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First Day

First Day is a visual novel for Windows, Mac, and Linux developed solo in the Ren'Py game engine with Python.

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Experience a day in the life of Lao Xieren, a psychic therapist whose first day at work is today--and you get to choose how he copes with it.

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Project Overview

Length

 

72 Hours
 

Tools

Ren'Py

Visual Studio Code (Python)

Clip Studio Paint

Role(s)

 

Solo Game Developer

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Contributions

  • Composed a compelling interactive visual novel in Ren’Py and Python with distinct endings dependent on a point-tracking system, emphasizing the player’s agency in determining story outcomes.

  • Implemented music and sound effects to craft an immersive game experience.

  • Modified GUI and game screen scripts to include UI customizations and audio asset credits.

  • Utilized Clip Studio Paint to design expressive 2D sprite sheets for the 2 main characters, ensuring each was given a distinct visual identity in consideration of player appeal and memorability.

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Lao's sprite sheet.

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Gosfrid's sprite sheet.

  • Customized primary UI elements including character dialogue and name boxes using diverse styles to reflect the colorful personalities of each character.

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Lao's custom text boxes in-game.

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Gosfrid's custom text boxes in-game.

  • Utilized Google Docs to draft and organize several documents spanning 19 pages with detailed worldbuilding and cast information to cultivate a consistent, imaginative narrative that can be used for future projects within the same universe.

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A snippet of the "Characters" section from the main worldbuilding info document.

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