Hi everyone, 

our team has been planing this project for a while now and we have just officially launched production today. Our goal with this initial short story project is to test out some of our design intentions and create a compelling character that people will want to see more of. 

We don't don't have much to share right now but as we progress we will be updating everyone. 

Here is a little background on our team:

Nichiren Games is made up of a husband and wife team with both over 15 years in the AAA games industry. We are looking at creating unique and arousing interactive stories with unprecedented interactivity. Our hope is to give both men and women an enjoyable distraction with our erotic, gameplay rich and well crafted games.

We will be bringing not just our experience on AAA games quality but also 6+ years of managing and creating content for a adult toy / review / erotic story website.

Our first title Project: Emi will be a Erotic visual novel in a short story format, our main goal is to develop our new interaction/skill system for a larger upcoming project. 

Thanks!

Nichiren Games Team

https://twitter.com/NichirenG

https://www.patreon.com/NichirenGames

Hi everyone, 

A lot of design work this week and we have some decent progress made on direction and artwork placeholders

latest update:

• Design doc updated to match new priorities on story and immersion.
• First pass rework of main character completed. 
• First pass of placeholder characters completed.
• Story writing has started.

Here is some renders from our current progress on one of our characters

[Major update] we now have a title Shard of her memory

also we can now release some info on our story and game direction enjoy!

Shard of her memory

Emi, a woman trapped inside her own mind must go back and explore memories of her past. With the help of a stranger she will try to discover the how and why she finds herself inside this strange void.

As this stranger you will be able to visit Emi’s past memories from three different times in her life. You will be able to take control and alter the events, reshaping Emi’s recollection of the past and changing the behavior and attitude of her future selves.


"Memories shatter like a mirror,

when you look into a Shard your vision of the past might never be the same.

And sometimes it can cut you deeply. "


Our goal is to make every choice the player makes meaningful. All choices have consequences, not all of them immediately visible, but all of them will move the story forward. There is no game over, there is no failure, only your story. Who you chose to possess while inside the Shard and how you act while you control them will affect Emi and shape her future personas accordingly. So an action you take in a Shard from 18 year old Emi’s life may get a quick and instant reaction, but there might be a long term consequence for her 36 year old self.

There are no stats for you to track, no money to collect, or jobs to do. Your only goal is to unlock and explore more of Emi's past and discover or shape the truth.



I would also like to present to you the first pass on Emi, In this picture you can see her at the age of 18, 24 and 36.

As we get closer to a release date for our demo I will be updating this thread with more details. Please feel free to follow our weekly production updates on our Patreon page.