Kodokuhime

"I've always been able to see ghosts. It's not as big a deal as you'd think."

Developed in one month for the Battle Action Fantasy VN Jam 2023, Kodokuhime is a manga-inspired story about a girl with great spiritual sensitivity and a complete lack of awareness about everything else.

Himiko's been a wallflower her whole life- so plain and quiet that even the spirits around her never take an interest. But a chance encounter on her way to school might just be the thing to thrust her into the forefront of her very own story.

With black-and-white styling and comic-inspired presentation, Kodukuhime aims to emulate the feeling  of a classic shonen manga- full of humor, action, and drama.  Framed as the "first chapter" of what would go on to be a weekly series, it can be played through in a single 20-30 minute session.

Team:

Character Art by @ilmenskie

Character Design and Additional Models by aarenders

Creature Art and Costume Design by Maxie @fawnedness

Character/Costume Design by Elise @gingerybiscuit

Background and VFX Sprites by  @beecusp

Core Engine by Patrick  Mulholland @mcf_works

With Sound and Additional Models from Unity Asset Store

With Skybox Meshes from City Generator by ProbableTrain

Made in Unity with Naninovel

Written, Developed, and Directed by Brian Mulholland

Instructions:

1. Download Kodukuhime.zip
2. Right Click on the file and unzip/extract the contents
3. Double-click on Kodukuhime.exe
4. Use your left mouse button or space bar to progress through dialogue.