Lucid9: Inciting Incident
Release date: Apr 14, 2016
Developers: Fallen Snow Studios
Publishers: Fallen Snow Studios
Genres: Casual, Simulation, Free To Play
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements
Supported languages: English

Lucid9 is a mystery visual novel where your choices affect the outcome of the story. --------STORY-------- // D-DAY. You're a murderer. // 1 DAY PRIOR. You can’t trust anyone. You lose your mind. // 3 DAYS PRIOR. Someone dies before your eyes. Your friends distance themselves from you. // 4 DAYS PRIOR. Your school enforces a curfew. You nearly drown. Your past catches up to you. // 6 DAYS PRIOR. You learn that students at your school have been disappearing into nothingness. You visit an amusement park with a bunch of friends anyway. // 8 DAYS PRIOR. You take a history exam. Maybe you pass, maybe you fail. Then you participate in a treasure hunt in the sketchiest part of the city. Thankfully, nothing happens. Or maybe something does. // 9 DAYS PRIOR. You visit a career fair to review your options. Doesn't seem like there is a bright future ahead of you. You also meet a crazy woman with a vocabulary larger than her height who claims to be a detective. // 10 DAYS PRIOR. You immerse yourself in classes, friends, and an everyday routine. You eat copious amounts of fried chicken and are press-ganged into advertising for a club you're not even in. This is where the game begins. // THE THING IS: You can choose to fight this outcome. --------ABOUT LUCID9-------- Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, where you play as Yama Ishimoto, a cynical high school student who would like nothing more than to keep his life free of school drama and hard choices. However, he’s forced to face his circumstances when an eccentric detective blazes into his life, alerting him of a string of brutal murders at his school. As Yama furthers this investigation, he must dig through the secrets of the city, bringing him and his friends closer and closer to danger in the process. Every step leads Yama to the most unexpected - and terrifying - culprit… --------DEVELOPERS-------- Lucid9 is being created by Fallen Snow Studios, an international group of visual novel enthusiasts who seek to make a VN by fans for fans. As Lucid9 is a passion project that has been created without any budget so far, we are aiming to release it free of charge in order to both engage established fans of visual novels, as well as introduce newcomers to this unique storytelling medium. We are working our hardest to make sure the rest of the story will be available for free as well. --------UPCOMING-------- Free Voice Acting patch : All of Inciting Incident will be fully voiced in English by Yin Yang Voices. Recording production has already begun, but it's a deliberate and lengthy process. (This has been postponed indefinitely). Second arc of Lucid9 : We are currently working on the heroine routes, which will comprise the second part of Lucid9. They will be included in a future patch. There isn't any precise release date for this patch, but we will make sure to share progress regularly with all of you. 

Press reviews: “Lucid9 – Inciting Incident really is a gem amongst OELVNs, and I believe it has a chance to stand alongside some other big-name visual novels currently available in English[...]” 9/10 – Gamerscape 

Notes: This visual novel contains mature themes and content, including psychological horror, violence, blood, strong language, and discussions of mental health issues including suicide. Characters engage in intense emotional confrontations and there are scenes depicting physical altercations, injury, and death. The story explores dark topics such as murder, trauma, and moral ambiguity. References to drug and alcohol use appear throughout, including depictions of substance abuse and its consequences. While there is no explicit sexual content, there are some suggestive themes and references. The game features occasional use of profanity and crude humor. Due to these elements, this title is recommended for mature audiences who are comfortable with psychological thriller content and heavy narrative themes.