Castaways
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Hi all and I'm happy to introduce my first visual novel project, Castaways!
You play as Lily, a young, motivated woman who is leaving home for the first time to start a new career and life in Japan.
On the journey, though, something goes horribly wrong and the plane crashes. You and a small group of other people are marooned on an unknown tropical island.
Follow Lily and her fellow survivors as they work out how to help each other, face off the island's dangers and try to make it home. Maybe you'll even find love along the way with one of these other castaways...?
Meet The Guys
The game is purely just a visual novel, with fairly straightforward gameplay involving only reading and choices, no puzzles or character control. It will feature:
- 6 playable routes, 2 with different route paths
- 1 'secret' ending
- 21 unlockable CGs
- Beautiful backgrounds that shift from day to night
- 10 individual character sprites
This game is fairly unique, in that in each playthrough you will only have 4 out of the 6 available men on the island with you (selected by your choices early in the game), and the social nature of the situation that you find yourself in means they will all interact with each other as well as with you. Some of them are amiable and helpful, but others might not get along with each other (try putting Seth and Billy in the same group if you like to stir up trouble...).
When playing through over again for different routes, try out various combinations and see what new parts of their personalities you uncover!
Released for Windows, Mac and Linux on 30/05/2020!
Thanks for reading and please post any comments or suggestions below - we would love to hear your feedback!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CastawaysGame
LemmaSoft: https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=48203&p=478071#p478071
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Development log
- Released!May 30, 2020
- New Artist - Welcome RuneRaccoon!May 04, 2018
Comments
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Hello Tibault, this game was so fun and cute! I love how although it was a stranded island setting, there was lots of heartwarming and fluffy moments despite some tense scenes. It made me smile a lot. I didn't like Seth initially but after learning his backstory, he became one of my favourites! I think Billy is my ultimate favourite though, he's so adorable and buff and being an amazing swimmer too is a plus hehe. Adam and James are utter cutie pies, and Chris is just a big sweetheart despite appearances.
I wanted to ask how do you get the last CG/secret ending? I have done all 6 character routes and my CG gallery is complete except for the last image on the last page. Unless the secret ending is the bad ending? Please let me know if I missed anything!
Hi OtomeLover!
Thank you so much for your review, I really appreciate it. Yes, I love adding depth to characters beyond what they appear to be, I'm glad you stuck with Seth long enough to understand why he tries so hard to keep you away! :) it's so nice that you enjoyed playing through each of the routes (and yes, Billy's definitely very fit! Haha!)
I'm ashamed to admit that the 'last' CG is actually a complete red herring left over from when I (stupidly) forgot to take out the placeholder from my initial release. It's literally just the 'grey' background image which the code ties into the other locked images, which I forgot to remove after finishing the gallery. First-timer and all that >.< apologies for what must be a total letdown! (congrats on 100%ing the game though!!)
Thanks for taking the time to write me though, and I hope you have a very pleasant weekend!!
Tibault
Hi Tibault,
Yes, it was really amazing! I felt so bad for Seth that I wanted to punch his family so hard. Billy is my ultimate fav, him shirtless is just beaut T-T
Ah, all good! Thank you for confirming! Just double checking that there's no secret end then? In the description, it mentions:
- 6 playable routes, 2 with different route paths
- 1 'secret' ending
- 21 unlockable CGs
- Beautiful backgrounds that shift from day to night
- 10 individual character sprites
So I just wanted to confirm I did 100% the game, definitely don't want to miss any of your wonderful content!
Cheers,
OtomeLover
Hi OtomeLover,
The ´secret ending´ is the extra ending on Adam's route, which you need to have selected a certain choice in the earlier dialogue with him in order to unlock. I assume since you have all the other CGs that you've already found that one ;)
You've definitely 100%ed the game. And again I'm so glad to hear how much you enjoyed it! Thank you for playing :)
Best,
Tibault
Just finished, loved it! I was worried about a walkthrough but it wasn't necessary. If anything the hardest part was picking who would be on the island with you. Very good story and lots of character depth. Art is beautifully done, both the sprites and the CGs Highly recommend.
Hi Lucky,
Thank you so much for your kind feedback! I'm really pleased to hear you enjoyed the game :) and it means a lot that you took the time to post a review. I appreciate it!
Have a wonderful day!
Tibault
Just re-found this in my computer and gave it a play after so long. It was just as good as I remember! I will forever cross my fingers that you make another game.
Hey Tabby! Thanks for the kind comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the game just as much as the first time :)
I've actually written the script for two other games that are out already, however as they were produced by Gallium Games, they are not F2P, I'll leave them here below for you in case you are interested in giving a look. Dead Man's Rest was my own design, and The Hepatica Spring was a commission :)
https://gallium-games.itch.io/dead-mans-rest
https://gallium-games.itch.io/the-hepatica-spring
I also have another game upcoming with them soon, my own design, as yet unnamed and in early-stage development, which will be a F2P mobile game - so I'll update this post when I have an official link for it! :)
Thank you for all the support <3
Thanks! I just didn't know you had partnered with them. I will check them out!
I ADOREEEE THIS GAME! It's so cute and the dialogue is so good! Congratulations on making this. And thank you!
Since I'm here, I can't seem to get the last 3 CGs... wanna share how to get them?
Hi CaramelPuff! Thank you for your comment and I'm so sorry it took so long to reply!
I'm so glad to hear you've enjoyed the game!
As far as the last three CGs...
Without giving it away completely, remember that there are extra options in Adam's route, and one of them will give you the chance to get a second, different happy ending with him. Two of the CGs are unlocked this way ^^
The third....is my bad >.< it's literally just the 'locked' standard jpg that I left in there after testing to make sure it worked, because I am absent minded!! I'm so sorry for that, haha!
Best of luck obtaining the other two that you need :)
Thank you!! And I'm so happy they're Adam related CGs, he's one of my fav characters!
Ahahaha don't worry about it, really XD
Can't believe I just found the game now but this is so cute and well done! Good job and thank you to the creator(s) for making this! I think it's so underrated ;;; The MC is sooo well-written, she's not overbearing even when she takes the lead and she's really all in all a good person 10/10 I love her! Every other characters are so good too and the relationship developments have a really nice flow. This game made me laugh so much and cry a little too. I love it!!! Thank you for this! <3
hey Littlemochii, thanks so much for the comment and I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed the game!
Creating experiences like this is the reason I made Castaways, so I'm so happy that you liked the characters and the story :)
Appreciate the kind words!
Hi Tibault!
I'm on my first walkthrough, everything's looking good and I'm enjoying the story right now!
I've found a bug :) Adam appeared unexpectedly in the story (one of the phrases from this episode: "Adam gets up to greet us, and Kaz drapes an arm around his shoulder") My current set of LIs is Kazuki, Chris, Seth, James. I've made three choices on the island. All of them were Kazuki-centered :D I hope that'll help.
Hi Kelanael!
Thanks so much for your comment and I'm really glad you're enjoying the story :)
I appreciate the report and I'll make sure to fix it! With 15 different iterations of how the island can look, I definitely would've had a few slip through the gaps, so thank you for spotting that! I'll have a new Adam-free version released later.
I hope you continue to enjoy! <3
I really love the idea of this game <3
Can't wait for it to come out and see all the other works you might plan to do in the future!!
Good thing you found a new artist, I'll be downloading it when it comes out \(^,^)/
Good luck!!
Thanks so much for the comment! :)
Due to all the shuffling about of artists it's now looking like a later release but we are still hoping for 2018 :)
I hope you enjoy the game when it's out!
Take as much time as you want, the longer you take on the project the better it will turn out <3
I'll deffo try it out the moment it hits the full release!!
It's out! :3
It's out indeed! I hope you enjoy :)
Commented on Lemmasoft but I'm seriously excited for this!
Hi Godline, thank you for your comment!
Sorry the page looks a mess at the moment the image hosting site went down so I am in the process of fixing it!
We got a new artist added to the team last week and we are still looking on track for a September release :)
Omigosh two years later. But I know what I'll be playing this weekend coming.