REC/REW
... I never saw a real sun.
Those quartz lamps shining from the ceiling are all the sun you'll ever need.
And, I never saw a blue sky.
... Don't you feel safe in this peaceful concrete womb?
... Is this the life I am supposed to live?
Do you really think you ever had a choice?
...
The girl in my dreams. I'm sure I've never met her.
Then why does she feel so familiar?
She says, freedom is the right to choose our binds.
... Did I choose mine?
About the project
Developed making liberal use of the Ren'Py engine, REC/REW is a currently in-development visual novel set in an alternate version of our world where humanity had to flee Earth's surface and now resides in massive underground cities. The story revolves around a young man whose life gets suddenly turned upside-down by the death of his best friend. This circumstance will trigger a series of events ultimately leading him to question the very nature of his life and the world he lives in.
My main goal is to re-create that sense of "eerieness" I feel when reading Philiph K. Dick's works, or Lovecraft's stories such as The color out of space.
... My success at this endeavour is yours to judge, of course.
REC/REW features a cast of three main female heroines (one of which will be the main character's love interst) and 6 supporting characters (including the - supposed - villain). The complete project will supposedly sit in the range of 350-400k words corresponding to roughly 20-35 hours reading time.
Dev status
- Introductory chapter (aka M1 line): done!
- First story arc (aka M2 line): done (kind of)!
- Second story arc (aka M3 line): under intense review/rewriting...
- Third story arc (aka M4 line): first draft under development.
- Epilogue (aka M5 line): first draft finalized, pending review and expansion.
Reference to Milan's underground lines is purely wanted.
A word of warning
While not an overtly "adult" game, REC/REW contains mature language, a few bloody and/or gorey scenes and scattered nudity. It is consequently aimed at an adult audience.
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, Linux |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | JaN |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Made with | GIMP, Ren'Py |
Tags | Adult, Anime, Male protagonist, Meaningful Choices, Multiple Endings, Mystery, Ren'Py, Slice Of Life, Story Rich, supernatural |
Code license | GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL) |
Asset license | Creative Commons Attribution_NonCommercial v4.0 International |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | Subtitles |
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Development log
- REC/REW 0.2.7 (at last... but not the least)Jul 21, 2024
- REC/REW - intermediate milestones (aka: behind schedule... again)Jun 23, 2024
- REC/REW - intermediate milestones (... kind of)Apr 09, 2024
- REC/REW dev update #20Feb 12, 2024
- REC/REW dev update #19Dec 28, 2023
- REC/REW dev update #18Nov 23, 2023
- REC/REW dev update #17(2) - fixed (sort of)Oct 22, 2023
- REC/REW dev update #17 - brokenOct 09, 2023
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