Seven Players

This is a blog for a wip horror/puzzle Renpy Viusal Novel called "Seven Players." The game is in very early development, and things will change with each time I work on the story and game itself. Game created by Pandrena and Servantparent.

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WARNING: This blog contains (fictionally drawn or discussed) depictions of gore and horror and should be navigated carefully. 

If you’re here from prior to 2020, please read this announcement.

Seven Players is a work in progress visual novel made in the Ren’Py program. This is the development blog. Most of what is here is outdated if it’s from before 2020 (see above announcement) but is kept up for archival purposes. 

Currently, the project is created by @pandrena​ and @koimaid54​​​ and features mostly original assets in terms of production (with the exception of sound effects and certain music.)

This game is mostly psychological horror these days, but gore is present in the game and older drawings / fanart of it remains in older posts - please browse carefully, again.

Please disregard old betas/demos/etc. They are no longer accurate to the project’s state.

DESKTOP NAVIGATION:

Both of these links are a little outdated and need to be revamped, but for now you can view certain information on them.

About the Game

Cast 

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Some BG updates! They were strange before, so...I thought I'd fix them up. The dialogue shared kind of watermarks it, which is why they're blocking some of the scenery.

Scriptwise, I'm working on the card game still! I'm re-organizing the coding you see. It was veeery messy! But it's happening! Getting there!

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Update! Seven Players 0.3 DEMO is released for Windows and Mac! as it usually is, I am unable to test the Mac version personally, so let me know any issues! If there's any issues with downloads too, let me know! I am using MEGA for the first time to host the downloads as opposed to Dropbox.

Major changes include the character names, though unfortunately not much else. See here for more details. And hopefully the credits file is in there as well - it has information on trigger warnings and other things.

DOWNLOAD HERE

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Update

Hello all. It's been quite a while, but I've come to make a huge announcement once again.

Due to the fact many cast members were named back in the day using Japanese names alone despite my not really thinking of all of them as Japanese and being just very influenced by anime media at the time.

Player One, Obi Tazu = Orly Willow

Player Two, Ueto Mitsunari = No Change

Player Three, Deguchi Taki = Dulcinea "Dulce" Holly

Player Four, Uchi Haniko = Eunice "Euni" Mercia

Player Five, Uchino Haniko = Evelyn Mercia

Player Six, Kei Adachi = No Change

Player Seven, Merc = No Change

Joker and others such as Kiku also keep their current names. I will be releasing an updated version of the demo with mildly updated GUI and updated names. Thank you for understanding. Outside name change, I have not made much progress, but do intend to soon at last.

Thank you! - Pandrena

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A very short sample of what I have of the card game mechanics. There’s some work I wanna do to the GUI of this to make it look nicer, but for now it at least functions well.

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HAZARD TO THE HEART — A DATING SIMULATOR (previously named LIMERENCE)

Hazard to the Heart, or HTTH for short, is a small dating simulator and my first game! The theme of it is “past versus present”, with one love interest from your past and the other from your present!

There are mature themes that are unsuitable for younger audiences, such as suggestive humor, topics such as depression and manipulation, and a theme of finally becoming an adult.

Character profiles —

Rory

Antoine

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SEVEN PLAYERS VER 0.2 (DEMO)

Created by @servantparent and @pandrena

This is a short, updated demo! Please redirect to the Itch.io page for details about development and content warnings. This demo is now longer, although it does not make it to the card game mechanics like I initially planned. Please enjoy, and if you’d like, boosts are appreciated!

Please report any issues with the macOS build; I cannot test it personally due to not having a macintosh computer.

The story goes that a Joker God became bored and killed seven random people, only to bring them back immediately before any could be the wiser- but with a twist. The world they are brought back into is a mere copy of their old world created with the sole intention of being a playing field. The only way back to their old life, to be genuinely alive again with the true people they care about, is to win a god’s game.

ITCHI.IO PAGE

PINNED BLOG POST

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Doing a lot of updates to the GUI of the game. I plan on releasing a new demo after I finish the first card game portion, but that’s not ready yet. In between that, previously mentioned GUI work is done. Nothing too fancy right now is being done, but it’s still a nice change from the totally default renpy interface.

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I’ve updated the visuals of the demo opening video, as well as the composition of the song, but here’s some stills from the end. don’t worry about their expressions too much everything is probably okay.

you can find the 0.1 version of the Seven Players demo here!

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i will not give context to this meme that features two characters scarcely discussed in any form and who will not show up in-game for quite some time.

original meme under the cut

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a current compilation of joker voice “how do i function in a human body”

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SEVEN PLAYERS VER 0.1 (DEMO)

Created by @servantparent and @pandrena

This is a short demo of sorts! It takes about ~15 minutes to complete, and currently, it is only available for Windows. Please redirect to the Itch.io page for details about development and content warnings.

As of 7/28/22, a macOS version has been released as well. Windows is still supported. Please do report any problems with this new release, as I cannot test it personally due to not having a macOS computer.

The story goes that a Joker God became bored and killed seven random people, only to bring them back immediately before any could be the wiser- but with a twist. The world they are brought back into is a mere copy of their old world created with the sole intention of being a playing field. The only way back to their old life, to be genuinely alive again with the true people they care about, is to win a god’s game.

ITCHI.IO PAGE

PINNED BLOG POST

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I have released a Mac version of the game! Feel free to check it out, and report any issues as the post says.

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Some snippets of dialogue while I work on the game. Currently coding the first in-game card game, so that’s certainly...fun. But it’s getting done, and I figured I’d share something while the VN itself isnt available past the demo.

Speaking of, if you have windows, you can download that demo here! Unfortunately, no Mac version is currently available, sorry about that! I’ll do my best to work that out soon.

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2017 vs 2022

I’ve gotten opportunity to draw a new version of a CG from the RPG maker days. Although the context of the CGs are very different, the fact Ueto is getting mad has not changed.

The first one indicates more of a “grabbing by the shirt” feeling but otherwise I am proud of my improvement.

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Visit Original Link

I’ve made multiple renditions of Merc’s theme in the past and there’s a few versions of it for this game for various situations and scenes but I figured I’d share this one, which may or may not be used for background music for scenes in game as well.

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Some new backgrounds and a new CG! The second background has a lot of cameos to my other projects on the shelf, specficially Crop Haven (an RPG maker game) and Panda Pearl (a webcomic). I may add more details to the first background, though, but here’s its current state.

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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Blood, gore, eye strain, fast moving images.

I realized I never posted the full version of the demo’s opening, despite uploading it to youtube. You can download the demo here! (Currently only for Windows!)