Light Letters

So what is Light Letters?

A VN- 2D platformer hybrid about two women, Fang and Jayeon, who connect in a jazz bar and try to reach each other through a series of letters.  Currently, this demo includes only the first part of the story, and is to be developed into a full fledged game in 2021. Made part of 2020 Yuri Game Jam, and available to play on Windows at the moment. 

What's the premise?

Light Letters takes place in a cyberpunk apocalyptic era. Our main protagonist and narrator is Fang Pham, a bold and outspoken woman of Vietnamese-Chinese descent. She has an affinity for jazz music and poetry, and tends to think a lot and laugh. She later meets Min Jayeon, an older and eloquent housewife of South Korean descent, who has a thing for writing letters and collecting jazz records. Together they face the tests of time and monstrous obstacles as Fang tries to reach Jayeon through a series of left behind letters.

How do I play?

With just the click of your mouse.

Any bugs or crashes?

There are some issues to acknowledge:

• Given there was a recent rewrite of Rakugo, quitting to main menu and then starting the game again will result in the dialogue and sequence crashing. Try to avoid doing this for now.
• Interactive platformer section of the game is not yet implemented! Just the story portion of the demo.
• Save/load option may or may not load the correct save state. 

Credits

• Noodulz - Programmer, Writer
• Softie - Artist, Writer
• Twin Musicom - Royalty-free music
• Rakugo - Visual Novel System in Godot

Thanks to those who provided feedback and play tested! And also thanks to the developers of Rakugo who have been immensely helpful in using Rakugo to bring this game to life. 

* Edit  on 12/04/20 *  

Just went back through it and realize Jayeon doesn't seem to appear at some parts in the bar scenes. Will try and debug soon. Also, I reduced the download size so that the source code is excluded. Thanks for playing, y'all!