Project Eden's Garden

## System requirements

OS: WINDOWS 10 64-bit MEMORY: 8GB RAM

**Project: Eden's Garden** is a free-to-play Danganronpa fangame visual novel that takes the formula of the original Danganronpa games and applies it to a new and separate story, with new characters and settings.

The first installment of the game (the prologue chapter, Vows Woven by Stitches and Needles) was released on 17th December 2022 at 00:00 UTC. As of January 2024, the game is still in development and it has only been released up to the prologue. The first chapter is planned to be released by the end of March 2024.

## Cast

 Mark "Mayhem" BerskiiUltimate Music Producer
 Desmond HallUltimate Marksman
 Eloise TaulnerUltimate Fencer

## Synopsis

Eden's Garden Academy, a school designed to find the best and brightest of America's youth, has prepared a special orientation for its very first cohort of Ultimate students.

But things are not so clear when Damon Maitsu, the Ultimate Debater, finds himself waking up in a strange academy. With his 15 other classmates stuck in the same situation, they are told that a killing game will commence.

It's up to Damon and his classmates to survive this killing game, and uncover the secrets that lay buried under the mystery that surrounds Eden's Garden Academy.

## Plot summary

### Prologue: *Vows Woven by Stitches and Needles*

Further information: Vows Woven by Stitches and Needles
Damon Maitsu is invited to Eden's Garden Academy, a prestigious school designed for the best and brightest. However, he and other 15 students are kidnapped during a train ride to the school and awaken inside a strange building. After introducing themselves to each other, they are told by Tozu that the building they are in is the academy and they are tasked with solving Cara Koskinen's death using a reconstruction of the crime scene. After solving the murder mystery through a class trial, Tozu appears, announcing the beginning of the Killing Game, and Mara makes her first appearance as well.

    Wolfgang Akire opposes Tozu, stating that Ultimates, who have proved to act above their own self-interest, would never kill each other, and most of the other students support Wolfgang. However, Eva Tsunaka and Damon disagree with the lawyer's stance, with the former arguing that Ultimate students, who had put their talents above everything else, were more likely to kill for their own sake, and the latter agreeing with Eva's point and also accusing his classmates of being attention-seekers who were unworthy of their titles. All of the students turn against Damon and Eva and, as Tozu leaves the trial hall, distrust starts seeping among the students.

## Creation and development

The game is being developed in the Unity engine, primarily by lead programmer Benjamin "Sweden" Jillson. The original game concept and direction was lead by Sean Lusk, but was passed on to F. Lim (Tako0mari) in 2021, who is the current director, alongside Dick "JuveyD" Heyne, creative director Sozzay, and producer Calvin "Shade" Ringeisen.

### Pre-development history

The game was originally conceived as a stage play, but complications due to COVID-19 caused the former director to switch plans to a video game instead. The characters were originally concepted by Sean Lusk and NifastGreentail, lead artist, but have since undergone some slight design changes and general character changes.

### Release

The prologue of the game, titled *Vows Woven by Stitches and Needles*, was released on 12/16/22 on GameJolt and itch.io. The release was met with mostly positive reception, with some complaints stemming from lower end systems having troubles running the game. Lead programmer Benjamin "Sweden" Jillson created a low-spec build of the game for those with weaker systems to allow them to play the game. Alongside the game release, a non-commentary video of the entire prologue was released on the game's official YouTube channel in two parts, for those are unable to play the game entirely.

The soundtrack for Chapter 0 was released on all major streaming platforms, aside from iTunes and Amazon, on 1/2/23. The soundtrack is split into two halves, Triumph and Tragedy, each side including tracks from its respective composer, Robby Good and Hayden Graves. Mastering work for the release was done by Justin Gilbert, who also handled the audio work of the game, such as SFX, implementation, and mixing/mastering.

## Credits

### Voice cast

Carlito Lopez as Damon Maitsu, TheLuzical as Eva Tsunaka, Dazon as Wolfgang Akire, Lumisau as Grace Madison, Aji as Toshiko Kayura, brookuayy as Wenona, Sabrina Twyla as Cassidy Amber, Rynako as Desmond Hall, Dakota Farnsworth as Kai Monteago, Snow Harbour (snowysnowwish) as Diana Venicia, Hannah Magers as Eloise Taulner, Maddie Goshorn as Ingrid Grimwall, D. Hernandez as Jean DeLamer, Stan "Stanpai" Morris as Jett Dawson, Jacob Plourde as Ulysses Wilhelm, Fazachm as Mark Berskii, and Kevin Gerard as Tozu.

### Directing

F. Lim (Tako0mari) as director, Dick "JuveyD" Heyne as technical director, Calvin "Shade" Ringeisen as producer, and Sozzay as creative director.

### Sound

Justin Gilbert for SFX and sound mixing; Hayden Graves and Robby Good for music; EverythingFantasy for trailer music; Anthony Clement (Starlight) and Sozzay for voice direction; Justin Gilbert, Sozzay, and flammableliquid for voice implementation.

### Planning

Script done by Sozzay, flammableliquid, Rebus, Brooke Farnsworth, and Anthony Clement (Starlight). Scenario done by Rebus, Hayden Graves, Sozzay, flammableliquid, Brooke Farnsworth, and Anthony Clement (Starlight).

### Programming

Benjamin "Sweden" Jillson as lead programmer; LeoTheDev, Henry Field, stasgrach, and Aranfumay as programmers; Karl Sandegren, Sozzay, and Benjamin "Sweden" Jillson as camera animators; Sozzay as NSD text animator.

### 2D art

NifastGreentail and Noel H. (Sera\_phiel) as CG artists; Nifast Greentail, Sean Lusk, F. Lim (Tako0mari), SeaRabbit, and Sozzay as character designers; NifastGreentail, rewindsable, Maytheepicgamer, handsometimr, Kurokishii, Sozzay, F. Lim (Tako0mari), Ethan. K, Tearri, Nyatica, and Yobu as 2D character artists.

### 3D art

F. Lim (Tako0mari) and Zoe Lim as 3D leads; F. Lim (Tako0mari) and Sozzay as background design directors; F. Lim (Tako0mari), Laetus, rai-plays, and NifastGreentail as background designers; Calvin "Shade" Ringeisen, Anthony Miele, F. Lim (Tako0mari), Lily Alton, Edan Pamay, and UndreamedPanic as 3D modellers; F. Lim (Tako0mari), Zoe Lim, UndreamedPanic, Anthony Miele, Edan Pamay, and Lily Alton as texture artists; Calvin "Shade" Ringeisen, Benjamin "Sweden" Jillson, and LeoTheDev for light implementation; UndreamedPanic, Andrew Myers, and F. Lim (Tako0mari) for movie creation.

### UI

NifastGreentail and Sozzay as UI design directors; NifastGreentail, Sozzay, Will Bee, Laetus, and Bradley "zyreck" Carufel as UI designers; Benjamin "Sweden" Jillson as UI programmer; Benjamin "Sweden" Jillson, NifastGreentail, and Sozzay as UI animators.

### Other

Sozzay, F. Lim (Tako0mari), Anthony Clement (Starlight), Rebus, Hayden Graves, flammableliquid, and NifastGreentail as voice casters; Sozzay, NifastGreentail, F. Lim (Tako0mari), flammableliquid, Rebus, Felix (imboyo), BitesizeBird, megrisck, Anony\_mous, and The Umlaut for quality assurance; Calvin "Shade" Ringeisen and F. Lim (Tako0mari) for marketing; Sean Lusk for original concept; Steven Long and Andrew Myers as video editors.

## Trivia

* The game was originally going to be a stage play.
* In the dining hall, there is a menu which includes an item titled "meat donut". This is a reference to a non-canon community event held in the game's Discord server in the summer of 2021, where Eva Tsunaka swiftly and confidently devours a meat donut, an item reviled by the rest of the cast, as part of a challenge. Upon winning the challenge, she even states "What? It's just meat and frosting, anyone could eat that." The meat donut was a meme in the server some time before the event, but the event only further solidified its place.

## References

1. ↑ Project: Eden's Garden download page

## Links

Itch.io:https://project-edens-garden.itch.io/projecteg

Twitter:https://twitter.com/ProjEdensGarden

Discord:https://discord.gg/project-edens-garden

Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectEdensGarden

Gamejolt:https://gamejolt.com/games/Projectedengarden/769796[1]