By Another Name is an adult visual novel that answers the question "What if I was an incoming college freshman, preparing to attend an elite private school on a soccer scholarship, when my dad unexpectedly dies right before the school year begins, leaving behind a mystery for me to solve that could force me to question the legacy of the man I was raised by?"
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What's that? That question is way too long and specific, and no one has been asking it? WELL MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN! Explore the campus of Trinity College as you acclimate to daily life as a freshman soccer player. Forge bonds with your teammates, your classmates, heck - maybe even your teachers - and work together to take your soccer team all the way to the top! Play the Way You Want to Play Choose your avatar at the start of the game and enjoy the experience tailored just for you! You can choose to play as a female character, a male character, or a non-binary character. It's super weird to me that most VNs just...make you a dude by default. Lots of people play visual novels. Even...shudder people who are not men! :O Make Decisions That Will Change Your Relationships With Others There are no wrong choices, but there are also no choices without consequences. Choose carefully and sleep (potentially with others) in the bed you make! Keep in mind, ALL characters either currently are or eventually will be romanceable.
v0.031
v0.024
This is a general update with lots of QoL changes and 200+ lines of dialogue from throughout the game that have had changes made to them. Not that they were bad before...but now they're
definitely
not bad
"Hide" function added to quick menu so you can hide the interface during a scene if you'd like to do so
"Rollback Side" function added to settings, in case that's something you're into
Gravity re-enabled for Harper in the first event, as there was a scene in there where she was floating and being immune to gravity kinda makes her OP to be honest
Updated Hint System
There's now a hint for every event, even the ones that automatically move from one to the next, for those of y'all who want to always know you're moving in the right direction
Fixed glitch that made it impossible to access second psych classroom event
Added three new dorm-mini events (these are supposed to be added in 0.03, but they're in this build because it would've been more work to take them out, enjoy <3
Abigail
Mariah
Gabi
Reminder that not all dorm events will be accessible from the start, keep playing and you may see new ones here and there!
Added dialogue choices to early game events
Added affection bonuses for some dialogue choices to early game events that should have had them before
v0.022
58k+ Words
1100+ Images
15 Main Characters
8 Side Characters
61 Events
13 Main Events
2 Abigail
2 Caitlin Events
3 Charlie Events
3 Claire Events
1 Gabi Event
3 Harper Events
3 Mariah Events
1 Morgan Event
19 Generic Events
13 Dorm-Mini Events
3 Character Models to Choose From (male, female, and non-binary)
4+ Hours of Gameplay (disclaimer: this could be a lie, I don't know how fast you read)
v0.011
Includes:
30k+ Words
750+ Images
14 Main Characters
8 Side Characters
54 New Events
11 Main Events
2 Caitlin Events
3 Charlie Events
3 Claire Events
1 Gabi Event
2 Harper Events
2 Mariah Events
1 Morgan Event
30 Generic Events
3 Character Models to Choose From (male, female, and non-binary)
3+ Hours of Gameplay, though idk you might be a speed reader. Go off, dude
mrdhrrflu2022-12-23★★★★★
This is a really good game, it's truly worth to try, it's important to mention it's a history based VN, although it's not tagged as such, if you are in search of only sexy times you'll be sorely disappointed. I really appreciate that the Dev took the time to create a well written novel, and you can tell it's being proofread before release which it seems to be a big ask for the majority of games around here. My issue is that I'm losing interest due this endless dialogues without anything, main story based, to cling on and on top of that the over the line banter and forced jokes on every single line gets tiresome over time. I understand that the author is trying to build characters relationship and all but if feels that it just doesn't move anywhere. Overall the game is well done.
Zoinkers322022-11-25★★★★★
A largely promising first release. Quite a considerable amount of content for a first release too, if that's what you're looking for. Onto the game itself: Story: You're joining a football - not soccer, sue me - team, and get appointed as co-captain. Simple enough, but what i didn't expect was for me to actually feel joy when the Lions (team's name) won a match, and sorrow when they lost - gave me a weird sense of patriotism for a fictional team for a sport that I honestly never cared for. And there's the whole 'Chekov's gun key' situation seems like i'd be brought up again, and i'm hopeful to see the outcome. Characters: When writing a story, it is vital that the characters are done right. This is even a point brought up in an event with one of the characters. The characters that are here feel... human. They feel as if they serve a purpose, with their distinct personalities. Sure some can feel 'token' but I feel as if there is room for growth and development. Grammer/language: The dev is clearly a native English speaker - or has a proofreader worth their salt. I can't remember seeing any grammar inconsistencies, miss-spellings, or anything of the sort. It was well written, not just grammar wise but the colloquialism of conversation was a breath of fresh air, from many VN's that use over the top - advanced language, that people wouldn't use in day to day conversations. If i had a pound for every time i'd read the word "moreover" in other pieces of writing. Seriously, has anyone ever used the word 'moreover' when speaking to someone before? The naughty stuff: It's there. Somewhat. It's a first release, so i didn't expect to see every character with their legs behind their heads, and that's a good thing. Any good character needs thorough introductions before the time comes for their inevitable introduction to the MC's jackhammer. Obligatory dream sequence was present, as is a staple, though forgiveness points are awarded as the character in the dream made me laugh quite a few times. I'm rambling. Anyway, tl;dr for those that don't want to read my short novel: Promising first release with a decent bit of content to start. Characters with development, personalities and room for growth. Grammar is largely perfect with great writing to go along with it. *bonk* scenes will follow in future updates, character/relationship building (rightly so) needs to happen first. ...makes me wonder why i didn't just start off with that.
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