Sky Levels

About:

• Sky Levels is an experimental Hybrid Visual Novel (HVN)
  • Visual Novel (VN)
  • 3D exploration
  • Journal

• Testing an Idea... A quick prototype, containing 10 to 15 minutes of gameplay. I'm still working on the 3D Models, Code, Soundtracks, Narrative, and more... Sorry in advance regarding the writing. English is not my primary language. These past years I've been learning a lot, including narrative development and other skills. I'm pretty happy with the progress!

• Chapter 1, "Lost Anomaly"
  • Rhodes has been living in Underlights City for about 8 months. Each day, he struggles to remember what happened to him before he arrived. In this level of the sky, anomalies are the most dangerous threat, and the Zones protects cities and its surroundings from being discovered by these anomalies.
  • Estimation of 8 episodes:
    • Underlights City
    • Awakening Place
    • Dark Train
    • Home Found
    • Until Dark
    • Anomales Team
    • Tactical Strike
    • Source Control
    (However, due to changes in the next chapters, I might need to add 5 more episodes.)
   
• Chapter 2, "HiSky"
• Chapter 3, "Unknown Shadows"

(Early) Development Stage:

• Version: 0.0.1
• Executable: Short version for testing purposes
• Progress / Updates: Very early stages, with only the first chapter roughly 1% completed and many features still missing. Check out my social media:
  • Youtube / Instagram / Twitter / Discord
    

• Support: If you like what you see, your support would mean a lot and be greatly appreciated. You can leave a review, support me on Patreon, or donate directly here on Itch.
  • Patreon

• Save File Notice: Save files may become incompatible with future updates. However, a system will be implemented to allow you to start from the latest updated scene.

• Narrative: Main story is planned to include 3 chapters with several episodes. As the game is in its early development phase, the story may change and evolve over time.  Also, the narrative is linear, which means there's no special or different routes.

• No Dialogue Rewind: Unlike typical visual novels, for now, this game won't allow going back in dialogue due to the  integration of 3D exploration, puzzles, and an inventory system. Nonetheless, I'm planning to implement this feature in the future.

• Game Size: Although this test version contains only a few minutes of gameplay, the large size of the game is due to the inclusion of Surface and Environment Textures, Audio Files, 3D Models, and Others, that are not yet utilized.

• Game Optimizaztion: Each VN image ranges from 100 to 200 KB. Due to the large number of images in the game, all VN images are loaded and read in real-time, rather than being stored in GPU memory.

  

System Requirements:

• Minimum
  • OS: Windows 10 or Greater
  • DirectX Version: 12
  • Storage: 500 Mb
  • RAM: 2 GB Memory
  • GPU: (Untested)
  • CPU: (Untested)
   
  

Notes:

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental

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I'm also working on another game, Lost Anomaly, set in the same universe. It’s a survival first-person game, in which the player plays as a robot, that will provide further details regarding the first chapter of Sky Levels.