Somnium

Kinetic sci-fi/mystery short story about six characters whose destinies have become intertwined, told by following fragments of time from their lives. But who are they? Where are they? And what is Somnium?

Release date

TBA

Features

• Full 1920x1080 HD resolution
• Kinetic novel (no branching to keep the scope small enough)
• Writing is still ongoing, but this will be of short story length (< 7k words)
  • If examined in the light of literal techniques, this is a frame story (of sorts).
  • Genre is speculative fiction / sci-fi.
• 100% original backgrounds, music, "sprites"
  • Sprites will be atypical (static avatar images, we will add screen shots to demonstrate them).
  • Dozens of other original images.
• Possibly voice acting, depending on how long other aspects take

About this project

Due to a small team, our main projects progress slowly and will still take a while to be even in an alpha state. We wanted to actually get something done and out for a change, so we decided to create "Somnium", a small-scale experimental visual novel. We will also use this project as an opportunity to map out how and to what extent AI tools can be used to help with the asset creation.

Due to the nature of the story it is not possible to tell much about it here in advance, but if you like sci-fi short stories, you will hopefully like this as well. It will be free, and won't take much of your time. :)