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Plot and Characters

Our story begins with thirteen carefully selected students from the ranks of Arcadia International, an international equivalent to Hope’s Peak Academy. These thirteen were specifically chosen to prototype the Academy’s new semester abroad program that has them visit countries around the world via cruise ship.However, whilst in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a mysterious entity known only as Monovolk hijacks the ship, brutally slaughtering the staff aboard and forcing the once hopeful students into a game of kill or be killed all coordinated by Monovolk's twisted and bizarre mechanical creations.With no way to contact authorities, the students try evading playing Monovolk’s game, but as pressure and paranoia grows with no help in sight, it is only a matter of time before someone cracks…

Veronica Moriarty - Ultimate Mystery NovelistDiscovered in only her early teens after submitting a now award-winning murder mystery manuscript to a magazine, Veronica has written over 100 murder mystery novels under all kinds of pseudonyms. Never before though has she had to be in the detective's chair as herself, but there's a first for everything.While outwardly cheerful and bubbly, there is a darker side to Veronica that relishes the dark and morose elements of the world. It's not unusual to find Veronica deeply pondering the inner machinations of the criminal mind and obsessing with the fragility of life.Phoebe Bertinelli - Ultimate VandalBio Unlocks in Late-MayNoah Lasko - Ultimate PhilosopherBio Unlocks in Early-JuneCharlotte Lee - Ultimate DiverBio Unlocks in Late-MayElias Frisk - Ultimate ScholarBio Unlocks in Late-JuneDiana Willows - Ultimate Lucky StudentBio Unlocks in Mid-JuneNicholas Herschl - Ultimate EconomistBio Unlocks in Early-JulyRiley Driscoll - Ultimate Sketch ArtistBio unlocks in Mid-JulyDain Bolt - Ultimate Folklorist*Bio unlocks in Early-AugustChai Cabellero - Ultimate Counselor*Bio unlocks in Mid-AugustTobias Rosales - Ultimate Music ProducerBio unlocks in Late-AugustRachael Campbell - Ultimate Team CaptainBio unlocks in Early-SeptemberMore Characters Coming Soon

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Development

The Original KillSwitch

Danganronpa: Killswitch originally began development in late 2019 but was very unfortunately shelved in the wake of the pandemic and the Hong Kong Protests. Only a single chapter was produced in this time that didn't even have full implementation... For some reason though it had a full voice cast. Lessons were learned about priorities to say the least. As most of the participants went on their own paths, there was little hope KillSwitch would ever return.But two members from the original project were determined not to give up, and in the early weeks of 2024, the two of them with their new skills and knowledge in hand picked up what was left of the little Fangan that could and started again. Characters were rewritten, cut out entirely, and a proper plan was written to actually realistically finish the project.

Timeline of Production

Completed
January 2024
• Start of Project
• Myoty brought on as Artist & Programmer
• Hawken brought on as Composer
• Basic Unity functionality from original project recovered
February 2024
• Beboop brought on as a new Writer
• Style Study and Proposal Complete
• First Sprite Completed (Charlotte)
March 2024
• First Sprite Set (Phoebe) Finished
• Main Music Theme begins composition
April 2024
• Zodai brought on as a new Writer
• All Character Designs Sketched
May 2024
• First Splash Art and Bio Complete (Veronica)
• Birdbox brought on as a new Programmer
• Game is Officially Set for Unity DevelopmentUpcoming
Note that these are anticipated dates and not set in stone.
July 2024 - Full Cast Art Reveal
September 2024 - First Teaser Reveal
January 2025 - First Chapter Available for Play
Early 2026 - All Episodes AvailableFor frequent smaller updates plus plenty of insights into the game's development, please make sure to follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/KSwitchFangan

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Staff

Myoty - Artist & ProgrammerMyoty or Gwen as she's more often known, is a self-taught artist who slowly honed her skills in the raging rapids of Twitter as a way to make due through the pandemic as her Computer Science degree suddenly became very useless. After finding her calling within the VTuber craze of 2021, her skills rapidly improved and what were once very menial doodles became coveted pieces of work. She now returns to the very game series that inspired her to start drawing in the first place now capable of doing what she couldn't manage to before.You can find more and commission Gwen through...• VGen: https://vgen.co/GwenMyoty
• Carrd: https://gwenmyoty.carrd.co
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gwenmyoty
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myotyg/

Hawken - Composer & WriterBio Coming Soon

Beboop - WriterPunishedBeboop (best alias to be sure) writes for the sake of entertaining his own imagination and others. He spends a large amount of this time listening to music and getting lost in his own head about scenes that would help move a plot forward, be thematic, and just be cool. Starting out with Legend of Zelda fanfics gave him his footing, however he found his niche after reading several, SEVERAL, bad isekai stories and thinking "I could do better than this" and gave it a shot. From there he went to write long form stories that only garnered attention from a very few from his group of friends. Someday he hopes to see one of his works drawn, and possibly animated.

Zodai - WriterBio Coming Soon

Bird Box - Programmer"zing zing its the fresh food king" (Editor's Note: Literally what he told me to write.)

Fahyda - AnimatorBio Coming Soon

You?The team working on Danganronpa: KillSwitch largely work on the project out of their free time as there is no plan to monetize the game at all. Making games is a lot of work, especially working as a volunteer. Given that, we need all the help we can get. If you believe you have skills that would help contribute to our dream and are willing to submit your time to the project in exchange for only free art and recognition, send us your resume and what work you feel you could contribute to at [email protected] and we'll take a look at it.