#chroniclesfrom4012

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Chronicles from 4.012: Why you should play it.

Chronicles from 4012 is an otome game that takes place in a dystopian future in which the forces of good and evil take dominance. As an MC, you'll be haunted by a premonitory dream that'll lead you to encounter supernatural creatures while you develop your own story 😌💕.

I've been keeping track of this game for more than a year, and I can assure you it's one of the best plots I've come across within the otome community. I think that people from certain fandoms would really like this game, so yeah, I'm doing crossposting for a fair cause.

The first thing you should know is that this game is COMPLETELY FREE. For those of you who cannot afford to spend too much money on games, you could easily give it a try, but please consider supporting them on Patreon, since they're a small indie team and any help is much appreciated.

You can play it in two languages: ENGLISH and SPANISH. It personally made me very happy to find a game that was originally written in my mother tongue since the translations to Spanish, in general, do not have much quality.

As an MC, you are a human, but you have THREE PATHS to take.

Join the Satanist cult in which you'll meet a few demons and a guy who's okay with the fact that a demon possesses him from time to time.

Stay with the humans that fight for survival from the lowest point in the food chain.

Or follow the path of the sympathizers of the Church of St.Gabriel, accompanied by two angels and a weird clairvoyant gal whose bff is a goat.

One of the things I like most is that apart from the plot of the story, you have a MORALITY SYSTEM.

(Yeah, mine is pretty low lmao.) This means that regardless of the path you take, your choices matter to you and to the ones that surround you. Yeah, you can be a chaotic ass in the middle of a church or as sweet as a cupcake while you're surrounded by mean demons, isn't that great?

The CHARACTER BUILDING is AMAZING, each character is a completely different world, and you can romance them the way you want since you can choose your name and pronouns.

As many of you know, I have a jerk type 😔 and of course, my favourite character wouldn't be another one than Zihel, a short-tempered demon (yup, you can see him in his demon form) of wrath who has to pay for his crimes.

Isn't he a gentleman?

The dev team has a discord where you can talk with other players about the game and also interact with the devs, who are very kind btw.

You can follow @toxicsquad (The dev team) to know more and download the game here! They also have a Twitter and Insta account.

Give it a try, and remember to stan Zihel 😌

[rinriya]

He is the reddest flag, but luckily red is my favorite color

Chronicles from 4.012 by @toxicsquad

[atheneush]

Ser escritor y sobrevivir a las críticas

Hacía MUCHO tiempo que no tenía ganas de escribir una nota personal sobre las visual novels y en concreto, sobre el trabajo narrativo. Es una reflexión sobre mí como escritora y también sobre el resto de mis compañeros (tanto guionista de VNs, como escritores de novelas tradicionales). Es obvio que las críticas son difíciles de encajar, sobre todo, cuando hablamos de trabajos creativos donde no hay un estándar definido. A veces, simplemente, te sientan como una patada en el culo y quieres quejarte y poder defenderte. Pero en cierto modo, no puedes o no debes. Ojalá poder manejarlas mejor y decir que no me afectan en absoluto, pero es mentira. Nuestro juego es pequeño y mayormente recibe críticas positivas y amables, lo que me hace sentir que a veces mi malestar es injustificado, porque UNA sola crítica eclipsa los veinte comentarios positivos anteriores. Eso me hace plantearme muchas cosas. Me considero una persona autocrítica, por lo que, sobre todo, cuando empezamos con CHR, era muy sencillo hacerme sentir pequeña e incapaz. Actualmente, mi sentimiento se parece más al enfado. No entiendes muy bien por qué ciertas personas gastan tiempo en decir cosas horribles sobre tu trabajo, más cuando has hecho un esfuerzo personal por hacerlo accesible, gratuito y justo. Pero eso tampoco puede apagar el sentimiento de rabia que ellos debieron de experimentar al jugarlo.

Supongo que el hilo se tensa demasiado cuando las críticas son viscerales y no aportan nada más que odio y malestar o cuando la disputa es meramente de enfoque artístico -A mí como jugador me habría gustado obtener X, pero el equipo decidió hacer Y-. No obstante, eso no quita legitimidad a muchos otros comentarios que poseen una crítica totalmente fundada. En narración hay reglas concisas y claras para que lo que creamos sea coherente, las tramas avancen, lo que planteamos no esté intoxicado de malos enfoques y romantizaciones absurdas sobre comportamientos peligrosos. Escudarse en las limitaciones, en la falta de conocimiento del jugador sobre el desarrollo de juegos o en factores meramente ambientales, no es una excusa válida para entregar trabajos pobres, con faltas constantes de ortografía, con un relleno INMUNDO, que favorecen claramente a ciertos jugadores/rutas, con faltas de ‘research’ o de investigación o que difunden pobres  valores bajo la bandera de “es ficción”.

Es NUESTRA culpa si lo que mandamos como un trabajo terminado, no lo está. Es nuestra culpa, y sólo nuestra, si lo que envíamos está banalizando comportamientos dañinos. Porque es nuestra, la responsabilidad de crear textos que sean lo menos malinterpretables posibles, en los que señalizamos lo que no está bien. A diferencia de muchas otras personas, que se agarran a la frase de “ya no se puede hablar sobre nada”, soy de la opinión de que el problema no es el tema, sino el enfoque que se le da a dicho tema. Creo firmemente que se puede hablar de casi cualquier asunto conflictivo siempre y cuando sepas cómo manejarlo. Y si no sabemos hacerlo, nuevamente, es nuestra falta de ganas/compromiso o de tacto para manejar asuntos complejos. En nuestra mano, nuevamente, está el incluirlos o no… Así que, es para mí un insulto personal aquellos escritores que hablan con prepotencia sobre su trabajo, comparándose con obras que están muy por encima de lo que hacen o que tiran balones fuera cuando se les señala sobre lo que hicieron mal. Si algo está mal NO es culpa de tus compañeros de trabajo, de los que leyeron/jugaron tu juego o, simplemente, de una mala conjunción astral. Es nuestra culpa si no tratamos con respeto y empatía al jugador, que al fin y al cabo es la razón de todo nuestro duro empeño.

Evidentemente, como todo el mundo, he cometido y sigo cometiendo errores. No estoy libre de hacerlo todo bien. También me he metido en algunos zarzales que ahora desearía ni haber tocado. Tengo más erratas de las que me gustaría. A veces divago y mis personajes tardan demasiado en llegar al punto al que realmente deseo llevarlos. Frecuentemente aparco las tramas románticas en pos de los objetivos generales, etc… No somos perfectos y eso es algo que también debería entender el jugador. No somos máquinas de producción infalibles y la amabilidad en las críticas ayuda mucho más, que ser odioso y propagar malestar. Por eso pediría un poco más de cariño y paciencia. Y para nosotros, diría que nos falta humildad, que damos por hecho que el lector debe aceptar nuestra obra tal y como está, porque es nuestra y es una ‘obra artística’. Como si fuese más un hijo y no un producto para ser consumido POR TERCEROS. Frecuentemente olvidamos que cuando nuestra creación es para nuestro consumo y disfrute personal no tiene límites y puede ser todo lo raro y retorcido que queramos, pero cuando nuestra intención es lanzarlo al mundo -de una forma u otra (sí, hablo de los fanfics también)-… Ahí cambian las cosas enormemente. Nuestro trabajo es un poco nuestro y poco de quién lo lee. Quién es el que da forma a las palabras que hemos plasmado sobre un papel y el que completa todos los vacíos que hay en nuestros textos, enriqueciendo lo que nosotros creamos.

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[eng/esp]  advent calendar / calendario de adviento

Once again this year we bring you our usual advent calendar. With lots of surprises and Christmas presents from the team and all the characters of our games. We hope you'll join us during these days while we discover who of them has decided to steal Christmas...

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Un año más traemos nuestro habitual calendario de adviento. Con muchas sorpresas y regalos navideños de los personajes de nuestros juegos. Esperamos que nos acompañéis en estos días mientras descubrimos quién de ellos ha decidido robar la navidad.

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Hi, it's the anon from the jealousy post. I hadn't noticed that post earlier, thanks for the link! I wanted to make another question, but I don't know if it's permitted, you don't need to answer if it's too much. Who are the doms, subs and switches? Once again, much love 💖💖💖

Don't worry Anon, some ask are very old, not even the staff remembers them all. ^^

Of course, we can answer your question.

Maske: Switch

Akane: Switch

Kyeran: Sub

Zihel: Dom

Pin: Sub

Ariel: Switch

Arael: Sub

Joe: Dom

Hasiel: Sub

[toxicsquad]

Hello! I wanted to ask, what would the LIs do if the MC loved to cuddle with them? Who would be the big spoon or the small one? 💞

Hello anon, we love the LI's cuddles!!

Zihel: Big spoon. He would say that he isn't interested, he would do it anyway.

Hasiel: Small spoon. He needs to be protected and loved.

Maskeguy: Big spoon. They have a protective instinct, plus they don't care too much about their own needs.

Ariel: Big spoon. He loves that his partner feels pampered.

Arael: Small spoon. She's tiny and adorable, it's her natural place.

Akane: Small spoon. She has too many traumas with abandonment, hug her until she feels protected.

Pin: Small spoon. He will be surprised by your initiative, but he will love that you do it.

Joe: Big spoon. She likes to mark her things in a possessive way, even when you are in private.

Kyeran: Big spoon. He won't hesitate to hug you in public and private. Kyeran always takes the initiative.

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hii Ik this is probably an odd request but I’m having a hard time pronouncing the characters names-

Hello Anon, we have never been asked about this and it's very interesting. Some names are pretty obvious, but others are not so obvious. There are some that sound weird, but this is the closest we can get to showing you the correct pronunciation ^^

[toxicsquad]

Valentine's Day has arrived!💕

In the month of love, we've also prepared a small thematic gift for you. You can now use in discord another group of special emojis. In the following link you can join our group.

💘 https://discord.com/invite/YS37Hyz6ub

You can also find the pngs in high quality for download on our patreon page. Available for all levels.

💘 https://www.patreon.com/posts/happy-valentine-78591593

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¡San Valentín ha llegado! 💕

En el mes del amor, también hemos preparado un pequeño regalito temático . Ya podéis usar en discord otro grupo de emojis especiales. En el siguiente enlace podéis uniros a nuestro grupo.

💘 https://discord.com/invite/YS37Hyz6ub

También podéis encontrar los pngs en alta calidad para descargar en nuestra página de patreon. Disponible para todos los escalafones.

💘 https://www.patreon.com/posts/happy-valentine-78591593

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[toxicsquad]

Hello, hello! Thank u for your hard work, I love Chronicles! ☺️🥰 I was wondering, how would the LIs react if the MC (assuming they're sleeping together) woke up because of a nightmare?

Hi, anon, thanks for your words ^^ and this is what we think the characters would do.

Zihel: "That's nothing..." He then goes on to tell you the most truculent stories he remembers from hell.

Pin: He's confused and doesn't quite know how to handle the situation. Should he make you something to eat? Tell you something? Hug you?

Ariel: You're in a bed, you're conscious and you need to distract yourself. Ariel would try to change the course of the night.

Maske: They were awake because they also had nightmares. You stay awake and play cards.

Akane: You don't know where, but she takes out a slice of pizza. Akane's emergency slice of pizza. It's her way of making you feel better.

Kyeran: He would hug you while you start reciting a strange mantra to chase away bad dreams.

Joe: She would try to interpret your dreams by looking at websites.

Hasiel: Explains the origin of nightmares and the scientific process your body goes through. You''ll probably fall asleep from boredom.

Arael: she would ask about your nightmare to try to comfort you. She would end up getting more scared than you and wouldn't sleep anymore.

[toxicsquad]

Coming soon…

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Muy pronto…

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[toxicsquad]

[Eng/Esp] The eleventh chapter is now officially available / El undécimo episodio está oficialmente disponible

Your return to the surface is full of challenges. Valefar is planning a mysterious event that promises booze, fun and… Blood. But before that, there's still one thing you have to deal with. What will you do to fix it?

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IMPORTANT NOTICE! PLEASE READ IT!

It is possible that errors may occur with all entries in episode 11 - i.e. both 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3. The last save of episode 10 may not show the usual prompt to continue. You can resume from previous saves or by refreshing as indicated below.

Opening the save as usual.

Pressing the letter 'd' - this will refresh the engine, which will read back the programming changes. A console will open at the top, which you can close manually and very easily.

By turning the mouse wheel down or pressing 'pg down' on the keyboard to go back a few lines in episode 10, the engine will interpret the changes and route correctly.

From here, if you go forward, you should see the usual sign inviting you to continue to the next episode.

In any case, any new or previous developments before this episode shouldn't cause any inconvenience. If you haven't had any problems opening your save, you don't need to do all this either. We hope this information is helpful and apologise for the inconvenience. 💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠💠

Update of the new episode:

3 new CGs.

24 new sprites.

1 new background revamp.

1 new support image.

Other implementations and improvements:

Bug sprite Arael angel.

Bug sprite Ariel demon.

Bug CG Pin 9.1.

Bug Translation description of saves.

Textual bugs 10.0 (english version).

Improved save titles (now not only the episode and alignment are indicated, but also the character path [available from 11.1 onwards]).

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Tu vuelta a la superficie está llena de retos. Valefar planea un misterioso evento que promete alcohol, diversión y… Sangre. Pero antes de eso, todavía hay un asunto que tienes pendiente. ¿Qué harás para arreglarlo?

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¡AVISO IMPORTANTE! ¡POR FAVOR, LEEDLO!

Es posible que se produzcan errores con todas las entradas del episodio 11 -Es decir, tanto el 11.1, 11.2 y 11.3-. Es posible que el último guardado del capítulo 10 no muestre el habitual aviso para continuar. Se puede reanudar desde guardados anteriores o refrescando de la siguiente forma.

Abriendo el guardado como habitualmente.

Pulsando la letra ‘d’ -esto refrescará al motor que volverá hacer una lectura de los cambios en la programación-. Arriba se abrirá una consola que podéis cerrar manualmente y de forma muy sencilla.

Girando hacia abajo la rueda del ratón o pulsando ‘pg down’ en el teclado para retroceder unas líneas en el episodio 10, el motor interpretará los cambios y se encauzará correctamente en la ruta.

A partir de aquí si avanzas debería salir el habitual cartel donde te invita a continuar al siguiente episodio.

En cualquier caso, cualquier avance nuevo o anterior a este episodio, no debería causar ningún tipo de inconveniente. Si no has tenido ningún problema al abrir tu guardado, tampoco es necesario que hagas todo esto. Esperamos que esta información sea de ayuda y nos disculpamos por las molestias.

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Actualización del nuevo episodio:

3 nuevos CGs.

24 sprites nuevos.

1 revamp de fondo.

1 imagen de apoyo nueva.

Otras implementaciones y mejoras:

Bug sprite Arael ángel.

Bug sprite Ariel demonio.

Bug CG Pin 9.1.

Bug Traducción descripción de los guardados.

Bug textuales 10.0 (versión inglés).

Mejora en los títulos de guardado (ahora no solo se indica el episodio y la alineación, sino también la ruta de personaje [disponible del 11.1 en adelante])

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Save the date for the next episode! 05 May will be its launch!

This episode will be very special because it will include all three routes.

Are you eager to know what will happen?

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¡Anota la fecha el próximo episodio! ¡El 05 de mayo será su lanzamiento!

Este capítulo será muy especial porque incluirá las tres rutas. ¿Tienes ganas de saber qué pasará?

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This witch dosen't burn. 🧹🔥

Our production group will stop symbolically during this day. We encourage you to attend the demonstrations organized near you for the working women's day.

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Esta bruja no arde. 🧹🔥

Nuestro equipo de producción parará simbólicamente durante este día. Os animamos a uniros a las manifestaciones y eventos que tengáis más cerca por el día de la mujer trabajadora.

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Hi! Please ignore this if you're not taking asks about the characters anymore! I need to know... how good is their fashion sense and what kind of clothes do they wear more often? more importantly, who would let my jordan dress them up for fun? xD thank you for your time!

Hi anon, we always accept new questions ^^ We thought that to make it a bit more fun... Why don't we show you some proposals of clothes that we would put on the characters? Unfortunately we don't have all the time to make all the costumes that we would put on them but here are our proposals.

Joe: She's definitely the most stylish, even though she's been in uniform for a long time. She'd be willing to be dressed by Jordan, but more importantly, she'd be eager to dress Jordan. You will never see her in tracksuits or very casual clothes. She likes very feminine clothes in soft colours. She adapts well to the circumstances, going from a more romantic style to a very classic and elegant one or a fun and very risky one.

Hasiel: He looks old-fashioned and out of step with the times, what would best define his style is dark academia or what would be understood in this century as dark academia. Full of jumpers, classic trousers and shirts. He would probably accept Jordan's choice of clothes, but if he strayed too far from his own tastes, he would probably complain.

Arael: She likes pastel colours, straight figures and trousers rather than skirts or dresses. All her clothes are full of colour and look very comfortable. Perhaps a bit girlish for some, but Arael is not pressured by standards. She would definitely let Jordan dress her. It would be a new experience and she loves to experience new sensations.

Kyeran: His style is a mix of bohemian with ethnic touches. A lot of his clothes are recycled or second-hand, although he never intended to have a deliberately vintage aesthetic. He wears things until they break and doesn't see himself as closed to gender standards either, so you might see him in a skirt or other feminine pieces. He would also let Jordan dress him and treasure the clothes they give him.

Maske: Their aesthetic is very much defined within darkware. They don't wear colours outside of black, grey and dark blue except for gold when wearing formal wear or in spotlights and the like. They wear a lot of clothes on top of each other, creating a lot of layers. Although they usually only wear tracksuits, they might have quite interesting taste if they weren't so afraid to show their bodies. Jordan could convince them to try something on, but probably not to buy it.

Akane: She doesn't think too much about her appearance, her everyday clothes are actually work clothes, as she doesn't do much else at some point her casual clothes were completely replaced by overalls and canvas clothes. As she loves sports, she has a lot of sports equipment. Although, maybe Jordan could convince her to wear something more interesting… She loves asymmetrical T-shirts, green, red and orange and she doesn't dislike skirts, but she prefers trouser skirts. She would accept to be dressed by Jordan, but with some things, she would die of embarrassment.

Pin: He wears oversize clothes, very youthful and with references to popular culture. It is quite clear that his favourite colour is red. All his clothes are very comfortable. On the other hand, Rubi has more serious and simpler clothes. He always says she would choose more daring things but with Pin's body they don't suit him. Pin would love to be dressed by Jordan and would be very curious to know what they would choose for him.

Zihel: Zihel's clothing straddles the line between grunge and military aesthetics, though none of it was premeditated. Almost all of his current clothes are Hasiel's clothes in a state of extreme disrepair. Partly intentional, partly through neglect. The formal wear was chosen by Valefar so that he doesn't make a fool of himself. Zihel has no problem trying on clothes Jordan tells him to, though if he's having a bad day he'd probably refuse just because he's in a bad mood.

Ariel: Any facet of rock suits Ariel and he has probably worn it at one time or another. He likes aggressive, dramatic clothes that are very striking and allow him to show off. If he's not the centre of attention, there's something he's not doing right. We felt like adding an alternative version. Although we have already warned you that Ariel wouldn't have been very happy being an angel… He would love to play dress-up with Jordan, especially if it would make Jordan look naked. He'd probably try to turn it into a sex game.

Well, that's about it. What did you think? is there a look that you liked the most?

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[toxicsquad]

Hi hi! I started playing the game and yesterday and I'm currently in chapter 6, and so far it's very clear how much love has been put into this game, it has been an incredibly joyful experience for me so far, the characters are amazing and all of them seem to have different levels of depth. If no one has asked yet, what are the characters' heights? Once again, amazing game :)

Hi anon 💞 you're really cute, thank you for your comment. In the profile you can find all the heights but we'll put an image more precise. In the profiles the heights aren't very clear.

Heights in centimetres

Heights in inches

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[eng/esp] small newsletter / pequeño boletín informativo

Tomorrow is CHR's anniversary.👀

You can find new comic about Pin Patreon.

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Mañana es el aniversario de CHR.👀

Podéis encontrar un nuevo comic en Patreon.

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