Tales from Schwarzerblitz - Drinking Shark Rhapsody

Welcome to "Jackson's", New Langdon's finest cafe!

It's your first day as a bartender, the newest member of a quirky motley crew!

Work under the egida of the Man with Hat himself - Vincent Jackson - in this short standalone visual novel set in the Schwarzerblitz universe (best served after the after-epilogue stories, but playable without knowing everything about it)!

• 4 eventful nights!
• Around 1-3 hours of playtime, depending on how many dialogue branches you want to explore and how fast you can read!
• MS Paint "pixel" art!
• Branching dialogues - your choices matter!
• 2 bad endings, 1 normal ending and 2 dating endings!
• Completely canon in the Schwarzerblitz continuity but can be enjoyed as a completely standalone game!
• Date a gay shark!
• Or a lesbian disaster!

-and never trust the man who speaks with flowers-

(It is advised to play the downloadable version for better performance, if the web version stutters!)

Content warnings

The game includes examples of:

• Use of alcohol and drugs (mentioned)
• Suggestive themes and sexual innuendo
• Partial nudity

There is an in-game toggle to switch off the dating endings, which contain sexual innuendo and partial nudity.

NaNoReNo

This game made it in time for the NaNoReNo jam submission without actually being built precisely for it. I made it with a totally different goal, but -guess what- it actually checked all the boxes (made completely in March, all custom assets or publicly available ones...), so I thought it didn't hurt to submit it there too!

Extra

With a donation of 1$ or more, you can download an extra costume for Lejl, which uses her Drinking Shark Rhapsody design. This costume comes with custom intro quotes, but not with a unique arcade ending and can be used with all versions of Schwarzerblitz (unlocking Lejl is required to use this costume).

Credits Tales from Jackson's - Drinking Shark Rhapsody

A short, narrative game by Andrea "Jens" Demetrio, made with Ren'py 7.5 and set in the Schwarzerblitz universe

PROGRAMMING

• Andrea Demetrio

STORY

• Andrea Demetrio

GRAPHICS

• All character and CG art by Andrea Demetrio
• Various CC0 resources for backgrounds

AUDIO

• Shaz's "Ouch":  "ha oww" by dream4dreamtheater of Freesound.org, released under a Creative Commons Attribution license 3.0
• All other sound effects from various RPG Maker RTPs or licensed under a Creative Commons Zero license.

MUSIC

• "Welcome to CogFactory!" - by Andrea Demetrio
• "Ominous (3) - Active" - by PeriTune, released under a Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0, cut and looped by Andrea Demetrio
• "The Walking Night" - by Andrea Demetrio, using samples from "Ominous3 Active" by PeriTune, "Ominous3 Calm" by PeriTune, and "Trembling (Horror Soundscape)" by myuu - all licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license
• "Blood of Lilith" by Aaron Krogh (https://soundcloud.com/aaron-anderson-11), used with permission - slowed down and looped by Andrea Demetrio
• "The Beach (Original Mix)" by Astral (c) copyright 2015 - Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Astral/50472 Ft: Platinum Butterfly - slowed down, cut and looped by Andrea Demetrio

PLAYTESTING

• Kaleb O'Halloran
• Luc
• Mr_Sir132
• Monochromatic Hermit