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Whispers of the Luminaries

@vnheaven

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Idol-themed murder mystery visual novel ๐Ÿ’• Blend of social sim + detective gameplay ๐Ÿ“ฉ Mailing List: http://vnheaven.io/wotl โœจ Kickstarter - 209% Funded! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vnheaven/whispers-of-the-luminaries-detective-mystery-vis

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Promotional graphic featuring Artificial Selection for the Choose Wisely Festival, running from December 8th to 15th

Promotional graphic featuring Artificial Selection for the Choose Wisely Festival, running from December 8th to 15th

Artificial Selection is participating in @studioephua.bsky.social's #ChooseWiselyFestival!

A mystery #visualnovel with escape room puzzles about 14 criminals who have been sentenced to death. Only your choices can redeem and save them!

๐ŸŽฎ Play the first of 14 routes for FREE in the Demo! #indiegame

08.12.2025 10:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooohhh I gotta check this out!

02.12.2025 07:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

www.kickstarter.com/projects/vnh...

21.05.2025 16:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kickstarter May Update is up! (Link below)

The plan is to have:

๐Ÿ•’40 free-time events
๐ŸŽฌ180+ unique free-time scenes in our visual novel.

Yes, you heard that right - a lot of player choice and branching narrative!โค๏ธ

21.05.2025 16:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whispers of the Luminaries on Steam An idol-themed mystery inspired by Danganronpa and Famicom Detective Club. Play as a detective and uncover a dark secret behind four idol trainees trying to realize their dreams of fame & fortune....

Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2393870/...

03.03.2025 20:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
idol Akane

idol Akane

We are appearing in Steam #VisualNovel Fest!

Whispers of the Luminaries is an idol-themed murder mystery inspired by #danganronpa and #FamicomDetectiveClub.

Come and wishlist the game. Otherwise Akane will get angry. Who knows? She could be the murderer, so you wouldn't want to get on her bad side

03.03.2025 20:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah... it hardly felt like a crime game, everything was so heavily censored. You'd go through 2 hours of slice-of-life just to reach a black screen describing crime stuff.

I played Kara no Shoujo well before it went on Steam, so I never experienced the other censored versions ๐Ÿ‘

26.01.2025 02:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That simplifies matters then!

The Steam version is so bad you can't even see or investigate the crime scene lol... And don't get me started on the many other things.

25.01.2025 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Make sure to play with the patch. The Steam version removes so much content ๐Ÿ˜ญ (I don't even care about the H scenes)

25.01.2025 06:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Get well soon!

25.01.2025 06:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I revisited the old one, it seemed so much more suspenseful

12.12.2024 08:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh let's go!

10.12.2024 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh no - had no idea about Germans being cheap >_< Hopefully you'll find a good one though โค๏ธ

10.12.2024 12:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Definitely go to an IKEA store and try out chairs! Don't trust online reviews lol since it's so subjective. I went with an IKEA one because they offer a 10 year guarantee =)

10.12.2024 10:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This brings me great joy ๐Ÿฅฐ

10.12.2024 08:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Go to Steamworks -> View Sales & Activations Report -> Click on the Median Time Played

03.12.2024 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

14 mins is the average median playtime for linear games, 18.5 mins for replayable games, so we are well above average!

However, there's still an issue: A large % of players ๐Ÿ“‰ drop our game in the first 10 minutes (as shown in the graph), so I'm hoping we can improve that in the next iteration! โœจ

03.12.2024 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Steam chart showing 34 minutes median playtime

Steam chart showing 34 minutes median playtime

Sharing some Steam data!

#gamedev #indiedev #visualnovel

What is the median play time for Whispers of the Luminaries?

๐Ÿ•— 34 minutes

Is this good or bad?

According to these benchmarks: howtomarketagame.com/2022/10/26/w...

03.12.2024 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

30.11.2024 02:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks great!

22.11.2024 09:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’ซRTs are appreciated

ROSร‰ & Bruno Mars - APT. ver toki &
@morklmao.bsky.social

APATEU APATEU APATEU APATEU APATEU APATEU
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โšก๏ธfull and credits in reply ->

19.11.2024 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 68 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For reals! I wish they incorporated an AI tag

12.11.2024 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! No release date yet, but expect 6-12 months.

12.11.2024 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thankk you!! โค๏ธโค๏ธ

06.11.2024 07:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The campaign is finally over. We reached 200% of our initial goal and we miraculously hit the female protagonist stretch goal - thanks to one big pledger. I'm at a loss for words. Thank you all so much, and big hugs to everyone! โค๏ธ It's on us to make a great game now.

05.11.2024 17:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We DID IT GUYS! With just under 3 hours left, the stretch goal for extra CGs has been hit! Now there'll be more beautiful artwork for you to enjoy in the game =)

05.11.2024 14:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whispers of the Luminaries: Idol-themed Mystery Visual Novel Piece together clues to unravel a dark mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end.

โœจ Final 24 hours for our Kickstarter! โœจ
147% funded - so close to our stretch goal! Go check it out if you like mysteries!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/vnh...

04.11.2024 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You clearly like stories about cute anime girls!

03.11.2024 00:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽฎCurrent game
โญ๏ธNext game
๐Ÿ”ฅBest game you've played this year
๐Ÿค”Most anticipated game

(I clearly have a type of story I like, lol)

02.11.2024 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#PitchYaGame ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ•บ

We're making an idol-themed murder mystery VN inspired by Danganronpa and Famicom Detective Club.

It's currently 138% funded on Kickstarter with 4 days to go. Links on my bio โค๏ธ

01.11.2024 14:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1