schlo episode 1: murder

A remake of the first schlo visual novel, released on 12.23.2022, four years after the original. It has new art and a new soundtrack, though the story and dialogue is nearly unchanged.

Description of the game from itch.io: Play as Drey Gan, a teenage boy who falls into a depressive state after a shocking event that establishes his relationship with a group of suspicious guys who want to date him.
The game attempts to have a bit of a light-hearted feel, while dealing with dark topics. There are brief mentions of abuse, suicide and incest. These themes are unapologetically presented but not condoned. Their assessment and analysis is left up to the individual player.

Commentary

"what is schlo?" was remade to restart up the storyline of events relating to Drey Gan and the Organization, after several unrelated projects were released. I thought it would be good to start up with the beginning of the events again, as I find the old artwork to be very messy and embarrassing and wanted to make it better. I don't have much I want to say about this one at this time, but it's probably the best quality out of any of my projects so far.

Music
  • first: Dreamy, overwhelming sounds.
  • first2: Sweepy, clicky.
  • first3: Dreamy, marchy.
  • first4: Sad, out of control.
  • first5: Dreamy, grungy.
  • first6: kind of similar to other tracks, maybe more melodic.
  • first7: Beach trance.
  • first8: Circus-y and sad.
  • first9: Groovy, hard and confusing.
  • first11: Groovy, hard and less confusing.
  • first12: Mysterious.