Across From You

PREMISE

Aspen and Evelina are long-time rivals, respectively scoring top #1 and #2 in their class in plant magic. Having lived across from each other for ten years, they both adorn beautiful, elaborate gardens, always trying to one-up each other in the process.

But what happens when an unexpected discovery requires them to work together? Will this newfound cooperation lead to some discoveries about their relationship? Or will their animosity result in dire consequences?

[Made in 1 1/2 months for Blossom VN Jam 2024]

FEATURES

• About 9k words
• Multiple choices with weight values
• 3 endings (bad, platonic, romantic)
• Partial voice acting
• All-female cast

TEAM

Project Lead/Writer/Programmer: Lee Bergantino

Additional Writing: Gillian Lange

Sprites & Character Design: SomethingInWorl

Backgrounds: Angie Min

Concept Art (Daffodil sprite, logo, plant): Fuzzycryptid

Music: Grayson Scott for main menu music, shed music

• Additional music: https://alkakrab.itch.io/fantasy-rpg-soundtrack-music
• Timeless Love: https://wowsound.com/

GUI: https://ess-vn-assets.itch.io/renpy-fantasy-gui-kit

Additional assets and graphics made in Canva

VOICE CAST

Aspen Evergreen: Andrea Avery

Evelina Rosewood: Vanessa Benoit

Daffodil: Bree Frankel (also helped with a bit of programming!)

Dottie: Angie Min

CREATOR NOTE:

This project was a lot of "firsts" for many of us on this team. Before April, I'd never even touched Ren'Py in my life, and was just getting back into writing after a years-long hiatus. This was also Angie's first time drawing backgrounds for a VN, Capn's first time drawing sprites for a VN, and Fuzzy's first time ever working on a VN.  Despite this, I am so incredibly proud of what this team was able to cook up this past month! Thank you for playing and I hope we get to make more soon!

 - Lee