What choices will you make
in this ever-changing world?
What choices will you make
in this ever-changing world?
Emotion-Driven AI:
The Karel System
Under the Karel System, characters' moods and relationships change in response to your choices. These decisions influence not only character dialogue, but also how characters feel about each other, and even the story's ultimate outcome.
Characters with
Real Emotions
The feeling and behaviors of Ashihara's residents change depending on their mood, desires, and relationships.
Different Events
Every Playthrough
Factors such as the location, time of day, and inter-character relationships affect the events you see in any given playthrough.
Thirteen interconnected lives.
One unique summer.
Thirteen interconnected lives.
One unique summer.
The Ordinary
Experience the ordinary by attending high school and exploring Ashihara while also building relationships with the town's residents. Time is always passing, and characters will act according to their desires and relationships. And just like them, you can spend your days however you please.
How and With Whom
Will You Spend Your Time?
Suggest activities to characters or tell them what's on your mind. They will respond in a variety of ways, which in turn can alter their relationships and behavior.
A Web of Relationships
The characters you encounter will also develop relationships with each other, and these can change over time, even when you're not around.
Find Kegai Hiding
In Plain Sight
The Kegai lurk among the locals and can even possess people. Pay close attention to anything out of the ordinary and loop time to prepare yourself for a showdown with these powerful entities.
Build Bonds with
Emotional Insight
In addition to detecting the presence of Kegai, Nini can also use his Demon Sight to get a sense of people's emotional states. Consider how other characters feel and suggest suitable activities to improve your relationships.
Use the strength of your bonds
to save life as we know it.
Use the strength of your bonds to save life as we know it.
The Extraordinary
Experience the extraordinary and confront the Kegai by delving deep into Yomotsu Hirasaka, a land bordering the worlds of the living and the dead. Here in the Underworld, your training and relationships will determine whether you meet victory or defeat in your fight against the Kegai.
Let Your Feelings
Give You Strength
Instead of gaining levels, in Loop8 you grow stronger by forging deeper bonds and training different stats as part of your everyday life. Thus even your most ordinary actions and choices will influence how you fare against the Kegai.
Work Together...
or Drag Each Other Down
While you control Nini in turn-based battles, your two party members will act according to their own emotions and personal relationships. The bonds you've forged with anyone possessed by the Kegai will also have an impact on the battle's outcome.
Yomotsu Hirasaka:
Enter the Extraordinary
After identifying a Kegai's human host and meeting certain requirements, you can seek the Kegai's true form in Yomotsu Hirasaka, a place bordering our world and the afterlife. Besides dealing with attacks from weaker Kegai, Nini will also face a variety of other challenges depending on his relationship with the Kegai's host. Make sure you're well prepared before starting your search.