Hearts Like Clockwork (Demo has been released)

[KayakoChan 318]

Far in the future, a war between humans and machinery has left the island country of Japan isolated.

Now, decades after the Japanese managed to reclaim their country and rebuild it, it seems normalcy has returned.

Hearts Like Clockwork follows the young Rin Kagamine as her ordinary daily life is about to become a lot more interesting,

...And a lot more dangerous.

 

In this game you play as Rin Kagamine, Crypton High School's first-year class president. On the day her life is about to change forever.

The adventure she will be dragged into will require her wit, strength, charm, and a good number of friends if she hopes to make it out alive.

Whether it's through friendship, Music, or brute force, Your actions may affect more lives than you initially thought.

This game features:

• Original art by Melonie Moon
• An original story which responds to your choices and playstyle.
• Many familiar characters from the "Vocaloid" voice synthesizer franchise such as Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin/Len, Megurine Luka, and Megpoid Gumi.
• A world crafted with love.
• A brand new "Smartphone" system that collects information about the world you're inhabiting, and lets you call your friends if you happen to be lost.
• A subtle twist on the Classic RPG-styled combat.
• A simple friendship system, and innocent, pure youth romance (Note: at this time all romance options are girls)
• Many jokes and references to Vocaloid songs and lore within them, none of which you need to know to enjoy the game!

 

Teaser and Screenshots!

The game comes with a difficulty selection!

 

Luka's homeroom class

 

Outside the school

 

Time to teach this guy size doesn't matter!

 

Credits:

A game by KayakoAmaya(KayakoChan)

Graphics:
Custom scene art and portraits by MelonieMoon ( www.meloniemoon.com )
Placeholder faces by Suzuya appon
Some map resources by Celianna

Extra trees and clutter from Whtdragon
Menu layouts based off Moghunter

Parallaxes, Sprites, and misc by KayakoAmaya

Sound and music:

Custom SFX mostly from Gravity Sound
Music "Skeleton life" Off vocal by ラムネP
Music "Regret message" off vocal by mothy
Music "Spiralling Thoughts" by Scythuz
Music "Orphan Trope" by OnslaughtSupply
Song Clip "8 Hit" by じーざす ft Kagamine Rin
Song Clip "Proof of Life" by Hitoshizuku P ft Kagamine Rin
Song Clip "Last night, Good night" by kz ft Hatsune Miku
Song Clip "Love is war" by Ryo ft Hatsune Miku

Various untitled songs by GameDevMarket

 

Coding:
Engine by Enterbrain/Kadokawa

Combat, journal, and message system by Yanfly

HUD/Menu system by Moghunter
Mapzoom plugin by Masked

Save system and title skip by HimeWorks/Tsukihime

Parallax system by Galv

Mouse pointer system by Quasi/Quxios

Name entry font fixed by Titled

 

Testing:

USS-Iowa
Melonie Moon
Nirwanda

Download the demo at:
https://kayakoamaya.itch.io/hearts-like-clockwork

"Vocaloid " And its characters belong to
their respective owners. Crypton Future Media,
Internet Co, Ltd.,  and Yamaha Corporation.

The demo is currently finished safe for some art needing to be updated.
It will likely be released this month or the next!

Edited February 18, 2020 by KayakoChan
Added demo download

[RoooodWorks 165]

Amazing work as always, can't wait to play this awesome work. Good job.

[KayakoChan 318]

Ehehe~ Thank you  I'm sorry for the little joke at the end~ In a way I credited you because of it, Fufufu~!
You technically ensured the game demo will be better for it~

Well, Time to work hard~

[Nirwanda 323]

You got this kaya! It's looking terrific! :)

[FranklinX 78]

This game looks really good. I like the custom graphics, and they help your game stand out from the competition. Keep it up!

[KayakoChan 318]

Ehehe~! It's a lot of extra work but it's worth it~
I kinda do enjoy making sprites and such after all~

[Yorkshire-pud 1]

Looks very good!

[KayakoChan 318]

Thank you~ It's going to require a lot of hard work but it's worth it~

[KayakoChan 318]

I keep forgetting to post updated here (Since the place is a little dead)
Seems that I am making progress a bit more slowly than anticipated so I'm probably going to release it when I have all of Melonie's amazing busts~

Here's a preview of her Miku bust she did for the project~

[KayakoChan 318]

Still making slow progress, My artist finished the first of the busts for the main character so I could put it in and see what it looked like in-game~

It's taking longer to make a playable demo than I thought but I will do my best to make it worth the wait~

 

 

[KayakoChan 318]

It's been a while, The demo is technically done, just waiting for art!

It may be quite early but. I will wish you all a merry Christmas in advance~!

[KayakoChan 318]

For the one or two people who may be lurking, I'm afraid I will have to delay the planned December release for the demo,

as I didn't want to ship it with too many annoying placeholders! My artist and I have been working hard,

she's been making many more adorable busts and I have been listening to the feedback from testers and  fixing up

a bunch of problems with the dialogue and difficulty (Turns out that the normal difficulty is still pretty dang hard for the average player!)

After all I got to make sure the game has the

[AutumnAbsinthe 153]

This looks so cute!

[KayakoChan 318]

Ehehe~ Thank you~!
Trying real hard to make something fun and cute, and Melonie's portraits helped so much there~

Of course because it's meant to be fun and cute doesn't mean it can't explore some darker themes, but all in all there will be plenty of sweetness~

[KayakoChan 318]

To breathe a little life into this thread I present the teaser trailer~!

Also an itch.io page for the upcoming demo!
https://kayakoamaya.itch.io/hearts-like-clockwork

[KayakoChan 318]

As of today February 18, 2020, the demo has been released!

It can be downloaded at https://kayakoamaya.itch.io/hearts-like-clockwork

Edited February 18, 2020 by KayakoChan

[GoldUniGaming 11]

I watched this demo as it was streamed and WOW! What a charmer!

[KayakoChan 318]

Ehehe~! Thank you, I was really glad to be able to release it! Even though I get so easily worried my work isn't good enough~