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[projectdestinydrive]

WAT R U DOIN

TYYYYLERRRRRRRRRRRRR.......

-Lupin

#**sees several asks about this*** #i'll take care of it right away tho!!! #btw we both share this blog soooooo.... #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

Is Vincent elite oneirologist because he's the man of everyones dreams

no, but he wants to be.

-Lupin

#HES JUST A SAD HOPELESS ROMANTIC WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT DREAMS MEAN #bonus: he should have been part of the character cast for Paprika #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

on the bottom of the faq there aren't any requirements for interest in helping out... ;a; would it be possible to know where that'd actually be? (or maybe I just can't read in between the lines but)

TYLER: Whoops! The original FAQ page had the requirements, but we updated the style and forgot to put that part back in. You can still find the requirements on our original FAQ page; we'll update the newer page soon. Sorry about that!

[projectdestinydrive]

IS THE BLOOD DIGITAL GLITCHINESS IS IT BECAUSE IF IT IS THAT SOUNDS SO COOL

aaaahhh

not really, but you're kind of close???

-Lupin

#hppppp i actually #got that same suggestion from my editor/ #another good idea #the only downside is that it might look a bit messy yknow?? #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

Is your idea to make the blood sparkle? Please tell me the blood is going to sparkle.

nooooooooooot really??

but you were kind of close.

-Lupin

#WHY DOES THAT REMIND ME OF HOMESTUCK THO???? #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

I think you should change the blood color depending on the character's color scheme. Make it contrast completely with the colors they normally wear and it'll make the death image all the more shocking.

i like your idea, anon!

maybe i could combine that with my idea and see how it turns out!

-Lupin

#that's an interesting twist! #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

You should make the blood electric blue.

ELECTRIC BLUEGALOOO

-Lupin

#i'll take that into consideration yo! #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

Will the blood still be pink?

not so sure, but i do have a lovelier alternative that i'd like to use ♥

-Lupin

#Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

hello! will there be class trials in the game??

unfortunately, there won't be, but we will have something in placebo of that.

-Lupin

#we have a post about that and other DR-related themes floating around on this blog if you haven't seen it yet #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

Will you release a sprite bank when you release the game so people can roleplay with them?

most certainly!

what i'm thinking is:

>demo release: main cast (minus spoilers)

>full release: spoiler edits

mmmmm, i'm also thinkin' of cranking out all the beta edits i've made of characters. 

-Lupin

#u know what if i just made a whole sideblog dedicated to all the edits i've made in the past years #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

THE WORLD BETTER BE READY FOR YUNAGI AND FENELLE. THEY'RE GONNA STUN THE WORLD UFUFUFUFU

HECK YEAH

-Lupin

#note: im rebooting mostly everyone in dd if anyone else is wonderin #BIG SURPRISE COMIN UR WAY #summer-of-the-shinx #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

Did you specify that you werent selling the game? they might have thought you guys intended to make profit off of it

We did; that was one of the main points we brought up, actually. Alas, 'twas to no avail.

[projectdestinydrive]

You mentioned before that you'd be releasing a demo soon, but with the whole chunsoft thing...will you finish up the demo that you've been working on and let us play that? Or will you scrap it entirely?

we're not scrapping the demo, only modifying it so it sounds less DR-ish! i think.

there isn't really a lot to change, so that's good.

-Lupin

#Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

What about Heartbleed Desperation? Wonderland Desperation? Heartbeat Wonderland? Destination Underland? Heartless Desperation? Desperation Drive? Desolate Wonderland? Desolate Underland? Heartbeat Desolation? Heartbleed Desolation? D:/Desolation (read as D-Drive Desolation)?

HOLY COW THAT'S WAY TOO MANY REPEATS---

-Lupin

#lupin interferes! #i still agree with the anon before this ask i really don't want to let go of despair drive :( #Anonymous #ask

[projectdestinydrive]

why do you have to change the project name? despair is not a word unique to dangan ronpa alone... and despair drive sounds MUCH more catchy than the other names you suggested. :c

Because it'd be totally unrelated. We're moving away from Dangan Ronpa's "Hope VS Despair" focus, so the name Despair Drive would be only tangentially related at best. It would be like localizing Dangan Ronpa under a name that sounds like an FPS title, like "Trigger Happy Havoc" or someth-

Wait a minute.

[projectdestinydrive]

Major Changes to Come

Hey everyone, Tyler here! (You know, the dev for this game that's not Lupin.) I'm here to break some news about some major changes on the horizon.

See, recently Lupin and I made the decision to cover our bases and contact Spike Chunsoft to make sure that creating a DR fangame was legally in the clear. Considering the amount of doujin that's out there we figured it would be okay, and since SC also localizes English games into Japanese (Saints Row IV was a recent example) we figured there'd be translators on their team who could translate our question for them. So, we shot off a question to them and waited for a reply.

Good news: they replied. Bad news: it was this.

"Thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, we will not be able to allow you to create a game with our IP.

We appreciate your kind understanding.

Thank you,

Spike Chunsoft Legal Team."

So this brings good news and bad news for Despair Drive. The bad news is that we will not be able to make this a Dangan Ronpa fangame. No mutual killing, no Elite or Ultimate or SHSL students, no minigame-based class trials, no flashy "executions"... the DR staples will be out of our reach, or at least we won't be able to copy-paste the formula from Dangan Ronpa.

The good news is that this allows us a lot more creative freedom and as a result, we will be making our game an experience all of its own. The characters are already original so they will stay mostly unchanged; some characters will not be super-talented but many will retain their talents or hobbies. They'll be far from #1 or anything like that, just great minds and hearts.

Our aesthetic and thematic ties to Alice in Wonderland will not change since that novel is in the public domain, though our overall aesthetic theme will be "post-modern/cyberpunk Alice in Wonderland". Characters will still die, but it will not be regular or predictable; some might be at the hands of the other characters, some at the hands of the unseen mastermind, and some at their own. But you won't know until you play.

The biggest change is the huge tone-down in murder mystery elements. There will be more of a focus on character-driven psychological horror, though their will still be plenty of mysteries to solve. There will be mystery-solving, but not necessarily murder mystery in every case.

We will also likely be changing the name to move away from our previous DR focus. Our tentative choice at the moment is "Heartbleed Wonderland", though that's not set in stone just yet. We'll see, and you'll know when the blog name changes.

Overall this change will not get rid of the things that make this game what it is, but it will definitely allow us to expand beyond DR staples that would limit what we would be able to do previously. We may even be able to sell it to fund future endeavors, though that will depend on your vote on your willingness to do so. We will have a poll for that soon, but regardless of the decision any public beta releases will be free.

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In other news, there have been a few people applying for positions (though I haven't been able to respond immediately due to personal time constraints, so I apologize for that). We really love the help and though Lupin and I are wearing many hats for this project, if you think you have something to offer that we haven't covered then please check our "Join the Team" section for open positions. And to those who have already sent in your application but haven't gotten responded to yet (or have only recieved a preliminary response), please re-send your request so we can take another look. Include links to previous work if possible.

And to all you patient fans, we'll provide more updates as they come. The prologue is just about finished and will not need to be changed too much to fit our new game plan. That means you may expect an early build of the prologue within a month or two. Keep in mind that everything in early alpha/beta builds are subject to change; there may be many placeholder elements.

We hope you look forward to our future updates, and we'll see you very soon!

#tyler's post #despair drive #heartbleed wonderland #visual novel

[projectdestinydrive]

So I got a request to draw someone from despairdrive and I started with Yaolin. The designs are all so fun though so i might end up drawing more. I totally suggest you guys check it out *v*

#reblog #fanart #bikuni yaolin #THERE'S THE BAE #*quietly yells in the distance* #queuero una burger #ill..... ill provide more fullbodies i promise........