Curtain Call Crusade (demo)
A downloadable game for Windows
Synopsis
Mira, a college third year transfers to a new university to pursue her passion for theater acting, eager to make a name for herself. But she has a secret: She's a magical girl that fights evil! And it seems she's not the only one when a cocky outgoing hero appears in front of her one night, and things don't end well. Meanwhile in her regular life there’s a boy in theater class that she can't seem to get along with, but he seems to be hiding something.
Engage in competitive flirty banter, create mishaps and hijinks, and uncover secrets in this funny romantic comedy otome game!
Credits
Game Leads/Producers: Angela Yim / aurelia_rain (❥Twitter), Lee Coronilia (❥Twitter)
GUI Artist: Toby / Astrovvitch
CG Artists: akairosu_ (❥Twitter)
Character Design/Sprite Artists: Lee Coronilia, Angela Yim, Aka
Background Artists: Lee Coronilia, Anonymous
Programmers: Chi (❥GitHub), Raymond Feng / sgmq0, Hope
Writers: Calix Wan (❥Twitter), Summer Gadsby (❥Linkedin), Mint, Angela, Lee
OST Composers: Parmpreet Gill (❥Twitter), Ryan X. Messcher
SFX: Ellie Horbaly
* The final demo is live! For any remaining bug reports, leave it in the comments and the dev team will get to it ASAP.
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Development log
- ♡Full Demo Release♡Jul 12, 2023
Comments
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This demo is absolutely adorable, and I had a ton of fun with it!
The characters are wonderful, Mira is a fun and lively MC and our male lead is... a total jerk lets be honest, but I kind of like it. Enemies/rivals to lovers? Where magical warriors aka theatre kids face off on sass and snark? Sign me up! I love the side characters as well, they are all fun and distinct and the casual queer representation is lovely.
The art is absolutely stunning, and definitely contributes to the demo's really impactful first impressions. Seriously, stunning. All the characters are absolutely adorable and I love the colors. The MC and LI also have a delightful range of expressions (as do a few of the side characters).
For all my fellow mini-game fans, this demo has two and both are super fun! There is a arcade style battle minigame, and a rhythm minigame. I missed the instructions for the rhythm one and had to figure out controls while the notes were going by so that was exciting! Both the minigames fit well with the story, and ran smoothly.
The demo is still quite bugged (especially save/load) and does need some UI and QoL fine tuning. This is the sort of thing that the devs will work out with time, so its more a minor note than anything else. Just set aside 30 minutes or so to play through the whole demo so you can avoid the loading bug, and don't be surprised if the UI is still a bit rough.
Overall a really fun experience, I definitely recommend, and have fun with the magical shenanigans!
A little late to reply but oh my gosh thank you so much! Your detailed thoughts and feelings are so heartwarming to us, and we're super happy you enjoyed playing through the demo!
The big bugs in the vn portions are getting squashed, and we're gonna update the minigames too so they're not as difficult. Hope you look forward to our next update of the game!
LOVING IT!! the moon boy kinda pissed me off( i understand u mira😔) but when i saved the game and tried to loaded this happended
And now when I press start nothing happens,soo idk😭
Thank you for playing the game! Ahaha yeah Moon boy is a bit of a dick, but he'll get better i promise.
Also thank you for bringing that up! We are currently working on fixing bugs, hopefully that will not happen in the next patch ^^
Wow! I love the style and content of this game! I'm not good at English, so I can't fully understand the dialogue... But They look so adorable...! I like it !! It's very cool!
Oh thank you so much! Happy to hear that you enjoy it <33
This game was SOOO cute! I loved all of it! The silly humor, the casual queer rep, the art style, the colors, the theatre, the magic!! AHHHH game custom tailored to MY interests fr. Mira and Clement r giving the saltiest bi4bi energy I've ever seen and I like them VERY much. The game transition into the game play was also a pleasant surprise and a very fun way to make this VN more interactive and make it feel like Mira's fate was really in my hands. I can't wait to see the gallery implemented into the game so I can look at those glorious CGs for however long I want, hehe. I think there could definitely also be a log for any missed dialogue, a skip button, and the save/load feature right now is very buggy. I'm sure you guys are all very aware of these things right now, however. More of my thoughts can be found in my playthrough on Twitch @BuzzBuzzBeeBee ^__^ Overall, great demo, super cute! I am extremely charmed and can't wait to see where you guys go with the final thing.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This is the sweetest comment ever, and I'm so glad that you enjoyed the game! Our programmers are working very hard on bugs rn, and we hope to release the real demo real soon. But again thank you!!