Completely satisfied Birthday, Neurodiver
It’s a couple of 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 Read Only Memories: Neurodiver. For the eyecatch sequences, I give the Neurodiver itself a birthday: Might 16, 2024, and we proceed to let it exit into the world.
The Day After
Might 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. Loads has occurred with MidBoss, our staff, and the world throughout this time, however the recreation is lastly out and a wave of aid washed over us, adopted rapidly by quite a lot of nervousness. The sport, in any case, is shorter than our earlier one, and its story is brisk. I nonetheless discover myself enjoying and having fun with it in my off time, although, and I’m happy with what our staff completed. I set to work and collaborate with quite a lot of fantastic individuals.
Previous and Current: Planning the Recreation
Read Only Reminiscences: Neurodiver is a really private undertaking, each in its story– nevertheless temporary it might be–and in its growth. I used to be the unique director and lead artist/animator for 2064: Read Only Reminiscences. It’s a recreation I’ve a sophisticated relationship with. Loads occurred with it, the unique staff, and myself. I’m lastly comfy sitting with my housemates and watching them play it as we have a good time 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 properly, however its growth was at an ideal value.
We couldn’t goal for a similar scope because the earlier recreation. It was merely out of the query. However after understanding the preliminary story planning, , we had been delighted with the outcome: a fascinating] 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 impressive psychic agent working at Minerva. The one one bonded to a particular genetically engineered esper referred to 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 straight 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 referred to as Golden Butterfly is haunting individuals’s reminiscences, fragmenting them, inflicting lingering anxieties to bubble up. These fragments vary from one thing so simple as a misplaced password, all the best way as much as forgetting the place you left off with somebody essential to you. It’s ES88’s job to restore these fragments and drive out Golden Butterfly. It’s an enormous job. May or not it’s an excessive amount of? How a lot is she keen to push herself?
Read Only Reminiscences: Neurodiver is a capsule crammed with quite a lot of the issues we love. ES88’s days play out like an episode in an anime, business bumpers and all. She goals of herself as a magical lady. The soundscape is crammed with shiny, vibrant FM tones paying homage 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.
Read Only Memories: Neurodiver is a recreation that’s crammed 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.
Read Only Reminiscences: NEURODIVER
Refrain Worldwide Video games
$14.99
ES88 is an esper tasked with capturing Golden Butterfly, a psychic entity hiding within the reminiscences of others. Play as ES88 and be part of her cyborg colleague GATE, and the creature often known as 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 robust group specializing in data 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 can accumulate clues and ideas in your topic’s reminiscences in an effort to piece collectively distorted fragments inside them, pushing Golden Butterfly out!
New And Outdated
Read Only Reminiscences: NEURODIVER is a return to the colourful sci-fi world of Neo-San Francisco from 2064: Read Only Reminiscences with a complete new story, and a complete new solid of characters. It is an journey that newcomers can simply dive into, however these accustomed to the unique recreation may discover quite a lot of 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, dropped at you by Scarlet Moon composer and sound designer, Ken “coda” Snyder (Tree of Data)!
In case you love the sharp and shiny tones generated by late 80s and early 90s FM chips present in quite a lot of previous computer systems, sound playing cards, arcades and consoles, you then’ll be proper at house right here. Lengthy stay the ability of FM sound! 🎹