Journal Entry #7: 'Finding Shouko' Released!

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Greetings! Finding Shouko has been completed and you can now download the app to your Android phone and start playing by downloading the file below! (See end of post for installation instructions)


Finding Shouko

Finding Shouko is a visual novel about love, friendship, hardship, and tragedy. Three friends embark on a journey to save their friend, Shouko, who went missing during a raid on their village during the Edo period of Japanese history. But not all is at it seems; demons are watching, human and otherwise. Sinister forces are watching their every move with calculating precision, unbeknownst to the three friends.

In this first issue you must decide how to start your journey. Do you leave your friends to protect the village and pursue Shouko on your own? Or do you sacrifice the safety of the village and take them with you? In this first release you will have six decisions to make. Each have their own ramifications and will shape how your friends look at you, and how you look at yourself. In this world your decisions carry weight, but you have to ask: how much of destiny will get in your way?

You decide.



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About Finding Shouko

Finding Shouko was created as part of my masters degree and was recently submitted, marking the end of my degree! So please enjoy and any comments are welcome. If you're interested in Android app development send me a message and I'll be happy to give some advice and a couple of links to online haunts to seek more advanced advice.

Finding Shouko was produced from May 2013 to September 2013. During this period I learnt to paint and sketch digitally, alongside learning how to make Android applications. It wasn't easy, but I'm supremely happy I did it all. Learning these skills was difficult, but that made it all the more worthwhile. I think learning technical skills with the goal of application to a project really makes them tight, because you've got to learn and learn fast - especially when you've got a deadline. I should also say that these skills weren't mandatory to learn either, they were relatively outside my degree but I managed to convince my tutors to let me do this and really showcase something unique and new to the department. 9 months later it's all turned out fine, so good news all round!

Installation instructions (pretty straight forward):

1. Have an Android phone
2. Download the file in this journal titled 'Finding Shouko.apk' 
3. Connect your phone via usb to your pc and upload the app (you may need to enable debugging via settings)
4. Start playing! 

If you have an older phone there may be some issues, mostly due to the small screen size; but they're not game breaking. If you have a medium to large screen on your phone it'll run perfectly! 
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I'm very interested in reading this story, but I can't seem to find the download link anywhere in this journal.