Download Black Diary's OST for Free!

I decided to just release the tracks for free. This download includes 18 game soundtracks (including some unused ones), and 3 bonus tracks from my vocaloid albums.

You can use these tracks for any non-commercial work.
I'd appreciate it if you'd add my name in the credits though. ^^

Download Here.
^ Mediafire download

Random photo just to take up space.

Black Diary: Design your own Ayase shirt!

Ayase's sprite is now up on the Spreadshirt marketplace. You can create customized items using the design like totebags, phone cases, etc. Just check out the link below!

Check out our Spreadshirt Shop for other products! We'll be adding more in the future.



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Black Diary Full Version - New Features and Endings!

Instead of just plainly compiling all the cases, we decided to add more content to make the gameplay more interesting. These are the things we're working on adding into Black Diary's full version:

1. New Endings

This time, you will actually get to save certain characters from their fate, but that will depend on your choices. At least 3 new endings will be added into the game.

2. New Scenes In-Game and Extra Scenes

There will be new scenes added, as well as unlockable extra scenes. There will also be an extra chapter added, but it's more of an after-story.

3. Friendship Points

More choices will be added into the story, which affects the friendship between Colette and the other characters. Some of them will affect the ending, some will unlock new scenes, and they will also unlock new info about the character in the memo.

3. Character Info

Now you will know their last names. lol More information about a character can be unlocked by gaining friendship points.

4. CG Gallery and Music Room

A must-have for visual novels.

Collect all the CGs and background music! We'll also be throwing in some bonus tracks too.

5. Scene Library and Endings List

To help you keep track of the scenes and endings you might have missed out. You can replay scenes from the scene library.

6. Memo

Now you can re-read the excerpts from the Black Diary which you already encountered, Collect all the excerpts!

7. More CGs

Gotta have more to collect.



Look forward to it~!

Black Diary Case 4 & 5 Released! The Final Cases

After a year of development, the Black Diary series is finally complete. It's been a long, fun ride. We would like to thank everyone who supported us (especially those who left encouraging messages on our page)! It's great getting to meet new people through game development. (＾▽＾)

You can download the last case from the Apple App Store here.


You can download the ED song Open Eyes here:

What's Next?

We'll be compiling all the cases into one full version and putting it up for sale on other game stores. We'll also be moving on to other platforms as well such as Android. The series may be complete, but we'll still work on improving the game.

Of course, we have new games in store, but no details will be revealed for now except for the pre-released OST below. I hope you look forward to our next work!

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.

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!

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:

Download the demo here!

Black Diary Case 2 Released! Plus Case 1 Update!

Case 2 Released!

Case 2 is finally out! This time, Colette has to deal with an obsessed stalker who is out to get Andrew! Besides having to deal with that, a new rival, the self-proclaimed #1 school detective Jean Bellerose also appears before her. Will Colette stop the stalker in time before more kidnapping incidents happen? Why is Ayase acting suspicious? And who is that mysterious creepy girl with a voodoo doll?

Download the PC version here:
(Note: It's under the ecchi site of dlsite, but it doesn't contain any ecchi.)



Notes:
- The iOS version has a few seconds of black screen load time. So, just so you know, it's working properly.

Updated Case 1!

In addition to the release of Case 2, we also have the updates for Case 1 available!

We re coded the whole script for Ren'py. Here are screenshots of our previous version and the new version side by side:

... not too different, but there's a small menu now at the bottom area of the new version.

What's new?

- Runs much smoother now thanks to Ren'py

- New Save/Load Screens!

An Update on Black Diary

First off, we haven't given up on the game, just in case you're wondering. We've received reports of crashing and some errors, so we decided to re-do the script in a different language. Barnabas is doing case 1 while I'm working on case 2. Splitting the work like this slows down our progress but we're able to release the two cases at more or less the same time this way. As of this moment we've completed around 80% of it. There are also other factors contributing to the slow progress, but I won't go into that in detail cause a lot of it is personal.

Anyway, I hope you'll look forward to the updated case 1 and case 2! (And not kill us for the errors from the first release and the delay... but really, we apologize for that Dx)

.......

So, here are some random art for the sake of making this post longer. lol

And some concept art of Dr. Cohen and Colette. Colette changed so much. Seriously. xD

Black Diary Case 2 Coming Soon!

I can't say when it will come out really. We don't have a stable schedule for our releases yet-- *gets shot for making excuses* (×_×;）

Anyway, case 2 will focus on the 'Obsessed Admirer'. Colette and Ayase help out a student named Andrew who refuses to go to school because he's being stalked by an obsessed admirer. After some attempts to try and capture the creepy stalker, Colette ends up getting targeted too, so everything ends up in a cat and mouse game.

At this point, the game slowly starts to get dark, so there'll be some *surprises*, though I suppose they won't be very noticeable until the next case.

And now for some sneak preview screenshots! “ヽ(´▽｀)ノ”

Cello makes a reappearance in chapter 2.

Now there's a shota in the game too.

Tune in for more updates~ Time to get back to writing the rest of the case 2! ＿φ(￣ー￣ ) Mehehe...

Azuneko Studio's Black Diary Case 1 is Released!

Title: Black Diary Case 1
Developer: Azuneko Studio
Release Date: July 2014
Platform: PC, iOS
Type: Visual Novel


Summary:

Colette is a high school detective who investigates a series of unusual mysteries that take place within the school. As she solves cases of missing students, an obsessed stalker, a play-sabotaging phantom, and a suicidal literature-lover, she starts to uncover bits and pieces of an even bigger mystery whose mastermind could be someone just by her side. Is the truth uncovered real? Or is it all just part of someone's plan?


This whole game is actually divided into cases. Right now, only the first case is released, which is about an hour of playtime (that is if no detours were taken).

The main character is the cheerful fried-eggs-loving girl named Colette Leblanc who is such a danger magnet that she gets hit by a ball in the head and ends up in the infirmary. There she meets Dr. Cohen, a creepy doctor whose smiles are a rarity (except around Colette of course), who challenges her to solve mysteries around the school. Colette accepts and her first task is to prove Tom Hamilton innocent.

Case 1 is divided into 2 parts, the first is all about helping Tom clear his name. The second part is the real deal, which is about a pianist named Risa who went missing on the night of the test of courage (which is pretty much that whole exploring an abandoned school building at night). So you go around, gather info, and finally piece together what happened that night. 

At times, you have to argue with some characters. The game employs a 'life' system, where you start off with 5 lives and lose one every time you pick the wrong choice. So, you're better off paying attention to details.

Black Diary also has a set of quirky characters like the justice-obsessed student council president Mikhail and the carrot-sporting Nora. Of course, there are normal ones too like Colette's best friend, Ayase, who acts like a mother figure, and the unfortunate Tom, who always ends up in people's suspect list. (lol. Poor Tom.)

Nope. Danger magnet Colette will always head to danger.

Nora defending her choice of TV shows.

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