Friday, May 8, 2015

Random Facts About Black Diary



It's been nearly a year since Barnabas and I met up at a cafe and started conceptualizing Black Diary. So, I decided to post all the behind-the-scenes random info.

- Cohen's name is taken from Sander Cohen, an antagonist in Bioshock.

- Mikhail's personality is partly based off a character from one of Papina's novels, Ivan Korsakov from Rondo Capriccioso. Ivan's second name is Mikhail.

- Rondo Capriccioso is an actual novel. It was Papina's entry for NaNoWriMo 2010. The completed work can be found here.

- Rosalie was supposed to have a cat doll named Nekotara that kept her sane.

- Nora's personality is based off a real-life person who works at the hotel Barnabas' family runs.

- Winston was supposed to be a sporty girl, but Barnabas said there were too many girl characters so I turned him into a guy. His look is partially inspired by Yosaf from The Grey Garden.

- Tom is named after Papina's animator friend from Japan. They're both introverts.

- The song that plays during funny scenes "I am A Little Seahorse" was an unused track from an animation Papina worked on with a group before. It was supposed to play during a scene when the main character was staring at an aquarium with a seahorse in it.

- Case 2's bad end took a while to finalize. Papina, Barnabas, and Lyndon (Barnabas' brother) gathered together in the living room to brainstorm. One of the endings they thought of was that Colette goes crazy and ends up in the mental hospital.

- It took around 1 month for Papina to finish making all the graphics, dialogue, and music for Case 1.

- Harumi Hatsumi (the idol Mikhail is a fan of) is a parody of Hatsune Miku,

- Ayase's sprite was the first one made, followed by Colette.

- Papina made an unfinished horror version of Black Diary titled Afterschool Nightmare, which is set after the events of Black Diary. Mikhail, Rosalie, Jean, Nora, Peter and Shara stay late in school and tell ghost stories. Rosalie gets possessed by a ghost and starts going psychokiller mode.

Papina's Otaku Life Update #10: Living in the UTAU World

It's been a while since my last update, huh? I've been working on a lot of things (mostly music and game sprites).

But first off! My Corpse Party light novels finally arrived! Whee! I'm sorta confused about the timelines for them, but as far as I read the one on the left follows the events of Blood Covered. I might post up some summaries if the Heavenly Host forum members want it.



And the current game in my PSP is Persona 3 Portable! I swear this game made me experience a wide range of emotions. There should be more games with this kind of script writing.


Recent Works Released


After talking to Sango, the CV of Neko Kanochi, I decided not to switch the vocals and just keep the currently released version of the song Open Eyes for Black Diary's ending song.





Along with that, I'm also working on a voicebank to sing covers for me. I plan to make a clearer recording once I get my new condenser mic, but that'll be a few months from now. Takane Papina's voicebank won't be released until after I do 10 songs at least. I need to make sure the configurations and clips are just right.



Thursday, April 2, 2015

[Lyrics/ Eng Translation] IA - Electric Blue 「眠りの神の街」【AzunekoP】




Electric Blue 「眠りの神の街」
Electric Blue 「The City of the Sleeping God」


Lyrics:

暗闇に街の秘密が隠されている
大変な時に
眠りの神はどこにいる?

Kurayami ni machi no /himitsu ga kakusareteiru
Taihen na toki ni
Nemuri no kami wa doko ni iru?

「青い妖精のアドバイスを聞いて」
マスクを被ったその人は言った。
静寂がずっと続いている。

"Aoi yousei no /ADOBAISU o kiite"
MASUKU o kabutta /so no hito wa iita
Seijyaku ga zutto tsuzuiteiru

この街が好きなんでしょ?
惨めな事もたくさんあるけど、
幸せもある。

Kono machi ga suki nandeshou?
Mijime na koto mo takusan aru kedo,
Shiawase mo aru

あの部屋の中に
神様は眠りつづけている。
ああ、どうしたらいいの?

Ano heiya no naka ni
Kami-sama wa nemuri tsuzuketeiru
Aa, doshitara ii no?

あの夜、黒い兎が少年の声を盗んだ。
物語をもう一度最初から始めましょうか?

Ano yoru, kuroi usagi ga /shounen no koe o nusumunda
Monogatari o mouichido /saisho kara hajimemasho ka?

静寂が続いている。
運命繋がる。

Seijyaku ga tsuzuiteiru
Unmei tsunagaru


English:

The city's secret is hidden inside the pure darkness
During troubling times, where is the sleeping god?

"Listen to the blue fairy's advice"
Said the masked person
The silence continues

You love this city, don't you?
There are a lot of things that bring misery
But there is also happiness

Inside that room
The god continues to sleep
Oh, what do I do now?

That night, the black rabbit stole the boy's voice
Shall we start the story again from the beginning?

Silence ensues
Destiny connects

Sunday, March 22, 2015

[Walkthrough] Akiba's Trip Plus PSP

I just started playing Akiba's Trip Plus on the PSP. Its sucks how every time I search for an English walkthrough for this game, I always see walkthroughs for Akiba's Trip 2 on the Vita instead. So, I'm using the Japanese wiki as my guide for this game. Here's the link to the site.

My Personal Money Making Schemes:

- Early Game: When you have access to the park, start a fight with one of the school girls, then run around and whack other people to start an angry mob. Soon, they'll start fighting each other and even wipe out some people but their items will still drop. So, you can finish off everyone or most of them by doing a strip combo after enough damage is dealt. Just make sure your clothes are strong enough to tank attacks (My chara's clothes had 22 and 18 def when I did this). Each school bag sells at around 700 yen, plus there are 500-1000 yen drops too. Warning: This will decrease the affection for Akiba people and Kageyashi.

- The building rooftop is also a good place to farm for money to buy skill books. Office lady enemies show up often and they drop money and a PC that can be sold for around 1000 something yen. Again, you can create an angry mob, deal enough damage and go on a stripping combo.

- Go to the building rooftop where that masked guy is and talk to him. Agree to fight 3 consecutive enemies. You get rewarded if you succeed. The reward depends on the rank of your opponents.

- Take missions that make you fight 30 people. Use items like ホットケーキ to increase your clothes' health so you don't have to stop and fix yourself often.

- Take the mission 深謝の知恵袋 (A Bag of Wisdom on Sincere Apologies) for any faction. There will be an angry mob. You're not supposed to fight back during that mission or else it fails, but for the case of just making money, you can fight and just retake the mission over and over. However, if you choose to fight, you will have to watch out for the police. Usually there's around 1-2 of them. If you choose not to fight, you can have at least one of them arrested. Then run near the arrested person and have the mob accidentally hit the police. The police will then join the fight, and you can just stand there and watch them beat each other up. Sometimes, 2 policemen will beat each other up, which is an amusing sight. I just run and collect all the drops.

- Co-existence Route: Fight 30 maidos in the mission メイドまみれ. You get 18,000 yen AND lots of maido outfits and weapons! Just remember to pick the weapons up every 5 drops or so cause if you leave them there for too long, they'll disappear.

- Late game for Co-existence Route: Right before you go to UD+ to meet the Queen, guitarists will spawn like crazy almost everywhere except Junk Street. You can use this chance to farm for upgrade materials and money to purchase skill books.


Important stuff you need to know:

- To upgrade weapons and clothes, you need Tungsten (タングステン) and Kevlar (ケブラー). You can buy Tungsten from the junk shop beside the Maid Cafe in the Alley (裏通り). If you sell a weapon that's +3, Tungsten +3 will appear in the shop. So, you basically have to farm for + items and sell them if you want them to appear in the shop.

- To be able to loot some clothes you strip, you need to purchase skill books.

- If your clothes are starting to get loose during a fight, you can press L to stop battle mode. Your clothes will go back to their full health after your character fixes them. Press L again to resume the battle.

- Affection for each power (Kageyashi, NIRO, and People of Akihabara) is affected by the number of people you strip belonging to each side. If you strip a lot of Kageyashi, they will immediately attack you as soon as they see you. The same with NIRO agents (although the ones in UD+ seem to always attack you anyway). For the people of Akihabara, they will immediately run away from you when they see you. So far, the affection didn't have much effect on the Co-existence and NIRO ending. I don't know yet if it does affect the Kageyashi ending.

- You can initiate a fight by pressing square near a person, continuously bumping into people, or hitting them while you're in battle mode. The bumping method works better for people with rare clothes. There's still a chance for them to run away, but it's better than pressing square.


Computer Parts

The ジャンクパーツ (Junk Parts) you collect can be given to Yatabe in exchange for money when he is at the HQ in the alley. You need to have all parts before you can do an exchange:

ジャンクパーツ「CPU」
ジャンクパーツ「メモリ」
ジャンクパーツ「マザーボード」
ジャンクパーツ「電源」
ジャンクパーツ「HDD」

How to get them? Bump into people.


Strip Rock Paper Scissors

This game has so many mini games. Well, if you're missing some outfits in your collection, playing strip rock paper scissors with the guy standing in line with the life-sized cardboard anime girls at the roof might help you out. Just make sure you save before playing cause if you lose, it's game over.

Useful Items Info

Note: The effect will fade if you transfer to another location.

タウリミンX Taurimin X
- Temporarily increases attack by 2

ケバブ Kebab
- Temporarily increases attack by a random number

らーめん缶 Ramen Can
- Temporarily increases attack by a random number

おでん缶 Oden Can
- Temporarily increases attack by a random number

真心ゆで卵 Boiled Egg of Devotion
- Increases attack by a large amount

メイドクッキー Maid Cookie
- Increases either attack, health of clothes or item drop rate

絶妙ベーコンエッグ Superb Bacon and Eggs
- Increases health of clothes by a large amount

極上TKG Finest Quality TKG
- Increases rate of EXP acquisition

雑誌「smalt」Smalt Magazine
- Temporarily increases health of clothes by double

学習力向上ソフト Study Power Increasing Software
- Doubles rate of EXP acquisition

さくらんぼ Cherry
- Increases health of clothes

オムライス Omelette Rice
- Increases attack power
- Made with love by maido-san xD

ホットケーキ Pancakes
- Increases health of clothes
- Made with love by maido-san

宝くじ Lottery
- Gives you a chance to earn cash

正体不明 Unknown
- Description says "Once you eat it..."

Skill Books

For the list of Skill Books, the skills they're for and their location, please refer to this site.



Quick Side Missions Guide


*I'm writing and updating this as I progress in the game

Notes:
- Side missions can be started by talking to that masked guy/information broker ( 情報屋 ) in the Alley (裏通り)
- Be aware of the faction the missions are from. They affect the "affection points" for NIRO and Kageyashi ( カゲヤシ ), which influence the ending.
 秋葉市民 = missions from the people of Akihabara
- Each mission has a time limit. To stay safe, finish all missions accepted before progressing the main story line.

秋葉市民 サブミッション
People of Akihabara Sub-missions


男の娘の苦悩 The Agony of a She-man
- The client wants you to beat up her little bro who's a transvestite. Apparently, after playing dress-up with him, he started loving wearing women's clothes.
- He's in Northwest Chuo-dori

デバッガー急募!Debugger Needed!
- Head to G3 (new location) and play Samurai Kitchen! Let's Cooking!
- Report to information broker
Note: If you clear it on Hard difficulty, you get Maid Cookies and earn the title "Debugger"

ダブプリを守れ Defend Dabupuri
- Gon-chan wants you to get rid of annoying fans that bother Dabupuri
- Head to UD+ and defeat 迷惑なファン

MPが足りない!Not Enough MP!
- Talk to that guy ( 種神 ) who's standing beside the maido that always stops you in the alley ( 裏通り ). He'll tell you that he needs 10 maido points.
- Go inside the maid cafe and play games or buy stuff there until you earn 10 MP
- Talk to him again.

撮影代行 Agent of Photography
- Meet 双山 at Northwest Chuo-dori ( 中央通り北西 ). He'll tell you that he's a huge fan of "Dirty Blood Princess" aka Dabupuri, but he can't get close to her cause his daughter-in-law is tracking him down with a GPS. So, he wants you to take pictures of her for him.
- Go to UD + and take pictures of Dabupuri ( ダブプリ )
- Go back to 双山 and give him the pictures

地を這うレンズ Lens that Creep on the Ground
- Meet Campaign Girl ( キャンギャル ) in front of the curry shop at the train station area ( 秋葉原駅前 ). She'll tell you about how there are photographers taking pictures at low angles. To make the models feel safe, she wants you to take down one photographer.
- Go to UD + and beat up the guy. Beware of police.
- Talk to Campaign girl again

逃げたスタッフを追え Chase After The Staff That Ran Away
- Go to the roof and talk to 綿鍋. (I find it funny how his name literally means Cotton Pot)
- Beat 'em up and add his funky clothes to your collection if you can.
- Talk to the information broker guy in the alley

またしても逃げたスタッフ The Staff that Ran Away Again
- It's Cotton Pot 綿鍋 again. He's still in the roof. And this time... what... the-- how'd he get all buff?
- Strip those fake abs off

アナザーワールド Another World
*Required to progress the main storyline
- Meet 新山 at Junk Street ( ジャンク通り )
- Beat up Goth Lolis at Northwest Chuo-dori ( 中央通り北西 ). There are around 3 of them. Beware of Police. If the police are too near them, I just leave and return until they're finally out of sight.
- Talk to 新山 again. He will teach you the art of crossdressing!
- Change into the Loli Goth clothes and talk to him again

頭痛の種 Cause of Headache
- Meet 匿名希望 at Junk Street. He's the guy with the shark head. Hard to miss.
- Beat him up

妹の味1 The Taste of a Little Sister 1
- Meet 志須谷 on the roof's bench area. He wants to know how it feels to be hit by a little sister. He doesn't have a little sister, so he wants you to tell him.
- Go to your sister's room, talk to her, and pick 「殴ってくれないか」
- Talk to 志須谷 again

妹の味2 The Taste of a Little Sister 2
- Meet 志須谷 in the same area. This time, he wants to know how it feels to dress up a little sister.
- Go to your sister's room and dress her up. (I went for the IT Witch Maria costume. Mehe)
- Go back and talk to 志須谷

ストーカー退治 Stalker Extermination
- Head to UD+ and beat up 双山. Beware of police.

これは呪いですか?Is this a Curse?
- Go to the park ( 芳林公園 ) and beat up the creepy miko girl ( わら子 )

ぼくのともだち My Friend
- Go to the park and beat up 球蹴

ノブくん改造計画 Nobu-kun Modding Project
- Talk to Yukari Hanako 由花子 at Northwest Chuo-dori. She's apparently in love with Nobu but thinks his sense of fashion sucks. So it's your job to teach him!
- Hand over either 「有能ジャケットと有能スラックス」、「紺の学ランと紺のスラックス」、or「メイドブラウスとメイドスカート」to Nobu.

For 「メイドブラウスとメイドスカート」"Maid Dress and Maid Skirt", you need the skill book メイド喫茶攻略入門編 "A Guide to Maid Cafes" which you can obtain by earning maid points at the cafe.
For 「有能ジャケットと有能スラックス」you need the skill book「出来るビジネスマン仕事術」which you can get at Southeast Chuo-dori ( 中央通り南東 ).

Note: The easiest and most amusing one is the maido outfit with cat ears. Mwahaha! You get to make the perv Nobu crossdress! >:D

- Go outside and go back in. Talk to Nobu again.
- Talk to Yukari Hanako

メイドまみれ Covered with Maids  (Coexistence Route only)
- Go to UD+ and beat up maidos
Note: Stop battle mode once in a while to prevent your clothes health from falling dangerously low

勝利の栄光を、君に To You, The Glory of Victory
- Talk to 安村 at the park. Pick 「お前の衣装をいただく」
- Strip him.
- Report to information broker

人捜し Searching for Someone  (Coexistence Route only)
- Talk to 紳士 "gentleman" on the roof. He will ask you to take pictures of Rui.
- Take Rui's picture by pressing L + O
- Give them to him

What's interesting about this particular mission is... this guy is actually an important character. This particular mission also affects the ending according to the wiki, but I'm not sure exactly how it influences it. Read below for spoilers lol
He'll mention that he ran away from his wife and child. Because of that, he came to regret it, so he's secretly trying to look for them. However, he needs a picture of Rui to see if she's really his daughter. At the end of the co-existence route, Rui's mother aka the Queen eventually tells her about how she was in love with a human, who was his father. They lived a normal life together with Rui. Those days were like a dream. However, when he found out that she was Kageyashi, he ran away. So that probably explains why she's up for wiping out humans.


カゲヤシ サブミッション
Kageyashi Sub-missions

デート所望 Date Request
(Needed to progress the main storyline)
- Go to the cafe in Junk Street and talk to Rui to start the cutscene

異次元転送 Transmission from Another Dimension
- Meet 森泉鈴 on the roof. She'll tell you she wants food cause she's hungry.
- Give 5 kebabs, 10 oden cans, 20 ramen, one omelet (from the maid cafe)
You can get the rest of the items from the convenience store in front of the station. Some NPCs like high schoolers also drop the items.


NIRO サブミッション
NIRO Sub-missions


ドアを開けるその前に Before You Open The Door
- Satoko wants you to take care of a deliveryman ( 配達員 ) kageyashi who's been causing trouble.
- Find him at Southwest Chuo-dori and beat him up
- Talk to the information broker


その他 サブミッション
Other Sub-missions

きれいなおねえさん Beautiful Lady
- So the information broker spotted this pretty girl at the park and wants you to get her e-mail address
- Go to the park and talk to her

チェリー収穫 Cherry Harvest
- Talk to the Servant ( 下僕 ). The Master will tell you that she wants you to bring her a cherry. According to the wiki, there are 3 ways you can complete this mission: Lure 1 of 2 high schoolers or bring actual cherries to her. I have no idea where you get the actual cherries, so I lured the schoolgirl.
- You will find a wandering school girl in Junk Street. Dress up in school clothes. Either a 「学ラン」and「ブラックスラックス」combo or a 「女子高生のベスト」and「女子高生のスカート」combo. Crossdressing will work too, no matter how suspicious you look. XD

Friday, February 27, 2015

Black Diary Case 3 Update

Development for Black Diary Case 3 is complete! It will be available in stores within a few weeks.

The school festival is drawing near and someone's been leaving copies of a deceased student's compositions around. Now everyone involved in the school play is afraid that they are being cursed by a ghost! It's up to Colette to unravel the secrets behind the mysterious school play phantom! But... they're not the only secrets she'll be unraveling.

... I think I added way more comedy into this case. lol

Stuff to expect:
- More of Jean Bellerose
- Another bad end
- Ayase still missing
- A cliche fireworks scene?!
- Tom being a suspect... again.
- Tom's secret
- Fighting games and RPG battles
- More references

Screenshots!





Thursday, February 26, 2015

Black Diary Free Demo

I finally got around to fixing up the demo. Originally, we planned to release it once the full version is complete, but here it is anyway! xD

Random Case 3 screenshot:



Tuesday, February 17, 2015

[Walkthrough] Fate Extra CCC

These are the walkthroughs I'm using while playing the game. Special thanks to Kimiko-chan for linking me to the complete Jap walkthrough!

You should be able to get by with google's page translation, but if someone requests it, I can do a bit of translating for those parts that are kinda vague.

CHAPTER 1 隷属庭園 - Backyard of Eden 
CHAPTER 2 計算監獄 - Girl's Side Laboratory -
CHAPTER 3 愛憎唇紅 - Alter Ego / M -
CHAPTER 4 麻酔城塞 - Sick/Home Sink -
CHAPTER サクラ - BAD END -
CHAPTER 5 血々純潔 - Iron Maiden Princess -
CHAPTER 6 快楽臨界 - Alter Ego/S -
CHAPTER 7 乙女ノ深層 - I love You -

Costumes


As for the English translation of the dialogue (though only for Gilgamesh's route), you can refer to this site.



(I think this is for a different ending? I'm not sure. I'm translating this from the page in the Jap walkthrough cause it seems important xD)

Chapter 1

- Talk to Leo, buy the old school uniform and give it to Sakura

Chapter 2

- Talk to Sakura in the infirmary before going inside the Sakura Labyrinth to look for Gatou

- Sakura Labyrinth 2nd Layer 5F, BB Channel
You gain BB's SG1 if you answer 「なぜセンパイと呼ぶ?」"Why do you call me senpai?"

- Before going inside Rani's relief/that place where boss fights are held, go to the Labyrinth's entrance and talk to Sakura. Answer either 「みんなのために」or「君が辛そうだから」, "For everyone's sake" or " Because you seem happy about it."

Chapter 3

- At the beginning of the chapter, after the student council room event and before entering the labyrinth, Talk to Sakura in the infirmary (and obtain her medicine)

- After the war against Passion Lip, pick these choices:
「…………それは、できない」, "..... I can't do that"
「……トドメを刺さない」, ".... deliver the final blow"

Chapter 4

- After getting Jinako's SG1 and the student council event, talk to Sakura in the infirmary before entering the labyrinth.

Chapter 5

- Gaining BB's SG2 (you can increase it as you please?) <-- not sure what it's referring to

- After getting Elizabeth's SG1 and the student council room event, go to the infirmary and transfer the sacrament before going to the labyrinth.

Chapter 6

- After reaching the 16F, go to the student council room then to the infirmary and transfer the sacrament (30,000SM)

- In the student council room after clearing the 17F
Talk to Rani then go to the infirmary
Answer 「……それは、できない」"... I can't do that"

- 18F, inside M3
Answer「BBを心配する」"I'm worried about BB"

- After the battle with メルトリリス
Answer「…………それは、できない」and「……このまま、止めさせない」

Chapter 7

- After obtaining the legendary formal attire and before entering your room, go to the infirmary (acquire BB's SG3)
Warning: From here on, the events will be the CCC route
After entering your room, answer:
「自分たちと桜のため」

- Before entering Sakura's relief, answer
「……桜のため」

Items

やきそばパン - Yakisoba Bread
Price: 150
マスターのMPを僅かに回復(MP3)
Restores a minuscule quantity of the master's MP

カレーパン - Curry Bread
Price: 100
マスターのMPを僅かに回復(MP2)
Restores a minuscule quantity of the master's MP

プレミアロールケーキ- Premium Jelly Roll
Price: 2000
マスターのMPを小回復
Restores a small quantity of the master's MP

エーテルの粉末 - Ether Powder
Price: 100
サーヴァントのHPを僅かに回復(HP100)
Restores a minuscule quantity of the servant's HP

エーテルの欠片 - Ether Fragment
Price: 500
サーヴァントのHPを小回復(HP300)
Restores a small quantity of the servant's HP

エーテルの塊 - Ether Shard
Price: 1500
サーヴァントのHPを中回復(HP600)
Restores a moderate quantity of the servant's HP

魔術結晶の欠片 - Magic Crystal Fragment
Price: 2000
マスターのMPを小回復(MP50)
Restores a small quantity of the master's MP

薬酒の瓶 - Alcohol Bottle
Price: 3000
サーヴァントのMPを小回復(MP30)
Restores a small quantity of the servant's MP

治療薬 - Remedy
Price: 500
猛毒・麻痺・呪いを解除
Cures poison, paralysis and curse

リターンクリスタル - Return Crystal
Price: 300
サクラ迷宮から旧校舎へ帰還
Returns you to the old school building

 月海原学園の旧女子制服 - Tsukumihara's Old School Girl Uniform
Price: 98000
月海原学園の旧女子制服

 おしゃれメガネ男子用 - Stylish Glasses for Men
Price: 20000
メガネを着用することができる   
You can put on these glasses.