Deep into the night

Have you ever just lost yourself in the depths of a sudden, surprise fandom? Found yourself sinking deeper and deeper in love with a new community and all the trappings it brings with it?

Think you can get out with your wallet intact? Test your luck against the newest Vtuber craze, and see if you can resist the charm of the newest dynamic duo!

Looking back, this was a massively overscoped project - Despite that, we somehow managed to get all the mechanics in, and even a rudimentary tutorial for it. That was something we learned was desperately missing from Mobius Trips, things simply were not explained well (or at all, really). Introducing resources and their corresponding gameplay one at a time worked great, with the issues mostly manifesting as a few sequence breaks and a needed difficulty pass.

The project concept as a whole was a massive love letter to Alyssa’s passions, and she was instrumental in helping me nail the vibe of the vtuber communities and merch hunting. In particular, her design for the actual vtuber was what really made the project for a lot of people, even spawning honest to god fanart from people who loved the design. For my part, creating gameplay in a resource management vein was great fun, as managing numbers and juggling tasks always appeals to me.