AaronIsCrunchy

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Hello everyone! This is an attempt at making a fangame based on the Fate/Stay Night VN and the Fate franchise in general within the Nasuverse. We are a very small team working on this right now, consisting of three people of which two are helping on story only. Most of the coding, writing and art has been left to me. While I can handle it, any aid would be greatly appreciated. Hey, even if you're not interested in helping, your opinion on our main plot would be extremely helpful!

Background story behind the project

Now this is quite important because it might be a major dealbreaker for most in the western Fate fandom. The original idea for this game/story came from really wanting to see some Arturia/Gilgamesh interaction with Gilgamesh's personality being like it was during life and not messed up due to humanity being messed up during the time he was summoned. Gilgamesh being like he was in Fate/Extra CCC. We wanted to create a scenario that would fit into canon and would allow us to explore the dynamics between both characters, their personalities and their backstories. Of course, we don't want to romanticize it. We are fully aware of how problematic their relationship is due to Fate/Stay Night- we want to take all of this into account- but going further into the exploration of their relationship.

Now that that has been taken out of the way, this is obviously not a fanwork solely made to have Gil and Arturia interact, we created a plot that would allow us to explore and create many other characters beyond that. We want to explore the stories of servants in the three first holy grail wars, their lives and legends. 

Plot
During the events of the Fifth Holy Grail War, Ilyasviel von Einzbern, as the embodiment of the Holy Grail, sacrificed herself to close the pathway opened by a corrupted grail. The Greater Grail was destroyed, bringing the ritual of Fuyuki to a conclusion. However, the Grail had been in place for far too long, it held far too much concentrated magical energy; the sudden dismantlement of such a structure, which after 200 years, had almost become a natural part in the mana flow within the region, was bound to fail. The ritual ended, yet the mangled structure slowly begun to regenerate.

After a couple decades had passed, the Magic Association began to become increasingly more desperate to reach Akasha. They turned their eyes to the previous ritual held in Fuyuki - and sought to recreate it. The Magic Association took their own path, straying from the knowledge of the three founding families. With the complete eradication of the Makiri/Matou line after Fifth War and the Tohsaka family head, Rin, refusing to help in any way with the recreation of the ritual, the Magic Association followed their own crooked path. The Association’s mixture of stubbornness and desperation led them to take a dangerous shortcut in their new establishment. Due to lack of planification and information, the site where the mangled grail stood was revisited and used as the centre for the newly established ritual. This reestablished Greater Grail was a source of great instability - forcing it to work like a properly built structure ignited the unstable magical energy engulfing it, resulted in the opening of a leak into Akasha.

The leak led to the creation of a spiritual reality - a massive reality marble - a realm of spirits and magic with no physical manifestation, close to The Root. 
This realm, much like Akasha, is a place based on energy and magic, holding no connection to Gaia whatsoever. It is a place brimming with an aura of unfulfilled wishes, hatred and despair. Being influenced by the guidelines of the Grail War, the leak into Akasha serves as a way of summoning Heroic Spirits recorded within the Throne of Heroes. Due not being connected to the world in any direct way, true heroic spirits are summoned rather than emanations, as there is no need to worry for inconsistencies within the world in a spiritual realm. Similarly, the souls of magi are forcibly summoned into this realm to take part as "masters".

-Except there is no Holy Grail to fight for.

There is no point to the summoning. Any human with at least one working magic circuit is eligible for being summoned into this realm. Their soul will escape their body, leaving it in a coma like state. This results in many inexperienced and confused magi trapped in the place. A magus with enough magic circuits and great skill should be good enough to handle themselves and even be able to communicate with the outside world - but those with poor circuits are bound to get their minds twisted by the place, going so far into believing there actually is an omnipotent wishing granting device to fight for. 

While Heroic Spirits have no reason to fight each other, magi who find themselves in the realm need to fight for the existence of their soul. Upon the magic association noticing the great swirl of mana at the moment of the summoning of a master, they were able to investigate the potential of the leak in terms of reaching Akasha, and would continue to seek the exploitation of the system. 

If a soul - let it be heroic spirit or magus - is to perish within the realm, it will be collected by the faulty grail. The more souls the grail collects, the more power it gains to open a proper route into Akasha. Even if one does not wish to reach Akasha - they will still have to fight in order to survive against the vile attacks of the members of the Magic Association. Besides, if one wishes to escape the realm and return to Gaia, they will have to see the war through to the end.

Characters


ARTURIA PENDRAGON
Voiced by: Adoxographist
Better known as Arthur Pendragon or King Arthur, usually regarded as a male in history. She is Britain's "Once and Future King" reigning in Avalon until the day she'd be needed once more - or so was recorded in history. In reality, King Arthur was frozen on her deathbed, where she made a contract with the world.The contract stated that she would not die until she acquired the Holy Grail, which would serve as a way of amending her reign- erasing her existence in order to save her country. Despite having unlimited chances to acquire the Holy Grail, her failures in the Fourth and Fifth grail wars of Fuyuki have weighted heavily on her mind. She continues to struggle with herself, while seeking a self-destructive ideal.


GILGAMESH
Voiced by: Jon Bullock
Mankind’s oldest hero, humanity’s first king. Despotic, arrogant and selfish. Gilgamesh was born with immense power, not being fully divine nor human, with his field of vision reaching extents which not even the gods were capable of fully comprehending. His power resulted in great isolation, but his strength of self kept him from abandoning his kingship or fleeing from the mission imposed upon him. He favoured isolation as he believed that by having chosen the path of a king he had to advance through it alone. Enkidu, Gilgamesh’s friend and companion was the sole exception to this rule. Gilgamesh is a guardian of humanity, yet he did not take upon this role by sheltering mankind. Instead, he sees himself as an observer, an adjudicator and sentencer of men. He alone bears all the burdens of humanity, of sin. He has accepted this as his role.


JANE BASKERVILLE. 
Voiced by: Trina Deuhart
Jane is a magus trapped within the reality marble, Apophenia. She was born within a minor magi bloodline from Wales specialized in the creation of puppet familiars and automata. Despite great potential and strong magic circuits, Jane seldom practices magic, as she has no control over her own mana, resulting in harmful bursts of power dangerous for both herself and those around her. Upon encountering each other, she forms a contract with Saber class servant Arturia Pendragon. Jane has a great interest on the new world that has appeared before her, and seeks to explore it to her heart’s content rather than focusing on escaping or fighting other servants and masters.


ALLEN SAPIENTI CORTEZ.
Due to being the son of an important archeologist, Allen has travelled across the world all of his life. He is well versed in different cultures and is very passionate about learning about myths, legends and stories from everywhere he has visited. He has some magic circuits within his body, passed on from his mother. However, as he never did live with her, he was never trained to be a magus. He is summoned to Apophenia and paired up with Gilgamesh. Allen is enthralled with the Gate of Babylon and all the different weapons within it. Despite his lack of talent at magic, he can easily identify different heroic spirits.


 
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So my first day of part-time job is done~
Luckily, everything went fine and there were no troubles... Though I didn't expect like 100 of people to show up for the physical inventory...

What do you think about "made in china" stuff? 
I'm kinda a collector, so for me, official or nothing. Most bootleg stuff have horrible quality, and the few good ones are only slightly cheaper than official ones, so why bother?

I don't buy much tbh, but if I bought more I'm a bit of a sucker for the authentic. Even if it's really well done, there's something in my head that makes me uncomfortable or unwelcoming towards fan-made stuff... though I will admit I'd buy a few plushies that are made

Look down. To elicit that kinda face I must have my dick out or something.

ahh yes, Amane's route. It's fantastic. You are not alone, it kept me up all night as well
(Angelic howl, NOT the H-scenes ... Mainly...)

Greetings lads. It was a long time since my first thread about Fate/History, so I thought it would be fitting to make a new one. The concept is simple, I take a character from the Fate Franchise and compare them to their historical/mythical counterparts. This is my 3rd episode thus far, and ofc, spoilers (like duh). Comments and critique are apreciated, have fun watching~
 
 
 
And may your swords stay sharp!

FTFY

Top 10 metal bands? Crumbs, let's see... On a mixture of consistent quality output and, more importantly, jams, we have:
1. Fall of Efrafa
2. Ulcerate
3. Thou
3. A Forest of Stars (even though their newest was a bit... eh...)
4. Cult of Luna
5. Rosetta
6. The Ruins of Beverast
7. Darkthrone
8. Rorcal
9. Meshuggah
10. Cryptopsy (cos None So Vile just rips)
We've talked music before but so much yes.
@Kawasumi, Dopamine are indeed awesome too. You familiar with Zuriaake at all?

I, too, use the justification that I only have sex on prime-number years when people ask why I never get laid.

I'm all for H-scenes until they're actually happening. Then it's just 'ugh, I can't wait for this irritating fuckfest to be over so I can actually continue with things.' Annoyingly though, I like the idea of 'couple-based' H-scenes (like, two people forming a relationship) because sometimes the sentiment behind it's really nice, so I don't turn H-scenes off in case they're actually relevant.
 
That said, any H-scene which goes mouth/vagina/bum (or anything in that order...) in one go is either gratuitous and annoying, or so hilariously bad that the very idea of popping a cock-rocket is impossible.

I had posted this before but then it was lost in the data loss ;-; Anyway, we've finished our new character design upgrades, with an aim of making the style more compatible between the CG and sprite artists, as well as just looking better. There will be a new version of the demo at some point, but probably not for another 6 months or so. Also, if everything goes well, we should have a huge announcement at Anime Expo this year, but I can't really say more than that. Hope you like the girls' new look~

It was today that @Kiriririri decided that it was time to ruin me and henceforth destroy my image. It was nice knowing you Fuwans.

I don't get you people. The "right" job is a job that pays you enough to cover your expenses (and probably enough to keep savings for emergencies). Do medicine or something. You're not meant to have fun with your work. You're probably an otaku, so pirate everything and your entertainment should be cheap, at least.
I'd go for another serious relationship, though I'd need to find someone submissive beyond belief. Other than that, having friends who like similar things to talk to and travel with would be nice. 

Aaron. They better be crunchy.
Does socializing in real life interest you? If so, in what way?

RIP Lemmy

That's at least one fuwan with a restraining order

SubaHibi's been one that I've wanted to read ever since I've joined these forums, so for me this is fantastic news provided it's definitely, 100%, pinky-promise happening. Obviously hard copies would be cool, but if they don't happen they don't happen - 2016 already looks a wee bit brighter

What do you guys think of Heterochromia-eyed heroines like Coconut from Nekopara, Satsuki Kagami from Violet Hill or Mayumi Thyme from Shuffle?
I think it's a really wonderful trait. There's something about asymmetrical traits that turn me on.

I still believe in the Shigure route dream.

If they are going to do something a little more unorthodox, I vote for straight up Coconut x Vanilla yuri
 

I think it's really cool that they got a goat to do the song for it, really nice work.
More Azuki is always a good thing as she's hilarious, but alas, no Maple storyline yet. One day...?

Hello!  Chibi Subaru from Naive Sprites is here to respond....
Thank you for playing our demo and your review!  We're happy to hear that you enjoy it.  Chibi Alison in the tea cup is my favorite out of the chibis!  I was happy that our current sprite artist was able to make them in time for the demo.
We do plan to have a Log feature while playing the game when it's released so that people can read over the script.  I was using TyranoBuilder to make the demo and not knowing any coding, I wasn't able to make this function for this demo.
For the font, we didn't realize this issue so it's helpful when people point it out to us.  Justin and myself looked over the demo before releasing it, but since we know the story by heart at this point, we didn't notice the problems with the commas and periods looking the same.  We'll be changing the diagloue font for the next demo.
Luckily we found a new programmer and got the contract signed.  We don't know if this will push back our intended release date or not.  We hope not, but you never know.
Thank you 

I'm certainly interested in how this one turns out after playing through the demo! The dialogue is well-written and I really like the artwork - in particular the route partition screens and the 'thank you for playing/credit' designs, which I thought were really nice. Little drawn Alison in the cup is pretty cute too!
I understand it's just a demo, but a function to go back through dialogue would be nice as I overshot one or two lines. The other thing I'd say is consider changing the font that is used in the dialogue, as the commas look almost identical to the full stops and this occasionally makes it seem like it's written clunkily, when it's really not.
I'm afraid I am unable to help with the programming, but I wish you the best of luck with the rest of production and I hope you're able to finish it!

Moogy confirms that there will be no kickstarter, and KeroQ is doing this completely independently. As he puts it, this is likely the new trend. Frontwing went behind SP's back for ChiruChiru and will probably not work with anyone else on future projects, Key also went independent, and Conjueror was hired directly by an unnamed Japanese company for a project. I get the feeling that MangaGamer, JAST, and SP's market shares will start shrinking rather rapidly in the coming years.