Snow Trap

***Snow Trap*** (*Xue Zhi Benjing*, 雪之本境, literally means *The Original Realm of Snow*) is the second visual novel developed by SP-time, and the first game of the Original Realm Series. It was first released on May 23, 2010 at Shanghai COMICUP 06. Two years later, a remake named *Snow Trap EX* is released together with the answer arc *Revenge of Snow* on September 6, 2012.

## Plot

The protagonist Duan Xianchong, who is a freshman majoring in law, found a part-time job with his girlfriend Jiang Chengxue at Snowland Hotel in November, 2011. Snowland Hotel is the only building on Talanmu Mountain. A while later since Duan Xianchong arrived at Snowland Hotel, he became unconscious due to altitude sickness. He was told that none of the people in Snowland Hotel was able to leave due to the sudden snow storm. Besides, the radios for communicating with people under the mountain is destroyed by someone unknown artificially. The next day, all of the food stocks disappeared and a letter was left. In the letter, someone called itself Realm Lord of Snow claimed that he would kill everyone in the hotel. People was murdered one by one as expected and the culprit is still unknown. Then Duan Xianchong and the others decided to figure out the so-called Realm Lord of Snow.

## Characters

Duan Xianchong (端贤冲)
Duan Xianchong is the protagonist played by the player. He is a 19-year-old freshman majoring in law in the university. In order to accumulate his social experience, he came to Snowland Hotel for a part-time job with his girlfriend Jiang Chengxue, who is attending the same university with him.
Jiang Chengxue (江城雪)
Jiang Chengxue is Duan Xianchong's girlfriend and always trusting him absolutely. However, she is a little clumsy. Xiao-Xue (小雪) is her nickname.
Guihai Feng (归海枫)
Guihai Feng is Duan Xianchong's childhood friend. She comes from Fengyin Township, which is Duan Xianchong's hometown as well. She transferred to another city before graduating from elementary school so that she haven't met Duan Xianchong for several years. Now she is a full-time employee in Snowland Hotel.
Bai Youyou (白悠悠)
Bai Youyou is Duan Xianchong and Jiang Chengxue's classmate. However, she hardly goes to school because she is much clever enough to get full grades in all exams without taking the courses. That's why she is called "Genius Ghost Girl" (天才幽灵少女) in the university. She loves playing visual novels and Rubik's Cube.
Luan Yuan (鸾渊)
Luan Yuan is working at a media company. She is Shu Tongshan's second wife.
Ji Chouran (季愁然)
Ji Chouran is a quiet and shy girl and usually ignored by others.
Chang Sheqing (常舍青)
Chang Sheqing is the manager of Snowland Hotel. He used to be a captain of the mountaineering team but now he had retired. He is Shu Tongshan's good friend.
Shu Tongshan (叔桐山)
Shu Tongshan is operating a materials company. He is Chang Sheqing's good friend.
Cheng Qiyan (成启言)
Cheng Qiyan is working as a tourist guide for mountaineers.
He Songyuan (贺松原)
He Songyuan is a technician for a company, also a liaison for the mountaineering team. He likes mocking others.
Realm Lord of Snow (雪之境主)
A mysterious character. According to the tale, he was a king and his beloved daughter was died because of disease. However in real life, it seems that someone unknown is committing a series of murders in Snowland Hotel by borrowing his name.
## Development

SP-time had been making this game since September, 2009. Eight months later, *Snow Trap* the original edition was finished and released.

*Snow Trap EX* (雪之本境EX, *EX* stands for *extended*) was released as the remake of the original edition on the day when the answer arc *Revenge of Snow* was released. Besides, the original edition of *Snow Trap* had stopped publishing since then. Comparing to the original edition, *Snow Trap EX* beautifies the art. Xiao Pu was responsible for the art of the original edition but for *Snow Trap EX*, Devil Campanula took the place. Although the art and music had changed more or less, the plot did not.

## External links

* Official website
* The Visual Novel Database: v11244
* *Snow Trap* on iqing