Brand! New! Friends!
A downloadable game for Windows
Four washed-up performers become unlikely friends and attempt to take on the idol industry in this silly little Vocaloid fanfiction game.
This is mainly a visual novel with very light rpg elements! Four acts! A lot of dialogue! A town to explore and stat bars to fill up! One (1) catgirl! Features original music by:
* potatoTeto| Ankari| Snakaye| Aku P | Circus| ohsnarf *
Stars four cancelled Vocaloid characters: Zhanyin Lorra, Anri Rune, Ring Suzune, and Lui Hibiki, as well as a whole load of other regular vocas.
Comes with a pdf of the doodles that led to the creation of this game if you want some context / more content :^)
Additional writing by:
* Ola | Rice *
Guitar by:
* Jack Hughes | Adrian Punzalan *
*But no knowledge of vocaloid is really needed**.
**Though it'll help give some context for some of the weirder worldbuilding choices but you'll probably still have a good time.
There's a blog for these characters now if you're looking for more content :)
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Development log
- UPDATE v210904_4Sep 10, 2021
- v210904_3 IS BROKEN MY BADSep 08, 2021
- UPDATE v210904_2Sep 04, 2021
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hi!! this game was really fun, i loved playing it with my friends!! all the characters are incredibly cute :))
i did come across an issue, though? i got the studio renovation the day before the audition vs fauxna, and the game won't progress or im not sure how to make it progress? if i click on anyone inside the studio i get odd dialogue where both lorra and rune show up to say "long text long text long text" etc and the choices that appear after are "choice1" and "choice2", and if i go outside i'm unable to speak to iroha even if she's wandering the town? unsure if these are separate issues but they are here
(edit) it was definitely because i did the renovation the day before the performance!! replayed without doing that and it fixed itself :)) the story was INCREDIBLE and i loved everyones character arcs!!
WAHH sorry about the issue!! It sounds like I overlooked a case where the renovation trigger overrides the trigger to start the next cutscene, but it's really surprising that you're the first to have encountered this if so hahaha. I'm glad you enjoyed it despite the glitch :'^)
Even though im not finished playing,I wuve this
A few comments from someone mid-way through the game (I think?)
Rune walking noises being squeaky toy noises is cute and funny
OH GOD LUI GOT STAGE FRIGHT-
i got so sad when I finished the game and i really hope you add more someday :(
This game is FANTASTIC, and got me really interested in some vocal synth characters I didn't really think about before! The art is so charming, and the music is lovely (particularly FAUNXA/Iroha's theme-- I REALLY wasn't expecting something quite so 'aggressive' and heavy on the bass!). The only problem I've really encountered is double/triple spawns of random NPCs in Tonio's and the main town, but it's not at all game-breaking, and quite amusing if anything!
(Also, I can't stop laughing at Flower's Part 2 dialouge-- I know bees build nests in weird places, but IN A STILL-IN-USE GUITAR??? Either those bees are insane, Flower is insane, or BOTH)
An amazing game for vocaloid fans and non-fans alike!
The art and music is amazing, and it genuinely made me laugh at times.
Great work!
Adorable game about friendship and music. I really enjoyed the setting and the characters were well developed. Keep up the good work!
This game is so cute and wholesome and relaxing. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Love everything about it.
Hi I got this code error message while playing probably nothing major though. (sorry I don't have twitter so I didn't know how to tell you)
############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: User Defined 0
for object obj_NPC_noninteract:
Variable obj_NPC_noninteract.mem1_speak(100041, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
at gml_Script_scr_npc_index
############################################################################################
gml_Script_scr_npc_index (line -1)
gml_Object_obj_NPC_noninteract_Other_10 (line -1)
gml_Object_obj_PC_test_Step_0 (line -1)
Happend after I failed the audition against Faunxa and tried to talk to minor npc's. Tried restarting the game several times and it always shows up. (Really good game btw I really like it)
Edit: Fixed itself after I completed that job
Hi! Thanks for letting me know about this bug! If you remember, could you let me know whether or not you had completed the studio renovation at the time that this bug happened?
No, I had not finished the renovation yet. It also fixed itself before I did it.
I really love Vocaloid fangames so I was super keen on getting around to trying this one and I finished it!
Overall the game was really well-put together! I thought quite a few times like "oh yeah this could definitely appeal to nonvocaloid fans too" but it still had more than enough nods to Vocaloid culture for the average Vocaloid fan to get excited about :) I had fun trying to interact with everything and everyone trying to see if I could spot any more references! one of my favorite things were the mini job listings. also i shook all the bushes several times do they only exist to be Shaken
the art too was really good!! like the whole game has a lot of personality even beyond just the characters but the handdrawn assets and music and animations, I also didn't expect the gameplay element but once I got the hang of it I found it kinda fun! Also I had very little familiarity with Lorra before this game but I found her a fun and relatable protagonist :-) also I really like her normal outfit I'd wear that 100%
omg thank you!! I'm really glad you liked it :'^) There is a purpose for bush shaking but there's a pretty low chance of encountering it LMAO
¡Hola! el juego es muy lindo y todo, que lastima que no tenga cambio de idioma dentro del juego.
~Put Spanish language to the game please :( as well as attract many more people
i don't have twitter but i needed a way to send you a meme i made about this game, can't wait to finish playing it!! thank you <3
ASDSDBSFS OMG... CAN I SHARE THIS ON TWITTER
(also thank you so much i hope u enjoy the rest of it :'^) )
ofc you can!! i was wondering if it'd be okay if i did a lets play of the game or if you'd prefer people to play themselves since it's free?
letsplays are a-okay! And if you do end up making one I'd love to see :^)
Is there any way of changing the control keys? The game looks really cute but I can barely play it since it uses WASD keys and I use a french keyboard so those keys are not set up in the same way :(
OH NOO I hadn't even thought about that, I'll see what i can do about a build that lets you switch between wasd and arrow keys!! sorry about that :^(
the new build v210904_2 has the option of swapping between wasd and arrow key controls! thanks for letting me know about this problem :^)
Awesome! Thanks for the update :D
Hello. This game is actually good.
Btw, I found the bug that involves the bag/inventory. When I tried to close it, it doesn't close it properly to the point it cannot be interactable. It happens sometimes. Job lists and Stats aren't affected by the bug. I can still move around. The only way I can fix it is either going in or out of any of the buildings (ie home, studio, etc).
Thanks
downloaded the game. cant wait to try it out! the art looks amazingggg
(some spoilers for people who havent played yet)
i wouldnt say im addicted to this game, but you dont know how long i spent trying to get the first COOL picture (i already unlocked the others), before i did something stupid and decided to make a new save file and then all the pictures went back to being locked...
but other than that this game was reeeallllyyyy well made, like i didnt expect it to be this high quality like damn??? sure the plot is... hectic (mayu istg) but the characters and all the art just takes the cake. and theres a nice amount of rpg elements compared to the plot too! overall just a really well done game but a few things to say before i finish: