Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts

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## Production

### Platform(s)

* Windows

**Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts**, abbreviated as **Rocky Restarts**, is an English Fangame made by **StephenW313**. The game was canceled on December 25, 2021. Before the game's cancellation , *Rocky Restarts* had a fully released prologue, chapter one, and the daily life portion of the second chapter.

**StephenW313** is currently producing a 3D Fangame titled Danganronpa: Eternal Endings. The prologue for *Danganronpa: Eternal Endings* was released through itch.io on April 24, 2023.

## Premise

> *"16 people with Ultimate talents find themselves waking up at a mysterious camp. Things quickly take a turn for the worst as they find out they're not having a fun summer away from home, they're apart of a strange new killing game."**━ Official Premise***
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## Cast

* Main Cast
* Background Characters

## Creation and Development

### Pre-Development History

At the end of 2018 StephenW313 was watching a playthrough of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, one of their main inspirations of creating a Danganronpa Fangame. Stephen considers *Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts* starting in January 2019, when they drew a splash art of the game's protagonist, Kim Davis. Soon afterward they began to create a cast of sixteen, sharing an early participant list on r/danganronpa during the same year asking for ideas for the final five participants, who would later become Julien Sanchez, Emily Price, Glenn Anderson, Harmony Campos, and Alexander Normandy.

During early development, *Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts* was originally planned to be programmed in Unity 3D. However, during development, the engine was instead changed to Unity 2D.

### Production

*Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts* was first announced on February 17, 2019, on Stephen's YouTube channel, with a character reveal trailer being released on the same day. On March 12, 2019, an official Casting Call Club listing was posted asking for voice actors for the sixteen participants, with it later ending on April 10, 2019. Throughout the next year, Stephen continued to post update videos on the development of the game up until the release of the prologue on November 14, 2019.

During production for the first chapter Stephen decided to split it and the later chapters by 'Daily Life' and 'Deadly Life' releases. On June 30, 2020, it was announced on Stephen's YouTube channel that the daily life portion of the first chapter would be released within the next month, with it later being released on July 13, 2020. On October 14, 2020, the deadly life portion was announced to be released on the next day on October 15, 2020, with it later premiering on Stephen's channel. The daily life portion of the second chapter was released on March 14, 2021.

### Cancellation

On August 1, 2021, it was announced *Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts* would be going on an indefinite hiatus, amid several longstanding issues Stephen had with the project. These issues would be described and explained in an update video Stephen uploaded onto their YouTube channel as well as in an announcement made on the Discord server, with it returning to Stephen's dissatisfaction with earlier decisions made when the project first started. Rocky Restarts was cancelled on December 25, 2021. On the same day, the full death order and plot for the future chapters were released by the creator.

### Post-Cancellation

After the cancellation of Rocky Restarts Stephen begun production on a 3D Fangame: Danganronpa: Eternal Endings. Stephen also released two additional games: Don't Die Alone, and Stares Back.

## Killing Game

### Death Order

On December 25, 2021, after the cancellation of the game, the full death order and plot was released by Stephen through the project's YouTube channel. With the exception of the chapter two killer, all other deaths were subject to change with the future chapter rewrites.

Stabbed to near decapitation
By **Autumn Palmer**
 **Chapter 2** |     **Melody Pierce**
Burnt to death
By **Dennis Wells**
 **Chapter 3** |     **Angela Lovell**
Bled to death
By **Marcus Ziegler**

    **Hunter Murphy**
Impaled
By **Marcus Ziegler**

 **Chapter 4** |     **Alexander Normandy**
Blunt force trauma
By **Emily Price**
 **Chapter 5** |     **Norah Yates**
Bled to death
By **Chinatsu**

Rocket

    **Marie Lambert**
 **Chapter Six** |     **Jesse Miles**
Shot by **Victor Moore**
Traitor

    **Julien Sanchez**
Shot by **Victor Moore**
Stabbed and shot by **Kim Davis**
Mastermind

## Other Projects

### Danganronpa: Eternal Endings

***Danganronpa: Eternal Endings*** is an in-progress English fangame programmed by game-developer StephenW313. *Danganronpa: Eternal Endings* is a 3D fangame featuring an entirely custom cast and custom storyline, separate from the main games created by Spike Chunsoft and separate from *Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts*. The prologue was released on April 24, 2023.

### Plot Synopsis

"After each dying in horrific accidents, 17 people from all across the world and time find themselves trapped in a strange purgatory like realm with only one way to free their trapped souls: spiritual murder." **━** **Official Premise**

## Release Dates

### Downloads

 Foniasohobia
 Hope Extinguished

## Credits

 Music
 Bug and Typo finders

## External Links

* **Twitter:** @StephenW313
* **YouTube:** StephenW313

## Trivia

* The game was originally planned to be programmed in Unity 3D, with fullbody sprites and assets designed around this time. When the projects engine was switched however, these assets went unused.
* After the games cancellation, a document with the planned plot and death order was released through Stephen's YouTube account.
* Every character had a favourite song, listed in their report cards around the release of the prologue. This detail was retconned during the production for chapter one.
	+ Kim's favourite song was Froot by Marina and the Diamonds/Marina.
	+ Glenn's favourite song was Medicine by Joji.
	+ Marie's favourite song was The Greatest by Sia.
	+ Victor didn't have a favourite song.
	+ Norah's favourite song was Immaterial by SOPHIE.
	+ Jesse's favourite song was Hey QT by QT.
	+ Angela's favourite song was Tennis Court by Lorde.
	+ Julien's favourite song was Faded Heart by BØRNS.
	+ Melody's favourite song was Lionsong by björk.
	+ Hunter's favourite song was I'm Poppy by Poppy.
	+ Autumn's favourite song was Oblivion by Grimes.
	+ Marcus's favourite song was Julie by OLR.
	+ Harmony's favourite song was Aura by Lady Gaga.
	+ Alexander's favourite song was Day N' Nite by Kid Cudi.
	+ Emily's favourite song was Paper Planes by M.I.A..
	+ Dennis's favourite song was Bad Girls by Tennis.
* The creator of Danganronpa: Despair time drew fanart of Autumn to celebrate their favourite projects during that time.
* Stephen made fanmade executions for Chihiro Fujisaki, Aoi Asahina, and Sayaka Maizono.

## References

1. ↑ **DRV4RR Cancellation**
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://youtu.be/rgVwaA8MjD8
3. ↑ **Danganronpa: Eternal Endings**
4. ↑ **Eternal Endings Prologue**
5. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/games/DanganronpaRR/429373
6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/danganronpa/comments/aif7i2/anyone\_got\_any\_ultimate\_ideas\_that\_fit\_in\_with\_my/
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQNy83G7LY
8. ↑ https://www.castingcall.club/projects/danganronpa-rocky-restarts
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MM93nRejc
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLxD5u-vPts
11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQj5kWtHwl0
12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ih\_1V1MIOI
13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96kMAnGw7rQ
14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44JNmNHiQGI
15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOqsh8hppMA
16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGiyK92Wt4I
17. ↑ **Danganronpa: Despair Time**: Favourite Fangan's