Sweet Elite

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***Sweet Elite*** is an online otome game by Dulcet Games Inc. The game began development in 2015 with an official launch on June 4, 2018.

## Blurb

"Flirt and Uncover the Secrets of the Academy. The story and your relationships are shaped by your choices! The way you play is up to you!

Sweet Elite is an online visual novel where you play as scholarship student at Arlington Academy, a prestigious high school only accessible to the best teenagers in their respective fields worldwide."

## Overview

For many ambitious teens, getting into Arlington Academy is nothing more than wishful thinking. Only the most clever, talented, and richest of the lot can get into the exclusive school. For the less fortunate, there is one way to get accepted: the academy grants scholarships to a limited number of students who are able to prove that they deserve to attend.

Among this year's new batch of students is Scholar, an ordinary teen who managed to snag one of these scholarships through a combination of determination and hard work. Scholar will now be able to finish their high school career in the academy of their dreams.

If only it were that simple: the large workload, cutthroat atmosphere and rampant elitism makes life at Arlington more difficult for Scholar than they initially thought. Not helping matters is when their scholarship status is announced on their first day of classes. Despite this, Scholar manages to find friends among their fellow classmates. Over time, they may even develop a relationship with one of them.

Not everything is as it seems, however: secrets abound within the academy, some of which might have a drastic affect upon the lives of its students. With the help of their newfound friends, Scholar might be able to uncover some of them and may just change a few lives along the way.

## Registration

Registration can be done through the main page. A valid email address is required.

1. Click on the "Log In" or "Sign Up" buttons. A pop up should appear.
2. The left side of the pop up is where you sign up. Fill out the textboxes provided.
3. Once you are satisfied with your username and password, click the "Sign up" button at the bottom. (NOTE: By signing up, you are agreeing to the Terms of Service and declaring that you are at least 14 years old.)

You can have more than one account, provided that each account is tied to its own valid email address.

## Gameplay

### Keys

*Main article: Keys*
Keys are a game mechanic that allows you to play chapters. Each chapter has a different amount of keys needed in order to unlock, play, and replay that chapter.

### Movement Points

Movement points are pink circles that allow you to move around the enviroment. Clicking on one will bring Scholar to a different part of the academy. Hovering your mouse over a point will make the name of the location that point connects to appear.

### Infinity

*Main article: Infinity*
Infinity is a game mechanic that measures how much a love interest likes or loves Scholar. The higher a love interest's infinity, the easier it will be for you to obtain illustrations. The story will also change depending on which character's infinity is the highest.

#### Friendship/Romance

Friendship/Romance is a game mechanic that lets you decide which love interest you want your Scholar to stay friends with and which love interest you want your Scholar to romance. Picking the romance option allows you to view romantic scenes, while picking the friendship option will keep the love interest as Scholar's friend.

### Objectives

Objectives are prompts given throughout each chapter. The prompts help guide you on what you need to do next in order to progress through the story. Most objectives directly state where you need to go, others are not so direct.

### Diamonds

*Main article: Diamonds*
Diamonds are a fictional currency that lets you to buy Keys and Arlington Coins. Diamonds can be purchased in bulk with USD. The price depends on how much you are buying. The higher priced options will give you an additional bonus amount of Diamonds.

### Daily Gift

*Main article: Daily Gift*
The Daily Gift is a log-in reward that you can claim by logging into the website each day. You can claim five Keys per day.

### Illustrations

*Main article: Illustrations*
Illustrations are pictures that you can unlock during chapters. The main goal of playing a chapter is to obtain the illustration of your favorite character(s). The amount of illustrations per chapter varies, as does the ways in which they can be unlocked.

### Achievements

*Main article: Achievements*
Achievements are meta-goals that you can unlock during chapters. The number of achievements vary from chapter to chapter, ranging from one to seven. Each achievement has its own set of conditions that need to be met before they can be unlocked.

### Replays

*Main article: Replays*
Replays are an optional game mechanic that allows you to replay one or more chapters. There are two different types of replays: story and fun. Story replays will rewrite your game and require playing through one or more episodes. Fun replays are for replaying a single chapter in order to try out different options or get missed illustrations and will not rewrite your progress.

## Chapter list

*Main article: List of Chapters*
There are currently eleven chapters.

## Features

### Customization

*See also: Scholar*
Scholar's apperance can be customized by changing their hair, eye, and skin color as well as their hair style and biological sex. These choices will be reflected in illustrations.

Players can give Scholar any name of their choosing and pick which pronouns they want Scholar to be referred to. The options are "she", "he", or "they".

Some clothes are automatically in Scholar's wardrobe at the start. Others can be purchased with Arlington Coins from the Clothes Store. Prices vary from item to item.

Scholar's personality is mostly set in stone, though a couple additional charateristics- such as if they are straight-laced or more easy going- can be chosen through dialogue options.

### Love Interests

*See also: Main 10*
There are ten main love interests. Each one can be befriended or romanced by Scholar, regardless of how they are customized.

### Departments

During Chapter 0, you will be prompted to pick from one of the following departments: Business, Commerce & Politics, Performing Arts, Pure & Applied Sciences, Health Sciences & Biology, Fashion, Athletics, and Fine Arts. Certain dialogue options and scenes will change depending on which department you picked. Your choice of department does not affect which of the love interest's your Scholar can romance.

### Multiple endings

Each chapter has different endings that you can access. The ending you get depends on a variety of factors, from dialogue options, which department you picked for your Scholar, what route you are on, etc.

## Development

In 2015, June began brainstorming ideas for a story set in a prestiguos high school. The setting would take place on our world but in the far off future, during a time where older problems have been replaced with newer ones.

### Current

* June – Creator, Head Writer, and Game Manager
* Rafael – Chief Technical Officer and Senior Developer
* MJ – Chief Marketing Officer
* Rafael - Coding
* JS - Coding
* Mitzy - Coding
* Karen Santiago (Raii) – Lead UI/UX Designer

### Former

* Alison – Lead Illustrator
* Alita - Sprite/CG Artist
* An - Background/CG Artist
* Andreia - Co-writer/Brazilian and Spanish Translator
* Ariel - Clothes/Background/Sprite/CG Artist
* Finn - Video Editor/Graphic Designer/Head Beta Reader

## Trivia

* *Sweet Elite* was inspired by *My Candy Love*.
* There is a plan to release a mobile version of the game. A specific release date has not been specified.
* The server rests at 07:00 PM EST.
* The game's title went through a number of drafts. One of the names proprosed was *Elite Destiny*, but when the time came to register the domain, the staff learned it had already been taken by a wood trading company.
* On July 15, 2020, the staff proposed a two month hiatus. During the hiatus, team members would "prepare multiple chapters at once, then release regularly starting September". A majority of the fans agreed with the proposition, leading the staff to announce the beginning of the hiatus on July 17. Updates were planned to continue on September 15.
* On August 23, 2020, the staff opened up applications for beta players.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dulcet Games: Sweet Elite. Dulcet Games Inc. Retrieved on June 18, 2020.
2. ↑ June (April 19, 2017). Sweet Elite Trivia #1. Tumblr. Retrieved on August 13, 2021.
3. ↑ June (January 10, 2016). Sweet Elite: An Otome Game made and Designed for you. Tumblr. Retrieved on July 2, 2020.
4. ↑ Dulcet Games Inc. (May 30, 2018). I have keep an eye on the game ever since I saw a.... Tumblr. Retrieved on August 2, 2020.
5. ↑ Dulcet Games Inc. (November 23, 2019). Hi! I apologize if this question has already been.... Tumblr. Retrieved on August 2, 2020.
6. ↑ Dulcet Games Inc. (January 8, 2017). What are some of the other names you thought of for the game before deciding on "sweet elite". Tumblr. Retrieved on August 22, 2021.
7. ↑ Dulcet Games Inc. (July 15, 2020). We have a proposition for you all!. Tumblr. Retrieved on July 18, 2020.
8. ↑ Dulcet Games Inc. (July 17, 2020). Sweet Elite Will Be Back September 15th!. Tumblr. Retrieved on July 18, 2020.
9. ↑ Dulcet Games Inc. (August 23, 2020). It's official, we're recruiting for beta players!. Tumblr. Retrieved on August 29, 2020.