This is an article introducing "Moonlight Beauty Rhapsody," a game by Star Ice* that won 5th place for storytelling and 6th place for ease of play at the 17th WoodyCon.
This game is a training simulation game where you aim to become a model and win auditions.
This is a thought-provoking work that depicts both the bright and dark sides of the modeling profession.
The total time it took to complete the game and get all the endings was about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Game overview and impressions (hopefully no spoilers)
The protagonist (name changeable), who admires her best friend Aoi, a top model, decides to hone her skills in order to pass an audition.
This film employs a unique technique where the characters' faces are represented by flowers, which gives it a fantasy-like feel, but at the same time, I also felt an unsettling sense of the facelessness.
Since it's not a human face, I found it interesting because it allows for various meanings to be embedded within it.
You will undergo various training programs leading up to the audition to improve your skills.
オーディションで課される試験は、各能力値が高ければ成功率が上がるため、万遍なくステータスを伸ばしていくことが重要です。
Of course, it's also a good idea to develop a specialty and focus on honing it.
The initial audition isn't that difficult, so I think it's fine to take a relaxed approach and just let them develop freely at first, and then try again if it doesn't work out.
The audition progresses through mini-games and choices.
キーボードの正確な入力を求められるもの、タイミングを求められるもの、ステータスの値によって成功率が変動する選択肢と、内容は様々です。
If you fail, your mental state will decrease, and if it reaches zero, it's game over.
ほかにも、消費することで課題をクリアしたことにできるアドリブ等をうまく使い、オーディションを突破していきましょう。
Once you've successfully completed the audition, the results will be announced.
It's a tense moment, but the joy of overcoming it is priceless.
Basically, the story progresses in the order described above.
As the story progresses, you'll take on more challenging auditions and contests.
However, this film relentlessly depicts not only the glamorous aspects of the model, but also her negative side.
As with the author's previous works, this story contains emotionally charged plot twists, so caution is advised.
There are multiple endings.
Since hints are given regarding the ending conditions, I don't think completing the game will be too difficult.
There are many endings, but I felt that each one was a fitting result of the choices made.
Please do your best to see all the different endings to their stories.
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