Fragments [Early Development]

[NnsNightshade]

Ugaki-san says:

FragmentRonan is still focusing more on completing some animation sprites for Ibara than setting up the other character sprites, so I haven't got much to add by way of that. We may have to find another musician due to technical difficulties with the one we have now.... Ah so I will announce if it comes down to that. I have written a lot more but I will need to pick it all apart and organize it here in orderly fashion which will be done ASAP. I've already moved on to writing the actual game script now. My girlfriend is still musing over the terms for the map locations.

We've been contacted by someone who may want to program the game with C++ and a possible 3D animator to render the cut scenes into 3D instead of 2D anime like it was planned in the original. If anything changes for certain I will announce it.

Three game endings have been confirmed and scripted. We have the game beginning and endings planned, and are working on filling in the middle. This will be turned into a game design document in the case of having the game made or re-made into another engine.

We will try to have an animated introduction to the game on You Tube soon. It has been planned and we are just waiting on the music to be completed for it now. It will showcase some of the plot, voice acting, and the title.

For those who aren't afraid of game spoilers, we would like some critique on the major plot twist and end sequence of our game. Please only click the spoiler below if you want to be spoiled to the game's secrets. It is only a basic overview and some of the detail is left out.

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During part of a dungeon, Ibara and Notarou are separated from Min and Suzu by the enemy. The player will alternate between the parties to make it through the final area.

During the last stretch of the dungeon, you will not hear from Ibara or Notarou at all and you can only assume something has happened to them. The enemy has a location called Reactor where certain Fragments who possess the abilities to transform into Makka and Kourin are held. The prisoners are held in containers of fluids and subtances that break down the physical and spiritual components and turn them into a more concentrated form of power that can be used by the enemy. When this happens, a Fragment actually dies death over....They cease to exist.

Ibara and Notarou are the Fragments of a single person who has inherited the Makka and Kourin transfiguration abilities. Min and Suzu are also one person, but due to their Fragmenting process, are flawed and seen as disposable rather than as of use. Well you reach the final door and enter and a cut scene appears. And Min runs in, out of breath and Suzu follows behind her. They stop in because the room is so dark. Then we see a button flash on and the place lights up and you'll see these tube containers with the Fragment souls in them. Min spots Ibara in one of the chambers and Suzu and Min run forward to meet him. Notarou is also with him, but unresponsive due to a struggle, which Ibara explains.

While Suzu searches for a way to release Ibara and Notarou, Ibara has a final conversation with Min, who doesn't yet understand the weight of the entire situationm but their souls have already started breaking down. And with Min on one side of the glass and Ibara on the other, they share a bit of powerful scene with Min making a speech and a song playing that will be called 'Min's Tears.' Though Suzu returns with no news of how they can be set free, the two suddenly Resonate enough to bond their spirits together and a series of flashbacks begin as sprite animations and pictures.

Depending on the events you followed, the lives they remember will be different. Min and Suzu as a human and Ibara and Notarou as a human both knew each other in the Human world while they were alive. They were both in their mid to late forties(the sum of each ages as we will change the age of Min slightly). They will have different standings on how they were related depending on the events a player takes. All endings have them dying at the same time in the same way or accident. But now we will put all the puzzle pieces together to show you the life they once had. After this, Ibara and Notarou will actually die leaving a devastated Min and Suzu, but this is what makes them go to the final bosses.

The last boss you will face is with Min and Suzu alone, but with new powers because of the spiritual bonding between them and Ibara and Notarou. At the end of the game, Suzu and Min are reincarnated and the ending scenes and credits are scenes of them in their new life, with flashbacks of their memories as a Fragment, which were retained after their Reincarnation. This ending sequence is very different as well depending on the ending you received.

And I liek cut out the part where he complains about me being sick and not finishing the beach map >_> xD