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(IT'S A GAME WHERE YOU DATE KNIGHTS)
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DATE KNIGHT is a visual novel following you, a Knight-in-training, attending the prestigious Knight University to graduate to become a true, genuine knight in shining armor.
The small beach town of Jeannestown is filled with colorful characters each with their own aspirations and troubles. Meet them and grow closer to uncover their conflicts and secrets as your relationships blossom into something more... and find out the truth lurking within Knight University.
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Don't be shy.
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Illustrated by splendidland
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You are a KNIGHT dating OTHER KNIGHTS in your LOCAL AREA.
Take on the role of the ambiguous protagonist as you woo or boo your way through life as a broke college student searching for purpose.
The focus of the game is freedom of choice.
Just like real life, you will have the ability to be nice, or mean.
As well as dating, focusing on your degree, or both! (Or...neither...) The choice is yours! You can also die in a variety of fun and exciting deaths!
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Attend your University classes!
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Play in a variety of minigames to earn stats, win the hearts of your knights, or pay off your debts.
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Be a Samaritan and your Noble Chivalrous deeds will surely be rewarded.
Collect, buy & sell items and increase the likelihood for random events with event specific items.
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Of course, Unchivalrous Actions will surely face Consequences.
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This is a PG13 (suggested rating) lighthearted comedic slice of life visual novel.
Here are some important key features in DATE KNIGHT:
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No game without consequence - Actions have a butterfly effect. Whether you decide to be nice, or a jerk, it will alter the course of your gameplay. Enough bad, selfish decisions will enable BAD LUCK MODE, a HARD MODE version of the game with increased difficulty and unique random events, as well as increased likelihood of...
- DEATH - Your character can die in a variety of ridiculous ways. Unlock achievements by meeting your doom. DEATH EVENTS are unique, collectable and hard to predict -- take risks! Go forth and conquer, and do try not to die!
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Fun and memorable dialogue - Compelling storytelling meets comedic nonsense... With a lovable armored cast to die for! Featuring unique item based random events, stats based random encounters, and more.
- MINIGAMES and COLLEGE COURSES - Your character can attend school for STAT BONUSES as well as play a variety of minigames to collect and earn STATS and SHILLINGS.
- REPLAYABILITY & CHOICE OF FOCUS - Whether you want to woo more than one knight at once, whether you don't want to woo ANYONE, whether you just want to be mean, or focus on your schooling, sleuth around KNIGHT UNIVERSITY or decide you just want to fish all day, the choice is yours. There is no one way to play the game. Collect achievements through finding all the hidden goodies and SECRET LORE in the game.
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GENDER AMBIGUITY - All date-able characters are gender ambiguous, and their pronouns match whatever you pick at the beginning between they, she and he.
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Lifeguard Knight likes to make sure you don't die on the beach!
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Your gameplay style will determine the personality and goals of your character, leading to interesting outcomes that may be out of your control if you're not careful...
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SO, THE KNIGHTS ARE GENDER AMBIGIUOUS....
"Does that mean they change appearance/personality depending on the pronoun you pick? Is it like dating three different characters?"
NOPE! Nothing about the knights will change, just the pronouns and honorary titles used. This is extremely important to emphasize! You get the same gameplay experience, catered to you.
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Who will you become!?
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DATE KNIGHT will feature a unique score from Scarlet Moon Production's Dale North.
You can check out the demo tracks created by myself so far!
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ALL TIERS
BACKER CREDIT - Your name will be in the credits sequence of the final game. Please reach out if you have a specific name you would like to provide in the credits, keep in mind our discretion to deny any names deemed inappropriate. Different tiers get unique credits.
$10+ TIERS
THE FINAL GAME, DEMO TESTING, AND DEV UPDATES - Backers get the launch of the final game delivered directly to their emails a day before the public release on itch.io, eventually Steam. Everyone gets to play the first demo released publicly, while backers will continue to get the updated alpha builds as development progresses. MAC and PC.
$15+ TIERS
OST DOWNLOAD - Delivered digitally to your email upon the soundtrack's completion.
$25 TIER
ART BOOK DOWNLOAD - Digital PDF concept art book delivered to your email upon the game's completion! The book will contain unused assets, characters, development processes and other concept art over the course of the game's creation. With developer commentary. TIER EXCLUSIVE: PHYSICAL EDITION UNLOCKS WHEN WE MEET EVERY STRETCH GOAL.
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Salon Knight Concept art
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$35 TIER
ACRYLIC CHARM - A LIFEGUARD KNIGHT acrylic charm will be shipped to you!
$60+ TIERS
CROWD DESIGNER - Exclusive VIP forum access to collaboratively design, create and vote on game content + unique credits in the final game and discord.
$100+ TIER(S)
T SHIRT - You will be mailed an official DATE KNIGHT T shirt in your preferred size. The SHIRT KNIGHT tier gets to design their own limited edition shirt. Unique credits and discord role. INCLUDES DND KNIGHT ACRYLIC CHARM.
$200 TIER
KNIGHTSONA ILLUSTRATION - You or your Knight oc will be illustrated with one of the game's knights on a date night. Delivered digitally + unique credits and discord role.
$400 TIER
SECRET ENDING DESIGNER - Work collaboratively with the devs to create your own secret ending + unique credits in the final game and discord. INCLUDES KNIGHTSONA ILLUSTRATION.
$700 TIER
KNIGHTSONA NPC - Your KNIGHTSONA (see above) will be included as a minor NPC in the game, featuring unique choice paths and new dialogue. Unique credits and discord role. INCLUDES T SHIRT, KNIGHTSONA ILLUSTRATION and ACRYLIC CHARMS.
$2000 TIER
ROMANCEABLE KNIGHTSONA - Your KNIGHTSONA will be included as a romanceable Easter egg route in the game, featuring ranks and end game illustration. INCLUDES T SHIRT, KNIGHTSONA ILLUSTRATION, and ACRYLIC CHARMS.
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The team will be expanded on with funding!
MONKEY KG - @kirbyairride2 on twitter.
I started creating DATE KNIGHT through sheer impulse and passion- that's it. I was tired of the dating simulator scene seeming to meet only half of the expectations I wanted to see in a VN. I basically sat down one day and thought "what if there was a knight dating sim lol" and then... here we are. You know the saying that goes "if you want something so bad, make it yourself" stated by lovely folks on the web? This is the product of that! I am making it! Incredible. Thank you for your inspiring words of wisdom, fellow gamers.
SCHEMERLEMUR | Alastair @schemerlemur on twitter
My fiancé is a phenomenal writer who has taken a lot of liberty and initiative with route writing. Xe has written some of the most compelling world building and character writing I've seen. His writing style is attention grabbing and memorable and worth the read! Alastair holds two Bachelor's in Sociology and Psychology.
KHALJASPER | BRENDEN - @Kooljasper on twitter.
Brenden is the real cool code wizard behind DATE KNIGHT and helped teach me how to use Unity. Simply put, DATE KNIGHT would definitely not exist without his help. He is a phenomenal techno-sorcerer who built not only my computer but my fiancé's as well. (He's my fiancé's brother!) You can often find him trapped in a VR universe.
WHY CROWDFUND... - It's fairly to the point. This is a huge passion project for me. I work full time, and to make this game happen within the next 10 years, I need to be able to dedicate time to it. As I do not have the time to dedicate to completing an entire game by myself, I can utilize my resources instead to hire freelancers; simply an inaccessible feat out of pocket when most of my income goes towards my rent. Through this, I'm hoping the game will blossom through all of your support.
FUNDING - To be blunt, the funding goal is ambitious. With this in mind, majority of the budget goes towards freelance artists, musicians and coders being commissioned on this project. All else goes towards reward delivery costs, legal, taxes and processing fees.
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Note: "Legal" is not included in the base budget, but if we can reach that additional funding, it's for acquiring IP licensing, trademarking, & hiring professionals who can help us with the complicated stuff.
STRETCH GOALS
The order in which stretch goals are unlocked will depend on you-- the backers. Here is a breakdown of how much each stretch goal will cost to implement. The priority in which they're created, and how stretch goal funds are utilized, will be up to you. Please take a look below to see what all we'll be capable of.
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CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION - We'll be able to implement a character customization option at the start of the game. Currently, it's up to interpretation. The DESIGNER KNIGHT+ tiers will be able to collaboratively design and vote on customization options.
UNLOCKABLE NPC SKINS - See the knights in different unlockable skins, costumes and palettes.
MORE MINIGAMES - We'll include more minigames if we reach this stretch goal.
VETERAN COMPOSER - Scarlet Moon is the music label behind some legendary composers from the Metal Gear Solid series and more. By reaching this stretch goal, DATE KNIGHT will have an opening theme composed by one of these veterans.
ANIMATED GOODNESS - DATE KNIGHT will have short animations throughout the game. (Varying lengths, majorly parallaxes)
DND KNIGHT FIGURINE - We will be commissioning a DND Knight figurine from Gijs van Kooten, @_revvels_ on twitter. Gijs is known for his wonderful figurine sculpts for the Undertale series, Night in the Woods, Hollow Knight and more. It will be produced through Happy Worker.
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Always come prepared.
Risks and challenges
Unless I die any time in the foreseeable future due to the plague, there are no big risks challenging DATE KNIGHT's completion. The goal of the crowdfund is to make the game look and play to its highest potential and best presentation- and release publicly as soon as reasonably possible while giving you all the best quality DATE KNIGHT you can get. If it doesn't succeed, you get your money back and it's no problem. I am but a Broke Knight myself, so funding this game out of pocket simply isn't feasible or realistic with my full time job going majorly to bills. If this crowdfund fails, I will simply try again until I am able to make this game happen. If there's any potential risks, it will be a delayed release, regardless of funding. Games do take time, so that's always something we have to factor in! There's also the potential shipping delays and shipping errors- so if you back a reward offering physical rewards, please make sure to put the correct address! And hit me up if you change your address at a later date before rewards are shipped.