CONNECTING: Our Story

An original story Otome game created by fans, for fans. Check back often to see updates and news on the game progress. Please spread the word and give us your support!

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Nationalities!

Akihiko Nakayama: Japanese

Kaname Isawa: Japanese-Italian

Ken Yamada: Japanese-American

Mori Takao: Japanese-Chinese

Patricia Yamuchi: Japanese-Portuguese

Sayuri Hanyu: Japanese

Shinko Junin: Japanese

Shuichi Ashikiba: Japanese

Takuya Kamishima: Japanese

Yuzuru Hanegawa: Japanese

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Maybe some trivia about characters would be nice, like something completely small and random that we can use to help shape the mental image of them? If there's not too much, then maybe they could be incorporated into the credits or the game itself or something idk

Thank you for your input! 

So, would you suggest themes for questions for responses from each of the characters, or certain questions directed at one character themselves?

(I.E. Morning routine, sleeping habits, favorite season, quirks, etc.)

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Attention!

Hello everyone!

I know we haven’t updated in a while, but that’s all for good reason. We’ve been looking into music composition programs, testing out layouts for the game itself, and designing different characters and sprites. But, what we came here today for is for your feedback!

Basically, what sort of content would you like us to update with frequently? Obviously, we won’t be posting sprites or art pieces every day, but we can certainly do some trivia or F.A.Q. if you’d like us to!

So, what would you like to see? Mini-interviews conducted by you guys and have the answers condensed into a post for each character? Random F.A.Q.? Any other sort of suggestion for us? You let us know and we’ll do our best to provide!

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All joking aside, however, I have been coding in the design for the game! I just used Mori’s profile as a “sprite” for now, while the real ones are being made behind the scenes. 

As you can see, I’m trying to go for a light theme to match the story. So far, our progress includes the main menu screen, the options screen, and the text box/in-game choices. 

It’s still a work in progress, but we’re powering through! 

I’d like to remind everyone that applications to join are still open, and the available positions are listed here. I think we’re more in need of writers and artists at the moment, so if you know anyone who’d be interested please let them know! We would appreciate the help immensely!

This is all for updates for now, but we’ll still be trying to get to work on it in the meantime. Thank you all for your support!

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...I was trying to get a preview ready with the photos I already had finished but...

I mean, her legs are her charm point, but this is taking it a bit far.

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Attention!

Okay, so my internet is back and running, so I’ve been starting the overall game’s design, but my tablet is still gone. I won’t be able to continue on art for a while, so this post is addressing the issue. 

If you are interested in being an artist for the game, please redirect here and send an application in if you’re still interested afterwards. We’re in a bit of a bind, as we have no programmers at the moment (so Kodoku is taking control for the time being). 

Also, our email is [email protected], so if you have any personal questions you’d like to ask, don’t hesitate to send them there! Applicants, if you’ve applied for a voice acting position, we’ve sent out the scripts you requested via email from this account; if you haven’t received an email regarding it, then please let us know.

That goes for the applicants for a writing position, too; if you are still interested, please let us know as we have reviewed your application, but we haven’t announced it publicly yet. 

We’re sorry for the disorganization we have here, and we hope to try and fix it ASAP. 

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Hiatus Update

As you’ve all noticed, progress is going slow lately - and that’s for one main reason, really. 

Admin Kodoku’s laptop is acting up and nothing is working properly, so no progress on art or programming can be done at the moment. Even trying to use the internet is a hassle most of the time! So, I’m going to try and work on getting a new laptop (hopefully) soon, but as far as the game goes our progress will continue to be slow.

We apologize sincerely for this, as we are trying our best to produce and yet it isn’t working. Please do not give up on us, however, as we are trying to get the game progress starting!

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I'm thinking about trying out the role for Mori Takao, but I'm not sure if I have the right voice or not.

Well, that’s alright; our current team isn’t specialized or trained in the area of voice acting, so we’re all a bit new to it! Do you have anything specific about it that’s worrying you? We’ll do our best to help you out with anything you need; but mainly, it never hurts to try!

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is this going to be a free game? sorry if you've guys answered this before or if its written somewhere on the page, i just can't seem to find it! :)

Yes! It’s completely free, it was answered here!And never be sorry when you can’t find things, we are always happy to point out things so you can find them better!

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Who's the female role you're looking for a voice actor for and where can we find info about her character?

Wow, I’m so sorry for the late reply! We’re packed to the brim with real life things, but we have not forgotten about this project.

The female character we’re looking for a voice actor for right now is Mori Takao, and information can be found here.

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I'm a bit confused... on the first part of the VA recruitment page is says that all the female roles are taken... but then below it, you guys need a voice actress for Takao Mori... does she already have a voice actress or not? Thanks!

No, she does not have a voice actress yet, this was a misunderstanding! Thank you for noting us about it!

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Hey! I'm interested in auditioning for a voice acting role. Is there a link to some sample lines anywhere? I can't seem to find any. I think I'd probably be best suited to do Akihiko or Yuzuru, so those would be preferable.

Hello! We’ll be very glad to provide you the lines, just send us your email through message and we will send them!

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Hi, I have a question. Are the positions you're accepting applications for paid or volunteer? Thanks!

All of them are volunteer. We do not expect any payment for the game nor we can provide it as we are doing it mostly in our free time, so all of the work is decided like that!

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The male va reference is really cool! I could see what you did with Toma and Yuzuru there... XD do you have any references for the female characters? Thanks!

We do! Even though they already have voices, we have headcanons for their Japanese counterparts.

Mori Takao: Aya Hirano

Patricia Yamauchi: Yuuko Sanpei

Sayuri Hanyu: Maaya Sakamoto

Shinko Junin: Ayano Kaji

Shuichi Ashikiba: Riho Iida

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Updates! (Again)

Hello our little chickadees. We’re not dead! We’re actually trying to work behind the scenes, but life is catching up with us and so our work is slowing down. We came to bring up some information for you all!

I. We are still looking for main components to our team.

This includes programmers and music composers. We are in desperate need of them so we can establish roles early on, so if you know a friend or a friend who knows a friend, please let them know! It’d be a great help to us and maybe even a fun experience for them. 

II. New applications have opened up!

We’ve reached a conclusion that we’re going to need new recruits to our team, so we’ve opened up writers and artists roles to our team. You can find more information in our recruitment page, and we hope you can help us out!

III. Upcoming Projects

We’re doing our best to keep art and information coming your way, but we’ve still planned a couple projects for you all! We’ll be letting you know about them as we go along with them and hope you’ll support us, too! 

IV. Favorite Character Poll

We still have our “Favorite CONNECTING: Our Story Character” poll going on! Please put in your votes if you do have a favorite, as we’d really like to know!

That’s all we have for now, and we thank you for your time and support. It truly makes us happy that you’ve all stayed with us through the first month of our project. We’re at 100+ followers, too! So thank you very much. We aappreciate everything you’ve done for us, really.

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Trivia time again! Do you think you can provide each character with a possible song on the charts today as their theme song? Thanks!! ^D^ Keep on working hard!

Well, we don’t really know that many songs from the radio, but we do have a wide variety of theme songs that we’ve chosen for the characters. We hope this is sufficient for you! (Cries because they’re mainly all foreign languages.)

Akihiko Nakayama: Unbreakable Heart ;; Three Days Grace

Kaname Isawa: Lifeline ;; Kagamine Rin

Ken Yamada: An Athiest’s Lamentation ;; Kagamine Len

Mori Takao: Himitsu to Hanazono ;; Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile)

Patricia Yamauchi: Heart Attack ;; Demi Lovato

Sayuri Hanyu: Why Worry ;; Set it Off

Shinko Junin: Tell Your World ;; Hatsune Miku

Shuichi Ashikiba: Who am I? ;; Annie (2015)

Takuya Kamishima: Alone ;; U-KISS

Yuzuru Hanegawa: Kotonoha ;; Mintjam

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I was utterly surprised that Takao resembles Takuya... so you're saying that Takuya is the high-class kind of arrogant guy but is also aloof and a prankster? Interesting...

Heheh, we all approved of the characters chosen, yet we won’t give much more information until we at least sort out some sort of way to give more information.

Did you all have different interpretations of our characters? Would you match them to different characters?