REVOLUTION SUMMER !!

Start Screen
Visual Novel

Inspiration

We took inspiration from our favorite game UNDERTALE and other games of the same fighting genre, as well as rhythm games. We decided to similarly merge narrative Visual Novel style elements with intense rhythm gameplay.

What it does

REVOLUTION SUMMER is a unique visual novel game about Joan, frontwoman of the band Sonatine, who reencounters her ex-bandmate, Serena, at a Battle of the Bands competition. The two must express and sort through their complicated feelings in a series of short visual novel sections and three rhythm minigames where the player faces their opponent in several intense concert battles to determine the superior band. Themes of creative expression, vulnerability, and authenticity are explored in this game, as expressed by the original art and soundtrack created.

How we built it

Game Engine: Unity Programming Language: C# Music DAWs: Garageband, Logic Pro Art and Visuals: Photoshop

Challenges we ran into

Our main challenge was collaboration across different areas of music, art, code, and story.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Fully DIY self-recorded and self-produced original soundtrack with over four songs
Original character designs, backgrounds, and artwork
Fun and unique game mechanic explored in three rounds of song battles and beatmaps

What we learned

The importance of communication as it greatly helped us work on our project. We had to align our creative visions with our respective roles and gained experience in making those ideas into something cohesive.