TRAVEL TO THE ARCTIC AND DISCOVER SOMETHING HIDDEN DEEP
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In GYNOGENESIS: THE NEXT DAY, you assume the role of an aging animal reality TV star (with a PhD). Your destination? A cold, cold hell. Meet test subjects, uncover top secrets, and unravel a conspiracy in this short-lengthed visual novel (VN) from TEAM HOOP, developed for VNCUP 2023. This game features gore, adult language and topics so if you're a minor just skip your ass on back to Neopets.com.
Click here to download GYNOGENESIS. You will be brought to its ITCH.IO store page.
F.A.Q.
Q. How do I play this?
A. After downloading the file, you will need to unzip it. WINRAR is a good tool for this job. Then run "Gynogenesis_The_Next.Day.exe".
Q. No, I mean, how do I PLAY this?
A. A 'visual novel' is a type of video game in which you advance dialogue by clicking the screen or hitting your 'spacebar' key.
Q. Who is "TEAM HOOP"?
A. TEAM HOOP is a coalition of four formed for the purpose of developing a VNCUP entry.
- APROXM: I directed, wrote, programmed, and designed the UI for this visual novel. You can find me here, on this website. Or on TUMBLR, if you really want.
- DENPAVN: Eli provided sprite artwork for "H" and "JR". They also provided several CGs... plus, coining the game 'GYNOGENESIS'. Eli and I took on the idea for the VN solely together initially, not knowing we'd have two essential additions later on. Find them on TWITTER.
- KALINZERO: Kalin provided sprite artwork for "DR". They also provided several CGs. Kalin appeared to us in the nick of time. Find them on TWITTER.
- LUTE01: Lute provided the soundtrack as well as the bulk of SFX. Without their work, you'd be listening to royalty free music. Find them on YOUTUBE.
Q. What is this "VNCUP"?
A. GYNOGENESIS was submitted to VNCUP, a 3-4 month long gamejam hosted by a small panel of judges.
Q. What was VNCUP's theme for 2023?
A. "any flavor of trans, queer & gendery nature..."
Q. You guys win anything?
A. They liked Lute's music.
BONUS
Like for THE WIND WAKER REWRITTEN, I made a SPOTIFY PLAYLIST featuring music I listened to throughout the development of GYNOGENESIS. Listen to this with 5 second crossfade, shuffling disabled. I'll know if you shuffled.
Additionally, here's some bonus materials from production:
From everyone at TEAM HOOP: Thank you for playing our game. See you next time...?
