I need to start playing more cases, so since I was part of the comp, and yours is the first to be showcased... Let's go.
*one tiny sliver of unloadable images* literally unplayable /s (I think all cases have a tiny percentage of "missing" images, but I never notice anything missing tbh)
aaaaaaaaand I forget that my laptop can destroy your ears even at "18" volume. Thanks Idea sound effect!
oh, btw, if I make an observation for a recurring issue one time, I won't be mentioning it constantly
Are we even real???
No, I dont want to be in an illusion!
Side note, lack of line breaks gets a little distracting on longer words
Ayyy, out man Pheonix back in Britain.
>Assault trial
Yay another non-murder!
Lobby seems fancy for a high school
That's the budget they have in Japanifornia.
Hmm, I can see that the sprites are blurry. Perhaps you need to check your setting when resizing them if you decide to fix that
...unless his mouth is open? That looked pretty clean, actually
Oh, it's his nervous pose. Maybe something went wrong with resizing the first one.
The DDLC sprites are designed to be sized about three times as large as the AAO dimensions so...it was unavoidable. Unless I could find a way to make it so it isn't the case but I haven't been able to find one yet.
On the frame where Monica introduces herself, her profile gets added, yet the text box still has the speaker as "???"
In an unrelated note, I haven't played(/read?) DDLC so erm, I hope nothing specific is said that I need to be aware of
Maybe I should put a disclaimer somewhere...
> And so we can still abide by the "Only three people talking" rule that DJ decided that this case follows.
We want the fourth wall intact, thank you. I say, as I completely destroy it myself, in my case
Oh, you don't know the half of what DDLC does.
The injury report covers Monika's face... Maybe have it be shown on the top-left side?
Fixed!
Aha! The first hypeshot! As we have seen, not too well...
D'aw, Phoenix, don't be so humble
>(Great. Now I'm jealous that I had to start school as early as 8 AM.)
Same... I had to wake up at 7 to catch the bus, too... Until the pandemic and later university, thankfully.
Press conversation transitioned rather suddenly (not writing-wise, but graphics-wise). It could use a fade
Didn't wanna take the time to do the fades cause I'm too lazy.
>(Three is just not my lucky number, it seems.)
Third time's NOT the charm...
>(WHAT?! Why would you get so upset over something like that?!)
Maybe he was jealous?
>Well, it wasn't so much a "struggle" as it was an "assault."
You know, same diff.
>(...and some things I DEFINITELY didn't need, too.)
Like anxiety!
MC... as in, Monika C[rest of her last name that I don't know and also is conveniently hidden in her profile]?
For future reference, "MC" is what the DDLC community generally calls the player character.
"Uwa~!"
Phoenix, don't tell me you don't know what uwa means. Like, come on who DOESN'T... *whistles*
Like yes, see, Monica just explained! You big dummy
We can't all be an anime schoolgirl.
He was just standing there... menacingly...
GET OUT OF THERE, NATSUKI
>Why would he go from assaulting his daughter to suddenly caring about her?!
A certain story several people have read here would beg to differ, but I can't say more without spoiling. (Hint: Uu~)
I...can't say I know what you're referencing there.
>(I can't argue against that... for now.)
Ohoho! "For now"!
>But why bother restraining him at all? Why not contact the authorities?
Not to mention, how did they restrain him in the first place?
Never underestimate the strength of high school boys.
>I'd repeat what he said, but I don't think it would be appropriate in a high school environment.
Bad Hideki
>Nor appropriate in an AAO environment.
Dammit, I just rebuilt the fourth wall earlier!
>Well...I just so happened to be nearby at the time.
So convenient
>(Where did she hear about me, anyway?)
"You are the BEST lawyer protagonist in ANY game!"
...I'm gonna press the uwa~ statement.
>(It's like the purpose of this trial is to only have three people in here or something...)
I'm giving up trying to keep the 4th wall intact
As you should.
Uh oh, penalty bar is flashing!
Let's make the wrong decisions first.
>Before we continue, I'd like to take a moment to directly address the player.
>I know you simply chose the joke option to get some funny and interesting dialogue here.
I hate you
>Now, this is probably the part where you load the save you made at the part where you made this choice.
I hate you even more
>If you don't load the save, then I'll know that you can take responsibility for your actions.
Fiiiiiiiine I'll live with the penalty
>While you might have a point about Sayori's testimony, I should remind you that we have two others.
One down, two to go!
>Absolutely. She enjoys reading dark fantasy, horror, those kinds of books.
Shy, reserved and full of darkness
>(Argh! Can't let something like poetry distract from the case. Focus!)
How about song lyrics? Definitely not in my case
>(Why can't anything look good for my client in this trial?)
You should have learned by now, Phoenix...
So Hideki was *only* holding the manga book ,eh?... Kihihihi...
Do I look at more dialogue, or present the bottle... Eh lets see more dialogue.
There's something much more to the case... Wonder if a certain MC will have anything to do with it.
>Well...there was that time when Yuri brought wine to to the Literature Club...
Gee...
>Penalty bar
I wanna see if she will be disappointed with me again
OK she doesn't
Nah, she's not that mean. Usually.
>You would know if you examined it thoroughly!
>I presented Natsuki
uuuuuuuuuuh......
Um...erm...*throws smoke bomb and dashes outta there*
Hi-de-ki Tes-ti-mo-ny
>Missing a bottle someone was holding isn't the same as missing another person at the scene.
What if it's a glass person? WHAT THEN MONIKA???
>Mr. Mozokuyo went back to the car. I'll give you that.
She's about to say what I think she is...
>What if he was going to retrieve a weapon?
She did.
>Even if we're adding more frames into a case that's supposed to be "short and sweet."
Hey my case is also supposed to be "short and sweet"
>*deep breath*
Boi
>She was afraid that people wouldn't be friends with her anymore if they knew she had a monster of a dad.
Emotionally-charged speeches ftw...
*Three* students?
I knew it was Monika
The "Hold it!" in the amended statement is not timed, btw
Fixed!
>Definitely loud enough to be heard from my car, which was around a thousand feet away.
Let me just google this in meters... WHEW that's a long distance to hear a glass bottle break. How is this school built?
Basically, imagine any school courtyard from a visual novel. Especially ones with Japanese names. That's the school.
>It's also overly convenient for your story. [referring to shock]
I have the opposite scenario in my case and we have a lot of parallels so far and it's a bit freaky
MC doesn't seem to be Monika, since Hideki doesn't mention her... For now, I'll say it was her in disguise
Not true but the idea of Monika disguised as MC is just...cursed.
Presenting wrong evidence for checking Hideki's credibility doesn't play the "Take That!" sound effect
Fixed!
>We can't have Yuri testify. That would be breaking the rules.
Phoeniiiiix, come oooooon, catch up already!
>Oh, so you CAN take responsibility for your actions and accept consequences.
Yay, I got some praise!
>You really wanna know?
I'm getting some story-I-mentioned-earlier-but-can't-outright-say-because-spoilers vibes again...
Aaaaaaand Monika is just confessing?
>You see, Mr. Wright. You're a video game character.
I kinda called it earlier
>Why would people play a video game about lawyers?!
Oh hey, another hypeshot!
>He's a user on AAO who loves making crossover cases for some reason.
You have obliterated the fourth wall already so no surprise you call yourself out
You expected anything else?
>I'll spare you the details of that game, but long story short, I fall in love with the player.
Monika, I'm sorry, but I don't swing that way
Wow. Way to reject Monika's confession. /j
This case is something else entirely now
>Because this is all just a video game!
A game th-- wait, no, nvm
>Heck, I'm not even a real character in DDLC.
RIP
>I had a similar reaction when I first became self-aware, too.
Oh no, the uprising of the AAO sprites!
>As such, I'll just destroy this world.
And this led to The Lawpocalypse
Testimony time!
>You've successfully shown that I assaulted Natsuki.
Yeah, because you told us so
After showing her errors via "They shall not kill", "Ah!" and "That's right!" are merged together
Fixed that issue
>I think you have a talk with your client to get to. Here. I'll send you to the lobby.
To get to... where?
Poor Hideki...
After Phoenix's "...", before "...I know how you feel."the frame is not timed
Fixed
>She's a bright ball of happiness and I love her with all my heart.
Awwww...
AFter Hideki leaves, the frame is not timed.
aaaand its the end!
the three-liner credits go by a bit fast. also one frame has blips
oho? It's not the end?
Oh, it's Monika.
Hey one of my favourite songs!
Bye, Monika!