Free Kick
Genre:
Slice of Life, Sports (Soccer more specifically), BxB, High School, Drama
Rating: 16+ (Due to some mature content such as alcoholic/drug references, sexual references, strong language etc.)
Storyline:
Michael has mixed feelings about leaving his city life behind and moving to the smaller town of "Turnip Hill," after a nasty divorce between his parents. Michael goes from being a star varsity soccer player, to being apart of the "Turnip Hill Recreational Soccer Club," a club that has always been one member short from tournament qualification. However, Turnip Hill is not exactly as it seems, it harbors a handful of dark secrets, and his team members aren't exactly as they seem either.
Not only does Michael have to deal with his 'downgraded' team, but with the pressures of high school as well.
Setting:
Free Kick takes place in the small (fictional) town of Turnip Hill, named after the beet that no one really likes. "Turnip Hill Secondary School" is a run-down high school with little funding and not a lot of resources compared to other schools.
Characters:
Michael
Age: 17
Height: 6ft 2
Michael is the main character. (The player will be playing from his perspective.) He has been playing soccer since he was little-and was on his school's varsity team. Being very skilled, he sometimes can be quite self-centered and narcissistic, but overall he is concerned about the well-being of those close to him. Michael has a tendency to get embarrassed easily-he likes attention at some times, but other times he dreads it. He plays Central Defender.
Age: 16
Height: 6ft 3
Tyler is a more silent mysterious type of person, he rarely talks, but when he does his language isn't exactly welcoming and is on the colourful side. He has a very short temper and is known to get into fights. He's the current goalie for Turnip Hill's team.
Age: 16
Height: 6ft 1
Juan is a 16 year old immigrant from Columbia. He grew up in a very poor town. He has a real love for soccer and places much emphasis on the value of family and friends. Very welcoming person. He has a tendency to use a mixture of Spanish and English. He becomes very aggressive on the field. Juan holds the position of Central Striker.
Age: 18
Height: 5ft 10
Chris is the current team captain, and the oldest member of the team. He has a real love for soccer-and as much as he likes winning he prefers the thrill of the game. He tries to see the best in everyone, and is like a big brother to everyone. He's not very fond of cocky people. (Think of the "Senpai" type) He's pretty school smart as well. Chris plays Support Striker/Central Forward.
Age: 17
Height: 5ft 7
Nathan is not afraid to speak his mind, he has no filter, and tries to be a 'playboy' with not much success. Very insecure about his sexuality and tends to use the term "No Homo" a lot. Very obsessed with girls. He tends to anger teachers a lot with his 'no care' attitude and comments. Not exactly very bright. He currently plays the position of Central Mid-Field/Defense.
Information:
Free Kick will be my third visual novel, it'll be my first 'big project' and first slice of life story.
(I've done Sci-Fi in the past) One of the reasons I'm making this visual novel is to express the difficulties of sexual orientation, and society's expectation of 'masculinity' within a sports setting, due to this, all the characters won't be 'out' at the beginning of the game. (And perhaps most of them won't even label themselves as being 'gay') Free Kick will also be non-commercial.
Also, despite the game being BxB, there won't be any sex scenes. (Hence why it's rated 16+ and not 18+)
Current Progress:
Characters: 100%
Storyline: I have the general outline done, and a good chunk of the writing, but all routes aren't written yet. (I keep thinking of new ideas/situations)
Sprites: Complete for current amount of writing done
GUI: Currently working on the layout/artwork, haven't coded it yet.
Coding: 0%
Current To-Do's:
-Fix up Sprites (Make more expressions remove any yucky stuff)
-Make CG's for opening Scenes
-Code GUI
Updates:
Will be edited as needed
