uni in the city but after his mother fell ill, he gave it up to attend local uni and help with things at home. Kind of resent his mother but beats himself up about those feelings because he knows she didn't just choose to be sick. Tends to be soft spoken but is always the level headed one and will say if an idea is really bad. 

Arcane: Helps MC make sense of the ‘hallucinations’ and nightmares they are having. Arcane promises that she can help them stop but it’ll take tracking down the glitch demon that has been terrorizing them and defeating it. Seems wise in an old timey way, she is only a voice and can’t really interact with anything in the human world.

The descriptions are written really casual as its how I write my notes in a way that is most memorable to me. These are also subject to change!

Since the lore and the abandoned arcade is the most important part, town/places won't have definite names and many of the characters will only be known by their first names but each of them will have underlying lore that could possibly be expanded on in the future.

GOAL: to get a rough, full script written out 

CURRENTLY: I have about 5% of the dialogue written out