Lain Visual Novel Project

On 2012-12-15, several users of Mebious.co.uk decided to make a visual novel based on Serial Experiments Lain.

It will consist of a collection of short stories and use the Ren'Py visual novel engine.

Staff

• Amysteriousgal - Writer, possible artist
• bytor - editor, maybe writer
• アラベスク - audio stuff, Japanese translation, general enthusiast
• Ahania - tentative writer and programmy-stuff-do-er

Plan

The text used for the VN will be collected here in a page in the next section. Each page represents one short story idea that will be included. Feel free to add your own ideas or to choose an existing one to write up.

Music will be Creative Commons (any non-ND license). Possible source: http://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV

Backgrounds should mostly be made from anime screencaps. Some specific ones may need to be drawn or adapted from photos.

Character sprites will need to be drawn. (I'll try to draw some if she has time, but I can't guarantee quality. -Amysteriousgal)

Everything will then be assembled into a visual novel. (I'll try my best to do this, but I'm really not capable of anything beyond the basics at the moment. It's fortunate that Ren'Py has been around for long enough for there to be guides to practically everything. -Amysteriousgal)

Stories

• Come to the Wired
  • Chisa's story, leading up to her suicide. Also sort of like a prequel.
  • First draft completed

• Becoming God
  • The conspiracy from Eiri's point of view, beginning with the modification to Protocol 7 and finishing with the incarnation of Lain. Sort of a prequel to the anime.
  • Writer needed

• Visual Novel Experiments Lain
  • Visual novel adaptations of the text snippets found in Visual Experiments Lain.
  • In progress

• A day in the life of Lain
  • A light comedy where you go to school, explore the Wired, flirt with Alice, hallucinate, fulfill the prophecy, fend off your other self and try not to be too socially awkward.
  • Writer needed

• Love Experiments Lain
  • A dating sim with Lain, where the player plays as himself. Possible choice of which of the 3 Lain personalities to date?
  • Writer needed

Art

Character sprites

		Lain in school uniform, standard pose, 1st (default) expression, light atmosphere.
		Lain in school uniform, standard pose, 1st (default) expression, dark atmosphere.