Anime Panic at Multiverse High! - a new visual novel by DoubleBear

Mexi · Aug 17, 2016

Wow, they said they wouldn't ever go back to the zombie genre, but fuck, this looks horrible.

MRY · Aug 17, 2016

I'm glad to see Vault Dweller has settled on a catchier name for Colony Ship RPG!

Zombra · Aug 17, 2016

LESS T_T · Aug 17, 2016

MRY · Aug 17, 2016

PC Gamer has more, including a screenshot of their next game, a jRPG: http://www.pcgamer.com/panic-at-multiverse-high-may-be-the-most-ridiculous-dating-sim-yet/

Zdzisiu · Aug 17, 2016

3 unique stats motherfuckers! Bask in the RPG glory.

LESS T_T · Aug 17, 2016

MRY said:
PC Gamer has more, including a screenshot of their next game, a jRPG: http://www.pcgamer.com/panic-at-multiverse-high-may-be-the-most-ridiculous-dating-sim-yet/

Oh, there is.

Zombra · Aug 17, 2016

This is all horrible, but I admit I'm amused that one of the more interesting characters from Dead State makes a return here.

Roguey · Aug 18, 2016

LESS T_T said:
Oh, there is.

Great to see by the UI that we know who the audience for this is.

Jimmious · Aug 18, 2016

What the actual fuck

Roguey · Aug 18, 2016

I'm too impatient for Steam stats so

http://steamcommunity.com/stats/515000/achievements 20% of players have received all the achievements, and 33.3% have achieved the most, so by using the power of mathematics, I can confidently say 15 people own this so far (likely including developers, meaning two customers at best have actually started playing it). After Steam's cut, they've made nearly $100 in day one purchases.

Additionally, it turns out Annie didn't provide any art. It was a Literally Deviantart-tier artist http://shelldragon.deviantart.com/ and this person https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-bergh-00199110 which brings up all kinds of questions.

Mozg said:
When you let your girlfriend think she's talented

From the archive link on the last page

I was enthralled with the idea of putting a comic on the web (now it seems like "well, DUH," but trust me, at the time it seemed revo-frickin-lutionary), and almost at once I started coming up with a cast of characters... who quickly evolved into Blue and her friends. However, sadly, for all this drive I had bugger-all technical know-how: this changed in the fall of 2000, when I met Josiah, who taught me how to use Photoshop, and shortly after we began dating. I told him of my ideas, and he agreed to help me set up a webpage for it, and for a full year I puttered around clearing up character design, coming up with script ideas (honestly, most of which have never been used), and generally mucking about. In October 2001 we were lucky enough to have Lem "Hot Soup" Pew of Lethal Doses consent to hang out with us (after me finding out that holy crap, he lived in the Twin Cities too). After he saw my drawings, he said "Yeah, it's good. Why the hell isn't it up on the web yet?" - thus giving me the kick in the ass I needed to actually START the comic, and quit dithering around. (Thank you again, Lem!) Thus a month later, on November 6, 2001, I'm Blue FINALLY went live, and Josiah took on the 'Web Guy' title he holds to this day - as I remain the hack writer/artist/creator that I am. After attracting volumes of praise (untrue) and millions of fans (that's a lie), the comic is still going strong, even after such moments as finishing college (May 2003), getting married to the self-same Web Guy Josiah (May 2003 as well), moving to Irvine (also May 2003), and making it through many work milestones and crunch times.

It keeps happening.

Ninjerk · Aug 18, 2016

Thanks again, Lem :negative:

toro · Aug 18, 2016

Looks good.

SniperHF · Aug 18, 2016

My favorite part is the community section which has 3 threads and one of them is an 8 point code of conduct post :shittydog:

Excidium II · Aug 18, 2016

LESS T_T said:
MRY said:

PC Gamer has more, including a screenshot of their next game, a jRPG: http://www.pcgamer.com/panic-at-multiverse-high-may-be-the-most-ridiculous-dating-sim-yet/

Click to expand...

Oh, there is.

I wanna rape the eysockets of people who think having pixels of different size is acceptable. Also that outline :prosper:

btw lol @ the obvious forced diversity.

Excidium II · Aug 18, 2016

Roguey said:
Additionally, it turns out Annie didn't provide any art. It was a Literally Deviantart-tier artist http://shelldragon.deviantart.com/

SniperHF · Aug 18, 2016

felipepepe · Aug 18, 2016

Well, I suddenly feel a lot more comfortable & confident in my life choices...

But seriously, I get moving from a full game to a visual novel after people hating combat in your games while praising your writing... but this?

If you're going the crappy DeviantArt route at least add tons of sex, huge dicks, furries, inflation and original Sonic characters, that will at least get some sales.

Ninjerk · Aug 18, 2016

I'm pretty sure you could pay peanuts for a better artist than this.

Kalin · Aug 18, 2016

A logical next step from the creators of the zombie abortion simulator.

Bumvelcrow · Aug 18, 2016

So is this DoubleBear's new direction? Have they abandoned any thoughts of more ambitious games (and indeed games in general). Does anyone know how bad the Dead State sales were?

I backed Dead State but the reviews were so uninspiring I still haven't played it. :cry:

LESS T_T · Aug 18, 2016

Oh, there's a website for the JRPG-defense game: http://www.panic.doublebearproductions.com/

In 19XX, Earth is attacked by a mysterious force from beyond our dimension! Their message – submit or die! In a last desperate attempt to strike back, the World Defense Force puts their resources into creating the Pandimensional Attack Nexus and Intelligence Command – the dimensional phasing base known as PANIC! Staffed with Earth’s smartest and bravest, they may be the last hope for our universe, and perhaps every dimension in the Multiverse! And all they have to do is win against incomprehensible odds… wait, what? How is that a plan?!

Your mission: collect heroes from all over the Multiverse and bring the fight to the enemy, the self-proclaimed overlord of the Multiverse, King Sha’art! PANIC’s gameplay is a mix of classic JRPGs and a Tug-O-War system. Push forward and take the fight to the enemy bases and bosses before they can destroy your base.

*All shots are taken from a pre-Alpha build

Player Base

Enemy Base

Use special attacks and actions to change the tide of battle. Level your heroes to unlock new abilities!

Hero action attack

Hero special attack

Use a combination of over twenty heroes with unique abilities to take down the enemy as fast as you can! But be careful, the enemy will keep sending out more difficult waves until you finally take them down! If you lose all your heroes or your base, PANIC will be forced to warp back to its home dimension.

Enemy Attack

Boss Attack

Back at the base, spend resources to buy items, upgrade your base and heroes, turn in Collector bounties, and unlock new universes.

Gadgeteer Store

Collector Store

Story unfolds as you upgrade heroes and move the campaign forward. To truly see all of the story, you will need to complete as much of the game as you can!

Story Cutscene

PANIC in the Multiverse! It's everything you always wanted in a game, even if you never knew it. For those ready to play the future of yesterday today, it's time to PANIC!