Somewhere, a Clock is Ticking

This is a game about two girls and a grim reaper. You play as Harper, a 15 year old girl killed in a car crash in the beginning of the game. Having other plans than dying, she makes a deal with Death. If she kills one person a month from then by midnight, Death will accept that as compensation and move on. Harper will die some other year. If not, Death will take her life when the month is up. To Harper, it sounds easy enough. Empathy isn’t familiar with her, and she’s willing to use that in her favor with her life at stake. She’s almost never felt a need to be close to anyone, and in the rare times she does find loneliness, she finds ways to ignore it, distract herself. But when she begins talking to Dolly - a loner like herself with a love of ghosts and escaping reality into the realm of imagination - an unexpected bond begins.  Ghost(s)

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Aaand, finally the main character Harper. Her hair color went through about five different renovations.

With her done, those are the three sprites.  SO.

Onwards and upwards to writing the script and making the backgrounds.

Demo soon!  Whee.

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WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

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Oh right, asks and submissions are open

Doy.

Forgot tumblr didn't automatically do that.  Anywho, asks and submissions are open, so 

Meanwhile, have a WIP of the main bro, playable character, Harper:

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Game art post #2, this one of Dolly.

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Game art post numero uno, featuring Death.

Info about SACIT over here.

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Gonna kick off the "Somewhere, A Clock is Ticking" tumblr with an info-y post.  Whee.

What is this game about?  Well:

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Intro

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S Y N O P S I S

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This is a game about two girls and a grim reaper.

You play as Harper, a 15 year old girl killed in a car crash in the beginning of the game. Having other plans than dying, she makes a deal with Death. If she kills one person a month from then by midnight, Death will accept that as compensation and move on. Harper will die some other year. If not, Death will take her life when the month is up.

Harper takes the deal. She's brought back to life and given the month. Death instructs her to kill Dolly, another girl in her classroom. To Harper, it sounds easy enough. Empathy isn't familiar with her, and she's willing to use that in her favor with her life at stake. She's almost never felt a need to be close to anyone, and in the rare times she does find loneliness, she finds ways to ignore it, distract herself. But when she begins talking to Dolly - a loner like herself with a love of ghosts and escaping reality into the realm of imagination - an unexpected bond begins.

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S O, B A S I C A L L Y

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SACIT deals with social isolation.  And trust, and the lack of it, and the risks taken when there's trust and friendship and love whether it's romantic or platonic between two people.  Loss.  And the acceptance of death vs. refusing to.

I'm getting more and more attached to this project the more I work on it, but I plan on having it done in a couple weeks.

Any feedback, critique, comments, questions, whatever is always welcome.