Matthew89

Hi Everyone!

Perseverance: Part 1 is now available on Steam with 25% discount in first week!
You can find it on VNDB as well.
If you want to learn more about genesis of our project, look on our article on IndieDB
Although, Perseverance is not a typical visual novel we believe that if you are a fan of the genre you will enjoy it.
Give the free Demo a try. 
Let us know what do you think

Really like design, colors remind me a little bit Ruiner. Wishing you all the best with release!

We have an important update!
Our first trailer is finally available!
Also we decided to start a Kickstarter campaign feel free to check it out!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2044603064/lisistrata
 

This is the first thing I think of too when I wake up.

Righteo, we're officially on sale now! -35% OFF. Way to go! Hooray ))

If it was the price that held you back, please embrace the opportunity to emerge in the world of Pastorate this very minute. 

And let's hope you'll survive these mean streets.
STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/811290/Project_Pastorate/
 

Well, I tried to make it a bit eclectic, if you please. We have this slight slavic touch and kinda latino gangs presence. We have drug trade and this misterious "big brother" Pastor. Some kind of creepy sect feeling, you know. I'm simplifying but all of this is explained in the Velvet book.
This story might have a lot of potential for developing, I think. Basically, few people managed to survive the Apocalypse and found shelter on some distant island. And so the new community was born. What it's developed into further - here you got the whole lot of room for imagination. But of course it has to be well-thought and look trustworthy.
 

On December 31, 999 AD, the Pope Sylvester II, an infamous blasphemer, who received his post by beating the Devil at dice, solemnly celebrated the last Mass. The bell rhythmically tolled the last moments of mankind before the Judgment Day. “Our Father in heaven, save and protect us sinners from the infernal flames and the hellhounds that bared their fangs to tear our souls.” It didn’t help. The end of the world came right on schedule and showed no mercy.
Only a few fortunate managed to escape the cataclysm on a remote and unknown island. This community subsequently spawned the first Pastor, the hierarch under whose government the new state grew and flourished with time.
Eventually, new Pastors came, and with them changed the flock. Changed until the handmade paradise was stricken with the deafening thunderclap — a murder was committed. Then another one and another one… At that time arsons, cattle rustling and robberies began. Gradually, the darkness superseded the sunlight…
Lambs grew weary of being laid under a hatchet, so they cried and crawled to their Pastor, begging the Father to hurriedly deal with the flayers, restore order in the common house. Thus, the Devoters appeared, the hope and support of ordinary people, their defenders and protectors, making silver linings seen to the hearts tormented by injustices.
There is no cold fierce enough, no heat hot enough, no storm or hurricane deadly enough to stop the Devoters from fighting the wicked with seething zeal and ready swords. They live for the sake of their people. And for the sake of their people, they would die. This is their story, unveiled and unadorned, exactly as the Pastorate chroniclers told it over many generations.

Howdy, dear ladies and gents. So, that's how it starts. How it ends will depend on your choices made during the game. As of now we're about 80% ready and plan to release the first episode in april.
YOU CAN ALREADY CHECK OUT THIS DEMO ON ITCH.IO
It's worth giving a shot I promise. 
Our TWITTER is out there too.
To cut is short: you serve in a special force service that resembles both FBI and Inquisition. You're given an elder partner who is really street-smart and has been doing these drug busts and crib raids for too long. Together you gotta figure out who offed the Prefect of the province and why they did it.

That's you - Leonard Pinterro

That's your partner - Vinnie Boyd

That's what the gameplay actually looks like
 
Also we do have a battle system. It's done in the form of a card game.

 
To reveal more info about the setting, the universe we decided to include the Velvet book which is the encyclopedia of the world. It encompasses most important concepts and notions.

I would describe this game as a mix of The Wire + Training day + Mad Max + The Wicker man and maybe some "best" parts of GULAG.
Please stay tuned for updates and new info for Project Pastorate. Soon we will have other news.
Thank you very much for your attention, ladies and gents.

ONE FAITH. ONE FAMILY. ONE FORCE. ALL HAIL PASTOR!
 

New trailer! Hope you like it. Also I've been working with Sekai Project to get a good translation, UI and more stuff.
New synopsis: 

Cila, a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor.

Advanced, more efficient and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila's toughened exterior and possibly even heal her new owner's old wounds – if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique if sometimes uneasy bond.

Unbeknownst to Cila, just as her life begins to find its new normal, the technological giant Velta Labs gets wind of Mara's existence and takes a mysterious interest in the android. 

A war unlike any before it is brewing on the horizon, its players are silently being selected and one android's fate may spell the difference between peace, war, the blossoming of a new religion, or a technological singularity beyond comprehension.
 
 

Synopsis
Cila, a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor.

Advanced, more efficient and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila's toughened exterior and possibly even heal her new owner's old wounds – if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique if sometimes uneasy bond.

Unbeknownst to Cila, just as her life begins to find its new normal, the technological giant Velta Labs gets wind of Mara's existence and takes a mysterious interest in the android. 

A war unlike any before it is brewing on the horizon, its players are silently being selected and one android's fate may spell the difference between peace, war, the blossoming of a new religion, or a technological singularity beyond comprehension.
>>STEAM DEMO<<
>>ITCH.IO DEMO<<

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The game is now on Steam Greenlight:
GREENLIGHT
 

Writing: Completed
Translation (English): Completed
Sprites: Being worked on
Music: Being worked on
GUI: Completed
BGs+BGs: Being worked on

1.What do you think about the story/setting so far?
2.What is your favorite character at the moment?
3. The game will not contain lewd scenes. Is that a problem for you?
4.Any comments or questions?