Pleased Birthday, Neurodiver
It’s just a few days earlier than we submit our recreation to certification. Our launch date announcement trailer is behind us and we’re including in the previous few updates to Learn Solely Reminiscences: Neurodiver. For the eyecatch sequences, I give the Neurodiver itself a birthday: Could 16, 2024, and we proceed to let it exit into the world.
The Day After
Could 16 has come and gone and the sport is out now. I’ve been engaged on this with a number of others who’ve come and gone for the previous six years. Rather a lot has occurred with MidBoss, our workforce, and the world throughout this time, however the recreation is lastly out and a wave of aid washed over us, adopted rapidly by numerous nervousness. The sport, in spite of everything, is shorter than our earlier one, and its story is brisk. I nonetheless discover myself taking part in and having fun with it in my off time, although, and I’m happy with what our workforce achieved. I set to work and collaborate with numerous fantastic folks.
Previous and Current: Planning the Recreation
Learn Solely Reminiscences: Neurodiver is a really private venture, each in its story– nonetheless temporary it might be–and in its growth. I used to be the unique director and lead artist/animator for 2064: Learn Solely Reminiscences. It’s a recreation I’ve an advanced relationship with. Rather a lot occurred with it, the unique workforce, and myself. I’m lastly snug sitting with my housemates and watching them play it as we rejoice the discharge of our present recreation. My head is spinning at all the interactions it has and the logistics concerned now. It’s very spectacular that we pulled it off. I’m happy with that recreation simply as effectively, however its growth was at an important value.
We couldn’t intention for a similar scope because the earlier recreation. It was merely out of the query. However after figuring out the preliminary story planning, , we have been delighted with the outcome: an interesting] mild and brisk journey. A pseudo-sequel with a longtime protagonist that may dive into reminiscences, chasing a rogue psychic that hides inside them. Whose reminiscences would we be exploring? I needed to revisit some previous associates from the unique recreation, an opportunity to see how they’re doing 5 – 6 years later.
Dive into the Particulars
Luna Cruz de la Vega, or ES88, is a younger and bold psychic agent working at Minerva. The one one bonded to a particular genetically engineered esper known as the Neurodiver. This Neurodiver permits her to not solely view and work together with reminiscences, but additionally restore them. Every day she wakes up diving immediately into work. ES88 desires to show one thing to herself and her friends, and although she has confidence in her talents, she nonetheless questions herself.
A psychic entity known as Golden Butterfly is haunting folks’s reminiscences, fragmenting them, inflicting lingering anxieties to bubble up. These fragments vary from one thing so simple as a misplaced password, all the way in which as much as forgetting the place you left off with somebody necessary to you. It’s ES88’s job to restore these fragments and drive out Golden Butterfly. It’s an enormous process. Might or not it’s an excessive amount of? How a lot is she keen to push herself?
Learn Solely Reminiscences: Neurodiver is a capsule stuffed with numerous the issues we love. ES88’s days play out like an episode in an anime, industrial bumpers and all. She desires of herself as a magical lady. The soundscape is stuffed with shiny, vibrant FM tones harking back to previous Yamaha powered sound playing cards. It was a pleasure animating each expression. Each character is voiced precisely how we imagined them to be in our heads. And it’s all framed inside an homage to Japanese journey video games of the previous.
Learn Solely Reminiscences: Neurodiver is a recreation that’s stuffed with our enthusiasm for the issues we love. It was an opportunity to spend time with some previous associates once more whereas assembly some new ones, and whereas it’s a quick journey, I hope it’ll proceed to remain in your reminiscences.
Learn Solely Reminiscences: NEURODIVER
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ES88 is an esper tasked with capturing Golden Butterfly, a psychic entity hiding within the reminiscences of others. Play as ES88 and be a part of her cyborg colleague GATE, and the creature often called a NEURODIVER to assist restore the reminiscences Golden has broken and cease them of their tracks on this “psy-fi” journey!
You Are A Psychic Agent
Tackle the function of ES88, a younger esper employed by MINERVA, a strong group specializing in info science, neurotechnology, and extrasensory phenomena. She has been tasked with monitoring down Golden Butterfly, a mysterious psychic entity hiding in and fragmenting the reminiscences of Neo-San Francisco’s residents. Who’re they? Why are they doing this? And the way will you cease them?
The NEURODIVER
The Neurodiver is a bioengineered psychic creature made to help in boosting an esper’s pure talents. With its assist, you’ll gather clues and ideas in your topic’s reminiscences in an effort to piece collectively distorted fragments inside them, pushing Golden Butterfly out!
New And Previous
Learn Solely Reminiscences: NEURODIVER is a return to the colourful sci-fi world of Neo-San Francisco from 2064: Learn Solely Reminiscences with an entire new story, and an entire new forged of characters. It is an journey that newcomers can simply dive into, however these accustomed to the unique recreation would possibly discover numerous acquainted faces making a comeback!
An FM Sound Sensation!
NEURODIVER’s soundtrack is impressed by the OPNA/YM2608 sounds of the PC-8801 and PC-9801 collection of computer systems, delivered to you by Scarlet Moon composer and sound designer, Ken “coda” Snyder (Tree of Data)!
For those who love the sharp and shiny tones generated by late 80s and early 90s FM chips present in a wide range of previous computer systems, sound playing cards, arcades and consoles, then you definitely’ll be proper at residence right here. Lengthy stay the facility of FM sound! 🎹
