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This blog is for my own works using Krita and/or Inkscape. Sideblogs... AI:TSF (+ TWEWY) reblogs: @amame-a. My text posts: @tsuchikyo-a. Ridge Racer screenshots (inactive): @ridgeracerpictures. Beware of both "#aitsf spoilers" and "#aini spoilers" tag. I have not played "No Sleep for Kaname Date". he, him. also on Bluesky If you like "The World Ends with You", "AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES", "killer7", and/or "The Silver Case", I like them too!

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Junction Control

The movement system from killer7 and how it's presented interest me. Screenshot from AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. also on Bluesky

For the cardinal directions, I used a map of the real-life locale.

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Amame's Vokeman

A design for a fangame that heavily employs The Silver Case's design and look. Amame bears a striking resemblance to one person from that game as well...

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title for the fangame is "AI: The Flower in Snow"

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My aim is creating some sort of a visual novel, using Godot, from scratch. The main menu logic is agonising, and I have never programmed a full-on game before...

Sound effects are from The Silver Case. They are currently placeholders.

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Reblogs in a chain now get their own notes

The reblog chain is one of the things that makes Tumblr unlike anywhere else. All the notes on reblogs are attributed to the original post, no matter which branch people actually liked or reblogged. We want to keep encouraging conversations, and give contributors the recognition they deserve. 

Soon, you'll be able to like, reblog, or reply to any part of a reblog chain, and that note will go to that reblog's author. Each reblog will have its own counts, instead of one aggregated number from every version of the post. And yes, you’ll be able to like multiple posts in one chain.

If a reblog doesn't add anything, the love flows up to the last person in the chain who did. Your post doesn't lose notes just because people spread it quietly.

Past notes will stay on the original post — we're only changing what happens from here on out. Retroactively re-attributing all of them would be... a lot.

This is just the beginning. More changes are coming as we keep building this out – stay tuned!

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I really love it when companies keep insisting on arbitrarily fixing site elements, especially ones that were never broken to begin with, huh? What a shame.

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AI / I / Eye / Artificial-Intelligence / LOVE

feat. AI: The Somnium Files. Shout-out to The Silver Case's design language.

I have the idea of splitting the image into two so that you can zoom in closer on the image... maybe. Anyway, I've decided to focus more on the characters rather than random screenshots, which are now located on the top, right, and bottom trim.

also on Bluesky

Original canvas:

Dedicated logo canvas

Square crop + Obi

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"The Silver Case" + "AI: nirvanA Initiative" wallpaper design test

I should say that I might have rushed myself while putting the photos together. Additionally, writing descriptions for the three images above was quite tedious...

But, I like The Silver Case's overall design style so much, still.

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See a portion of The Silver Case PS1's wallpaper set below. It's the basis for what I made.

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B1 B2 : BF D1 C6 B3 D1 BC D8 AE B3

A direct style imitation of The Silver Case PlayStation 1's cover art. The game shown is AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative.

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This is the first project where I had to use a very large canvas (2400x3600). The final result has its canvas shrunken down to 2400x3196, and was down-sized to 1200x1598.

Oh, and the code in the title is a reference to The Silver Case in regards to how you solve it. Check out the code sheet in The Silver Case's digital Japanese booklet if you want to try to decode it: https://archive.org/details/TheSilverCasePCManual/BookletJP/ If the Japanese language is selected in The Silver Case, the game will make this as the first type of puzzle you need to solve.

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AI: ソムニウム資料

AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative's logo in the style of The Silver Case's original logo design

My aim was to recreate the vibe found within primarily the original logo of The Silver Case, which can be seen in the post expansion. To design the "AI" part of the logo, however, I looked at the remastered version's logo as well.

I made some sort of a mock-up settings menu with a barely similar vibe to The Silver Case (PlayStation)'s menu screen.

reference images

first design draft

Evidently, I tried to replicate the vertical writing style seen in The Silver Case's original logo, but that didn't go well. The string "ソムニウム資料" alone is evidently too long, making attempts at trying to display it on a normal rectangle screen impractical.

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AI: "Film Window" presentation

3rd post

Something about The Silver Case's presentation resonates with me. It also helps that both AI: The Somnium Files and The Silver Case series focus on crimes & investigation as well.

SPOILERS for AINI (AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative) in the post expansion.

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viewpoint/AIM/SCAN

No additional description. Aside from me liking the initial 1st-person view from killer7's older builds.

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torn apart by love

Since I don't want to pretend that I know anything about Japanese, the next best thing is to utilise my native language.

The Han characters do not represent Japanese or Chinese.

This is moreso an excuse for me to vent about my feelings. My apologies in advance.

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twewy in the film window style of the silver case!

art by me and edit/layout by @rivecta

reference images:

full illustration:

for the background i traced an image of shibuya lol

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AI: The Somnium Files ---with action elements?

A mixed-genre thought... Mizuki could use a cardboard box.

On another note, apologies for not being able to incorporate rhombuses into the image.

also on Bluesky

Icons used for the mockup

Made with Inkscape.

Extra writing for when Evolver MC + Stun is selected:

█Exciting VOLtaic VERsatile Gun - Mizuki Custom Allows you to load many types of bullets. Reload every 2 shots. Press [X] to aim, release to fire. █Stun - Releases a non-lethal electrical current through the target.

Item selection mockup

Description for other vision modes:

█Thermal - Infrared radiation from objects is detected and visualised.

█Night - Vision's spectral range is increased in order to see in low-light conditions.

various fonts...

LXGW Marker Gothic (LXGW)

Marcellus (Astigmatic)

Adwaita Mono

FOT-KafuTechno Std

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CAUTION---Reloading

Mizuki is cool. Today, I also realised it is Aiba's birthday. Font for the kanji: LXGW Marker Gothic (LXGW) For the flavour text: Doto (Óliver Lalan)

also on Bluesky

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kill the irreconcilable

I think of an idea, and then hastily realise it through Krita. also features Arial Regular and Arial Bold.

corresponding bluesky post

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another Film Window parody

feat. AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. Upon having access to camera manipulation, I decided "why not make this"? See this post for more info.

I've been on a roll, so I apologise for posting too much. If you know what "Film Window" is, by the way, nice!

Film Window --- The Silver Case's way of presenting the game.

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Junction Control w/ dynamic camera

(part 3)

feat. Mizuki Date from AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. The screenshots are from the same game.

Free from the restraints from the camera and the UI. See this post for more info.

also on Bluesky

Some screenshots in the post expansion will spoil AI: nirvanA Initiative. Proceed with caution.

Mimicking how killer7's PS2 port displays junctions.

For anyone who played killer7, does this remind you of anything? It's a slight reference to Sunset, although vague...

Crime scene investigation.