#Cinders Moacube

[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 1D, MATCH 6 OUT OF 16!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Cinders:

[No Propaganda Submitted]

Lucette:

Her story makes a fun twist on the Cinderella story. She's not a Cinderella character so much as she has a Cinderella curse. Basically the clock strikes midnight one night, and everyone in the kingdom has forgotten who she was. She's been a snotty princess her whole life, but she wakes the next morning a snotty peasant, with one valuable item, a necklace with a glass slipper charm on it. To restore her status and everyone's memories, she must do three good, selfless deeds, and for each deed she will gain a piece of the second glass slipper charm, until she has a pair. Once she completes the pair, everything will go back to the way it was before, except for the princess will have changed her distrustful hateful ways and become a royal that the people can be proud of.

[ilovevisualnovels]

[bettydice]

randomly remembering how pretty Cinders’ loading screen and soundtrack are

[screenshothaven]

Cinders (Visual Novel)

[moacube]

Cinders just went live on Xbox and PS4, which means it’s now available on all the “big” home consoles for all your fairytale trope-breaking needs!

Switch | Playstation 4 | Xbox One

The PC version launched in 2012, and if someone back then told me that in 8 years we’ll be still working on it and I’ll get to see it on my Switch or PS4 dashboard, I’d be like Pshhhh!

Expect news on Solstice to follow soon!

[cinderssss]

Just a thought

Why Perrault doesn't go to Madame Ghede for advice? And why does he tell Cinders that he has no-one else to talk to besides Cinders herself?

I want to know the story behind that one.

...

Okay, who am I kidding... The matter is probably really simple and, like, pretty obvious. I'm just asking for content xd

In 2021.

Yeah, I'm not planning to ever give up :"D

[airasora]

Hey, dudes, dudettes and dudles!

This is the picture of Alice and Thrax I edited for my sign-up of my MEP with “Say my name” from the BeetleJuice musical!

This was my first time ever editing with Thrax. So far I’ve only claimed Alice as my Lydia in the MEP, but I’m still going back and forth on which villain I want to play Betelgeuse in my part, so Thrax is up for grabs if anyone’s interested ;)

[defira85]

So I’ve done something I didn’t think I’d ever do, and I’ve gone back and finished my Cinders fic. Remember the excellent visual novel I raved about back in 2012? Yeah, that one. I still follow the devs on twitter and chat from time to time, and one of them mourned that my fic was unfinished, so... 

Incoming NSFW Cinders chapters I guess

[leahazel]

Purimgifts!

Both 7KPP and Cinders could use more requests and offers, TBH. :D

[vinegaria]

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[cinematografieliebhaber]

Cinders ist, wie man recht schnell erkennt, die Geschichte von Cinderella, einer jungen Frau, die man nur zu gut aus dem Märchen kennt. Doch in diesem Game laufen die Dinge etwas anders ab, wenn man es möchte, denn hier hat Cinders ein paar Möglichkeiten ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen.

[fairytale-poll]

https://vndb.org/v7506

This is the Cinders I was referring to

Thank you

Ah okay! She's only been submitted once (assuming it was you)! I'll tag the game to summon its fans to submit it

[ilovevisualnovels]

[anigrams-productions]

Thoughts on "Cinders"

Over the holidays, Cinders went on sale, so I finally picked it up after being in awe of it from the shadows since it was still in the early stages of development.

As a VN maker, the beautiful execution of Cinders makes me so jealous. The art, the beautifully animated backgrounds, the motifs, all the different choices and the subtle ways they affect the story... ugh, I can only dream of making such a gorgeous and well-crafted game (and I would kill to be able to hire an artist like that for Memoirs).

As a VN player, I felt the story was a bit short, but then again, it only spanned the course of a week, so that's not surprising. It was the length it needed to be to tell the story it aimed to, I suppose, but I was just expecting a little more. Also, if you only play VNs for the romance, you might be disappointed with this one because, while there are romance options, they're more of an afterthought. At least the way I played it, I ended up getting way closer to (and learning more about) the step-sisters than I ever did with the supposed love interests. As the official game description advertises, it really is all about the women of the story - Cinders, Sophia, Gloria, and Lady Carmosa - and what made them who they are.

But that doesn't mean I didn't like the story! On the contrary, I thought it was a great take on the classic tale. I never really liked Cinderella that much because it felt like the moral of the story was just "as long as you're a good person, someone will come along and save you from your misery," but Cinders provided a much-needed modern perspective with a smart, cunning protagonist who changes depending on your choices. And there are a lot of choices. Most seem fairly insignificant when you make them, but you realize later how much they must have impacted the story. Cinders' fate really is in your hands.

WARNING: Major spoilers ahead!

I didn't use a walkthrough because I couldn't find one that was really clear about which choices to make... probably because there are so many different combinations. So I played blind (which is really rare for me), but I still managed okay.

Anyway, I romanced Perrault during my playthrough because... well... Cinders sums it up pretty well:

I also made friends with Sophia, accidentally pissed off Gloria (I'm so sorry, Gloria, I didn't mean to... I wanted to be friends, honest!), showed Carmosa sympathy (especially once I found out about the money problems), and I guess I was cold and ruthless? I honestly thought I was playing a good character until it told me I was a Machiavellic Queen. x.x Perhaps I'm not as innocent and kind as I thought, haha.

I went for the Traveler ending first because I thought it made the most sense with Perrault as my lover, especially since I encouraged him to retire. I felt it was wrong for him to compromise his morals just for the sake of keeping his job, so it made sense for him to retire and for us to run away together. Apparently, the game agreed because it's the only ending where you get a romantic cutscene with him.

After that, I went ahead and got the other two endings I could without changing my attitude or how I dealt with Carmosa and the sisters (the Fairytale Ending and Independent Woman ending).

Of the three endings, the Traveler ending was, as mentioned, the best romantically (at least for Perrault), but in general, I liked the Independent Woman ending the best. It made the most sense overall and allowed everyone to get their happy ending, not just Cinders. Well... almost everyone (poor Perrault and his arm...).

Despite its name, the Fairytale Ending didn't involve "living happily ever after" at all. Maybe it's because I accidentally played a "cold and ruthless" Cinders, but that was the most depressing ending ever. I apparently crushed all the prince's ideals and became a tyrant, Perrault was reduced to my man on the side (and had to compromise his morals and become a spy to do so), and my step-family - who I had spent an entire game coming to get to know and sympathize with - fell into even greater despair and poverty. Yeah, way to go, Cinders; you finally got the power and prestige you wanted at the expense of everyone else's happiness. Some hero you are. -.-

So yeah...there's my playthrough in a nutshell. I might play again to see how differently things turn out (and hopefully be kind and good this time around, maybe romance Tobias), but I'm not sure I could ever bring myself to get the ending that involves poisoning Carmosa. :/ She may be a bitch, but she's not evil, nor has she done anything deserving death. Public humiliation, maybe, or exile at the worst, but death? That seems a bit extreme.

Feel free to comment or discuss the game with me. I would love to hear your opinions. :)

Fire Emblem: Awakening is supposed to come in on Monday, so I'll be playing that soon. I'm excited! I also picked up Always Remember Me while it was on sale, so I'll be playing that soon. It'll be fun to have a reference for how much Jack has improved making otome games since, as I recall, ARW was one of his first.

[seekingidlewild]

I recently played Cinders, a visual novel by MoaCube, and was dismayed by how little its developers seem to have understood the story they were adapting. When I tried to play it as closely to the fairy tale as possible--Cinders was kind and dutiful to her step-family, she accepted supernatural aid to go to the ball, and she married the prince--the epilogue told me that Cinders became a weak and ineffectual queen and her marriage with the prince was loveless. It was a bit of a slap in the face. It sent the message that goodness equals weakness and that having faith and accepting help are antithetical to acting and thinking for oneself. It’s cynicism dressed up as feminism, and I’m not really here for it.

I love that this twitter thread mentions the 2015 live action Cinderella, because that’s my favorite adaptation of the fairy tale. Ella’s motto “have courage and be kind” is as radical as it is simple, and the fact that she truly embodies it despite living in an abusive environment just shows how incredibly strong she is. When the prince ‘saves’ her it’s because he loves her, and the movie makes it clear that he loves her because she is a good person, and because he is a good person, too. There’s nothing weak or anti-feminist about good people finding and helping each other. That’s actually how life should be. 

I just thought this set of tweets was really important.

[moacube]

Hitting the desk in frustration until things start working (a.k.a. the porting & certification process) is finally over and Cinders is coming to the “big” consoles later this month!

The game launches August 25th for the PS4 and 26th for XBOX ONE & Microsoft Store at the price of $19.99.

Solstice may or may not follow soon!