When Winter Comes
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Description:
Once upon a time, Mother Earth teems with life. Then, the world falls away to frost and snow. Now, fairies Crystal and Noel must trudge and persevere through the biting wind and raging snowstorm to find warmth, shelter, and safety. As luck would have it, they meet unexpected allies along the way while strengthening their bonds just the same. Even so, will they be able to weather the various storms and trials ahead of them? When winter comes, they have to rely on their wits and wings to come out on the other side.
Features:
A self-voicing functionality.
A kinetic visual novel experience.
A complete short story.
An action-packed, coming-of-age fantasy and drama.
Original artwork, music, and story.
Credits:
Art:
Character sprites were done by Papersak.
Normal and dawn forest backgrounds were done by Moon Fairy.
Snow forests and snow mountain backgrounds were done by Jamon.
Snowflake was done by TheExileFox.
Cave, skybox, tree border, and snow were done by Guessy.
Campfire was done by Fire Mage Studio.
Visual effects were done by ActiveDayDreamer.
Music:
Winter Story was composed by Aila Scott. (Was altered and cut into parts.)
Hope and Woo Scary were composed by Potat0Master.
Forest With Birds, Spring Water, and Winter Storm were created by Diablo Luna.
Other musical tracks and sound effects were made by ActiveDayDreamer.
Story and Programming:
Writing and coding done by ActiveDayDreamer.
Links to Creators and Assets:
Papersak: https://papersak.itch.io.
Moon Fairy: https://moon-fairy.itch.io/2d-forest-background.
TheExileFox: https://theexilefox.itch.io/snowflakes-pack.
Guessy: https://guessy.itch.io/winter-asset-pack.
Fire Mage Studio: https://firemagestudio.itch.io/burning-campfire.
Aila Scott: https://ailascott.itch.io/winter-story.
Potat0Master: https://potat0master.itch.io/free-background-music-for-visual-novels-bgm-pack-1.
Diablo Luna: https://pudretediablo.itch.io/butterfly.
ActiveDayDreamer: https://activedaydreamer.itch.io.
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Omg it came out great! 🥰 Knowing the character art you were working with, I love how you made so many edits to match the story! Lumi was a precious little cinnamon roll in Skye's arms. I really liked the music choices and sound effects. The background assets were perf, too. Lots of color coordination all around. Thanks so much for collabing!
Thanks! It sucks that I couldn't submit it into the game jam in time, but for a visual novel of this size and scope, I think I worked on it and released it at a reasonable time considering everything that went involved in the making of it. I wasn't just color coordinating the backgrounds and characters but the game menu and the page for the game itself! If you notice, the characters start off gray, become grayer, and then become colorful in conjunction to the rising and falling events of the story. I thought that was a neat touch. Artistically and storytelling-wise, I thought this visual novel turned out great! As for the music and sound effects, they could have been overused in some places, but I didn't want to seek out further assets. Thus, I used my own in more places than not, which either weren't the correct sound effect for the sound it was describing, or they were drowned out by the music, I found, anyway. Regardless, I give this VN a solid 8.5/10. This one is definitely leagues beyond better than my usual ones, and I'm glad how it turned out. I'm so glad and relieved you like this just as much! That's all that matters to me, but I also let the other creators know I used their assets for this particular VN, too, as that's why they made those assets—for other people to use! All in all, you were awesome to collaborate and work with, too! Thank you for your patience, hard work, and feedback as well! I'm always willing to collab in the future.